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ShamantaNowshin.

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ShamantaNowshin.

Between language and story. A portfolio of writing, research, and teaching — currently shaping the social voice of All Generation Tech as its Social Media Manager.

  • 01

    research

    applied linguistics + ELT in Bangladeshi classrooms

  • 02

    writing

    fiction, essays, brand voice

  • 03

    teaching

    early learners and adult ESL

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01 — Preface

A note on the work.

I work at the seam where language meets story. By day I shape the social voice of a New York–based tech studio; by night I write fiction, study how Bangladeshi classrooms hold a second tongue, and read advertisements like they're field notes.

Trained in English literature and applied linguistics at BRAC University, I'm drawn to projects that take craft seriously — whether that's a strategy doc, a 7th-grade lesson plan, or a short story circling a real disaster from a careful distance.

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Education

  • B.A. in English

    BRAC University

    2020–2024 · CGPA 3.55 / 4.00

  • HSC — Commerce

    Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt Anwar Girls' College

    2018–2019 · GPA 4.08 / 5.00

  • SSC — Commerce

    South Point School

    2012–2017 · GPA 4.55 / 5.00

02 — Career

A timeline, briefly.

Three threads — communications, early-childhood education, and content strategy — pulled together over five years. Most recent first.

  1. Sept 2025 → Present

    Promotion

    Social Media Manager

    All Generation Tech (AGT) · New York, United States — remote

    Owns the brand's social presence end-to-end: editorial calendar, voice guidelines, paid + organic strategy, and analytics review.

    • Promoted from Content Lead after rebuilding the editorial system and lifting engagement quarter-on-quarter.
    • Leads a cross-functional pod with design, marketing, and external contributors.
    • Codifies brand voice and runs the post-mortem review cadence across channels.

  2. Mar 2025 → Sept 2025

    Promotion

    Content Lead

    All Generation Tech (AGT) · New York, United States — remote

    Stepped up from Content Specialist to lead the content team, owning calendar, SEO, and contributor workflow.

    • Set quarterly themes and the editorial brief template still in use today.
    • Mentored junior writers and external contributors on voice + structure.
    • Wired up the analytics loop that informs every monthly retrospective.

  3. Sept 2024 → Mar 2025

    Content Specialist

    All Generation Tech (AGT) · New York, United States — remote

    Joined to develop and execute content strategies across the studio's platforms; collaborated with design on rebranding work.

    • Built SEO-optimised content across digital platforms.
    • Collaborated with design + marketing on a brand refresh.
    • Managed content calendars and coordinated with external contributors.

  4. Jan 2022 → Dec 2024

    Early Learner's Assistant

    BRAC Kumon Ltd. · Gulshan-2, Dhaka

    Supported specialised early-learning programmes — observing, scaffolding, and reporting back to families and educators.

    • Designed interactive activities aligned with the Kumon method.
    • Tracked individual learner progress and shaped weekly feedback for parents.
    • Partnered with senior educators on classroom routines and behaviour support.

  5. Mar 2020 → Oct 2022

    Junior Executive — Communications

    Youth Movements · Jatrabari, Dhaka

    First professional writing role — articles, blogs, decks, and press releases for the organisation's newsletter.

    • Wrote and edited long-form articles + marketing blogs.
    • Maintained public + sponsor relationships across active campaigns.
    • Produced visual decks and structured campaign data.

2 promotions · 5 roles · 5+ years

03 — Research

Three threads in applied linguistics.

Coursework and independent projects from BRAC University, sitting at the join of language teaching, sociolinguistics, and media.

Reflecting on Language-Teaching Methods in the Bangladeshi Context

A critical reading of grammar-translation, audio-lingual, and communicative methods against the realities of Bangladeshi classrooms — class size, exam pressure, the L1–English distance, and the teacher's authority. Argues for a hybrid, context-aware practice rather than wholesale method adoption.

ObjectiveExplored and critically evaluated various language-teaching methodologies within the socio-cultural context of Bangladesh to enhance instruction efficacy.

  • Literature review
  • Classroom observation
  • Comparative analysis

04 — Writing

Featured piece.

Selected fiction and essays — a deeper archive is in the works.

short story · 2023

Between Winter & Spring

Resonance — BRAC University bilingual creative-writing journal

A short story circling the Sewol ferry tragedy in South Korea from a careful, oblique distance. A shorter version was selected for the recitation-prose category in an event by Resonance.

On the morning the sea took them, the radio played a love song from a year that no one remembered. Mother folded the laundry as if folding were a kind of prayer. She did not look out the window. She did not need to. The light had gone the colour of yesterday's tea.
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05 — Skills & languages

The toolkit.

Three working languages, four families of practice.

Writing & Editorial

  • — Long-form writing
  • — Editing & proofreading
  • — Storytelling
  • — Screenwriting
  • — Dialogue writing
  • — Copywriting

Content Strategy

  • — Editorial calendars
  • — Voice & tone systems
  • — SEO foundations
  • — Brand positioning
  • — Channel analytics review
  • — Cross-functional collaboration

Teaching & ELT

  • — Curriculum design
  • — Classroom management
  • — Assessment & evaluation
  • — Lesson planning
  • — Parent communication
  • — Inclusive practice

Research & Analysis

  • — Literature review
  • — Discourse analysis
  • — Ethnographic framing
  • — Qualitative coding
  • — Market research
  • — Comparative methods

English

Fluent — academic + professional

Bengali

Native

Chinese

Working proficiency

06 — Recognition & training

Stages, journals, and certificates.

A few things worth noting from university and beyond.

2023

“Between Winter & Spring” — Resonance journal

Short story inspired by the Sewol ferry tragedy. A shorter version was selected for the recitation-prose category in an event hosted by Resonance, BRAC University's bilingual creative-writing journal.

2023

Second place — ENH Drama Competition

Collaborated with a team of five on a creative drama competition organised by the ENH department at BRAC University. The performance was an adaptation of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, performed in Middle English.

Co-curricular

Executive — BRAC University Response Team (BURT)

Oct 2022 → Dec 2023

A social-welfare club at BRAC University working on people in need, environmental protection, and animal welfare.

Trainings (8)

07 — References

On the record.

Faculty references at BRAC University, happy to speak to research, writing, and classroom conduct.

08 — Contact

Start a conversation.

Open to writing, teaching, and research roles — and graduate-school admissions committees, please write.

nowshin.shamanta@gmail.com