Resourceful and innovative Instructional Designer with over four years of experience in e-learning and curriculum development for wide variety of cultural and professional backgrounds. Offering insightful analysis of content and design to create value-added learning programs that achieve desired business outcomes. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders and assess learning needs.
Hi, I’m
Sonashree Basu Paul
Nr, Mira, Thane,MH
Summary
Overview
4
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
1
Language
Work History
LRN Technologies and Content SolutionsMumbai
Senior Instructional Designer
Job overview
- Develop learning objectives and assessments, structure the course appropriately, and bring about creativity in e-learning
- Ability to conceptualize and put into practice effective training strategies
- Liaise with SMEs, graphic designers, reviewers and other stakeholders to create effective instructor-led and Web-based instructional content
- Review all e-Learning deliverables for content flow, accuracy, language, standards, etc
- Create course outlines and design documents based on client requirements
- Developing courses by creating storyboards and coming up with engaging content strategies and approaches
- Using the Content Authoring Tool to create e-learning fluidx courses in Ethics and Compliance from storyboards created either in MS-Word or MS-PowerPoint for reputed global clients
- Creating hybrid courses in bespoke authoring tools
- Upgrading courses from fusion-plus in Flash to fluidx in the content authoring tool
- This would also include suggesting new images and new templates to the design team
- Adding learning content which may include new quiz questions, additional learning g screens, etc
- Whenever the partner requires it in hybrid or custom courses
- Helping to create hybrid or custom Codes of Conduct by suggesting video/faux video scenarios and related learning screens to match the partner’s requirements and then pulling it all together in an Ajax document or CAT
- Briefing the production team, both in global briefs (team briefing) and also on a one-on-one basis and supporting the developers and graphic designers with regard to a course's content whenever needed
- Reviewing courses whenever needed for all the course versions like Flash, FlashFree, pdf and fluidx
- Creating audio scripts for voice overs
- Creating or matching video transcripts to the course videos
- Creating subtitle files for closed captioning in videos
- Writing Alternate text (Alt tags) to describe images in accessible courses
- Editing xml file of game course content
- Publishing the courses on the LMS (server internal as well as partner)
- Editorial reviewing of the courses to ensure that the content is grammatically sound and there are no factual errors
- Functional reviewing of courses to see are the partner requirements provided in the briefing document are met
- Creating Action Log to highlight issues regarding design and development as well as posing questions to partners and project managers, with regard to course content
- Asking writers to turn around content, if necessary
- Suggesting process changes to library and custom as and when required
HT Media LtdMumbai
Chief Content manager
Job overview
- Handling the primary functional role of Chief Copy Editor for ‘HT Café’, Mumbai edition
- Ideating and writing stories on variety of topics such as city trends, health, relationships, food, fashion, culture, art, theatre, art, music, TV and movies etc
- Writing promotional features and advertorials for brand promotions
- Interviewing renowned celebrities
- Interacting with PR and media management agencies and coordinating with them for stories and events
- Discussing stories with the editorial team and planning out the edition accordingly
- Conducting review and endorsement campaigns for beauty products and tourism destinations
- Giving interesting twist to stories after analyzing them
- Making pages, planning layouts and dummies
- Editing, proofreading, facts checking and revising coping
- Work on raw content from reporters and refining the articles for developing ready copy
- Correcting logical and grammatical errors, giving sharp headlines, maintaining production schedules, developing info graphics to accompany a story
- Working closely with graphic designers to design the look of the edition of the day with graphics and photos
The TelegraphKolkata
Deputy Chief Editor
Job overview
- Editing, proofreading, facts checking and revising news and feature stories
- Planning out the edition with the team – on a daily basis
- Providing story ideas to reporters to work upon
- Making pages, planning layouts and dummies
- Work on raw content from reporters and refining the articles for developing ready copy
- Correcting logical and grammatical errors, giving sharp headlines, maintaining production schedules, developing info graphics to accompany a story
- Working closely with graphic designers to design the look of the edition of the day with graphics and photos
The TelegraphKolkata
Senior Sub-Editor
Job overview
- Edit, rewrite, and proofread articles for Odisha & Bihar edition of Telegraph
- Selection of copies from agencies
- Work with guest writers & reporters to rewrite, organize and refine articles
- Specialize in editing and writing feature stories, giving catchy captions and headlines
- Making pages using Quark Xpress
- Designing page layouts
The TelegraphKolkata
Trainee Sub-Editor
01.2010 - 01.2013
Job overview
- Learning the usage of Quark
- Co-coordinating with the desk heads
- Getting stories, pictures and follow-ups from the reporters
- Releasing pages
- Eb’18 –, Feb’15 to
- Ep’15 2014 to 2015
The Telegraph
Sub-Editor
01.2011
Job overview
- Kolkata
- Creating pages using Quark Xpress application
- Coordinating and acquiring data from reporters
- Learning to edit articles and reports with precision
- Releasing pages for finalizing edition for the day, Special Responsibilities handled during the tenure @ The Telegraph, Kolkata
- Handling the sole responsibility of editing, planning and brainstorming ideas for the Odisha and Bihar state editions of ‘t2’ — the lifestyle and entertainment supplement of The Telegraph
- Covering major events, filing interviews and writing articles on fashion and lifestyle
- Selecting stories for the ‘t2’ edition of Patna and Bhubaneswar
- Working closely with reporters and helping them churn out Page-3 stories for several sub-sections party, hangouts, fashion et al – which is a huge challenge considering the limitations of these Tier-2 cities generating Page-3 worthy coverage
- Nternship details
Kolkata
Freelancer/Intern
06.2010 - 05.2010
Job overview
- Writing features and articles on several issues for all the sections of Kolkata Mirror in areas of Lifestyle, News, Communities, Women, etc
- Taking interviews of celebrities as well as of people from the common walks of life
- Published over the weekend editions
- Writing for ‘Spunk Yard’ – a tabloid that concentrated on issues relevant to the youth
- Contributing towards campus related articles for Education Times and www.educationtimes.com
- Contributed regularly towards Economic Times , Calcutta Times, Times Wellness and special features for the main edition of Times of India (Kolkata edition)
- Developed rapport & networked with professionals from the print media – within and outside the organization
Headlines Today, India Today GroupKolkata
Media Intern
04.2009 - 06.2009
Job overview
- Reporting for various political and non-political news events
- Writing scripts for programs hosted during primetime telecasts
- Liaising with local reporters as well as deriving information from reporters in other districts
- Coordinating with public relation representatives and relaying required information to the head office
- Learning the nuances of television reporting
Education
Post Graduate Certification from Digital Marketing
04.2020 - 01.2021
University Overview
Communication, MICA (online certification program conducted by UpGrad)
University Overview
Specializations:
Social Media and Content Marketing
Branding and Communication
Marketing Communication and Public Relations
Jadavpur University
PG Diploma from Mass Communication
01.2007 - 01.2008
University Overview
Calcutta University – Loreto College
B.A. from English
01.2003 - 01.2006
University Overview
Notre Dame Academy
CBSE Class XII
University Overview
Notre Dame Academy
CBSE Class X
University Overview
Skills
Course material creation
undefinedTimeline
Post Graduate Certification from Digital Marketing
04.2020 - 01.2021
Freelancer/Intern
06.2010 - 05.2010
Trainee Sub-Editor
The Telegraph
01.2010 - 01.2013
Media Intern
Headlines Today, India Today Group
04.2009 - 06.2009
Jadavpur University
PG Diploma from Mass Communication
01.2007 - 01.2008
Calcutta University – Loreto College
B.A. from English
01.2003 - 01.2006
Senior Instructional Designer
LRN Technologies and Content Solutions
Chief Content manager
HT Media Ltd
Deputy Chief Editor
The Telegraph
Senior Sub-Editor
The Telegraph
Sub-Editor
The Telegraph
01.2011
Communication, MICA (online certification program conducted by UpGrad)
Notre Dame Academy
CBSE Class XII
01.2003
Notre Dame Academy
CBSE Class X
01.2001