me
Hello, I'm Gauri
My name rhymes with "Sorry". (Wow, that sounds promising).
I grew up in India and brought all 5'3”of me to the other end of the world;
because you have to live a little to write a lot.
I now spend my days writing to make a difference
or just your day.
VCU Brandcenter (School of Business)
Aug 2019 - May 2021
Business (M.S.) - Branding/Copywriting
Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi, India
2017 - 2018
P.G. Diploma - ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
University of Delhi, Kamala Nehru College (KNC), India
2014 - 2017
B.A. (Hons.) ENGLISH LITERATURE
BBH, New York - Barn Mentorship Program
MENTEE (Copywriting)
Aug 2020
The Carriage House at VCU Brandcenter (Co-op)
MEMBER (Copywriting)
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
STUDIED THE MANUAL
IGNORED THE MANUAL
BBDO, New York
COPYWRITER
Meta, AT&T, FedEx, Snickers,
Sandy Hook Promise, Bacardi
Feb 2023 - Present
JR COPYWRITER
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, VCU
GRADUATE ASSISTANT
for Diversity & Inclusion Education & Advocacy (DIEA)
Sep 2020 - May 2021
MRM//McCann, Delhi, India
COPYWRITER
May 2018 - May 2019
IKEA, Facebook, Microsoft, Lufthansa
Terribly Tiny Tales
PUBLISHED WRITER
Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
Burger King, Vodafone, Sony, Accenture, Titan
Expressions: Creative Writing Society of KNC
University of Delhi
PRESIDENT
Jul 2015 - Jul 2016
WON
Young Ones 2021
Merit
Category: Digital/Online
Richmond Ad Show 2020
Bronze Cannonball
Category: Non-traditional/Innovation
WAT’s Your Big Idea 2.0 – Pitch for Cannes
2nd Runner up (Organized by Dentsu Aegis Network, India)
Michael & Larissa Chaney
Merit Scholarship
VCU Brandcenter
Director's Scholarship
VCU Brandcenter
GOT PUBLISHED
Terribly Tiny Tales - Vol. I
Penguin Random House India
(A book of micro-fiction, featuring my work alongside various writers.)
got good at
IMPROV COMEDY
COPYWRITING
CREATIVE WRITING
MARKETING
got CERTIFIED FOR
Improv Comedy - The PIT
AI Content Creation - Google
Marketing & Strategy - META
careS about
Teach For India
TEACHING VOLUNTEER
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
(Taught the 7th grade in a Low-income Govt. Girls School)
RESPONDS TO
English, Hindi