Rachna Raghupathi Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Singapore

- Produced a full 3-hour TV show daily, closely communicating with directors, on-air talent and other producers globally.- Kept abreast of breaking news and significant stories worldwide & in Asia, and researched them in-depth to find appropriate guests, different angles and longer-term trends.- Wrote rapidly & accurately to bring new stories on-air, organizing information to best suit different audiences while staying objective, concise, and clear.- Managed & directed a team of producers and assistants to ensure a clean, cohesive on-air product, coordinating with other shows across the channel.

Singapore

- Wrote scripts for programming, making use of a range of elements to best visually represent the story or feature.- Wrote and delivered short, informative elements on-the-go daily for breaking news stories on live broadcast television.- Wrote and produced TV stories daily surrounding top new stories, specializing in markets, politics and economics.- Produced & piloted live streamed events, juggling guests, talent, and on-air elements.

Singapore

- Researched and prepared for guests across a broad range of fields, specializations and stories, both for the APAC region and globally.- Selected pithy and relevant clips from TV for social media and digital audiences to maximize clicks and engagement.- Produced unique one-off segments with key guests and themes for special live broadcasts.

Singapore

- Wrote and packaged fast and up-to-date copy for live broadcast television.- Kept up-to-date with market and political news, specialising in countries and sectors to track broad long-term trends, as well as breaking news.- Pitched, researched and wrote for markets-based news and analysis stories.- Created graphic elements for broadcast, including pithy lower-thirds, live stock charts, and text slates.

Singapore

- Headed sub-editorial duties for new monthly publications built from scratch, determining the best content, organisation and workflow.- Edited & rewrote fifteen 20- to 150-page reports a week – checking for data and message consistency across text, charts and tables by maintaining back-and-forth with internal writers & freelancers across countries.- Edited daily articles – written on countries/politics as well as industries/sectors – for clarity, grammar, spelling and company style, publishing 2-5 a day and organising them on company website. - Kept ahead of print and project deadlines by maintaining continuous communication with writers and production teams across timezones and offices, producing 5 publications a week.- Managed and coordinated production on Microsoft Word and Excel, company CMS, and Adobe InDesign.- Trained both new writers and non-fluent English writers on company style and on clear, consistent writing.- Operated Adobe InDesign and employed all its functions for full publications - flowing in text; managing formatting; aligning and cleaning up text; editing; and exporting to PDF.

Singapore

- Researched for, including by gathering information from interviews and street-based research, and created written content weekly on niche interest areas- Developed content and community creation strategies to generate long-term interaction/revisits based on AdWords and observed trends

Singapore

- Crafted industry-specific press releases in line with new company marketing campaign for the use of PR agencies and reporter briefs- Wrote e-mails and website material focused on engaging existing clientele, writing the most-viewed piece on the company's APAC blog- Developed and designed newsletters and creative mailers to encourage participation in workshops and company events across APAC, increasing response by 40%

Singapore

- Collected and updated social media (Twitter, Facebook), corporate website, and internal employee platform (Jive) to engage with regional industry influencers and clients- Created and coordinated new intern engagement programme from scratch across APAC offices to increase employee retention rate

Singapore

Assisted during internship with:- Administrative affairs, including helping with day-to-day office work when the boss was out of town for two months- Converting manuscripts to e-book files to be sold online- Editing and copywriting manuscripts

Master Of Science - Ms, Asian Studies

- Dissertation route of graduation. - Conducted at S Rajaratnam School of International Studies. - The Asian Studies course aims.

Political Science/Corporate Communication, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: SMU Broadcast & Entertainment, SMU Blue & Gold Magazine, Environmental Club, SMU Campus Cohesion Council

Literature, History, Economics, Maths, Knowledge & Inquiry, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies, Secondary 3/4 + Jc1/2

Activities and Societies: VJ Writers' Circle, VJ Drama, VJ Tamil Language Drama & Debate SocietyTwo years in Victoria Integrated Programme.