Shruti Gokhale 655 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Apt 204, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Phone – 415 260 6166 Email – gvshruti@gmail.com Home Education Significant Projects Awards Work History References Skills Education Master of Science in Mass Communication candidate, San Jose State University, CA (December/10) Emphasis – Advertising and Media GPA – 3.91 Related Course Load – Media planning and buying Campaign management New media technology Communication management Home Education Master of Marketing Management, University of Pune, India (May 2006) Emphasis – Advertising Related Course Load – Brand Management Principles and practices of Marketing Managerial Economics Business Communication Relationship marketing Strategic marketing Bachelor of Commerce, University of Pune, India (May 2002) Emphasis – Advertising Related Course Load – Advertising Projects Significant Projects Awards Work History References Skills Significant Projects One year media flight plan for IKEA (Fall-2008, SJSU) A team project on developing a media campaign for a start-up company producing solar shingles (Fall-2008, SJSU) ‘Blogging – A new communication tool of corporations.’ (Fall2008, SJSU) Product Placement in Hollywood and Bollywood movies (Spring-2010, SJSU) Designing brand awareness activities and an effective media mix (May-2006, University of Pune) A comprehensive project report on Marketing Mix of a Media Company (May-2005, University of Pune) Multimedia Projects Blog on “product placement in movies” (Click here to view the blog) Website on “product placement in movies” (Click here to view the website) Video Podcast (Click here to view the Video Podcast) Designing a brochure in Adobe Indesign (Click here to view the file) A project report on Mumbai terrorist attacks covered on social media (Click here to view the presentation) Home Education Significant Projects Awards Work History References Skills Awards Blue Cow Award (Fall-2008, SJSU) Won an award for the best marketing campaign for a start up company producing solar Award for Best Ad Agency (May, 2002, University of Pune) Won an award for best ad agency and for overall performance for the campaign on creating a mock ad agency and creating ads for different media Award for the first rank (May 2006 University of Pune) Won an award for standing first in the Masters of Marketing Management at Naralkar Institute Award for the second rank (January-2005, University of Pune) Won an award for a paper on ‘Supply chain management in the global world’ in a national level paper presentation competition, Shodh (Search) Home Education Significant Projects Awards Work History References Skills Work History Studio Coordinator: Raviraj Publicity Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India (November 2006 - October 2007) Campaign development Art Department Coordination including job scheduling, maintaining deadlines and working as a mediator between the art department and marketing, media and print departments. Establishing network systems for inter-departmental work processes Developing a computerized documentation and maintenance system for International Standards Organization (ISO) process in Microsoft Excel and Word. Media Coordinator: Forefront Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India (March 2003 - October 2006) Coordination of organizational trainings for government as well as non-government organizations (working for a social cause) and private & multinational companies Coordination of media campaigns for national as well as international organizations Academic and administrative coordination of media related professional courses such as Acting, Direction, Script Writing, Dubbing and Voice Over, News Reading Click here for Significant work projects Home Education Significant Projects Awards Work History References Skills Significant Work Projects Coordination of a statewide media campaign for the international firm Save the Children, Canada The campaign was initiated to create awareness about the problems of Child Domestic Workers; it involved working with other participating government and non-government organizations and use of various media. The campaign concluded in a press conference for 5 mega cities in the state of Maharashtra and resulted into formation of a law protecting the child domestic workers Coordination of communication trainings for Indian Tribal Communities organized by international organization Swiss Aid, which explained about innovative media of communication and their use Coordination of a workshop on News Reading with Zee TV, India. Home Education Significant Projects Awards Work History References Skills References References from Work Mr. Rajesh Deshmukh, Director, Indian Magic Eye Pvt. Ltd. Contact – +91 20 - 25660584/85/86 Email - rajesh@imepl.com Mr. Ravindra Mankani Contact - +91 (020) 24477405, 24461938, 24492134 Email - ravirajadvertising@vsnl.net References from SJSU Dr. Diana Stover, Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, San Jose State University Contact - 408 924 3271, Email - diana.stover@sjsu.edu Tim Hendrick, Assistant Professor, Advertising, San Jose State University Contact - 408 924 3275, Email - thendrick@casa.sjsu.edu George Coakley, Lecturer, Advertising, San Jose State University Contact - 408 924 3269, Email - george.coakley@sjsu.edu Home Education Significant Projects Awards Work History References Skills Skills Language Skills Computer Skills Social Media Skills Home Education Significant Projects Awards English (fluent) Hindi (Fairly Fluent) Marathi (Fluent) Proficient in: MS Office Suite Adobe Photoshop Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe InDesign Proficient in: Blogging Audio Podcasting Video Podcasting Facebook Twitter Work History References Skills