Tata Steel, CSR, Communications Executive - April 2020 - May 2021
A role that allowed me to amplify grassroots voices, understand social issues in India going beyond the barriers of caste, class, sex, disability issues, et al. and draw out narratives/perspectives that can address the prejudices that plague the human mind.
- Developing various collaterals, strategies, stories and pitches for both internal and external audiences for programmes and events revolving around tribal identity, disability, collective action, women empowerment and much more.
- Interviewing people from communities as well as the workforce to build narratives that are engaging, and packaging the same into videos, creatives and stories.
- Copy writing, copy editing, developing scripts and co-creating teasers and wrap up videos, working closely with the designer to highlight programmes as per need
- Creating and populating a sharepoint site to be introduced as one of the communication platforms, and preparing content and engagement strategy for employees
- proactive engagement in terms of creating strategy and ensuring that the brand identity and ethos underlie all collaterals.
- Handling events from the Communications perspective, including invitations, branding, co-curating event segments with programme teams, ensuring appropriate branding, working with design and IT team for seamless planning of all digital events (held through Webex, Teams,Youtube live)
- Connecting with other magazines and online portals for collaborations that can take the conversation and success stories surrounding various issues forward.
Tata Steel Foundation, Communications Consultant - August 2019 - April 2020
I was largely engaged in the capacity of a journalist at Tata Steel Foundation for one of their signature programmes on tribal identity, namely Samvaad. During this time I would travel with the team for numerous regional editions of the conclave spanning north, south, central, north-east and west India, along with Jharkhand and Odisha. At these various events I conducted interviews to bring significant and inspiring stories to the forefront, to enrich the tribal narrative and gauge the various aspects that together form the tribal community. At the end of each of the conclaves, the documentation would culminate in a 20-25 page report that would elaborate on the issues and stories particular to that region. Additionally, I worked on conceptualizing the Foundation magazine including ideation on content strategy, design and visual elements, collaborative strategy, developing timelines and the first flatplan for the same.
Litro Magazine - June 2018 to November 2019
My work at Litro included providing administrative support, editorial & marketing assistance, and communicating with writers, artists, customer queries and contributor queries. We print 4 themed issues every year along with an international issue (Translating India, The Soul of Seoul) etc, for which I closely worked with the Editor-in-Chief. For this online and print literary magazine, I provided full editorial support from planning monthly issues for the UK print edition and managing online submissions, to seeing the same all the way through to production. I managed the Litro UK and Litro NY website to calendarise, schedule and publish stories. My work included liaising with the graphic designer and the section editors periodically, for the smooth running of the organisation. I also put together the weekly newsletters on mailchimp. I also researched and developed collaborative opportunities with other organisations. During my time, I also managed the social media pages (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) planning and posting content.
Editor of College Magazine, Apoorva - 2016 - 2017
During my time as one of the 2 editors of Apoorva, we selected the articles from submissions from the college to put together "Apoorva" the annual magazine. We copy edited and proofread made changes to the articles to publish politically correct ones and wrote the Editor's letter that accompanied the issue.
Team lead and Editor at Icy Tales- 2015 - 2016
I started off as a content writer here, and was then absorbed as an editor. Here I wrote on numerous issues starting from homosexuality, feminism, death of Alan Kurdi to conducting a couple of interviews. After I was included in their team of Editors, I managed a team of content writers (freelance and permanent) and worked with them to develop articles before making final edits to the piece. I also managed submissions and selected articles for publication based on predecided themes. I worked closely with Soubhik Chakrabarty the CEO of Icy Tales.
Editor of White Noise, English Dept Magazine KNC, Delhi University - 2015-2016
During my time as the editor in the White Noise team, I worked closely with Kanak Ma'am to publish 2 issues of White Noise in my second year in college. We came up with two themed issues, and selected, copy edited and proof read the submissions to produce the final issues.
Content Writer at ProdeNote - May 2014- June 2014
I wrote 20 movies or book reviews for them each week for a month.
Recommendations
Icy Tales
Soubhik Chakrabarty, CEO
This is to certify that Oindrila Gupta has been working with Icy Tales as a Team Leader. She has been instrumental in managing interns, doing quality checks and juggling between different jobs.
She is also an editor on the site, writing some beautifully crafted articles that have been read by thousands around the globe.
She has performed all her duties diligently and with utmost perfection.
I have seen her delivering on deadlines all the time, and she can be a real asset to
the team.
I, Dr.Prithvi Raj, have known Ms. Oindrila Gupta as a bright young who can grasp and convey complex academic ideas. Oindrila is endowed with high academic learning aptitude. She not only comprehends a given topic but also succesfully tries to critically analyse and interpret it. As a student, she is well versed in the art of academic debate and discussions. Her interests are varied which include not just reading the primary texts in literature but consulting secondary critical material to grow as a scholar.
Kamala Nehru College, DU
Dr. Prithvi Raj, Assistant Professor,Dept of English | Teacher Convener of English Literature Society
Oindrila Gupta has been a diligent and hardworking member of the English Department newsletter - White Noise. She is capable of meeting the demands of the course and she is quite receptive to new ideas.In the span of 2 years of academic discussions, conversations and working together as editors - I find Oindrila has grown as a student.
Kamala Nehru College, DU
Kanak Yadav, Assistant Professor,Dept of English | Teacher Editor, White Noise
It is our pleasure to report that Oindrila Gupta successfully completed the 6 Week Content Writing Internship offered by our company from 22nd May to 3rd July 2015.
In the short time that Oindrila worked with us, she exceeded our expectation in performing the tasks assigned to her. Oindrila’s dedication, commitment and initiative taking qualities were especially commendable.
It was a pleasure working with her during the internship. Oindrila’s hard work and contributions is greatly appreciated by the team.
We wish her success in her future endeavors.