Dinkar Kamat

DINKAR KAMAT E-mail:-Mobile: - Career Objective: Seeking a challenging employment in the content role emphasizing on writing, structuring and managing content. My primary objective is to grow within the organization, while staying focused on my areas of interest and expertise. I also aim to enhance my skill set, which not only should benefit the company I’m working in, but also aid my overall career growth. Experience: Assistant Manager - MakeMyTrip - Hotels Content​ (Location) ​- October 2016 to February 2018 Curation of location-based content described below to help users with decision-making while choosing hotels in a city/area. Manually curated data based on extensive research on Google Maps, Blogs, OTAs etc. within a period of three months ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Manually curated a refined list of POIs for approximately 100 domestic and 50 international top-selling cities Manually curated data on location-specific tasks Identified 1100 important areas in 90 domestic and 500 areas in 40 international cities on the basis of things to do, places to visit and other travel-related information Curated content to provide information to travellers about area descriptions, things to do, places of interests etc. in 1100 areas, which helped them choose hotels in a more refined manner Curated content for POIs in all these areas to provide brief descriptions to app users Curated content on why tourists prefer these areas to help app users make informed decisions while booking hotels Sourced images for the entire project, which amounted to more than 3000 images for POIs, areas and cities Structured the entire data to be passed on to several tech teams and product managers to scale up the process. Ensuring that the structured data could be used as a database by the tech teams Deduped 14500 areas PAN India in the company’s database to around 3500 areas within three months, which provided more visibility to hotels in specific areas Curated content to create and build area guides for 1100 areas in 90 domestic and 40 international cities within a period of three months. Assistant Manager - MakeMyTrip - Hotels Content - ​August 2015 to October 2016 ● ● ● ● ● ● Strategised, planned and executed business (with respect to Content) with acumen Conducted experiments on the site and assessed its usability Undertook risks to improve the site with exemplary results Ideated concepts that increased hits as well as conversions Interacted and worked in tandem with other departments/businesses within the organisation and devised ways to enhance the output Worked quickly under pressure with a quick TAT for online and offline work In this role, I was also actively involved with managing in-funnel hotels content for MakeMyTrip. My job responsibilities included: ● Organizing and managing photoshoots for PAN India hotels in MakeMyTrip inventory ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Coordinating with vendors to check pricing and keeping track of photoshoots Planning and implementing content management strategy for ‘Hotel Segment’ Reviewing and maintaining hotel content as per standards set by the company from time to time Creating, developing and managing content for organization’s ‘Hotel Segment’ as per specified guidelines Writing, editing and proofreading hotel content, and maintaining quality standards Maintaining consistent look and feel throughout all hotel properties by creating and maintaining standard formats and guidelines for content upload Coordinating projects across all destinations, and with all Hotel Contracting Managers Assuring web-based information is in sync with future marketing and promotional needs and of relevance to customers Tracking and reporting content related issues Suggesting innovations to build rich content for ‘Hotel Segments’ Working cooperatively with key team members and hotel suppliers Working closely with other departments (technical, product, marketing) to maintain site standards with regard to content management Consultant - MakeMyTrip - Content (Blog) ​- July 2015 to August 2015 ● ● Wrote over 30 travel blogs within a period of one month Due to exceptional performance, was moved to the hotels content team to focus on tasks directly pertaining to revenue generation and conversion URL to Published Articles for the MakeMyTrip Blog - ​http://www.makemytrip.com/blog/author/dinkar-kamat Consultant - MakeMyTrip - Visa Operations (Content & Communication) ​- February 2015 to July 2015 Managed content regarding Visa operations, and the Visa operations website of MakeMyTrip.com. Handled customer interactions and monitored e-mails sent by the team. Also took care of the MakeMyTrip blog content, and dealt with customer escalations regarding Visa operations. Managed projects and automation​: Liaised with technology teams and managed automation projects. Liaised with business teams and arranged buy-ins from the business units which were impacted due to any change in the sales flow/post-sales handling. Prepared process flow and visa automation collateral, sufficient to execute the project for the project teams as part of necessary deliverables. Created customer related content and communication​: Updated and created Visa content specific to each case. Compiled the reservoir of such content accessible by post-sales team. Filtered out the undesired elements from the general list of required documents. Customized the list of required documents for FD products. Determined the requirement list for unusual cases. Held interactions with customers. Drafted formats for covering letters and acted as a one-stop Visa help desk for all external and internal customers. Casual RJ - All India Radio - Part Time ​- March 2015 - April 2015 Casual announcer for All India Radio's Overseas Division. Wrote scripts and presented shows to Russian and Australian audience (NRIs) in English. Freelance Content Writer ​- November 2012 to February 2015 Worked for clients in the US & UK to produce web pages, blog posts, product reviews and other content for blogs, websites, article directories, and other publishing platforms on the Internet. Acquired work from iWriter.com, oDesk.com, Fiverr.com etc. ​Wrote more than 7,000 words per day consistently for 3 years. Academic Details: COURSE UNIVERSITY YEAR OF PASSING Intermediate C.B.S.E 2004 High School C.B.S.E 2006 Graduate in BBA (Tour & Travel Management) Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University 2010 Post Graduate in M.Sc. in Mass comm and Advertising + Post Grad Diploma in Electronic Media Asian School of Media Studies 2013 Skill set: ● ● ● MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Phot-Editor, MS Excel, Basic knowledge of HTML Training in IITTM, Pusa under the Ministry of Tourism for Common Wealth Games 2010 Working knowledge of WordPress, Drupal etc., CMS, Extranet Projects & Presentations: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Wrote a minor project report on ‘The Ecological tourism of India’ Created a presentation on ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) Took a summer training in TATA Motors for 2 months Created a summer training report on the marketing strategies of TATA Motors Created an HTML oriented project on Union Bank of India Stayed actively involved with the college magazine and other projects related to film-making and Electronic Media Wrote several scripts for Radio Noida – 107.4 FM Remained actively involved in writing content related to TV and Radio Produced and anchored a 15-minute News Bulletin programme presented in Asian School of Media Studies Developed the concept and directed an Ad-Film on Facebook in Asian School of Media Studies Acted in two short films in Asian Academy of Film and Television Hobbies: ● ● ● ● Playing outdoor sports Listening to music Writing short stories Travelling Strengths: ● ● ● ● ● Confident Eager to learn Extremely committed Believe in Teamwork Exceptionally fast content writer Personal Profile: Nationality: Indian Date of birth: 1​st​ November 1988 Father's Name: Mr. Dharmanand Kamat Languages known: Hindi, English and Beginner’s French Permanent address: GH-4/175, Meera Apt., Paschim Vihar, New Delhi-63 Declaration: I hereby declare that the above given information is true and best of my knowledge and belief. (DINKAR KAMAT)