ROSHINI DADLANI
- - /in/roshinidadlani Delhi 30/06/1992
WORK EXPERIENCE
I have over 10 years of experience in content management, editing, and content strategy across the publishing industry and corporate sector, with expertise of creating effective communication and messaging through books, videos, blog posts, and newsletters
Blinkit, Senior Manager, Content and Communication March 2021–November 2023
Increased monthly GMV by 10% by creating language model to improve search accuracy for customers
Produced and edited Blinkit’s web series on start-ups, Blinkit Pitstop, with a team of video editors and designers; created social media posts to promote it on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn
Improved page impressions by 17% and add-to-cart by 9% by creating and sourcing videos, content, and product details for brands such as Philips, Plum, The Whole Truth, and Arata
Slashed cost of customer service training by 50% by overhauling content for training modules
Editor-in-chief of Blinkit and Zomato’s in-house weekly newsletter and website blog
Penguin Random House India May 2015–March 2021
Associate Commissioning Editor and Foreign Rights Manager
Contributed revenue of over ₹2 Cr/year by developing content with authors such as Luke Coutinho, Hussain Zaidi and Bilal Siddiqi for over 60 bestselling books in the wellness, lifestyle and fiction
Created revenue of over $50,000/year by writing pitches to sublicense book rights to overseas publishers
Boosted ecommerce sales by 10% by improving metadata content; received PengWin Team Award for it
The Smart Cube, Associate Editor June 2013–May 2015
Edited market research reports for consulting firms and conducted business English training
The only and youngest member to receive the ‘New Talent Award’ in a batch of 150
Published author, Scholastic India June 2013–Present
Co-authored 5 books (Puzzle Buzz 1–5) with sales of >1,00,000 copies; published by Scholastic India
EDUCATION
Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University July 2010–June 2013
Received Ist Division in B.A. English (Hons.) with 63.9%; Rank 33 in CATE 2010 entrance exam
National Law School of India University, Bangalore July 2016–December 2018
Awarded P.G. Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law, Distance Education Programme, with
CGPA 5.0/7.0; course completed while working at Penguin Random House India
CERTIFICATIONS, SOFTWARE AND LANGUAGES
Certification in inbound content marketing from HubSpot Academy
Proficiency in 5 languages: English, Hindi, French, Sindhi and Bengali
Skilled in Adobe Illustrator, Figma, Canva, and MS Office
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1st, 2nd and 3rd year Prayag Sangeet Samiti certifications in Hindustani Classical Music on Hawaiian Guitar
Learnt mixology at Sidecar, one of Asia’s top 50 bars