Aditi Seshadri Email & Phone Number

Goa, India

Unlock Impact is a social impact venture that tackles gender inequality and climate action across South and SouthEast Asia.We run Comms Ninja, an initiative that helps to bring women back into the workforce while delivering exemplary storytelling skills to growing impact organisations - https://www.unlockimpact.com/comms-ninjanuWe also run Nushu Network, a leadership and coaching platform for women entrepreneurs in Asia to help them scale their ventures and succeed on their own terms- https://www.nushunetwork.asia/

Every organisation needs to tell good stories, but it can be time-consuming, complicated, and expensive.Comms Ninja is the simple, flexible, affordable answer to your woes! We provide services across Communications strategy, content, design and marketing to growing organisations around the world.The Comms Ninja model has been designed to keep women in the workforce by offering flexible, virtual work with purpose to people who seek it. Since 2018, over 30 women have worked with us, 30% from small towns in India. Over 2.5 years, the women see a 40% growth in their service fees.

In the mountain villages of ancient Hunan, a secret language was created and used exclusively by women. Nüshu became a code of defiance against oppression and patriarchy and provided a way for women to bond and support each other amongst hardship.​Nüshu Network is inspired by this legacy of sisterhood.We bring together an unparalleled community of peers, coaching to help build skills and access to diverse pools of capital to help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses.​We want to see every woman entrepreneur in Asia succeed on her own terms.

India

I work with a spectrum of businesses (SMEs) across industries and sectors to help build out their business and growth strategies as part of a year-long educational programme run by Stanford GSB, called Stanford Seed. I help to develop and deliver critical business-related content on behalf of Stanford Seed, as well as guide and support business leaders in their entrepreneurial journey

Mumbai Area, India

* Communications strategy – Design and implement an overall integrated communications and brand strategy with consistent, targeted messaging for different audiences, to grow Villgro’s visibility and attract more entrepreneurs and build pipeline for Villgro’s incubation* Content plan – Design and implement a content plan for the Villgro blog, newsletters and marketing collaterals* Media relations – identifying platforms and partnerships for raising visibility of Villgro and incubatees by managing relationships with reporters and editors and disseminating relevant stories and information * Social media strategy – leveraging cost-effective social media tools to reach out to various stakeholders and attract more entrepreneurs and build pipeline for Villgro’s incubation programme* Events - Conceptualizing and executing keystakeholder events, and Multi-channel outreach for Villgro's social enterprise events, seeking to attract more entrepreneurs to the events and into Villgro’s pipeline of incubatees, and raise awareness about the sector and issues* Communications collateral – develop and maintain website, brochures, and all other collateral about Villgro's ongoing work and achievements, tailored for priority stakeholder groups such as entrepreneurs, policymakers, and investors

Mumbai Area, India

Responsible for launching the communications platform for the Mumbai Smiles India chapter, including developing the website, establishing social media networking, identifying brand and media identity, developing communication materials and growing networking channels. The ongoing aim of the role is to:* Design and implement an effective communications and brand strategy with consistent, targeted messaging for different audiences, to raise the organisation’s visibility * Identify and implement awareness-building initiatives and create content for advocacy of relevant rights and issues * Manage media strategy and relations, including identifying avenues and placing stories, and providing relevant materials* Manage all communication tools such as the website, blog, social media, annual reports, newsletters, films, and other special publications. Innovate and create new avenues and tools* Help to develop resource mobilisation strategy, and identify and support the means to implement it * Establish and maintain good relations with various stakeholders — sponsors, supporters, employees, counterparts* Liaise with other communications departments within the Mumbai Smiles network (offices in Spain and USA) and provide communications support to various departments to strengthen relationships with stakeholders

Mumbai Area, India

* Design and implement content strategy for www.mumbaiaction.org, an online information and advocacy platform * Responsible for sourcing, commissioning, editing content and updating site, and increasing its outreach

New Delhi Area, India

* Worked as an independent journalist, contributing articles to a variety of newspapers and magazines, including The South China Morning Post, The Caravan, DNA (Daily News & Analysis), Mid Day and The Hindu.* Worked as a freelance copy editor for Hill Road Media content firm

New Delhi Area, India

* Responsible for commissioning, planning and organising content that went into seven feature magazines in different locations (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Punjab and Gujarat) * Supervised the team that handled these magazines.* Wrote feature stories and profiles on a variety of subjects.

Mumbai Area, India

* Played a key role in setting up the outsourced publishing section, which produced a weekly magazine for Gulf News * Trained and led a team of sub-editors in page-making and editing

Mumbai Area, India

* In-charge of the production of the feature and city pages, which involved ideating for stories, editing and display* Supervised and wrote for the weekly health page, which involved exploring major issues, new discoveries and trends * Wrote features, profiles and trend stories on other subjects, from arts and culture to technology

Mumbai Area, India

* Part of the newsdesk responsible for the daily production of the paper * Edited and reworked news stories and made pages, which also involved selection of stories and display

Post Graduate Diploma, Social Communications Media

Mass Communications covering journalism, video, film appreciation, corporate communications, with an emphasis on social issues and advocacy

Bachelors, Commerce

Activities and Societies: Students' Union 2001-02