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CAROLINE SAMSON

CAROLINE SAMSON

CEO
Mumbai

Summary

Results-driven professional with forward-thinking approach centered on company success and competitive growth. Demonstrated record of success in building successful teams and managing profitable operations.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Language

Work History

CEO

Maple Media Services
Mumbai
03.2022 - Current
  • Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
  • Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships by negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts.
  • Coached and guided the team to improve employee job satisfaction and achieve higher performance levels.
  • Established foundational processes for business operations.
  • Identified new revenue generation opportunities to maximize bottom-line profitability.

CEO

CEO Concept Analysis Multimedia
Mumbai
01.2020 - 05.2020
  • Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
  • Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base and solidify market presence.
  • Addressed employee and managerial concerns and implemented corrective actions to promote compliance.
  • Procured and coordinated new resources to achieve sales targets within optimal timeframes.

GM

Just Urbane GM
05.2019 - 11.2019
  • Sales
  • Just Urbane
  • Magazine.

GM

Verve Magazine
Mumbai
05.2017 - 04.2019
  • Marketing & Sales
  • GM - Marketing and Sales.

Consultant •Consultant

Shoppers Stop
Mumbai
10.2016 - 12.2016
  • Brand Integration for their the blog Style Hub

Chief Operating Officer

Youth Incorporated
Mumbai
07.2014 - 04.2016
  • Managing wide gamut of tasks entailing Sales, Marketing, Editorial, Circulation, Distribution & Production
  • Refined organizational structure to consolidate, streamline and delineate necessary functions.
  • Negotiated and drafted contracts with business partners, clients and vendors.
  • Developed innovative sales and marketing strategies to facilitate business expansion.
  • Led team of 20 , reporting to Founders.

Sr. Manager, Sr Account Manager

WWM, Times of India Subsidiary
Mumbai
07.2013 - 04.2014
  • Femina & Filmfare
  • Serviced Categories ( Beauty, Finance & Auto) and Handled Key Accounts (Proctor & Gamble, PGI, Nivea, Marico, J & J, Gitanjali)
  • Implemented space selling strategies to drive volumes & achieve high profitability
  • Identified prospective clients, generated business from the existing clientele to achieve business targets.

Sr. Manager, •Sr. Manager

Open Media Network Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
07.2013 - 01.2013
  • Serviced Categories (Luxury & Lifestyle , Finance and Auto, )
  • Analysed market trends & establishing healthy & prolonged business relations with clients
  • Implemented space selling strategies to drive volumes & achieve high profitability
  • Identified prospective clients, generated business from the existing clientele to achieve business targets.

Sr. Manager, •Sr Manager

Media Transasia India Ltd
Mumbai
11.2010 - 07.2011


  • Maintained frequent interaction with senior management to measure goal achievement and determine areas of improvement.
  • Recommended and implemented successful strategies to maximize revenue.

Branch Manager, •Branch Manager

Maxposure Media Group India Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
06.2008 - 11.2010
  • And , Estetica, Beat & Forms
  • Coordinated the performance of team members to ensure process efficiency & meeting targets
  • Demonstrated skills in team supervision and relationship management/ business development as well as exceptional communication abilities to cut across the organizational levels and accomplish targets
  • Formulating strategies & reaching out to the unexplored market segments for business expansion
  • Created and sustained a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team members
  • Generated business from the existing clientele to achieve business targets
  • Interacting with clients on a regular basis & providing redressal to all their queries, complaints.

Manager

Media Transasia India Ltd, Homes
Mumbai
08.2007 - 06.2008
  • Handling Ad Sales (Western Region) for International Title Better

Head

95 FM Tadka
Mumbai
05.2007 - 08.2007
  • Spearheading the Sales Department for the entire Western Region.

General Manager /Editor, Printer & Publisher

Ad-Mag, Mumbai, Sikander Publishing Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
09.1996 - 03.2005
  • Reported to Managing Director in Australia
  • Managing wide gamut of tasks entailing Sales & Marketing, Circulation, Distribution, Production & Accounts
  • Remarkable Contributions:
  • Dexterously brought the organization to break even in the year 1999 and profit sector by the year 2001.

Business Manager

Sound Electronics Corporation
Mumbai
01.1995 - 01.1996

Education

B.A. -

Mumbai University

Skills

Financial leadership

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Timeline

CEO

Maple Media Services
03.2022 - Current

CEO

CEO Concept Analysis Multimedia
01.2020 - 05.2020

GM

Just Urbane GM
05.2019 - 11.2019

GM

Verve Magazine
05.2017 - 04.2019

Consultant •Consultant

Shoppers Stop
10.2016 - 12.2016

Chief Operating Officer

Youth Incorporated
07.2014 - 04.2016

Sr. Manager, Sr Account Manager

WWM, Times of India Subsidiary
07.2013 - 04.2014

Sr. Manager, •Sr. Manager

Open Media Network Pvt Ltd
07.2013 - 01.2013

Sr. Manager, •Sr Manager

Media Transasia India Ltd
11.2010 - 07.2011

Branch Manager, •Branch Manager

Maxposure Media Group India Pvt. Ltd
06.2008 - 11.2010

Manager

Media Transasia India Ltd, Homes
08.2007 - 06.2008

Head

95 FM Tadka
05.2007 - 08.2007

General Manager /Editor, Printer & Publisher

Ad-Mag, Mumbai, Sikander Publishing Pvt. Ltd
09.1996 - 03.2005

Business Manager

Sound Electronics Corporation
01.1995 - 01.1996

B.A. -

Mumbai University
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