uma ramiah
currently based in: durham, north carolina
+1 415 324 0136 (whatsapp + mobile)
uma@umaramiah.com
freelance media + comms consultant durham, north carolina
2018 - present
I’m back in the consulting + creating game, working with non-profits, hotels, bars, event spaces, artists, chefs, musicians, academics and clients like Jack Morton, WFPUSA, an ESG focused financial advisory firm, a sustainable rubber company, Harvard University, Colombia’s Manos Visible and more. I’m still offering services as varied as writing, editing, social media content crafting, branding, web design and updating, event planning, communications planning - and whatever else you might dream up.
globetrotter magazine jakarta, indonesia
Editor-in-Chief, 2015 - 2018
Editor-in-Chief for Globetrotter Magazine, a 9" by 12" biannual lifestyle print journal distributed worldwide. Globetrotter pushes the conversation around media, style, music, movements, design and arts and culture worldwide - with particular focus on Africa and Asia and their diasporas. The magazine is headquartered in Jakarta with satellite offices in Chicago, New York, Lagos + London. I was responsible for overseeing editorial and visual commissions, production and editing alongside Founder and Creative Director Kennedy Ashinze. I co-founded Globetrotter Digital.
www.globetrottermag.com
yale world fellows new haven, connecticut
2013 - 2015
I created and implemented communications and outreach strategy for Yale World Fellows, a boundary-pushing global leadership program. That included website and social media strategy and design; creation of digital and printed materials and stories and management of media, donor and partner relations. I managed the dynamic, beautiful World Fellows network, a group of more than 275 creative global leaders, keeping them connected to Yale and to each other. And I branded, co-curated and co-produced the four-day 2013 World Fellows: Rethink Forum and Rethink: Africa party for more than 150 Fellows and guests in New Haven, CT in October of 2013. I also co-curated, hosted and produced President Obama's inaugural 2014 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders at Yale.
freelance media consultant cape town, south africa
2012- 2013
As a freelancer, I worked with non-profit organizations in South Africa and Zimbabwe to provide media services including: storytelling, documentary, photography, videography, web production, design and event planning. Clients and partners included The Ninevites, Live Magazine, The Africa Centre, The Africa Centre for Cities, Oxfam Canada and PEER and Associates (Zimbabwe).
freelance multimedia reporter new haven, connecticut
2010-2012
In New Haven, I provided multimedia news reporting (research, writing, sound collection and recording, photography and videography) for Connecticut based media outlets and organizations including WNPR Radio, NPR, Daily Nutmeg, The CT Mirror, the New Haven Independent and United Way of Greater New Haven.
freelance journalist west and central africa
2006-2008
I created hard news reporting, radio, television and magazine features for publications and news wires including Voice of America, France 24, Prospect Magazine, etc. I provided timely news and in-depth reporting for humanitarians in West Africa through the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN). I researched, interviewed, wrote and edited articles; took and edited photos; recorded, edited, collected and voiced sound for story production and more.
human rights watch dakar, senegal
Research Assistant, 2005- 2006
I assisted in research, writing and interviewing of victims to publish reports of human rights abuses in West Africa while providing logistical, technical and administrative support to the West Africa Director and office.
education
yale university Master of Arts in Religion; African Studies - 2008-2010
university of minnesota Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communication and International Relations - 2005
skills