As an accomplished Communications Manager, I bring a strategic mindset that adeptly aligns communication plans with overarching business objectives. Serving as a trusted advisor, I handle sensitive information with the utmost discretion, maintaining confidentiality and integrity. With a commanding leadership presence and polished presentation skills, I effectively influence stakeholders at all levels, including executives. My track record demonstrates proficiency in managing multiple initiatives concurrently, anticipating challenges, and excelling in ambiguous situations with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. Renowned for my exceptional problem-solving abilities and flexibility, I thrive under pressure, delivering innovative solutions to complex projects while maintaining meticulous attention to detail. With outstanding written and oral communication skills, including active listening, I possess the capability to analyze intricate information and offer strategic, practical solutions to drive organizational success.
Hi, I’m
Unnati Kaushik
Communications Specialist
Bengaluru,karnataka
Summary
Overview
7
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Professional Services Corp Comm Manager, Content & Community Engagement Lead
08.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Deliver foundational employee communications to ensure employees are aware and feel valued and supported.
- Develop and deliver clear and comprehensive compensation communication strategy and plan.
- Building multi-channel comms strategies to inform, influence and engage 10,000-strong workforce of Services Experience Delivery team, ensuring clarity and alignment with business objectives.
- Monitoring campaign effectiveness and employee sentiment by establishing success metrics, analyzing results and benchmarking.
- Managing an integrated communications calendar, production schedules and other project management activities
- Handle confidential information with the highest discretion, ensuring that communications plans are executed with sensitivity and integrity.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Services Experience Delivery senior leadership team, including VPs and directors, providing strategic guidance on messaging and communication activities.
- Develop and implement an internal communication strategy tailored to effectively engage with the 10,000-strong Services Experience Delivery team, ensuring clarity and alignment with business objectives.
- Lead and coordinate various communication initiatives, including All Team Meetings (ATMs), people leader forums, Ask Me Anything sessions (AMAs), executive announcements, and presentations, fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration.
- Offer hands-on support and guidance to leaders to ensure consistency and cohesion in communication efforts across different teams, while adhering to HPE branding and communication policies
- Plan, execute, and monitor Voice of the Workforce (VoW) activities across the organization, providing necessary resources and support to local VoW leads for driving impactful outcomes within their teams.
- Leverage academic and industry research to address internal communication challenges, designing and delivering training programs and workshops to enhance organizational communication capabilities.
- Advise senior leadership on change management strategies and methodologies, ensuring alignment with business objectives and facilitating the successful implementation of critical projects or restructuring initiatives across Services Experience Delivery and HPE Services.
Intel Corporation
APAC Communications Specialist
05.2021 - 07.2023
Job overview
- Define strategic communications objectives together with the leadership & cross-functional teams. Develop, edit, and execute employee engagement, employer branding & leadership communication programs/campaigns through a mix of tools, publishing activities, classic media, public relations, digital and social media.
- Develops and maintains a communications calendar for Town Halls, AMAs/live events, written messaging, and special events and metricizes impact. This includes the independent creation of end-to-end content.
- Provide strategic counsel and communications support to the head of the function. Executing a metrics-based communications plan and maintaining a high level of engagement resulting in measurable positive employee sentiment.
- Deep focus on internal communications, evaluate the need to run specific communication programs across APAC. Conceptualize, develop, and implement a content strategy for employee communications campaigns that increase the visibility of the organization's research and thought leadership among employees & external audience
- Engage with key stakeholders and global comms team across the department and the organization externally to align activities and maximize benefits for the organization strategic communications objectives together with the leadership & cross-functional team.
- Develop, edit, and execute employee engagement, employer branding & leadership communication programs/campaigns through a mix of tools, publishing activities, classic media, public relations, digital and social media.
NEC Corporation India Private Limited
Lead - Corporate Communications
03.2018 - 05.2021
Job overview
- Led Corporate Communication function for APAC region - defining annual communication strategy, creating employer brand recall, and developing internal communication tools, and HR campaigns in line with organization goals.
- Develop visually compelling newsletters, culture decks, and other internal communication materials aimed at engaging and informing employees effectively.
- Building thought leadership through effective PR strategy to enhance the brand value.Work in tandem with the PR team to craft and disseminate impactful narratives highlighting NEC's accomplishments and cultural ethos to external audiences.
- Led key communications initiative for business continuity as a part of the core COVID Response team.
- Orchestrated seamless post-merger integration of communication functions, orchestrating impactful business kick-offs, town halls, and leaders' sessions.Developed and implemented SLAs and measurement metrics to gauge the effectiveness of communication strategies, driving continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
- Utilize data analysis techniques to assess the efficacy of communication efforts, utilizing insights to iteratively enhance strategies and tactics, ultimately ensuring optimal support for our workforce.
Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group
Executive - Group Communications
10.2017 - 03.2018
Job overview
- Create content for and manage the organization's intranet portal, including content and visual identity.
HCL Foundation
Project Associate - Education & Communication
04.2017 - 09.2017
Job overview
- Deploying effective communication channels to ensure that the communication mediums used are consistent across all the projects in HCL's CSR initiative- 'Project Samuday'.
Education
XISS, Ranchi
PGDBM / MBA (Rural Management)
University Overview
Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Delhi University
PGDM (Journalism)
University Overview
P.G.D.A.V College, Delhi University
B.A English (Hons.)
University Overview
Cambridge School, Noida
HSC (XII) - CBSE
University Overview
Skills
MS Office
SharePoint
Photoshop
Illustrator
Corel Draw
Google Analytics
Poppulo
Yammer
Social Chorus
Websites
Certification
PG Certification into Digital Marketing, specialization in Branding and PR, MICA
Languages
English
Hindi
Timeline
Professional Services Corp Comm Manager, Content & Community Engagement Lead
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2023 - Current
APAC Communications Specialist
Intel Corporation
05.2021 - 07.2023
Lead - Corporate Communications
NEC Corporation India Private Limited
03.2018 - 05.2021
Executive - Group Communications
Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group
10.2017 - 03.2018
Project Associate - Education & Communication
HCL Foundation
04.2017 - 09.2017
XISS, Ranchi
PGDBM / MBA (Rural Management)
Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Delhi University
PGDM (Journalism)
P.G.D.A.V College, Delhi University
B.A English (Hons.)
Cambridge School, Noida
HSC (XII) - CBSE