John Alfred

5/90 SDA Mission

Adayal, Mudalur Post
Tuticorin District 628702
Tamilnadu. India
Ph: 91-9655298957
johnalfred@aol.in

Work Experience
Jun 2007 – Aug 2009 Maranatha Vol. International Gurgaon, India
Producer/Editor
• Producing and editing Maranatha Mission Stories, a weekly
half hour television program.
• Contribute news and feature articles for the organization’s
quarterly magazine and bi-monthly e-newsletter.
• Producing small segment promotional videos for prospective
donors to raise funds for various projects.
• Coordinate video production team in the field.
• Coordinate the design for various promotional brochures for
the organization.

Jul 2005 – Apr 2007 Digicaptions India Private Ltd. Bangalore, India
English Editor
• Editing English film subtitles for accuracy as per client/studio
requirement.
• Creating Closed Captions for the deaf and hard of hearing.
• Transcription of Hollywood films and TV series of all major
Hollywood studios.
• Proficient in handling Closed Captions for American and
British clients.

Jul 2004 – Apr 2005 America Online, Inc. Bangalore, India

Customer Service Consultant
• Registering new clients for America Online Internet service.
• Giving technical support for new clients.
• Handling various Internet plans for new clients.
• Guiding customers with the installation procedures.

Jan 2002 – Dec 2003 Maranatha India Roorkee, India

Coordinator, Communication Dept.
• Produced number of promotional short segment videos on
Apple’s FinalCut Pro.
 • Designed several information packages for overseas
volunteers.
• Editor of company’s quarterly newsletter.
• Designed calendars and brochures for overseas volunteers.
• Script-writing for company’s promotional videos.
• Coordinate for events (gospel outreach meetings)
• Budgeting, planning, and implementation of various mediums
pertaining to advertising for an event.
• Handling logistics for overseas volunteer groups.

Achievements
• Was instrumental in raising enormous funds for an
orphanage.
• Fund raising for various construction projects through
promotional videos and brochures.
• Established 3ABN private television channel in six cities
across India.

Jan 199 – Dec 2001 Southern Asia Division of SDA Hosur, India
Copy Editor
• Assisted the Editor with magazine content.
• Supervising magazine production
• Interviewed number of people on various subjects for
magazine content.
• Written several articles for the organization’s news magazine
with a circulation of over 200,000.

Other Experience

• Technical Coordinator for Adventist Global Communication Network’s

worldwide satellite broadcasts.
• Editor, The Vision Maranatha India, Roorkee, India
• Editor, Oreodoxa ’98 Spicer Memorial College, Pune, India
• Editor, The Spicerian Spicer Memorial College, Pune, India
• Editor, Intercom Spicer Memorial College, Pune, India

Technical Qualifications
• Expertise in publishing and editing software like Adobe Photoshop,
Pagemaker, FinalCut Pro.
• Comfortable in Macintosh and Windows environment.
• Ability to uplink/downlink satellite broadcast.
Educational Qualifications
1994 – 1998 Spicer Memorial College Pune, India
• Bachelor of Liberal Arts (Major: English, Minor: Journalism)
• Graduated with a 3.11 GPA.

Hobbies/Interests
Photography, Traveling, Music, Movies, Reading.

Personal Details
Date of Birth: October 05, 1975
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Single
Mailing Address: A 13/29, DLF Phase 1
Gurgaon, Haryana
INDIA 122002