The document is a curriculum vitae for Remona Maria Pillai. It summarizes her education, including a bachelor's degree in journalism and a diploma in broadcast journalism. It also outlines her professional skills in areas like writing, video and audio production, and communication. Her work experience includes internships at Amazon and IQ Channels, and she has volunteered extensively with organizations helping underprivileged children.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
REMONAMARIA PILLAI 200 Clarke Street, Oshawa,
Ontario, L1H5G3.
Tel: (289-991-3612)
Email: rem.pillai@gmail.com
SUMMARY
An ambitious and results-driven person with strong academic credentials combined with “real
world” experience and a diverse background of extra-curricular activities and interests. Possess
strong communication and leadership skills along with the ability to deal efficiently and
practically with problems/issues.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Recently acquired Bachelor of Arts Degree, in Journalism with majors in Literature, Social
Management and Mass Communication.
Completed a two years Diploma course for Broadcast Journalism in Electronic Media at Durham
College, Oshawa, Ontario.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED THROUGHEDUCATION
● Good command over the English language both written and verbal.
● Video/Radio and News Production (Pre and Post).
● Excellent at Voice Overs and Anchoring for both Television and Radio.
● Photography & Camera operations.
● Well mannered and professional.
● Quick and accurate in problem solutions.
● Adaptable in a quick paced environment and a fast learner.
● In depth knowledge in Script writing, News writing and news layout.
● Possesses a comfortable ambience that helps in interviewing various entities.
● Excellent at writing Opinionated articles.

2. SPECIAL PROJECTS
● Slum experience: As a social worker I have lived in a slum for an entire week and
taught English to the children below the poverty line. This project has instilled in me skills
like confidence, compassion, time management, punctuality and ownership.
● Scout Experience: Being the captain of the guides and scouts community (a community
that works towards making children socially and morally responsible citizens) I had the
opportunity to visit jails and have a one on one discussion with prisoners and listen to
their experiences and stories. It is experiences like these that have molded me into a
more confident and responsible individual.
● Internship at the Durham Catholic District School Board: I produced a set of videos
for various departments in the organization in order to enhance and build the brand
image and publicity of the school board on social media and the organization's website.
My videos were also used for their personal presentations during annual meetings.
Activities during this internship involved: video shooting, Video interviews, interacting
and moulding the interviewees, pre & post editing of the videos using tools and
applications like Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe Audition and Adobe Photoshop. Reached
out and followed up with various authorities of Schools that belonged to the Catholic
School board. Covered a major event known as TEDx for the School board.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
INTERN AT AMAZON
Dates: September 2013 to January 2014
Job Title: Senior Customer Service Agent
Awarded certificate of appreciation twice in a duration of 4 months.
Key Responsibilities
● Manage Customer Queries
● Resolve technical difficulties regarding digital products bought by customer.
● Sell digital services provided by amazon.com, like movies audios, e-books etc.

3. INTERN AT IQ CHANNELS
Dates: January 2013 to March 2013
Job Title: Content Writer
Key Responsibilities
● Write Pieces for the internet
● Edit and Publish articles on web pages.
● Add hyperlinks and recheck other employee hyperlink in written articles.
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
Volunteer at NSS: National Service scheme (NSS) which is an Indian government -sponsored
Public service program. Being a part of this organization I was given various responsibilities that
included visiting slums, meeting people below the poverty line , educating the children of such
families, donating blood and holding events to entertain and help the less fortunate.
Dates: June 2011 to May 2014
Volunteer at Divya Disha: An Indian based NGO that works on educating street children and
helping in their upliftment and enrichment.
Dates: October 2013 to May 2014
Key Responsibilities
● Teaching the children
● Organizing events and programs
● Making reports and records of the working of the organization.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Dates: June 2007 to August 2014
Job Title: Choir Coordinator
Key Responsibilities
● Organizing and providing vocalists and musicians for the events of the church.
● Scheduling and leading practices and providing the end result.

4. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Institution: Durham College, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Field of study: Diploma in Broadcast journalism in electronic media, Broadcast Journalism
Dates attended: September 2014 – May 2016
Description: Through the study of Broadcast journalism I gained in depth knowledge and hands
on experience in Video Pre & Post Production, Scriptwriting, Opinion writing, News writing,
News production, News layout, Camera operations, Photography, Radio Broadcasting, Radio
Pre & Post Production, Interviewing and Television/ Radio Anchoring.
Activities and Societies: Photography
Institution: St. Francis College for Women
Field of study: Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies
Dates attended: June 2011 – May 2014
Description: I've majored in three fields namely Mass Communication & Journalism, Social
Management and Literature. Gaining knowledge in these fields has given me a chance to step
in and foresee three different aspects and career aspects. I also possess in depth knowledge in
Advertising & Public Relations.
Activities and Societies: Social service club
Institution: St Ann's Junior College

5. Field of study: Secondary Education, Mathematics, Economics and Commerce
Activities and Societies: Singing club
Dates attended: June 2009 to May 2011
Institution: St Ann’s High school
Field of Study: ICSE
Dates attended: June 1995 to May 2009
Skilled in usage of various Computer Applications and tools:
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe Audition
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
MS Word
MS Excel
MS Power-point
Content writing
If given a chance to work for your Organization I will give my best for the growth & development
of the Organization and myself.
(Remona Maria Pillai)
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/remona-pillai-82831882
Website: https://remonapillai.wordpress.com/
Availability: Full-Time