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Diksha Chhabra

Digital Ad Sales Professional
Mumbai

Summary

12+ yrs of experience in the digital media industry. Worked with established brands like mCanvas, Condenast, Zee5 and now ShareChat.
- Worked across Product verticals of Display, Performance, Videos, Mobile, Content, Native & Programmatic, Supply Side Platform such as Rubicon & Pubmatic, Branded Content Sales with a demonstrated history of working in the digital industry.
-Have experienced in working with a Tech company, Publisher, OTT platform and Social Media Platform.
Organised and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Client Lead: Large Client Servicing

ShareChat
Mumbai
12.2020 - Current
  • Key contributor to overall growth vision of company by building strategic client accounts.
  • Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.
  • Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results.
  • Exceeded goals through effective task prioritisation and great work ethic.
  • Build scale into revenue function by collaborating with internal stakeholders to develop joint business plans and upsell content opportunities to advertisers / vendors
  • Consistently planned and overachieved business targets in line with company vision

Sr. Manager: Vertical Head

Zee5
Mumbai
03.2018 - 11.2020
  • Prospect & establish strong, profitable relationships with market leaders across Industry segments ( Gaming, Pharmaceuticals, Retail,Digital Natives)
  • Devising branding opportunities for brands in HiPi (UGC model in an app): News, Kids and content integration in original web series.
  • Strategize with clients and media agencies and partner with them to ensure digital marketing efficiencies.
  • Prepare and give business reviews to senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks to increasing adoption of customers.
  • Exhaustive market coverage to identify digital advertising opportunities to increase client count, brand count & revenue through inventory, content integration & sponsorships.
  • Develop quarterly and annual deals with agencies/ clients to build revenue consistency.
  • Account Planning - Analyse client businesses and objectives of their campaigns for creating strategic plans for them.
  • Responsible for Sponsorships and Launch partnerships
  • Balanced mix of strategic clientele for large deals as well diverse client portfolio

Manager Digital Ad Sales: CNTraveller & AD

Condenast India
Mumbai
06.2017 - 03.2018
  • Representing 2 magazine titles, CondeNast Traveler & Architectural Digest across digital platforms and content services.
  • Built business from non-core clients.
  • Pre-and post-sales support to ops team to aid conversion of new clients and campaigns.
  • Manage operations of digital campaigns that involves ad trafficking of display media, revenue reporting and campaign optimisation.
  • Carry out creative and technical execution of custom pages such as microsites and native stories.
  • Relationship management with media agencies and clients providing timely updates of campaign performance, suggesting improvements, and providing support for any other exception handling.

Sales Head: South

Affinity Global Inc./mCanvas
Mumbai
11.2013 - 05.2017

Sales Head – South mCanvas Strategic Alliances Product Development – mCanvas Publisher Development: Affinity Global Inc.

  • Generating Revenue by reaching out to potential Brands and Agencies in new geographies and accounts.
  • Aligning sales processes and thoughts to sync with business needs
  • Driving collaterals, presentations, pitches for key accounts
  • Played pivotal role in conceptualizing, designing and executing strategic partnerships in different geographies including UAE and India.
  • Managing Operational yardsticks & monitoring systems with partners
  • Training partner teams (Business & Product) to pitch mCanvas to potential clients
  • Product Enhancements, and Testing
  • Ensuring Product meets our traction objective
  • Design Online Media Plans that address brand objectives
  • Work with global publishers in execution of innovative media plans
  • Drive Publisher acquisition and development plans for global market
  • Working closely with publishers to understand requirements, provide constant feedback and communicating these with operations team
  • Negotiate and purchase online media from publishers and network
  • Effective profitability across campaigns and revenue management
  • Single point of contact for handling Platforms – Pubmatic and Rubicon
  • Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity

Publisher Development

Marmalade Digital
Mumbai
01.2012 - 10.2013

● Design of digital media Plans. Responsible for client solutions that address EUROPE, North American, Africa, South East Asia, China Markets and India.

● Execution of digital media campaigns that meet delivery objectives.

● DSP Operations - Campaign setup, management and optimization on multiple DSP Platforms

● Deliver MIS for campaign monitoring

● Managing entire life cycle of Publisher engagement. Sourcing to negotiations to contracting / invoicing & MIS.

● Continuous interactions with various stakeholders – Operations, Service Teams, Clients

● Verifying Publishers billings and forwarding for onward processing

Business Development Executive

Percept Talent Management
Bangalore
12.2010 - 10.2011

● Managing Talent

● Servicing Brands

● Initiating Business through Celeb activities

● Business Development

Management Trainee, Intern

J.Walter Thompson
Bangalore
02.2010 - 12.2010
  • ● Managing day-to-day briefs from client and ensuring timely delivery
  • ● Managing and tracking the billings & outstanding
  • ● Assisted with day to day operations as part of the brand team

Education

Master of Science - Mass Communication

Christ University
Bangalore
03.2008 - 03.2010

Bachelor of Arts - Mass Communication

Delhi University
New Delhi
04.2005 - 04.2008

Skills

  • Client servicing
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Timeline

Client Lead: Large Client Servicing

ShareChat
12.2020 - Current

Sr. Manager: Vertical Head

Zee5
03.2018 - 11.2020

Manager Digital Ad Sales: CNTraveller & AD

Condenast India
06.2017 - 03.2018

Sales Head: South

Affinity Global Inc./mCanvas
11.2013 - 05.2017

Publisher Development

Marmalade Digital
01.2012 - 10.2013

Business Development Executive

Percept Talent Management
12.2010 - 10.2011

Management Trainee, Intern

J.Walter Thompson
02.2010 - 12.2010

Master of Science - Mass Communication

Christ University
03.2008 - 03.2010

Bachelor of Arts - Mass Communication

Delhi University
04.2005 - 04.2008
Diksha ChhabraDigital Ad Sales Professional