Pooja Jain
Santa Clara, CA | 909-***-**** | *************@*****.***
http://www.linkedin.com/in/aquapooja
Summary
Pooja Jain has extensive experience in Events Marketing and Public Relations. Highly proficient in
planning multiple events, marketing activities and communication strategies. Pooja holds a Post Graduate
Diploma in Advertising and Marketing along with a Bachelors in Commerce and has most recently worked
as an Events Marketing Coordinator for Esri.
Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Exceedingly detail oriented and highly organized
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, while meeting deadlines
Solid problem solving ability
Fast learner
Thrives in fast paced environment
Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) Sharepoint, FileMaker Pro, AutoCAD 2010
Experience
Events Marketing Coordinator
Esri, Redlands, CA (04/2008 to 03/2011)
Responsibilities
● Project manager for over 100 trade shows per year, both domestic and international
● Planning and executing events from inception to completion
● Drive the project plan for each event including securing booth space, planning, creating booth
designs, staffing, shipping, graphics, pre show promotions, on site logistics
● Maintaining budgets and time lines for each event
● Negotiating with third party vendors and show organizers
Key Achievements
● Managed multiple Information Desks at the Esri International Users’ Conference (Held annually in
San Diego, attracts over 14,000 attendees)
● Developed creative booth designs for other Esri hosted Conferences
● Documented training manuals and instruction catalogs
● Key point of contact for content management on SharePoin site for the team
● Documented and maintained standard operating procedures for key processes
Account Executive – Public Relations
Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, Bangalore, India (12/2005 to 09/2006)
Responsibilities
● Writing and issuing press releases
● Pitching stories with media
● Crafting briefings, pitches for press briefings/one-to-one interactions
● Organizing press conferences
● Insertion of by lined articles into selected sections in publications
● Developing a rapport with the media
● Ensuring clients are part of all industry stories
Key Achievements
● Responsible for profiling the then M.D. of Nortel Networks India, and did extensive media
interactions to reemphasize their business.
● Explored different aspects of eBay India such as eBay’s entrepreneurship platform and eBay’s
charity programs focusing on both regional and national media
● Was the key link between the client and media for Sun Microsystems. Initiated stories on Sun’s
OpenSolaris BeleniX software in leading national publications
● Other clients included Tata Elxsi, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL InfoSystems, Barista Coffee
and AAMT (American Association for Medical Transcription)
Account Executive – Public Relations
Commstrat, Bangalore, India (07/2004 to 12/2005)
Responsibilities
● Preparing media lists
● Writing and issuing press releases
● Pitching stories with media
● Crafting briefings, pitches for press briefings/one-to-one interactions
● Organizing press conferences
● Developing a rapport with the media
● Ensuring clients are part of all industry stories
Key Achievements
● Responsible for building Snecma’s (now known as SAFRAN- a French major in aviation industry)
brand image in India
● Provided voluntary PR services for Rotary Club of Bangalore, including authoring articles which
were published every week in leading national newspapers
● Other clients included Serena Software Inc, Intacct Corporation, Ochoa Labs, Svizera Healthcare
and QSIT (Quality Solutions for Information Technology).
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Marketing (2003)
H.B. College of Communications and Management, Bangalore, India
Bachelors in Commerce (2001)
University of Bangalore, India