A progressive, decisive and innovative professional with over 15+ years of cross functional & leadership experience in Digital and Advertising Technology. Highly valued for expertise in interpreting corporate vision and strategy, translating objectives into actionable plans to achieve business objectives and provide decisive leadership to multi-functional teams. Hands on expertise in target setting & pricing, new market development and quality standards/process.
- Managed and led a cross functional team servicing various Enterprise, Mid market and SMB accounts such as Large key OEM's - MSIL, Hyundai, Kia, BMW, Volvo etc, Electric Vehicles, TBL clients (Tyre, Battery, Lubricant), Luxury OEM's, Commercial Vehicle OEM's across the country.
- Driven growth for the New Auto BU across key functions of Digital Media, Data & Audience Selling, SAAS Solutions, Digital Content, Lead Management Solutions & E-commerce.
- Provided strategic direction to sales teams and clients in the identification of opportunities in digital business.
- Grew TBL category by 95%, Onboarded 15 EV OEM's, Scaled Large key accounts business by 40%, Grew MSIL's revenue from ground up.
- Steered monetization and developed partnerships to scale the growth in India and International markets.
- Managed the entire digital portfolio and led a large team, closely managed the internal stakeholders in different departments i.e., Marketing, Legal, Finance, Sales, Content Development, Production and Operations.
- Owned the Business P&L, driven revenue growth, supported new business efforts such as large content partnerships and scaled up existing business by 80%.
- Responsible for revenue generation for the North, East and Southern India along with the Middle East Countries for Vogue Digital.
- Drove integrated business strategy with focus on delivering monthly and yearly targets along with leading a team.
- Worked on innovative solutions to derive revenue during the pandemic.
- Grew Middle East Market by 5% and onboarded 8 new brands.
- Spearheaded the digital business of Vogue India and a team of young professionals with the accountability to drive revenue generation.
- Responsible for strategizing & business planning, with focus on top & bottom-line profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
- Grew business by 20% YOY and locked large long term deals with H&M, Apple, Philips, Samsung, BMW, Mercedes, Lufthansa.
-Planned and executed monthly/quarterly targets for Vogue, GQ and Conde Nast Traveler in North and East India.
- Worked continuously to improve the product(s) by studying market and share feedback with the product teams.
- Introduced new Ad formats - Programmatic , Video Production, Branded Solutions, Social Media and Content Creation.
- Trained and mentored new recruits and existing employees on Digital, Product and Market Dynamics.
- Responsible for set up and growth of the digital business for Vogue, GQ and Conde Nast Traveler in North and East India from ground up.
-Educate and create awareness on Conde Nast products and suggest seamless integration of campaigns across web and mobile platforms.
-Acquired and onboarded 30 clients, built strong and long lasting working relationships.
- Reached a mark of 4 cr in the first year and consistently grew the revenue YOY.
- Managed the North and East India markets for servicing and developing digital ad sales revenue from large key corporate accounts/agencies.
- Drove key strategic initiatives to close annual & large partnerships in order to deepen market penetration and enhanced the accounts base.
- Grew revenue by 30% and onboarded 11 new clients in one year.
- Part of the core Microsoft Ad Sales team, instrumental in 60% growth in Advertising revenue for all Microsoft products and Partners i.e. MSN India, Messenger, Hotmail, 123Greetings.com & Facebook
- Instrumental in handling key relationships/clients like Samsung, Airtel, Coca-Cola, GSK, Sony that contributed to major pie of the overall revenue
- Worked on ad formats like Display, CPC, CPL, CPA and Innovations with creative agencies to prepare appropriate creative solutions for client's needs.
Team Management