Afshin Ravanbaksh Email & Phone Number

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• In charge of outgoing press materials for Sands China Ltd. – Macau’s largest integrated resort operator – and its five properties (Sands Macao, The Venetian Macao, The Plaza Macao, The Londoner Macao and The Parisian Macao), with pre-pandemic annual revenues in excess of US$8 billion• Responsibilities include editorial consulting, writing and editing press releases, speeches, advertorials, crisis communications, and responses to press inquiries• Helped produce editorial materials for three large-scale property openings

Macao Sar

• In charge of all outgoing press materials for Sands China Ltd. – Macau’s largest integrated resort developer – and its four properties (Sands Macao, The Venetian Macao, The Plaza Macao and Sands Cotai Central)• Responsibilities included writing and editing press releases, speeches, advertorials, crisis communications, and responses to press inquiries• Speechwriter for company CEO and other executives• Leader of a team responsible for editorial output, media monitoring and coverage reports, press inquiries and archiving• More than doubled department’s editorial output, resulting in a significant increase in press coverage• Helped produce editorial materials for two large-scale property openings

Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Lecturer in Department of International Journalism• Prepared students in the International Journalism Programme for careers in the journalism industry, resulting in students’ successful graduation and graduate school acceptance• Instruction included both theory and practice in the areas of news judgment, writing, reporting, and production. Courses taught include Broadcast Journalism, Computer Aided Reporting, Editing Laboratory, and supervision of Final Year Projects

Great Falls, Virginia, United States

• Responsible for preparing the final edit of a 55-minute, internationally broadcast TV program• Additional duties also included videography, set design and setup, audio sweetening, show archiving, and maintaining the program's website.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Responsible for cutting incoming video for quick turnaround to air.• Responsible for preparing content dubs for video-on-demand product

Decatur, Georgia, United States

• Editor for the half-hour Atlanta Public Schools television show, APS Today

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Produced and broadcast daily satellite video news feeds to over 700 domestic and international television affiliate networks. Duties included:• Selection, production, and distribution of news content under tight deadlines• Writing headlines and lead-in scripts for video content• Copyediting and proofreading scripts• Verifying video sources and implementing usage embargoes• Programming and broadcasting of live events to affiliates via satellite channel• Assigning work to video editor and overseeing workflow • Assisting in training of new hires

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Duties included: • Researching and fulfilling video requests for over 700 television affiliates• Answering affiliate phone calls • Transcribing video scripts• Broadcasting weekly satellite feeds of advertising content • Promoted to International Coordinator position after eight months

Foshan, Guangdong, China

• Taught grammar, reading comprehension, and writing to Form 6 students• Maintained a positive and challenging learning environment, resulting in the successfulgraduation and college acceptance of senior-level students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Worked for WorldBeat, an internationally-broadcast weekly music news show• Accurately proofread on-screen text and thoroughly checked quality of video, resulting in shows airing without mistakes• Liaised with record labels and publicity firms to obtain music videos and to coordinate pre-production schedules, resulting in shows being produced on time