Position: Communications Associate
Serving: 18 August 2020 to till date
Organization: UN Women
Location: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
Provide coordination support in the development of a coherent Cox’s bazar sub-office communications and advocacy strategy
Serving: 18 August 2020 to till date
Organization: UN Women
Location: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
Provide coordination support in the development of a coherent Cox’s bazar sub-office communications and advocacy strategy
- Development of the sub-office communication strategy;
- Provide support to advocacy efforts and campaigns by organizing roundtable discussions, press conferences, and other publicity events and providing inputs to briefing materials and press releases;
- Provide support to programme and other sub-office staff on UN Women corporate communications guidelines and printing norms;
- Track and monitor press and social media and report relevant information to senior staff to inform strategy development.
- Support conducting needs analysis, planning for training module, identifying relevant technical experts to conduct and implement training for journalists on gender-responsive journalism.
- Organizing monthly meetings and dialogues between journalists and key stakeholders like women humanitarians, with women police, with Community Policing Fora, with GiHA on specific themes.
- Organizing visits of the journalists to the camps and host community in UN Women’s projects.
- Oganizing discussions on women’s portrayal in media, with media representatives, women’s human rights organizations, relevant Government, and UN
- Attending ISCG communications working group meeting as UN Women’s representative and working together to achieve join response plan (JRP).
- Support identifying storylines and achievements for online and print publications.
- Draft press releases, articles, key messages and other advocacy materials;
- Coordinate the translation, adaptation, or rewriting of information received for the local context; disseminate materials to appropriate stakeholders;
- Coordinate the publication of materials for final approval; maintain relationships with printers/ publishers;
- Maintain library/ database of reference materials, photos, and digital assets;
- Identifying stories, and providing inputs to the development of content for the website hosted at the Regional Office and social media channels;
- Update the website and social media channels, ensure consistency in branding;
- Support researching, compiling and producing reports on web statistics on a regular basis and electronic surveys, as required;
- Maintain files, databases, and systems relevant to the digital presence.
- Serve as a focal point on UN Women activities open to the press, as necessary;
- Maintain and update database of relevant press in Cox’s Bazar;
- Respond to request for information and arrange interviews, as delegated;
- Provide substantive inputs to talking points.
- Contribute to the identification of best practices and lessons learned;
- Support organizing trainings and workshops on communication practices;
- Provide/ exchange information, follow guideline of Country, regional offices and HQ.
Position: Communications Specialist
Serving: 18 August 2019 to 17 August 2020
Division: Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme
Organization: BRAC
Location: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
Serving: 18 August 2019 to 17 August 2020
Division: Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme
Organization: BRAC
Location: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
- Turn complex research data into clear compelling stories, write, edit and oversee preparation of IEC materials, feature stories, blog posts, case studies, fact sheets, presentations, audiovisual documentary and donor representation.
- Review, edit and monitor of all internal and external visibility items banner, backdrop, signboards and promotional items t-shirt, bags, vests and caps ensure brand guideline.
- Keep track of special days, plan and organize activities for special days. Undertake regular visits to the field to gather stories and document events for social media and website.
- Working as point of contact for national and international media, maintaining Journalists database, Media Management, coordination, liaison and advocacy through acting as the focal for coordination and liaison with external stakeholders for base level advocacy to highlight BRAC’s activities.
- Preparing press release and press kit, managing press conference of HCMP, BRAC.
- Still and video photography of important donor visit, seminar and workshops, compiling photographs and provided to the concern department and preserve in HCMP database.
- Support the base to develop an advocacy action and ensure smooth implementation of combinations activities and delivery of high-quality program, support communications mainstreaming in BRAC HCMP, led by Communications department in Headquarter Dhaka.
- Draft speeches, update message, answer media queries and presentation for media related request. Manage high profile donor visits preparing donor briefing handouts and monitoring any other supports needed.
- Review and edit communication materials prepared by sectors to ensure high quality from a communications point of view including fundraising proposals, donor reports, fact sheets and knowledge management.
- Attending ISCG communications working group meeting as BRAC’s representative and working together to achieve join response plan (JRP).
- Collecting information, story, quantitative data and write monthly situation report.
- Monitor relevant national and international media reporting and analysis as required.
Position: Sr. Executive (Promo In-charge)
Serving: 01 June 2011 to 17 July 2019
Division: Program Department
Organization: Maasranga Television
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
Serving: 01 June 2011 to 17 July 2019
Division: Program Department
Organization: Maasranga Television
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage Maasranga Television’s Promo section to make sure all Promos are developed and telecasted on time, maintaining the proper guideline including ensuring all sensitivities and appropriate for the target audience.
- Supervise creative and manage overall coordination and timeline during the design of new Promos and Programs including idea generation, script writing, pre-production planning, production and post-production work of Promo department.
- Lead in making Special day promo including Bengali New Year, Int. Mother Language day, Victory day, Independence Day, Eid-ul-Fitr, Adha, Nazrul, Rabindra Jayanti, etc.
- Prepare proposals and develop special issue based promo like child labor, traffic safety, safe driving, etc.
- Planning, developing and managing events including International Folk Festivals, Classical Music Festivals. Boishakhi Concert, New Year Concert, etc.
- Writing letter to obtaining venue permission and press invitation letter writing and media relation of events of Maasranga television.
- Proposal writing, pitching, budgeting and implementation of events and programs on issues related to development and commercial sector and day observances.
- Undertake communications needs assessment, stakeholder analysis and reporting.
- Monitor social media trends and features, manages SEO of YouTube Channel.
- Producing promotional videos for regular drama, telefilm, In-house program, events and reality shows.
Position: Manager
Served: 01 September 2006 to 31 May 2011 (4 year 9 months)
Organization: Media-mix Enterprise Ltd. (Communication Agency)
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
Served: 01 September 2006 to 31 May 2011 (4 year 9 months)
Organization: Media-mix Enterprise Ltd. (Communication Agency)
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Communications department of the organization including developing communications strategy, media planning, planning of events, campaign and activation.
- Develop project specific contents in accordance with communications strategy and adapted to the target audience.
- Developing behavioral change communications (BCC) materials and supervise the printing process of brochure, flyers, booklet on different issues for clients.
- Make sure the branding visibility is accordance with donor/client’s guideline.
- Working as Executive Producer in audiovisual productions, Report writing, presentation, media planning, developing communication strategy.
- Planning, budgeting and managing of events, campaign and activation.
- Managing advertisement and public relation with newspapers and televisions.
- Guide the drafting and editing presentations, briefings and other information materials for both web-based and hard copy media.
- Designing and executing market research, customer survey, product and services development, strategy formulation, long term and short term communications plan preparation for clients.
- Analyzing and evaluating research and interpreting data, offering research-based briefings and recommendations, which may involve writing action plans, recommendations, etc.
- Managing advertisement and public relation with newspapers and televisions.