Varun Shetty
Content | Product | Digital marketing
Freelance content specialist. I headed content operations at Altletics, a sports tech and content company until February 2023. I was formerly a writer and journalist at ESPNcricinfo.
Bio
I've been a writer since I won a blogging contest aged 15 with my boyhood team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and wrote under the (edgy) pen name That Guy. Since then, I've combined my love for sports, writing, and web publishing to carve a career which peaked when I landed my dream gig at ESPNcricinfo.After five years of living that dream, I decided to take the plunge into product and tech with Altletics. I'm now a freelancer looking to explore that further.I enjoy walks, black coffee, non-competitive poker, batting at No. 5 for the Silver Devils on weekends, building legacies on Football Manager, and chronicling the various sounds of my two cats - Nox and Fiko.
Work
I'm experienced across various genres of content. I particularly specialize in editorial strategy and execution and have helmed properties of various kinds. I've covered events live from venues, written deep-dive features, and commentated on high-intensity sporting events - in 2018, a game I commentated on was the second-most engaging sports web page on the internet.
I've worked with names such as ESPN, OnePlus, TEDxBangalore, Sportskeeda, Bangalore Mirror, Catena Media, WSN, and Jaxon. Contact me below for work samples.
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