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Pragya-Jane BanhamPB

Pragya-Jane Banham

Content Strategist, Editor, Writer

€500/day
4 projects
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Pragya-Jane

I am happy to take on short- or long-term hybrid or remote work around the Paris or Brussels regions. Rates vary depending on the complexity of the work required and mission length.

Skills and experience: communications/content strategy and planning, content design, implementation, digital rationalisation/transformation, content production/management (editorial management, UX writing, long/short copy-writing, scripting, editing, proofing, localisation).
I've worked with international companies across many sectors such as education, EU institutions, health, wellbeing, telecommunications, manufacturing... in digital, institutional, corporate, B2B, internal and customer communications.

I've lived and worked in Australia, India, France and Belgium so speak English (native), French and Hindi; have a post-graduate degree in intercultural practice/communication, and am a certified UX researcher (content specialisation).
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Fluent

  • Hindi

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Sanofi
    Interim Web Content Manager
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    January 2022 - January 2022
    Paris, France
    Responsible for the editorial management of the Sanofi EN/FR corporate website in (https://www.sanofi.com/).

    In addition to content editing, proofing, formatting in line with digital/UX good practice, performance reporting, troubleshooting and providing digital content expertise to internal stakeholders and content creators, I also worked on 3 key projects:

    1. Launch of new Sanofi brand identity and implementation on the corporate website
    2. Migration/QA of all corporate website content from a redundant CMS to a new one
    3. Transformation of the corporate website (audits, content types/elements scoping, content scoping/editing) to meet the new brand guidelines and Sanofi's forward vision
    Editorial Management Copy Editing Proofreading/Editing Reporting Content Design Content Strategy
  • ICF NEXT
    Senior Content Strategist
    PRESS AND MEDIA
    May 2017 - October 2021 (4 years and 5 months)
    Brussels, Belgium
    Worked on various EU digital communication projects particularly the optimisation of legacy websites. I led work on the content components (initial analysis, strategic approach, design, implementation, editorial guidelines, content briefs, writing, editing, proofing) for the modernisation of the flagship EU website: https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en (2.5 million+ UV per month).

    In another key project, I led the strategic content work for the migration and optimisation of 27 national European Commission representation websites. This involved the development of a core strategy, prioritisation and content creation in line with user and organisational needs, and content structure and guidelines which allowed for national priorities and localisation. Provided content implementation and editorial support/guidance for the Irish and Italian pilot sites https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_en, https://italy.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_it.
    Content Strategy Information Architecture Audit SEO Content design Content writing User Research Usability Testing Content Management CMS
  • ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity)
    Communications Advisor
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    October 2012 - April 2017 (4 years and 6 months)
    Brussels
    With this association, I worked on two major digital projects, provided training to 70 staff and ad-hoc communication expertise.

    In the first key project, I managed the overhaul and migration of the corporate website (https://www.entsoe.eu/), including new content structure, design, content production and opening of social media channels.

    In a second project, I provided communications, reporting and user experience support for a new EU market data platform (https://transparency.entsoe.eu/), including user research (testing, analysis, recommendations), the set up of an EU-wide stakeholder user group, plus pre and launch communications and readiness planning.

    I developed and delivered staff training on business and web-writing skills, along with behavioural sessions to improve internal communication and email etiquette. In collaboration with HR, I also provided one-on-one mentoring and train-the-trainer sessions.
    Content Strategy Information Architecture Content design Training User Research User Experience Copywriting Press Relations

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Education

  • Post-Graduate Diploma of Research & Applied Studies
    Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris
    2007
    Intercultural Practice & Communication for Professionals South Asian languages (Hindi, Sanskrit), cultures and linguistics Dissertation: Intercultural Practice and Education within Transnational Journalism (en français, mention Très Bien)

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