Nitya S.

Experience

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  Gulf News

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Summer Intern

  Editing, proofreading and content generation for Xpress - a weekly newspaper published by Gulf News, Dubai.

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  Gulf News

  May 2012 - May 2012

  Summer Intern

  Writing, editing, proofreading and content development for Gulf News' daily Tabloid! newspaper. 3 article by-lines, one video story [URL: http://gulfnews.com/gntv/sport/aiming-for-the-bull-s-eye-1.1024646]

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  APCO Worldwide

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2013

  Intern

  As an Intern with the editorial team at APCO Worldwide, I learned how to draft press releases and write feature stories and opinion pieces for a range of clients in tech, banking and finance, and construction, among others. I also worked closely with the business development team, contributing to pitches by facilitating competitor analysis, media audits, and supported in writing B2B proposals.

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  ENVIGO MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED

  Jun 2016 - Oct 2016

  Digital Copy Editor

  I was responsible for writing, editing and proofreading digital content including blogs, website content and social media posts for Envigo's clients (B2C, including BIBA, IndusInd Bank, ITC, Hertz), and managing a team of 10 freelance content writers to meet project deliverables.

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  Youth Ki Awaaz

  Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

  Digital Campaigner

  As Digital Campaigner at Youth Ki Awaaz, I supported the Campaigns team in designing and executing high impact digital campaigns on a range of development issues including gender, decent and dignified work, environment and sustainability, disability inclusion, health, sanitation, child rights, and digital safety, among others. I built landing pages, wrote articles, edited, proofread and published articles by external users, designed and executed Twitter campaigns including Tweet chats, Twitter storms, ensured timely partner communications, reporting and impact measurement of digital campaigns using social media analytics. Show less

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  The Ladies Compartment

  Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

  Freelance Features Writer

  I was responsible for ideating and writing feature pieces and social media outreach of TLC, a digital platform publishing content on intersectional feminism, ethical lifestyle and humour.

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  FrogIdeas

  Mar 2018 - Nov 2018

  Sr. Content Writer

  As Senior Content Writer and strategist at FrogIdeas (now Renaissance), a digital marketing agency, I was responsible for client communications and management, content strategy and development, supporting pitch development and designing and strategising impactful digital campaigns, leading a small team of writers and designers to ideate and execute digital marketing strategies for agency partners from diverse sectors, including health and wellness, luxury building materials, law, banking and finance, ed-tech, hospitality and non-profit, among others. Show less

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  Youth Ki Awaaz

  Jan 2019 - Sept 2020

  Program Manager

  I rejoined Youth Ki Awaaz in 2019 as a Program Manager, reporting to Head of Programs. My role built on what I was doing in my previous capacity as Digital Campaigner at Youth Ki Awaaz, with more focus on strategizing, planning and monitoring of digital campaigns for partner organisations, largely from the development sector. I continued to develop website landing pages, social media campaigns such as Instagram Lives, Twitter Chats and Twitter Storms, Facebook Lives. I wrote on a range of topics and took on a larger client/partner interface role duing my second stint. I also began assisting in development of pitches and proposals. Show less

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  Martha Farrell Foundation

  Sept 2020 - Sept 2023

  I managed and implemented the Making Workplaces Safe program and handled partnerships at the Foundation. I was responsible for writing proposals and seeking new partnerships and opportunities among corporate, government, civil society and educational institutions to expand the Foundation's safety and inclusion agenda. I represented the Foundation and served as an External Member on various Internal Committees under the PoSH Act, 2013. A certified participatory trainer, I facilitated training sessions on the prevention of sexual harassment at workplace (PoSH), safety and inclusion, and mainstreaming gender in the workplace. I have trained 40 grassroots trainers in Sikkim, under the Foundation's partnership with the Sikkim State Government, and more than 200 Internal Committees, and 7 Local Committees on their role and responsibilities with the State and District Administrations of Delhi and Haryana. I have trained more than 5000 employees in formal workplaces, informal women workers, adolescents and students of higher educational institutions on gender and the prevention of sexual harassment at workplace. I was also responsible for building and sustaining partnerships and end-to-end client relationship management with the Foundation's CSR partners, government partners, funding agencies, including drafting proposals, project planning and reporting, as per compliance requirements. I also oversaw the communications put out by the Foundation on digital and traditional media. Show less I managed the Foundation's Making Workplaces program, which focuses on creating safe, conducive and gender inclusive workplaces in the formal and informal sectors, developing proposals for business partners and executing facilitating training on the prevention of sexual harassment at workplace. I facilitated training of women domestic workers on issues of safety, gender and prevention of sexual harassment. I coordinated and supported a Postcard Campaign planned, conceptualised and initiated with 3000 women domestic workers, for their rights to safe and conducive workplaces. I managed interns and volunteers and led an online fundraiser campaign as a part of the Foundation's initiative that supported nearly 6000 women informal workers and their families with immediate and essential relief. Show less

  • Lead: Partnerships

    Sept 2020 - Sept 2023

  • Senior Program Officer

    Sept 2020 - Mar 2022
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  Multiple Projects

  Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

  Consultancies

  Worked on different projects in full time and part time consultancy roles on women’s economic empowerment and inclusion, and prevention of sexual harassment at workplace.

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  TrustIn

  May 2024 - now

  Senior Lead: Programs and Partnerships