Kuumar Kavita Shyam

Sports Editor @ Abu Dhabi Media (ADM)

About

Kuumar is a senior journalist, currently with Aletihad English, launched on September 19, 2023 by Abu Dhabi Media. He has a rich online / New media experience besides print production in a career since 1997 and in the UAE from 2008. He also has dabbled in public relations, freelance writing and has been content strategist for many companies. A skilled leader, he headed the PR at Middle East Media Corporation while managing a portal - headline.ae. He is an all-rounder, to borrow a cricketing analogy. He has extensive reportage at high-profile sports, entertainment and business events. He has done podcasts, live commentary blogs and also handled various newspaper production duties, including web and social media management tasks. He has designed pages and curated content while ensuring deadlines every single day. He has also gone the extra mile to break news, some of them world exclusives. He is a Hubspot-certified content marketing specialist. Specialties: Excellent analytical abilities, calm under deadline pressure, willingness to help Also keen on: Corporate Communication, Entrepreneurship, Brand consultancy

Country

United Arab Emirates

City

Abu Dhabi

Industry

Media Production

Skill

Public Relations, Marketing Strategy, Content Development, Influencer Marketing, Crisis Communications, Writing, Journalism, Newspapers, Social Media, Editing, Freelance Writing, Newspaper, News Writing, Online Journalism, Digital Media, Blogging, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, InDesign, HTML

Experience

Sports Editor

Abu Dhabi Media (ADM)

2023-9 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Heading the sports team atAletihad, the new English sister concern of the oldest Arabic newspaper in the UAE - Al Ittihad.

Head of PR - Managing editor

MEMc-Middle East Media Corp.

2022-4 - 2023-9 · 1 yr 6 mos

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Serve as PR Lead at MEMC. Also managed the news portal www.headline.ae. Had the freedom to write and edit media content of all types for others as well. Helped craft the messaging for brands and companies for corporate communications and marketing needs. Freelanced at multiple exhibitions & conferences for their daily bulletins and internal communication needs, where tasks included conducting video interviews, covering panel discussions and writing short reports instantly.

Production journalist

The National News

2008-4 - 2023-1 · 14 yrs 10 mos

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Production journalist at The National

The National News

2008-4 - 2022-3 · 14 yrs

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Executing and monitoring page production and design; editing content for print pages as well as the website, co-ordinating with other departments for content packaging while managing the night desk to ensure deadlines are met. Have occasionally broke news and done live blog updates during major events.

Online Editor, Sports

The National News

2010-8 - 2014-11 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Abu Dhabi

Handling the sports section of the website of the leading daily in UAE. Responsible for flashing up content real-time with breaking reports and covering major events live. Also helping out in the production of the daily newspaper as night editor, working on strict deadlines and make sure the paper adheres to the highest quality standards set by the management.

Chief Sub Editor

DNA

2007-1 - 2008-4 · 1 yr 4 mos

Assigning stories to reporters, commissioning articles to freelancers and contributors, ideating, supervising content and design for the special pages, ensuring the edition met the daily deadlines

Senior Correspondent

Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India)

2005-4 - 2007-1 · 1 yr 10 mos

Reporting, planning for stories ahead, coming out with quality and standout pages working with Photoshop and QuarkXpress within strict deadlines for production.

Senior Correspondent

The Indian Express

2001-1 - 2005-4 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Interviewing sports celebrities, new reporting from major events, collecting stories and features on other personalities like staff, officials, etc connected to sports events.

Sports Editor

Www.eindia.com

2000-3 - 2001-1 · 11 mos

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Planning for content as well as the revenue possibilities for channel pages as well as for special events such as the Sydney Olympics 2000, commissioning stories for articles, leading a team of three and guiding them, sitting with other senior staff members to chart out general direction and focus for the portal.

Sports-in-charge

The Asian Age

1997-1 - 2000-3 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Started off as an intern, did city reporting before moving on to the Sports desk and was unofficially heading the section when the dotcom boom happened and moved on for better prospects.