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Ashutosh Kumar Rai

Ashutosh Kumar Rai

Marketing Manager
Delhi

Summary

  • A Marketing Enthusiast with seasoned expertise in Retention, Loyalty and CRM Marketing with some great ventures in Growth and Acquisition too.
  • Having served over multiple industries in helping them acquire, engage and retain customers using Multi-channel solutions, Engagement Strategies, Customer Segmentation/Analytics and Marketing Automation tools.
  • Experience designer through Customer Journeys, Content as a Story, Reward-Offer Engines, Feedback-Testimonial Engine, Performance Analytics, Tracking and Reporting, Content and Creatives with the principle of Do it, Learn, Implement and Repeat.
  • Strong interpersonal experience in B2B as well as B2C with cross functional Marketing roles in transactions with Product, Data, Tech and Finance.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead (Manager) - Digital Channels

PayU India Innovations Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon
10.2022 - Current

Company is part of PayU India with its newest wing since Apr'23 as Innovations Lab. (B2B/B2C) Reporting: Senior Director- Data Analytics

  • Growth and CRM Handling of New Products and Innovations.
  • Ads on Checkout Project owner to grow into a monthly business Rs 10 Mn.
  • Helping Teams onboard new projects on all channels such as IVR/OBD, SMS, Email, WhatsApp, Banners on Checkout and Facebook to drive GMV growth.
  • Customer Segmentation basis Persona and monitor the movement to ensure the building of profitable base.
  • End to End Campaign Handling, Channel and Vendor Management, Client Handling.

Marketing Manager - Engagement and Retargeting

Smartcoin Financials Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
09.2021 - 09.2022

A Micro-lending fin-tech with multiple products in B2C domain. Reporting: Co-founder (COO)

  • Build KPIs, Reaction Strategies, Customer Journeys, Rewards and Offers, Referral Programs, to create one of a kind Retention and Engagement Marketing from bottom to top of the funnel.
  • AB Testing, Time: Content/Creative Quotient, Cross-Product Marketing, Customer Persona for Hyper-personalized communication, Usage of Customer Testimonials, Educational (V/B)logs and Newsletter Initiatives to drive high MAUs.
  • Setting up of SMS, IVR, Email, WhatsApp and Facebook on MoEngage, A Marketing Automation tool to build Customer journeys with engagement to their reactions using multiple channels and Content as a Story for the best experience.
  • Partnerships to boost reward currency. enrich customer profiles, drive acquisitions, work with Product and Tech for new solutions and vendor management.
  • Improvement in funnels: Bank Statement by 31%, Applications by 41%, KYC by 43%, Loan Agreement by 54% and others with synchronized effect of multiple engines.

Customer Success Manager

EasyRewardz Software Services Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon
01.2018 - 09.2021

EasyRewardz is a SaaS based CRM solutions agency with core products of Loyalty, Rewards and Marketing Automation. (B2B/B2C) Reporting:- Vice-President (Business Operations)

  • Had a portfolio of 9 Clients spread across, BFSI, E-com, Retail, Grocery, FnB, Beauty and Wellness, and Hospitality.
  • Designing, Implementation and Management of Loyalty and Membership Programs for all the above with Offers and Rewards Engines, Campaign Management, Business Analytics, Content and Creative Management, Bi-weekly CXO level updates and presentations, Contract Renewals, Cross-Sell and Up-sell.
  • KRAs: Drive the repeat sell, increase the Loyal base, strengthen the Loyalty currency, Customer Segmentation Infra, Test vs Control level Campaign Performance analytics, RoI Management, Design New Milestone programs, Content- Creative Management, and SKU- Level analytics and Promotions,
  • Campaigns through all channels to promote educations, Customer testimonials, Email (V/B)logs, Feedback Engines, Birthday and Anniversary Campaigns, Monthly- Quarterly Newsletters and RFM Campaigns.
  • Store to Regional level analytics to promote good experiences of performing segments to the newly acquired base. Cross-sell and Up-sell to improve performance of products movement. KPIs comparison of Repeat vs Non-Repeat to keep a close eye on what's working for us.
  • Treatment of Premium and Loyal base with personalized gift hampers, Brand Anniversary Videos, Gift Vouchers, Coupons and Loyalty Currency.
  • Success: Repeat customers frequency shot up by: 3-4 times for Grocery and FnB, 3 times for Hospitality in one latency period. Repeat's ticket size jumped by: 40% for E-com and Retails Fashion, 30% for Beauty and Wellness, 33% for Hospitality. BFSI latency reduced by 18%.

Account Manager

Travel Triangle
Gurgaon
07.2017 - 01.2018

Holiday Triangle Travel Pvt Ltd is a marketplace for Local Travel Agents and Travelers to get a customized itinerary at a competitive price. (Role: B2B/B2C). Reporting: Assistant Destination Manager.

  • On-Boarding/Training: Travel Agents are on boarded after B2B team converts them. They are introduced and data collection is done.
  • Leads Assigning: Leads are prioritized as per agent’s performance, age, capacity and other metrics.
  • Fraud Check: Keep a check on the frauds, if an agent found then penalize /Churn them.
  • Team Management: Internal Co-ordination among Sales team to help the vendors achieve their targets

Education

High School Diploma -

Central Board of Secondary Education (Class12)
Varanasi
05.2012 - 05.2013

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

DIT University
Dehradun
08.2013 - 06.2017

Skills

    Retention Marketing

Loyalty, Membership and Rewards

Campaign Management and RoI

Multi Channel Marketing

Customer Segmentation and Tracking

Marketing Automation

Growth Marketing

Customer Journey

MS Excel

Tableau

SQL

MS Office

Partnership Management

Timeline

Lead (Manager) - Digital Channels

PayU India Innovations Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - Current

Marketing Manager - Engagement and Retargeting

Smartcoin Financials Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - 09.2022

Customer Success Manager

EasyRewardz Software Services Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 09.2021

Account Manager

Travel Triangle
07.2017 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

DIT University
08.2013 - 06.2017

High School Diploma -

Central Board of Secondary Education (Class12)
05.2012 - 05.2013
Ashutosh Kumar RaiMarketing Manager