About Me
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Gender Male
Core Competencies
Education
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LLb. (Hons) () University of London
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Diploma in Law () University of London
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Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages () Cambridge English
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Diploma in Special Needs Education () Ladies College Institute of Professional Studies
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Diploma in Dramatic Art () London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art
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Diploma in Speech & Drama () Trinity College, School of Speech & Drama, London
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Certificate in International Relations () Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies
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Beginner and Intermediate Course in Spanish () Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies
Work & Experience
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British Council, Sri LankaBritish Council, Sri Lanka ( - Present ) Professional Skills Trainer
As the first to be appointed to this role in Sri Lanka, I took the initiative of streamlining this position according to global practices. As the Professional Skills Trainer, my primary responsibility is to train corporates based on their requirements. To achieve this I tailor existing products to suit the needs of the working students.
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SLIIT ( ) Professional Skills Teacher
create and implement courses that facilitates students to practice and develop their communication skills including Spoken English, Business Communication and Public Speaking. The process also includes the development of assessment tools, lessons and related material. Furthermore, I train students including those with Special Needs in areas of Professional Development and Personality Development.
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Rainbow Institute of Communication ( ) Trainer/Teacher
The role primarily focuses on teaching Public Speaking, Effective Communication, Spoken English, Speech, Writing and Business Communication. The batches include Adults including non natives (Korean, Italian and Japanese), Young Adults and Children with a varied understanding of the English Language. In addition, I also conducted Corporate Training. Completed Projects include: Nations Trust Bank, Bates Strategic Alliance, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Omega Line and Hilton, Colombo.
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George Steuart Travels ( ) Content & Social Media Specialist
As the Content and Social Media Specialist, I had to create original content for the travel website. This included employing SEO writing while developing content for historical sites, hotel descriptions and travel itineraries. The social media pages came under my work scope as well. Besides writing original captions, I used online tools such as Canva to create posts. I had to coordinate with my team for creative direction and the outsourced web development team to execute my tasks successfully.
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GPR Communications Consultancy (PVT) Limited ( ) Junior Assistant Manager
My client portfolio included CBL, Sunshine Holding, JKH and DELL. The type of work for each client varied. My significant tasks included developing content for the web pages of CBL, Social Media Management for Sunshine Holdings, PR services for JKH and Event Management for DELL.
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eMarketingEye ( ) Content Management Executive
I gained experience in SEO and Web Content Writing, Article Directory Writing, Meta Tag Creation and Social Media writing. Furthermore, I was part of the team that won a Google award for Web copy writing.
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Conflict Mitigation Campaign ( ) Campaign Coordinator for the Human Elephant
As the Campaign Coordinator, I had to create content for the project website. I was also part of the project launch and assisted with event management. Additionally, I took the initiative of raising funds and awareness
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Booteek ( ) Creative Therapist
Using techniques from Drama & Theatre, I developed two workshop programmes for Booteek. The objective was to engage with special needs adults and to develop their sense of expression.
