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Soumya Bhasin Rao

@soumyabhasinrao

Community and experience design consultant at Freelance, who grew Sosh’s creator community from 0 to 100 members in 4 months.

India
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What I'm looking for

I’m exploring remote or consulting roles in community building and experience design, especially within product-led and creator-driven ecosystems.

At Sosh, I built the Experts & Creators Program from 0 to 100 members in 4 months, while maintaining a 1:1 relationship with creators. I also developed branded content with creators and curated online and offline community experiences.

At CAB Experiences, I worked on Facebook Community Learning Labs India, a program for 750 of India's top Facebook group administrators that increased engagement by over 5x in 4 months. I also contributed to Meta-related events from conceptualization through execution.

As a consultant at Freelance, I help brands create meaningful connections through content, experiences and communities. My work sits at the intersection of community, content and product thinking, and I’m currently exploring remote or consulting roles in community building and experience design, especially in product-led and creator-driven ecosystems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

CB
Current

Full-time parenting

Career Break

Aug 2025 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Worked as Full-time parenting at Career Break.

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Current

Consultant

Apr 2014 - Present (12 years 6 months)

I help brands create meaningful connections through content, experiences and communities.

• OnePlus 3: The Community Awakens for Egomonk (2016) - https://youtu.be/ublh_gBVF7w
• OnePlus 3T Pop Ups - Are you ready? for Egomonk (2016) - https://youtu.be/B_SPb40t3jg
• OnePlus 3T: The Pop-up Story for Egomonk (2016) - https://youtu.be/biXLui0rsRY
• Write To Change Launch Video for Upwrite (2017) - htt

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Consultant

Oct 2025 - Nov 2025 (1 month)

Event Name: Skycatcher India Opportunity Day
Clients: Skycatcher, Rapido, SuperGaming & OnMeta
Media Partner: CNBC-TV18

WHITE logoWH

Associate Account Director

Jun 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year 2 months)

Founding team member of the Bangalore branch.

Clients:
• Diageo India - JW Blue Label, JW Gold Reserve, The Singleton, Don Julio, Godawan & Tanqueray
• United Breweries Group - Kingfisher Premium & Kingfisher Ultra
• WeWork India
• Reliance Brands Limited - Pret A Manger & LensCrafters
• Hyundai India
• AMD India
• The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
• AB InBev India - Hoegaarden & Corona
• Per

CB

Full-time parenting

Career Break

Feb 2024 - Jun 2024 (4 months)

Worked as Full-time parenting at Career Break.

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Head of Community

Mar 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year)

Founding team member at Sosh. We went from being a community commerce marketplace to a creators’ club to a boutique content studio.

• Head of Sosh’s community building and strategy
• Built the Experts & Creators Program for Sosh - took it from 0 to 100 members in 4 months while maintaining a 1:1 relationship with them
• End-to-end relationship management for creators in the Sosh community
• Built

TEDxDharamshala logoTE

Curator

Jul 2017 - Aug 2023 (6 years 1 month)

#TEDxDharamshala shares the same passion as TED. We are here to spread your ideas all across the globe. Our objective is to reach out and inspire people with “Ideas Worth Sharing” which has the potential to help people make a strong difference in their lives.

TEDxDharamshala is oriented toward developing a community of like-minded highly informed and engaged innovators, designers, thinkers, techn

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Consultant

Jun 2022 - Feb 2023 (8 months)

Clients: Meta India, Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp

• Head of creative direction and strategy along with relationship management for the Facebook Community Learning Labs (FCLL) India program -- a program hosted for a private invite-only group run by Facebook India that consists of 750 of India's top Facebook group administrators and increased their engagement by over 5x in 4 months
• Creative Acc

CB

Health and well-being

Career Break

Apr 2022 - Jun 2022 (2 months)

Worked as Health and well-being at Career Break.

22Briks Growth Partners logoBP

Head of Brand

Oct 2021 - Mar 2022 (5 months)

• Built short and long-term brand strategies that identified product gaps, new markets and messaging strategies for the organisation
• On-boarded and built relationships with partner agencies and freelancers
• Served as the primary point of contact for all projects
• Creative direction and operations management for Creative Team (consisting of 7+ members)
• Designed and wrote content for social me

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Community Lead

Jan 2021 - Sep 2021 (8 months)

• Worked cross-functionally with creative teams to develop communication/branding guideline toolkits, social media collaterals, pitch/company decks, video/audio content and offline collaterals for the organisation as well as its clients and partner agencies
• Crafted short and long-term brand strategies that identified product gaps, new markets and messaging strategies
• Launched brand awareness c

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Community Manager

Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)

Worked as Community Manager at First Main.

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Marketing Strategist

Aug 2019 - Jan 2020 (5 months)

Worked as Marketing Strategist at First Main.

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Consultant

Apr 2019 - Aug 2019 (4 months)

• Social media strategy and content planning for clients like Inertia Cart, MyPeachStore.in, The London Curry House, The Vacationer’s Cafe, Lal Rakhra Agencies, Shradha Ponnappa, Spring Diaries Store, Planet Symphony and Toyota India
• Designed collaterals and curated content for Planet Symphony and NativeCreativ's social media
• Curated and organised the pilot for Whack! Design, a one of a kind d

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Project Lead - 100 Desi Posters

Aug 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year)

100 Desi Posters is a digital and physical celebration of our desiness, limitless talent and unique ability to make sense of life using culture.

• Creative direction for identity and branding of the project
• Design, curation and setting up of 100DesiPosters' website
• Financial and operational planning of the project
• Social media and marketing strategy
• Headed the social media content creatio

BlessdBuy logoBL

Brand Lead

Sep 2018 - Apr 2019 (7 months)

• Design, curation and setting up of BlessdBuy's website
• Worked closely with the founder to setup backend system for order fulfilment
• Creative work that included designing social media creatives, presentations, investor pitches, brochures/leaflets, standees, packaging and offline event collaterals
• Complete setup of inventory and vendor management
• Built a relationship for BlessdBuy with Blu

Upwrite - Write To Change logoUC

Co-Founder

Jul 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 5 months)

We founded Upwrite.in to promote and strengthen the bond of community work culture. We provide tailor-made teams for your specific writing needs by getting the right set of people to do it for you. Let us know what you have in mind and we'll put it on paper.

Write To Change is an idea-sharing platform we created to publish genuine content that comes from our followers. Share your stories, experie

AarogyaToday - A Conference on Cancer Prevention logoAP

Conference Organizer

Feb 2018 - Jun 2018 (4 months)

AAROGYA means the wellness of one’s mind, body and soul. Aarogya 2018 was a platform to discuss cancer prevention and spread awareness about integrated medicine and alternate cancer therapies; giving voice to over 20 global speakers to talk about their journeys and their work with cancer therapy - be it fighting or raising awareness.

• Conceptualisation, curation and organisation of the Aarogya 2

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Project Lead

Apr 2017 - Oct 2017 (6 months)

• Headed creative operations and directly managed a team of 20+ designers, writers and editors
• Provided creative direction on decks and proposals
• Serviced clients end-to-end from pitching to project completion
• Worked with companies like Licious, One CoWork, VMWare, Ayurway, Castkom and SunMobility
• Built video content for companies like The First Property Show, One CoWork and MyNewCar
• Bra

Egomonk logoEG

Project Lead

May 2016 - Apr 2017 (11 months)

• Identity, branding and website design for the company
• Created content (brand films and promo videos) for clients like OnePlus, Philips Healthcare and Future Group
• Headed the Morocco-India Exchange Program organized by the company
• Initiated and headed interviews and created content for Project Vayati (Project Vayati is an effort to bring the members of transgender communities into the mains

TEDxBangalore logoTE

Media Lead

May 2016 - Apr 2017 (11 months)

TEDxBangalore was guided by the Anchor Program and was powered by Infosys in India.

• Fulfilled media and communication requirements for 2 TEDx events in India -- TEDxBangalore 2016 and TEDxBangaloreWomen 2016
• Managed and trained a team of 50+ members
• Fulfilled branding, content curation and collateral designs for TEDxBangaloreWomen 2016
• Directed end-to-end production for the conferences
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Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CO

Coursera

Use Canva to Design Digital Course Collateral

Aug 2021

CO

Coursera

Create a Business Marketing Brand Kit Using Canva

Sep 2021

GG

Google Digital Garage

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

Jul 2021

CA

California Institute of the Arts

UX Design Fundamentals

Oct 2021

RE

Reuters

Introduction to Digital Journalism by Reuters and Facebook Journalism Project

Jul 2021

CA

California Institute of the Arts

Visual Elements of User Interface Design

Sep 2021

CO

Coursera

Create and Design Digital Products using Canva

Aug 2021

IB

IBM

Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner

Aug 2021

MB

Mount Carmel College, Palace Rd, Bengaluru

Communication & Media Studies

2013 - 2016

• Successfully completed making a short film and a documentary (2016)
• Secretary of the Communication Club (2015-16)
• Core Team Member for CulAh! 2015 and CulAh! 2016 (2015 - 16)
• Assistant Director of Macbeth - Play for Parents Day (2015)
• Production Team Member of How To Prepare For Independence Day - An Instructional Video (2015)
• Head of Stage Management for the Deccan Herald Theatre Fest

SS

Sophia High School

English, Maths, Accounts, Economics & Commerce

2011 - 2013

• Secretary of the MUN Association (2012-13)
• Head of Stage Management and Logistics of the Dramatics Association (2011 -13)
• Curated and organized the Starry Nights Farewell Party (2012)

VS

Vidya Niketan School

English, Social Science, Environmental Studies, Hindi, Maths, Science & Home Science

2001 - 2011

Just had fun & made some friends for life.

Tech stack

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