Anjana Menon
Social media addict. Amateur graphic designer. Avid traveller. Language lover. Grammar Nazi. Digital media novice. Immense audiophile. Publishing aficionado.
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- SummarySpecialties: Digital Publishing, E-books, E-readers and other gadgets, Customer Service Relations, Women's commercial fiction. Professional qualifications and experience with software include: Adobe InDesign Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Acrobat Adobe InCopy Quark Express Audacity Windows Movie Maker Basic French MS Office Windows and MAC OS.Experience
- Jul 2012 - PresentResearch Consultant / CrayonWorks
Founded in 2011 with two other partners, Crayon Works is a market intelligence company that helps identify the trends which will shape the world of tomorrow. We pinpoint new, relevant spaces for brands and ideas in global markets - with a special interest in the emerging ones whose multi-tiered, fragmented and highly localized cultural practices need to be demystified to outsiders.
What do we do? We've conceptualized and developed three powerful digital solutions to gather information - ReSource, SoapBox and Hunch. We use these tools to build and run little 'intelligence communities' that point us towards the trends of the future.
You can also get in touch with us to hire just the framework to go off and explore something of your own (with or without our help) The digital solutions come in an easy to use, super private, customizable versions. Think of them as a kitchen you can hire to cook anything you like in.
So think we can help with something? Get in touch! Size, location, complexity - doesn't matter! We scale easy and if you feel like you can use us to sort something out - you probably can!
- Feb 2012 - Dec 2012Publicity and Social Media / Society of Young Publishers
Publicity and Social Media for the Society of Young Publishers - http://www.thesyp.org.uk/
- Dec 2010 - Jun 2012Publishing Assistant / IHS Inc.
• Making and arranging presentations for meetings
• Layouts for publications
• Online newsletters
• Basic editorial work
• Distribution and circulation for publications
• Proofreading
• E-mail campaigns and promotions
• Basic graphic design
• E-mail marketing using Eloqua - May 2010 - May 2010Intern / Usborne Publishing
Intern for the Marketing and Sales department at Usborne Publishing, London, United Kingdom. Tasks undertaken were:
• Organising books and merchandise to be sent out to mailing lists.
• Making press and publicity packs for the Guardian Hay Festival and Usborne Young Writers' Award
• Making and arranging presentations for meetings. - Jan 2010 - Jan 2010Intern / Orion Books
Intern for non-fiction with the editorial department at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Books, London, United Kingdom. Tasks undertaken were:
• Research work and notes on manuscripts.
• Cover-copy writing.
• Editing and proofreading Bullet Magnet by Mick Flynn
• Proofreading Six Weeks by John Lewis-Stempel.
• Proofreading That's Another Story: The Autobiography by Julie Walters.
• Writing blurbs for books (non-fiction).
• Feedback on manuscripts that are to be signed. - Jul 2009 - Jul 2009Intern / Hachette India
Intern at Hachette India, Gurgaon, NCR, India. Tasks undertaken were:
• Editing and proofreading Second Best, by K.V Arjun Rao.
• Proofreading Seeds of Terror by Gretchen Peters.
• Circulation and distribution of books for Quantum by Manjit Kaur.
• Reviewing books for the House of Night series by P.C and Kristin Cast, now circulating in India.
• Editing and proofreading a specialist children's Do It Yourself book.
• Helping set up the online database for books. - Feb 2007 - Jun 2008Organising Committee President, Outgoing Exchange / AIESEC Bangalore
• Managing events
• Organising international internships
• Organising travel and hospitality services - May 2008 - May 2008Intern / Team One Advertising
Intern for the creative and client servicing departments in Kochi, Kerala, India. Tasks undertaken were:
• Copywriting, proofreading.
• Creating ad campaigns and marketing for various products on a local and national level.
• Organising an event in celebration for the anniversary of a shopping mall.
• Assisting at photoshoots for a series of advertisements. - Apr 2007 - Apr 2007Intern / The New Indian Express
Intern for the local news bureau in Kochi, Kerala, India. Tasks undertaken were:
• Covering local events, reporting and editing.
• Proofreading articles.
• Writing feature stories for the city supplement, City Express.
Education-
2009 - 2010Kingston UniversityMA in Publishing
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2006 - 2009Christ College - BangaloreBA Communicative English in English Literature, Media Studies, Psychology
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1994 - 2006Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, GirinagarCBSE 12th - equivalent to A Levels in Commerce
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Tweets
- @TfLBusAlerts What on earth is going on near Clapham jct/Wandsworth? 1 1/2 Clapham Common-East Hill + bus terminated halfway!
- @C_Remz Victoria line to Vauxhall and change there.
- RT @GoogleFacts: Yes, this picture is verified. Amanda Bynes, in court this morning: http://t.co/dusGvnO4vW
- RT @Footy_Jokes: Van Persie sent this signed picture to Piers Morgan HAHAHAHA #OWNED SEE HERE >> http://t.co/SW0em9dvO3
- @MissMallaya @ChocoberryCakes Will do!
- @mojorojo I want hot weather! It’s 8 degrees and raining! :(
- RT @BettyAdamou: A cool representation on how our futures look & subsequently the future of data collection & #research: http://t.co/LjYaIQ…May 24, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Dear #London, it's the end of May. Why is the bleeding temp still 8 degrees?!May 24, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @neopeo Maybe I should try that one. Hate lemon!
- @TheBlackSakura Please do!
- I HATE LEMSIP
- @RKZUK Looking forward to the gig!
- @ImanQureshi I don’t think there is a clear definition for that!
- @ImanQureshi claims that he’s religious. In my eyes, it’s still a cold-blooded murder by a nutter!
- @ImanQureshi Call it whatever you want, the fact is that he killed someone. Also, the media is all over this because some lunatic
- RT @RedHeadFashion: Looks like that milkshake didn't bring all the boys to the yard #theapprentice
- @AntoinCommane @DiegoB_V Love the new idea! Looking forward to it :) Good luck!
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Posts
- Cornwalled
Over the summer, I went down with a friend of mine to visit her family in Cornwall. I haven’t taken many holidays this year (2 as opposed to last year’s rather large number of 8) and this trip was literally and figuratively a breath of fresh air. Had a lovely, relaxed time and I would really like to feel that way again! It’s been such an incredibly busy year and I’ve been on my toes constantly.
Of course, I HAD to forget my camera, so it’s only a bunch of Instagrammed pictures I have.
The train journey down to Liskeard was AMAZING. So beautiful! I usually read while travelling but not even my Kindle could tear me away from the view.
On my first day of sightseeing, we went down to the lovely little town of Truro. Very picturesque! The most prominent landmark there is the Truro Cathedral — proper gothic, Georgian architecture. The entire city (or the bits I saw) was full of cobbled streets and old buildings.
Of course, we went to Truro Arts Cafe, where I had proper cream tea. I got addicted to the scones + clotted cream combo!
Next spot was Looe, a small little coastal town. We went there for a lovely meal! :)
Dinner was at The Old Sail Loft, where I stuffed my face with seafood. Great food and amazing ambience!
Our next stop was Rock, which was BEAUTIFUL. They have some really nice holiday homes there. Of course, I was already thinking about buying one if I could ever afford it, but those castles in the air were crushed when I found out that the place is actually known as ”Britain’s St. Tropez”. Sigh.
We then hopped on a boat and went across to Padstow, where I picked up fudge! It was extremely crowded, and the place is practically owned by restaurateur Rick Stein.
Last destination was Polruan, a small fishing village where we went to see my friend’s grandmother and I gorged on homemade Cornish Pasties! From Polruan, we took the boat down to Fowey, which is probably my 2nd favourite of all the places I went to!
And that was the end of my holiday :( Until next summer!
What I’m trying to say is, it must be tough on you not being able to read, but it’s not the end of the world. You might not be able to read, but there are things only you can do. That’s what you have to focus on - your strengths. Like being able to talk to the stone.
Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore (via murakamistuff)Yet another Japanese TV channel, Nippon TV, is looking for people in or around London in the UK to be interviewed about Haruki Murakami and his Nobel Prize chances, how they learned about Murakami, what they like about him and related business.
If you would like to take part in an interview and…
Olivia Wilde delivering a hysterical monologue at the Glamour Mag ‘These Girls’ event. (Taken with Instagram)
If you can have just one great love in your life, then there’s no doubt that the city of London is mine!
She was perfect, perfect, exactly what he had been imagining: fresh-faced and curvy; he could just imagine her in a figure-hugging black dress with a lace-edged white apron. He would teach her to use the till, and show her around the stockroom; there would be a bit of banter, and perhaps a little bonus on days when the takings were up.
J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy (via bookmania)“Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn’t really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn’t about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it’s about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.”
―Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s TaleCover Story: Hell Is Other People’s Luggage
“When the subject of travel comes up,” this week’s cover artist, Bruce McCall, says, “for some reason my mind always turns to the dark side of it, to the annoyances of travel.” We asked him to elaborate: “When you board a plane, you see people shoving their life’s possessions into a bin overhead. It’s like watching a snake swallow a cow, you know. It’s just amazing what they can stick in those things. But anyway, that just popped into my mind immediately, and the more I thought about it the madder I got. I put a car in there, and then I put in everything I could think of, like a little kid carrying a Ming Vase. There’s nothing good about travelling anymore—if you’re in first class it’s all very nice, but anything else is just horrible. By the time you get home you’re mad at everybody.”
- For McCall’s cover, and a slide show of more New Yorker covers that celebrate the elusive pleasures of travel: http://nyr.kr/Ib4jSW
- On my playlist - 9/4/2012
My friends constantly keep asking me for new music and I’m tired of filling up their mailbox and spamming their wall, so I’m putting a few links up here. I don’t intend to write something about every song I put up. There’s something here for everyone :) and this is in no particular order.
Sorry, this one’s a long list but here you go:1) Jai Paul – Jasmine: If you haven’t heard this already, I have to ask you where the hell your head has been… Under a rock?! It’s been all over the radio and Twitter with various DJs Tweeting about it as well as Chase & Status. My whole street has heard this tune by now!
3) Childish Gambino – Heartbeat
4) Miles Kane – First of My Kind
5) Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure Remix): This is a bangin’ mix but do give the original a spin too, LOVE it!
7) Burial & Four Tet – Nova: Definitely one of my summer tunes, I can picture myself on a beach already! I didn’t come across this on my own, a friend recommended it to me.
9) Regina Spektor – All the Rowboats
10) St. Lucia – We Got it Wrong
11) Alabama Shakes – Hold On: Giving the album a listen tomorrow, can’t wait! :)
13) Hooray for Earth – No Love: Not entirely new but is still a great track!
14) Capital Cities – Kangaroo Court
16) The Bamboos feat. Tim Rogers – I Got Burned: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
17) Santigold – Disparate Youth
18) Travis Porter feat. Tyga – Ayy Ladies
- What's on the Vagenda?
We’ve all picked up a magazine, flipped through countless double-page spreads which display a lot of products that some of us won’t be able to afford this lifetime (unless we marry someone really, really rich) to get to the Contents page. The very same page which lists even more things that we can’t afford to buy, try and tell us we’re fat and ugly and of course, tell us what we’re supposed to do in bed.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has laughed out really, really loudly at some of these articles and that’s where the Vagenda comes in: a group of young girls are trying to bring us back to reality and with it, make us die laughing.
I’m not joking, I do think that most of these magazines are taking the whole ‘Sex Sells’ concept a little overboard. Most girls start using these magazines as their Bible by the time they hit 13 and I find myself wondering what’s running through their heads.
For those of you who think along these lines, have a look at the Vagenda, I promise you that you won’t be disappointed. For those of you who don’t, have a look anyway and I’ll hope that your brains come back. Of course, I’m not saying you have to agree with every single thing written there. You could lighten up at the very least and have a few laughs! The link is here.
Now for those of you who got distracted with the ‘Sex Sells’ bit, I’ll leave you with this quote by Don Draper from Mad Men:
Peggy Olson: Sex sells.
Don Draper: Says who? Just so you know, the people who talk that way think that monkeys can do this. They take all this monkey crap and just stick it in a briefcase completely unaware that their success depends on something more than their shoeshine. YOU are the product. You FEELING something. That’s what sells. Not them. Not sex. They can’t do what we do, and they hate us for it. - Shoreditch House Literary Salon
The world’s best writers in one of its greatest cities – what more could you possibly ask for? We all know the usual book clubs but this is a SALON. Hosted by the charming Damian Barr who will keep you in good spirits all night (without any help from the free cocktail). There are no books to read in preparation for most of what you’ll be listening to is unpublished or brand new. Yes, the Shoreditch House Literary Salon is paradise for those of us who love books!
Many guests have graced the dais, including the David Nicholls, John Waters, Helen Fielding, Diana Athill OBE, Jojo Moyes, SJ Watson, DBC Pierre, Alexandra Shulman, Richard Holloway… If you’ve been unlucky enough to miss any of these or not live in this beautiful, bookish city, make sure you click through here to the podcasts.
The events are organised via their Facebook group and you absolutely MUST respond to the invite at the earliest as the list gets filled up very quickly. All events take place at Shoreditch House and are not to be missed!
On a personal note, what I love most about these sessions is how Damian asks the most provocative questions and manages to scoop out some of the innermost thoughts of the writers. Most importantly, they’re fun! The audience and atmosphere will simply cannot be found elsewhere.
See you at the next one!
I know, I know, it’s been about 2 months since I’ve posted anything but life got in the way… So all my new music links have been on Twitter and Facebook.
But tonight, I had to hit the pause button on life because JAI PAUL’S NEW TRACK CAME OUT. This deserves its own post.
He’s trending on Twitter… If you haven’t heard it already, which rock have you been under? Get on Soundcloud right now! I wouldn’t be surprised if this brings the internet down!
Maybe it’s just me, but it has a touch of Prince?
Proud moment! :) 24 hours, 4 countries, 1 novel - download the free eBook at https://spreadtheword.org.uk #24hourbook (Taken with instagram)
- RIP music
- Led Zeppelin- 1969: If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me. Kind woman, I give you my all, Kind woman, nothing more.
- Nicki Minaj- 2011: You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe, you a stupid hoe, you a stupid hoe, you a stupid hoe, (yeah) you a, you a stupid hoe, you a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (stupid, stupid), you a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (stupid, stupid), you a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (stupid, stupid) (stupid, stupid)
- Words of Wisdom from Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl
“To me, this award means a lot because it shows the human element of making music is most important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do. It’s not about being perfect. It’s not about sounding absolutely correct. It’s not about what goes on in a computer. It is about what goes on in here (pointing to his heart), and it is about what goes on in here (pointing to his mind).”
– Dave Grohl
- I know, I know, it’s been about 2 months since I’ve posted anything but life got in the way… So all my new music links have been on Twitter and Facebook. But tonight, I had to hit the pause button on life because JAI PAUL’S NEW TRACK CAME OUT. This deserves its own post. He’s trending on Twitter… If you haven’t heard it already, which rock have you been under? Get on Soundcloud right now! I wouldn’t be surprised if this brings the internet down! Maybe it’s just me, but it has a touch of Prince?
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