Resume | Danish Raza

July 2023 – Present

Sr Communications Manager, Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation

Prioritising and boosting the organisation’s media requests and engagement
Devising, implementing comms strategies to support the organisation’s advocacy and fundraising goals
Collaborating with programs, campaigns and policy teams to drive digital engagement
Brainstorming with team leads to craft narratives for the organisation’s programs and overall branding
Supervising op-eds, media quotes, press releases and other communications material
Working with multiple teams to identify thought leadership opportunities

Sep 2022 – May 2023

Asia Pacific Communications Manager, Break Free From Plastic

Responsible for implementing communications strategy and collaborating on regional toolkits, capacity building events for peak efforts, apart from quality control on earned media efforts in APAC priority countries
Guided the APAC comms team on internal and public-facing webinars and workshops
Conducted media-facing capacity building sessions for BFFP member organisations’ staff
Responded to movement members’ communications needs
Conceptualised and curated a podcast on the Global Plastic Treaty for BFFP member organisations
Facilitated op-eds and TV appearances of BFFP thought leaders in national and regional media
Conducted media roundtable to orient journalists on the Global Plastic Treaty
Earned more than 20 media opportunities across eight APAC countries on BFFP’s Brand Audit Report
Added to the existing media database apart from cultivating relationships with sectoral journalists
Oversaw implementation of key deliverables including social, newsletters and online campaigns
Worked on digital knowledge products such as infographics, doodles and microsites

May 2021 – Jan 2022

Communications Specialist, IPE Global

Designed and implemented media strategy to achieve the strategic engagement objectives of project Udaan, aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies in Rajasthan
Supported project teams in creating comms materials such as pamphlets, brochures, videos and multimedia content
Built relationships with strategically important partners including state government officials, parliamentarians, journalists and civil society
Earned media opportunities in multiple publications including The Times of India, Guardian, The Week

Aug 2020 – Apr 2021

News Editor - South Asia, VICE

Shaped VICE World News’ coverage for crucial events in the region
Assigned, commissioned, edited stories by in-house writers and contributors across the region
Collaborated with social media team and digital video producers to ensure cross-functional initiatives

Sep 2019 – May 2020 & Nov 2013 – Feb 2019

Assistant Editor, Hindustan Times

Enterprise stories on human rights, gender, development and politics
Repackaged stories for online audience through data, summaries, graphs, tables, keywords and tags
Stories picked up by The New York Times, BBC and Foreign Affairs magazine

March 2019 – Aug 2019

Alfred Friendly Fellow, Star Tribune (Minneapolis/USA)

Received training in multimedia reporting, podcast and data visualisation at the University of Missouri
Wrote features, daily news and more than 20 enterprise stories for Minnesota’s largest newspaper

Dec 2011 – Oct 2013

Principal Correspondent, Firstpost.com

Spot stories and investigations for the news website with 5 million monthly readers
Covered some of the biggest news developments in the national capital including the anti-corruption movement, launch of the Aam Aadmi party and trial of the juvenile accused in Dec 2012 gang rape case

Oct 2009 – Nov 2011

Principal Correspondent, Governance Now

Wrote news features for the magazine and quick stories for the website
Beats: Union Ministry of Urban Development, Election Commission of India, Right to Information

Sep 2007 – Sep 2009

Reporter, NewsX