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Akhil Kumar

Head Brand Partnership And Digital Marketing - User Acquisition & Growth
Bangalore

Summary

Entrepreneurial and creative Founder passionate about turning innovative ideas into tangible results. Experienced formulating and executing strategic plans, creating new products and services, and developing business opportunities. Track record of multiple successful business ventures and leading teams of professionals to maximize profits and deliver success.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder

Xerra Technologies Private Limited
Bangalore
01.2023 - Current
  • Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees.
  • Identified business development challenges and customer concerns for proactive resolution.
  • Directed technological improvements, reducing waste and business bottlenecks.
  • Initiated strategy to drive company growth and increase market share and profitability.

Director of Business Development and User Growth

Bitbns Internet Private Limited
Bangalore
04.2021 - 01.2023
  • Identified and pursued valuable business opportunities to generate new company revenue and improve bottom line profit.
  • Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data, and budget factors.
  • Negotiated, prepared, and signed contracts with clients.
  • Led change and transformation across business areas to deliver benefits and align company resources.

Products Worked - Bitbns, Bitbns Pay, Playota, Onramp, Brand Campaigns and Partnerships

Bitbns -

  • Planned and executed multiple branding campaigns. Initiated the first Brand advertisement .
  • Negotiated client contracts and agreements to cultivate profitable business transactions.

Bitbns Pay -

  • A first of its kind product developed to perform real time crypto transactions
  • Was part of the development team along with the road map
  • Post development drove campaigns for the product. CPI, CPM, CPC. Reached 1 M installation with the first few months of launch

Playota -

  • A fantasy Cricket platform powered on blockchain
  • PRoduct development, testing and user generation

OnRamp/ Recon -

  • A payment gateway system built for cyrpto and gaming platforms

User Growth, Acquisition and Localisation

OKEx India
Bangalore
10.2020 - 04.2021

User Growth and Acquisition

  • Planned marketing initiatives and leveraged referral network to promote business development.
  • Identified appropriate marketing channels and target customers for campaigns.
  • Developed campaigns and specific marketing strategies for new listings.
  • Collaborated with external creative agencies to produce and marketing materials.
  • Building Brand Presence of OKEx online and offline
  • Collaboration with Influencers for campaign promotions and long term associations
  • Social Media - Started structuring and building a soical present for OKEx India. Quora Ads and also building OKEx quota account with relevant answers from general accounts as well official account.

Localization

  • Suggested improvement for user journey on the platform and also was part of the execution team
  • Implementing India Specific Content and communication in regional languages
  • Improving the KYC process and verification methods in P2P specific to Indian Region

Head Business Partnership and User Acquisition

BitBns
Bangalore
02.2015 - 09.2020

India's largest crypto currency exchange with the widest coin portfolio.

Primary Focus - Driving User Acquisition and Growth for BITBNS and its Products

  • Have been instrumental in driving Users on to the platform from launch of BITBNS.
  • Was part of first ever Crypto Flash Sale in India, which resulted in SALE completion within 35 seconds of its launch and a acquisition of 1000+ users
  • Lead online/offline marketing campaigns to enable all manner of organic and paid marketing for user conversion
  • Performance marketing campaigns across all marketing channels (Social, Google, Affiliates) which drives 40% of user base on BITBNS
  • Devised innovative growth strategies, by developing a deep understanding of our target consumers and use data and market intelligence to drive acquisition and retention efforts at each stage of customer life cycle.
  • Devised Affiliate Campaign to drive traffic at constant flow as advertiser.

Business Growth Manager

Buyhatke Internet Private Limited
Bangalore
04.2015 - 09.2020

Working primarily on B2C Buyhatke Price comparison platform

  • Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
  • Conceptualized and launched features such as real-time price comparison, recommendation engine, aggregated recently viewed products and aggregated search pages by leveraging user's E-commerce browsing history across stores.
  • Built first of its kind strategy for user migration and retention enabled by deep linking our products to other shopping platforms, increased revenue by 10% over mobile app.
  • Worked on Overlay mechanism to drive new users
  • Built Partnership with Partners driving traffic to platform via CPL, CPC, CPM based campaigns
  • Worked with Social Media influencers on promotions at very initial stages of Influencer Evolution

Sales Associate

Convergys
Bangalore
10.2013 - 04.2015
  • Trained and developed new sales team associates in products, selling techniques and company procedures.
  • Engaged with customers to effectively build rapport and lasting relationships.
  • Implemented new marketing initiatives to drive sales and improve overall performance.
  • Managed Over 30 chats per day and converted on average 4 sales

Education

MBA -

Sikkim Manipal, Bangalore

Bachelor of Computer Science And Engineering -

AICTE, Bangalore

Skills

Analytics

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Timeline

Founder - Xerra Technologies Private Limited
01.2023 - Current
Director of Business Development and User Growth - Bitbns Internet Private Limited
04.2021 - 01.2023
User Growth, Acquisition and Localisation - OKEx India
10.2020 - 04.2021
Business Growth Manager - Buyhatke Internet Private Limited
04.2015 - 09.2020
Head Business Partnership and User Acquisition - BitBns
02.2015 - 09.2020
Sales Associate - Convergys
10.2013 - 04.2015
Sikkim Manipal - MBA,
AICTE - Bachelor of Computer Science And Engineering,
Akhil KumarHead Brand Partnership And Digital Marketing - User Acquisition & Growth