Rahul Bendugade Email & Phone Number

Pune, Mh, In

Pune, Maharashtra, India

As part of the firm’s Pune branch;- I assist in providing holistic PR support for various client requirements in and around the city,- Cultivate & maintain strong media relations - enable a fruitful dialogue b/w media & various clients, scout relevant story opps. and provide client perspectives that can benefit media stories, man media familiarity trips, provide tactical perspectives to clients, crises management, event management, PR writing, etc.,- Member of servicing teams of city-based clients spanning across multiple sectors, work with clients such as; FleetGuard Filters (A leading filtration firm) | Mantra Properties (A premium real estate brand) | Tata BlueScope Steel (A leading coated steel player from the esteemed group of Tata’s) among a few other city HQ’d firms.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Member of the firm’s second millennial board - a shadow board, constituted to support the senior leadership with fresh perspectives on key issues such as; strategy & growth, learning & development, diversity & inclusion, digital adoption and help shape the overall organisational agenda.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

As a member of the Pune branch:- Assisted multiple clients (National & Pune-based) across various sectors with their communication-related activities in and around Pune, consisting of; achieving favourable publicity (online/offline), cultivating & maintaining media relations, enabling successful press conferences, co-ordinating field visits, crisis support and support in various other communication-related requirements,- Serviced select Pune-based clients, new-economy clients - fintech brands and wealth-tech brands, in achieving their communication objectives at a local & PAN-India level, worked with clients such as; Spice Money (A leading rural fintech) | Digital Swiss Gold (A reputed gold investment platform) | Reynolds (A renowned stationery maker)- Played a role in collating a database for the firm’s ambitious ‘Influencer Database’ project, focusing on reaching out to influencers at various levels, across Maharashtra and building influencer relations for the betterment of client reputation,- Got inducted into the millennial board- a shadow board constituted to support & provide workable suggestions to the senior management on various organisational aspects.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

In my role as a PR executive, I successfully managed a wide array of responsibilities for our diverse clientele, including:- Regular monitoring of Pune-based media to keep clients updated,- Established strong relationships with local media and key client stakeholders,- Ensured seamless coordination of multiple activities such as- brand launches, product introductions, media engagements, and press conferences, all resulting into positively enhancing our clients' visibility with the local media,- Proactively pitched and engaged with the media to cultivate a favourable image of our clients,- Occasionally taking on the roles of crafting press statements, press releases, and authoring articles on behalf of clients for distribution in the media,- Collaborating with the team to oversee and enhance all client-related communication and various other activities in the city.In addition to above responsibilities, flexibly adapted to various roles when needed- including photography and videography, to meet the ever-evolving needs of clients.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Overseeing the entire publishing process of a book; from receiving raw manuscripts of numerous first-time authors, reviewing & shortlisting them with the help of seniors, liaising closely with the authors, copy editing, finalising design aspects, production of dummy copies, to finally distributing a finished book at multiple retail partners.Dealt with great ideas everyday from highly creative people and had the great fortune of putting them out to the public to read, savour and be inspired!

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Contributed as a Trainee Account Executive in the Corporate-1 Vertical, working on majorclients from the energy, power, infrastructure, steel, petroleum & lubricants sector.

Pune Area, India

Contributed as a marketing & communications intern and assisted my team in the following areas for an client;- Brand name / logo design suggestions, - Competitor analysis / Web analysis,- Drafting site-maps & potential content for the same,- Suggesting marketing + PR ideas,- Developing media kits.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Communication Management / Pr / Marketing-Communications / Brand Management

Activities and Societies: Member of Student Academic forum, Wellness Cell & The Music Circle.A communications degree delving deep.

Post Graduate Diploma In Marketing & Communications, Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia, A

PG Diploma in Marketing Communication and PR.

Liberal Arts Diploma, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies, A

The liberal Arts courses are designed to holistically develop students by offering them a wide variety of subjects to learn, ranging.

Bachelor’S, Commerce-Marketing/Marketing Management., A

Studied courses like Accountancy, Mercantile law, Economics, Business Management & specialised in Marketing-Management. Participated.

Junior College, Commerce, A

As the chosen field of study was commerce studied Business, Accountancy, Economics & similar subjects covered under commerce.

High School, Schooling, A

Primary & High school Education along with active participation in Athletics.