A day in the life of Meghna Kothari
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Meghna Kothari is the 25-year-old Director of McCollins Media which offers services in public relations, social media marketing, events and design. Meghna is a graduate in retail management and also has a degree in fashion and merchandising.
6:00 am: I love waking up to the sunrise, it seems like I have an automated alarm which never seems to fail. No matter what time I sleep, I’m wide awake by 6:00 am.
7:00am: I adore my Yorkshire terrier, Gucci, and take her for a walk every morning. The walk usually ends up turning into a jog or run which is great because it gives me and Gucci our daily fix of cardio and works up my appetite for a healthy breakfast.
8:00am: I usually have my favourite music turned up very loud while getting ready for work. It charges me up and helps me look forward to the long day ahead. My drive to work is not as tedious as most people experience with the traffic in Dubai because I’m always going against it (thank goodness for that). I quite like the early morning drive to work!
9:00 am: As soon as I enter the office, I begin my daily ritual of checking mails and the most important thing of all, planning my day. I try to be as proactive as I can while planning out my entire day and have a detailed discussion with my team about what needs to be done.
10:00am: Being the Director of McCollins Media, I like to be aware of what is happening with all of our clients and their respective competitors and industries. I make it a point to spend at least an hour every day researching this and repeat this process towards the latter part of the day focusing more on creatives.
11:00 am: I usually have client meetings set up during this time. This is actually my favourite part of the day! I try spending some time on catalysing business development for the agency.
1:00pm: Lunch time has three possible scenarios – grabbing a quick bite on the way to a meeting; taking a client for an elaborate business lunch; or joining friends for a relaxing, stress-busting lunch.
3:00pm: I have always been inclined towards the arts and enjoy being involved in the creative process at McCollins Media. I spend time with the creative team to brainstorm ideas for our clients and research the latest trends in design.
4:00 pm: I oversee the administration and finance department as a daily routine just to make sure everything is on track.
5:00pm: It is always a rush at this time as we need to ensure all the work for the day has been done and all pending artworks have been completed. I like to review our work for the day with my team in order to access the productivity and scope for improvement.
