Simran Thakur
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English Elementary proficiency
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Punjabi Native or bilingual proficiency
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Sreeya Debgupta
Simran is an energetic, kind, peoples leader who leads by example. Her acumen and understanding of the brand and client’s media strategy, activation, campaign insights, and execution make her a fantabulous lead for all her clients. I have known Simran for approximately six years now and she continues to amaze me with all the hard work and dedication she puts into work. She is well networked, understands the nuances of her industry well and commands a great working relationship with all the stakeholders. Simran’s strong work ethic has allowed her to lead by example, inspiring those around her to go the extra mile needed for success.
Vimal Sumbly
Simran is a very hardworking & smart with her work. she is able to set priority of job very clearly. She continuously wants to update herself with updated knowledge of whats happeing in her area of work. she is a good PR resource & has good PR connect
Sreeya Debgupta
Simran is an energetic, kind, peoples leader who leads by example. Her acumen and understanding of the brand and client’s media strategy, activation, campaign insights, and execution make her a fantabulous lead for all her clients. I have known Simran for approximately six years now and she continues to amaze me with all the hard work and dedication she puts into work. She is well networked, understands the nuances of her industry well and commands a great working relationship with all the stakeholders. Simran’s strong work ethic has allowed her to lead by example, inspiring those around her to go the extra mile needed for success.
Vimal Sumbly
Simran is a very hardworking & smart with her work. she is able to set priority of job very clearly. She continuously wants to update herself with updated knowledge of whats happeing in her area of work. she is a good PR resource & has good PR connect
Sreeya Debgupta
Simran is an energetic, kind, peoples leader who leads by example. Her acumen and understanding of the brand and client’s media strategy, activation, campaign insights, and execution make her a fantabulous lead for all her clients. I have known Simran for approximately six years now and she continues to amaze me with all the hard work and dedication she puts into work. She is well networked, understands the nuances of her industry well and commands a great working relationship with all the stakeholders. Simran’s strong work ethic has allowed her to lead by example, inspiring those around her to go the extra mile needed for success.
Vimal Sumbly
Simran is a very hardworking & smart with her work. she is able to set priority of job very clearly. She continuously wants to update herself with updated knowledge of whats happeing in her area of work. she is a good PR resource & has good PR connect
Sreeya Debgupta
Simran is an energetic, kind, peoples leader who leads by example. Her acumen and understanding of the brand and client’s media strategy, activation, campaign insights, and execution make her a fantabulous lead for all her clients. I have known Simran for approximately six years now and she continues to amaze me with all the hard work and dedication she puts into work. She is well networked, understands the nuances of her industry well and commands a great working relationship with all the stakeholders. Simran’s strong work ethic has allowed her to lead by example, inspiring those around her to go the extra mile needed for success.
Vimal Sumbly
Simran is a very hardworking & smart with her work. she is able to set priority of job very clearly. She continuously wants to update herself with updated knowledge of whats happeing in her area of work. she is a good PR resource & has good PR connect
Credentials
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Content Marketing: Social Media
LinkedInFeb, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Social Media in Public Relations
CourseraJun, 2017- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Scaler
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India
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E-Learning Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Director
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Head Of Public Relations
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Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
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InterviewBit
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India
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E-Learning Providers
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Head Of Public Relations
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Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
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PhonePe
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India
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager PR
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Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
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Adfactors PR
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India
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Manager
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Apr 2017 - Nov 2018
Handled the communication mandate for the jewellery division of Titan Company Limited (Tanishq + Mia), Ola, Salesforce, Lendingkart Group and BYJU'S Highlights: *Our work on the driver entrepreneur campaign , 'Dream big with the OLA' won Gold at the Sabre South East Asia Awards 2017 for the category Corporate Image and also received a certificate of excellence for Business to Business Marketing *The 'Dream Big with Ola' campaign won Bronze at the PR Asia Awards 2017 in the… Show more Handled the communication mandate for the jewellery division of Titan Company Limited (Tanishq + Mia), Ola, Salesforce, Lendingkart Group and BYJU'S Highlights: *Our work on the driver entrepreneur campaign , 'Dream big with the OLA' won Gold at the Sabre South East Asia Awards 2017 for the category Corporate Image and also received a certificate of excellence for Business to Business Marketing *The 'Dream Big with Ola' campaign won Bronze at the PR Asia Awards 2017 in the category Best Brand Development Campaign of the Year (Service) and Gold at the E4M- IPRCCA Awards 2017 in the category Best use of PR * Worked with the leadership team on several new business pitches, eventually acquiring the PR mandate for BYJU'S and Salesforce
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Senior Account Executive
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Mar 2016 - Mar 2017
Key Responsibilities: Media Relations, Content Creation, Client servicing, Crisis management and assisting with new business pitches Clients: Ola & Lendingkart Group Highlights: *Effectively driving visibility for diverse pillars including technology, micro-entrepreneurship, product categories, Ola Money, corporate and CSR under Ola’s PR campaign *Part of the team working on the unveiling of the flagship Ola Play offering *Worked on several new business pitches along… Show more Key Responsibilities: Media Relations, Content Creation, Client servicing, Crisis management and assisting with new business pitches Clients: Ola & Lendingkart Group Highlights: *Effectively driving visibility for diverse pillars including technology, micro-entrepreneurship, product categories, Ola Money, corporate and CSR under Ola’s PR campaign *Part of the team working on the unveiling of the flagship Ola Play offering *Worked on several new business pitches along with senior leadership team, eventually bagging the PR mandate for Lendingkart Group
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Weber Shandwick
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United States
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Consultant
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May 2015 - Feb 2016
Key Responsibilities: Media relations, Content Creation, Client Servicing and Event Management Direct Client: Samsung Electronics India Support Clients: Hero MotoCorp & Pearson India Highlights: *Effectively worked across corporate, HR, CSR and product vertical for Samsung *Part of the launches of several key Samsung smart phones including Galaxy J5 and J7, Galaxy A8, S6 Edge Plus, Galaxy On5 and On7, among others *Successfully coordinated the launch of Galaxy J2… Show more Key Responsibilities: Media relations, Content Creation, Client Servicing and Event Management Direct Client: Samsung Electronics India Support Clients: Hero MotoCorp & Pearson India Highlights: *Effectively worked across corporate, HR, CSR and product vertical for Samsung *Part of the launches of several key Samsung smart phones including Galaxy J5 and J7, Galaxy A8, S6 Edge Plus, Galaxy On5 and On7, among others *Successfully coordinated the launch of Galaxy J2 across 17 cities in the span of 2 weeks along with handling the flagship Tizen Developer Summit held in Bangalore *Worked for the Samsung Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge Photowalk, a media (online) engagement campaign, that was recognised at the IPRA Golden World Awards 2016 - Digital Media Relations Category *Worked with the core Hero MotoCorp team on the launch of Duet and Maestro Edge, managing the entire test ride campaign during the launch Show less Key Responsibilities: Media relations, Content Creation, Client Servicing and Event Management Direct Client: Samsung Electronics India Support Clients: Hero MotoCorp & Pearson India Highlights: *Effectively worked across corporate, HR, CSR and product vertical for Samsung *Part of the launches of several key Samsung smart phones including Galaxy J5 and J7, Galaxy A8, S6 Edge Plus, Galaxy On5 and On7, among others *Successfully coordinated the launch of Galaxy J2… Show more Key Responsibilities: Media relations, Content Creation, Client Servicing and Event Management Direct Client: Samsung Electronics India Support Clients: Hero MotoCorp & Pearson India Highlights: *Effectively worked across corporate, HR, CSR and product vertical for Samsung *Part of the launches of several key Samsung smart phones including Galaxy J5 and J7, Galaxy A8, S6 Edge Plus, Galaxy On5 and On7, among others *Successfully coordinated the launch of Galaxy J2 across 17 cities in the span of 2 weeks along with handling the flagship Tizen Developer Summit held in Bangalore *Worked for the Samsung Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge Photowalk, a media (online) engagement campaign, that was recognised at the IPRA Golden World Awards 2016 - Digital Media Relations Category *Worked with the core Hero MotoCorp team on the launch of Duet and Maestro Edge, managing the entire test ride campaign during the launch Show less
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Eulogy
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Account Manager
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Sep 2014 - Apr 2015
Key Responsibilities: Media relations, Drafting communication, Client Servicing, Event Management and Social Media Marketing Direct Clients: Triumph Motorcycles India Network Accounts: Education Ireland, HiRePro, Peroni, Cigar Conexion Projects: University of Newhampshire Highlights: *Triumph Motorcycles PR Campaign was shortlisted for the 2014 SABRE AWARDS for the Superior Achievement in Measurement and Evaluation *Single handled-ly managed the social profiles… Show more Key Responsibilities: Media relations, Drafting communication, Client Servicing, Event Management and Social Media Marketing Direct Clients: Triumph Motorcycles India Network Accounts: Education Ireland, HiRePro, Peroni, Cigar Conexion Projects: University of Newhampshire Highlights: *Triumph Motorcycles PR Campaign was shortlisted for the 2014 SABRE AWARDS for the Superior Achievement in Measurement and Evaluation *Single handled-ly managed the social profiles (Facebook & Twitter) of Triumph Motorcycles India for over a year and a half along with working on traditional PR campaigns
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Senior Account Executive
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Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
Key Responsibilities: Traditional PR, Social Media Marketing,Client Servicing & helping with NBD pitches Direct Client: Triumph Motorcycles & Digitas-Razorfish Network Clients: Education Ireland, Biocon, Dr. Shaw, B.PAC, Ray+Keshavan, Starcom Mediavest, Squeakee
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Account Executive
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Jun 2012 - Aug 2013
Key Responsibilities: Media Relations, Client Servicing, Social Media Marketing Direct Clients: Biocon, Peroni, ArrayTech Technologies, i2india, Green Power Systems, My First Cheque (Offer Grid & Poshvine) Network Clients: Crayon Data, Aspri Spirits & MEC Projects: Bangalore Literature Festival, Omega Watches, Bid & Hammer and Leap Start
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Reliance Broadcast Network
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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300 - 400 Employee
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Management Trainee - Sales
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Jan 2012 - Apr 2012
Sales - Language TV vertical Sales - Language TV vertical
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4th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2012
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Bangalore, India
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Internship
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Dec 2011 - Dec 2011
Venue management and operations Venue management and operations
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Metro Monkey
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India
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Internship
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Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
Clients - Titan Eye Plus and Peter England Role - Social Media Marketing - Developing content (posts) and monitoring the pages including keeping track of responses by the fans + Competition Mapping Clients - Titan Eye Plus and Peter England Role - Social Media Marketing - Developing content (posts) and monitoring the pages including keeping track of responses by the fans + Competition Mapping
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Concept PR India Ltd
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India
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Internship
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May 2011 - Jul 2011
Worked with Zzebra PR part of the Concept Group. Handled Media Relations for TCS World 10K (Bangalore Marathon), Cinemax & IndiaSkills Worked with Zzebra PR part of the Concept Group. Handled Media Relations for TCS World 10K (Bangalore Marathon), Cinemax & IndiaSkills
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Dexter Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
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India
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Internship
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Jan 2011 - Jan 2011
Market Research Project - Qualitative Research on Glass Mosaic Industry in Bangalore- Present status, Future Prospects and Vendor opinion, etc Market Research Project - Qualitative Research on Glass Mosaic Industry in Bangalore- Present status, Future Prospects and Vendor opinion, etc
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Jagori
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New Delhi Area, India
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Internship
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Nov 2010 - Dec 2010
Worked in the Resource Centre of the NGO and helped the team with: Updating their film library Tracking and updating database with news relevant to the NGO Readership Survey of their publications - 'Hum Sabla' & 'Dekhi Suni' Planning and execution of an event in their adopted community Designed invites for their annual conference Worked in the Resource Centre of the NGO and helped the team with: Updating their film library Tracking and updating database with news relevant to the NGO Readership Survey of their publications - 'Hum Sabla' & 'Dekhi Suni' Planning and execution of an event in their adopted community Designed invites for their annual conference
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Institute of Directors (IoD)
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Internship
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Jun 2009 - Jul 2009
Basic Communication & Database Management Basic Communication & Database Management
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Education
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2010 - 2012
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication
MBA, Communication Management- PR -
2007 - 2010
Maitreyi College, Delhi University
B.Com Hons, Finance & Marketing -
2005 - 2007
Army School
Schooling, Commerce in XI & XII -
Delhi University
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Marketing/Marketing Management, General
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