Vijaya

Vijaya Prasad 703.217.8608 Prasad.vijaya@gmail.com  1525  Griffith  Park  Blvd,  No.  203,  Los  Angeles,  CA  90028 http://prasadvijaya.com

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Experience Contractor, Washington DC 9/2010-Current • Subcontracted as in-house editor, proofreader, and fact checker on projects including the World

Bank, US Pharmacopeia, and the U.S. Federal government at EEI Communications • Analyzed websites and landing pages for various organizations to optimize user experience • Blogger at theindianinfluence.com, a blog on Indian-American life and culture • Copyediting, proofreading, and formatting technical and marketing publications, and periodicals

to include fact-checking, consistency, grammar, and editorial style. • Performed quality-assurance reviews, proofing, and editing of online publications and Web

content. • Facilitated the development of marketing and informational communication products. Discovery Communications, Silver Spring, MD 9/2011 – 5/2012 Associate Digital Producer- Contract (Yoh) • Supported global Discovery teams in Latin America/Brazil, EMEA/UK, and Asia, by delivering

digital content to promote shows • Published content to websites using the internal CMS • Kept up-to-date records of project deliveries, documented content management procedures, and

managed workflows • Researched, edited photos, and wrote engaging captions and supported SEO efforts • Managed small projects and project work streams

American Society of Civil Engineers Reston, VA 11/2007 – 6/2009 Editorial Assistant • Managed four international journals and oversaw the peer-review process from initial submission

to production • Communicated with editors, reviewers, and authors in the U.S. and overseas, to facilitate the

production process • Initial point-of-contact and problem solver for authors, editors, and reviewers • Took minutes at bi-monthly department meetings • Generated monthly and weekly system analysis journal reports

Education Syracuse University 7/2009–6/2010 *S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications* MA, Magazine & Online Journalism James Madison University 8/2001–5/2005 *College of Arts and Letters* BA, International Affairs with Writing & Rhetoric

Skills Language + Editorial Professional writing and editing experience *Excellent project management skills *Copyediting skills (AP, Chicago, & GPO) *Conversational in French and Hindi Digital Media Classes for Georgetown Universityʼs Digital Media Management Certificate: *SEO Building Strong Brands *Understanding New Media Platforms, Applications, and Techniques* Skilled in Wordpress and Blogger  Software + Technology Microsoft Office suite* Basic Adobe Photoshop + Html skills *Familiar with both Windows + Mac OS *Social Media Platforms including Twitter, Storify, and others