With more than 15 years of experience in writing news reports and press releases, articles on various topics, and blogging. In addition I have worked on various CMS platforms and have a good professional knowledge of Wordpress. Having worked as a team leader/ manager I'm aware of deadlines and adhere to them very religiously. Here's my detailed career graph: CURRENT DESIGNATION AND PROFILE: Head – Content and Editorial with TripVillas Dotcom, the leading vacation rental company in Asia based in Singapore, since June 2011. JOB PROFILE: • Helping in the data migration of Bharat Homestay to TripVillas • Overseeing the day-to-day operations of Holiday Home Times, the portal dedicated entirely to the holiday home owners’ community • Content management of TripVillas • Executing online marketing campaigns for TripVillas • Managing a team of freelancers and guiding them and providing inputs on article ideas for the portal. WORK EXPERIENCE: 1. Manager (Content and Editorial) with Tradeindia, India’s largest B2B e-marketplace, since February 2008 to May 2011. JOB PROFILE: • Writing editorials for the weekly Exim Newsletter • Overseeing the day-to-day operations of SME Times, the news portal dedicated entirely to Indian SMEs • Managing, guiding and training a team of content writers and assigning them various jobs related to content development • Developing content for various products of Tradeindia KEY RESULT AREAS: • Recipient of the Best Manager award for 2010 • Conceptualized and launched the news portal, SME Times • Completed work on more than 6 vertical portals, sponsored websites • Initiated the social media networking campaign for Tradeindia 2. CONTENT MANAGER with Doordarshan News portal (www.ddinews.gov.in), the official website of Doordarshan from September 2001 to January 2008. Duties included managing, guiding and training a team of Junior Content Writers, editing news stories and filing reports and writing articles. 3. COPY EDITOR (WEB) with Encyclopaedia Britannica from February 2001 to August 2001. Duties included reviewing websites, writing articles on India-related topics, and preparing news reports. 4. SENIOR SUB-EDITOR in The Sentinel, the premier English daily of the North-east, published from Guwahati, Assam from May 1997 to January 2001. Was in charge of the Sports page and Page 1. As a sports journalist duties included reporting events - regional, national, and international, editing, and preparing the page. While working on Page 1, had to coordinate with reporters, photographers, and ready the page for printing. 5. REPORTER/ SUB-EDITOR in The North-East Times, published from Guwahati, Assam from March 1996 to April 1997. Was working on the regional, international, national pages. Also had to file reports on local issues. PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: 1. Conceptualized and executed India’s only portal on homestays, Bharat Homestay Dotcom. Was featured in Dare—a magazine for innovative entrepreneurs—for this unique concept. 2. Conceptualized, commissioned, edited, and designed a 400-plus page Delhi city guide book 3. Published an anthology of my poems named Tears.