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 Career Objective

To obtain a challenging position in marketing and/ or corporate communications with the possibility of market research and analysis

Work experience

January 2006 – March 2006  AARP Tax Aide        Charlotte, NC

AARP Tax Aide Appointment Co-ordinator

·     Volunteered for AARP setting up appointments for free tax consultation.

·     Involved usage of online web appointment scheduling, responding to voice messages.

 

January 2005 – July ’05           Omaha Children’s Museum                                                        Omaha, NE

Marketing/ PR Intern

·     Write articles for OCM Publications – Member and Donor Newsletter, Press Releases; Co-ordinate membership data and renewals; maintain database of Nebraska school information; help with implementation of event related activities; developed Marketing Plans and conducted market research on demographic and internal financial data

August ’04 – May ‘05    Metropolitan Community CollegeSouth Omaha

                                                                                  Campus Omaha NE

Teaching Assistant

·     Volunteering for the ESL Program, help ESL teacher with classroom activities, teach specific modules and help out students with computer based learning.

November ’03 – February ’04    Silica (Al Samim General Trading, L.L.C.), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Marketing Assistant

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Career Objective
To obtain a challenging position in marketing and/ or corporate
communications with the possibility of market research and analysis
Work experience
January 2006 – March 2006  AARP Tax Aide        Charlotte, NC
AARP Tax Aide Appointment Co-ordinator
*    Volunteered for AARP setting up appointments for free tax
consultation.
*    Involved usage of online web appointment scheduling, responding to
voice messages.

January 2005 – July ’05             Omaha Children’s Museum                                   
Omaha, NE
Marketing/ PR Intern
*    Write articles for OCM Publications – Member and Donor Newsletter,
Press Releases; Co-ordinate membership data and renewals;
maintain database of Nebraska school information; help with
implementation of event related activities; developed Marketing Plans
and conducted market research on demographic and internal financial
data
August ’04 – May ‘05    Metropolitan Community College – South Omaha
                                                                                  Campus Omaha NE
Teaching Assistant
*    Volunteering for the ESL Program, help ESL teacher with classroom
activities, teach specific modules and help out students with computer
based learning.
November ’03 – February ’04    Silica (Al Samim General Trading, L.L.C.),
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

Marketing Assistant
*     Single-handedly coordinated the marketing activities for the 
retail division Silica.
*     Key Responsibilities: developing and coordinating product 
launches; developing retail promotions developed corporate 
presentations and conducted market research on trends in the
glassware industry; maintained marketing and advertising budget and
coordinated press releases and advertorial features with visual
merchandisers and graphic designers


Education
2002 – 2003 Leeds University Business School    Leeds, United Kingdom
MA Advertising and Marketing – Overall Distinction
• Overall Distinction 
• Developed a research based project for Initiative Media on the 
Impact of Word of Mouth Advertising 
• Qualitative and Quantitative analysis skills developed while 
working with leading academics, developed strong research skills. 
Worked in culturally diverse environment with teams comprising of 
different nationalities

1999 – 2002     Bangalore University    Bangalore, India 
Bachelor of Commerce – First Class 
• Major: Marketing Information Systems and Services Marketing

1999 – 2002   NIIT                 Bangalore, India
Diploma in Web Centric Programming
*    HTML, DHTML, SQL Server, Java, C, C++

Extracurricular
activities
Reading; Writing poetry; Music; Traveling: Ten day journey through
Central Europe 2003(Netherlands, France and ltaly); Budgeted and
planned the trip almost single handedly- Stayed in local homes and used
negotiation and verbal communication skills with only limited knowledge 
of the local language.
Volunteer experience
Currently volunteering for Omaha Children’s Museum; Have also
volunteered for the ESL Program at Metropolitan Community College,
South Omaha Campus
Languages
Malayalam - Mother tongue, English, Hindi- Fluent
Awards received
Student Editor of school newsletter and college magazine; L.N. Birla 
National Debate Finalist Head girl of The Indian high School, Dubai 
(1999); Freshers Queen - 1999; Miss Commerce; Best Speaker at
Indian 
Consular Debate; Topper of the Arab Regional Environment Essay 
Competition; Nominee for the Sheikh Hamdan Award for Academic 
Excellence; Distinction in Two Grades of Music theory from the Trinity 
College of Music, London; Highest Score in English; Placed on 
Principals Honors List
References
Available on request


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