Michelle Patrick

Experience

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  Teach For India

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2016

  Assistant Teacher

  I interned at Teach for India as a teacher for over a month. My objective was to work with select five consistently poor performing students and help them improve and reach up to their grade level in basic subjects such as – Mathematics and Comprehensive English.

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  SNF Development Center

  May 2017 - Jul 2017

  Classroom Assistant

  Worked as an assistant to professional teachers of Special Needs children and adults at Special Needs Future Development Center. Due to my work being in the time of Ramadan, I was exposed to a lot of charity and sponsorship gaining events/activities held by the center.

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  Goonj

  Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

  Communications Intern

  Media intern at Goonj. I assisted in making media plans for GOONJ's S2S program and also with regular filing and data work at the office all the while learning the inner workings of a widely successful NGO and the parallel economy it has created in rural India.

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  House of Comms

  Apr 2018 - Jun 2018

  PR Intern

  Worked as a PR Intern learning the ins and outs of the industry. I was able to explore different categories with prestigious brands such as Jashanmal, Fujifilm Le Clos, Clarks, The 2018 Gov Games - Dubai among others. This taught me how to manage client expectations. I was required to contact journalists and help in research so as to broaden my understanding of the media industry in Dubai.

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  Perfect Relations

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

  Lifestyle and Consumer Brands PR Intern

  During this internship I was able to work with brands across various categories - AltBalaji, ShoppersStop, Charles & Keith, NCPA among others. I was able to fully understand and imbibe the culture of a specialised PR firm.

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  Perfect Relations

  Jun 2019 - Jan 2020

  Associate Image Executive

  Working in the consumer collective team on well known B2B and B2C brands.

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  Public Policy India

  Aug 2020 - now

  Co-Founder

  PPI is a knowledge platform that aims to share the most updated happenings in the policy and governance space in India, in the easiest to understand manner. We are a small team at PPI and my role is to optimise our social media presence especially on @thepolicygram on Instagram where we have managed to grow a community 2K+ strong in only our first month. Along with the rest of the team, I also work on the content and design of our products.

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  SPRF India

  Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  Manager - Digital Media and Communications

  Leading the Communication and Outreach vertical at SPRF, I was introduced to the policy research and information dissemination aspect of leading think tanks in India.

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  Sustainable Square

  May 2022 - now

  Handling Corporate Communications globally for Sustainable Square's offices across MENA and India.

  • Digital Media Specialist

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Communications and Marketing Lead

    May 2022 - Mar 2023
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  Proficy

  Jan 2023 - now

  Co-Founder

  Co-Founder at Proficy Advisory Services, where we work with like-minded, ambitious organisations, working alongside to deepen their impact. Our goal is to create a partnership that allows clients to focus on their core goals and implementation and leave us to deal with the impact, network, communications and strategy tidbits.