Collin Furtado

UX Designer

Singapore, Singapore14 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 7 years of diverse writing experience.
Led teams in covering emerging tech sectors.
Proven track record in managing editorial teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media and Tech professional with extensive editorial experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Team ManagementStory EditingBreaking News

Other Skills

StorytellingNews WritingEditingMarket ResearchCopy EditingHeadline WritingContent WritingCopywritingCreative WritingSEO copywritingContent DevelopmentAdvertisingSocial Media MarketingMarketing CommunicationsSocial Media

About

My experience in writing extends to over 7 years. Currently, my journey has brought me to AdAge India in the role of Assistant Editor. I worked in various writing roles from early days at CampusJunkie.com to Umak Creatives, Tonic Media, Estate World magazine, Sharekhan, Smart Life magazine (The Week), Let’s Travel and exchange4media Group and Zee Media Corporation.

Experience

Cna

Senior Editor for South Asia

Dec 2025 – Present · 3 mos · Singapore · On-site

Tech in asia

3 roles

Senior Editor

Aug 2024 – Nov 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

Emerging Tech Editor

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

I lead a team of journalists to cover emerging tech startup sectors such as edtech, gaming, SaaS, agritech, climate tech, foodtech, biotech, mobility/logistics, healthtech, electric vehicles, spacetech, AI firms, robotics, social media, and more. The role involves editing and writing investigative business reports, research, news reporting, team management and training, work allotment and timeline management, meeting monthly revenue targets, handling newsletters, building guides and systems, networking, team collaborations, social media promotion, and managing recruitment for the team.

Story EditingTeam ManagementStorytellingNews WritingEditingMarket Research

News Editor

Oct 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

I led the news team to cover news across the startup ecosystem in Asia. This involved covering breaking stories and other news to keep our subscribers updated of all the top events in the startup world. I also led the team to work on larger in-depth news pieces. My goal was to get in more subscribers to TIA via our news coverage.

Copy EditingTeam ManagementBreaking NewsHeadline WritingNews Writing

Times internet

Assistant Editor

Nov 2017 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

I was part of the Times Bridge department, which worked on setting up global brands in India. Joined as the Assistant Editor at Advertising Age India, a joint venture between AdAge and Times Internet. However, my role evolved to take up the Editor-in-chief's responsibilities of managing the running of the publication. Worked with a small team on news, features, social media content, and even partnership content.