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Education
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Riyan Farooqui Mohammed

Nizamabad

Summary

Motivated and results-oriented BBA graduate with hands-on experience in digital marketing, data visualization, and project management. Strong foundation in business strategy, leadership, and analytics, with a proven ability to lead teams, drive engagement, and deliver actionable insights. Co-founded easyFoster.in, an adoption platform emphasizing personalized, manual screening for ethical matchmaking. Committed to continuous learning, strategic impact, and contributing to high-performing, data-driven environments.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Virtual Internship (Project Management Associate)

Excelerate
06.2025 - 07.2025
  • Led a cross-functional team of four interns to deliver a simulated Global Career Fair project, achieving a 100% task completion rate, and meeting all weekly deadlines with zero delays.
  • Researched and compared AI-powered tools (ClickUp, Asana, Monday.com), influencing the team’s adoption of ClickUp, which resulted in a 50% reduction in manual follow-ups and improved task visibility.
  • Designed and automated workflows using ClickUp’s AI features (auto-reminders, scheduling, task delegation), contributing to a 60% increase in team coordination and a 30% faster turnaround on key tasks.
  • Created a detailed 6-month execution plan, including timelines, milestones, and Gantt charts, enabling the team to stay consistently 2–3 days ahead of schedule throughout the internship.
  • Delivered weekly research updates, and presented a final executive-level report that earned distinction for clarity, structure, and strategic recommendations adopted by three other intern teams.

Virtual Internship (Digital Marketing Associate)

Excelerate
06.2025 - 07.2025
  • Led a team of 6 interns, overseeing weekly deliverables across strategy, audits, and reporting; ensured 100% on-time submissions with zero revisions required.
  • Conducted multi-platform social media audits (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook), identifying key trends that informed content strategies, leading to a projected 25%–30% engagement improvement.
  • Crafted tailored brand messaging for three core student segments (high school, undergrad, postgrad), enhancing Excelerate’s audience reach and relevance.
  • Proposed partnerships with 5+ organizations, backed by detailed power-interest mapping and user retention plans; 2 proposals were shortlisted by Excelerate’s strategy leads.
  • Delivered a high-impact final presentation and strategic report that was recognized for its clarity, depth, and cross-functional collaboration effectiveness.

Virtual Internship (Data Analyst Associate)

Excelerate
04.2025 - 05.2025
  • Built interactive dashboards in Excel to visualize KPIs, trend patterns, and performance metrics; improved clarity and stakeholder understanding of key data.
  • Analyzed diverse datasets to extract actionable insights, enabling data-backed decisions in internal mock business scenarios.
  • Applied principles of data storytelling and visualization best practices to enhance the impact and readability of reports.
  • Collaborated with mentors and peers on 3+ data projects, improving team analytical output and presentation quality.
  • Developed a keen understanding of real-world data interpretation, laying the foundation for deeper analytics roles.

Internship

Zetratech IT Solutions
Nizamabad
06.2023 - 11.2023
  • Assisted in carrying Digital marketing campaigns on social media and email.
  • Conducted effective market research and analyzed campaign results.
  • Used effective market trends to frame strategies and implemented them in campaign.
  • Conducted surveys via emails and telephonic methods.
  • Maintained product and brand awareness.

Education

BBA - Marketing

Telangana University
INDIA
07-2024

Skills

Functional skills

  • Digital marketing
  • Social media management
  • Project management
  • Workflow automation
  • Market research
  • Data analysis

Core skills

  • Time management and organization
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Leadership and team management
  • Microsoft Word (advanced)
  • Microsoft Excel (intermediate)
  • Effective communication

Projects

EasyFoster.in: Founder of EasyFoster.in, a pet adoption platform dedicated to helping rescued animals find safe and loving homes. Unlike automated systems, we personally reviewed each adoption request, ensuring a human touch in every placement and significantly reducing mismatches. This manual approach not only built trust with adopters but also allowed us to avoid errors and prioritize responsible ownership. As a result, we facilitated over 15 successful adoptions with 0 return cases, while promoting compassionate care and personal accountability within the fostering process. 

Reliance Retail Academic Project: Worked on a live retail analytics project with Reliance Retail, one of India's largest retail chains. Analyzed customer purchasing behavior, in-store experience, and brand positioning to identify gaps in customer retention and conversion, contributed to market research, competitor benchmarking, and customer feedback analysis, leading to actionable insights and improvement suggestions across marketing and operations. This hands-on experience helped me strengthen my analytical thinking, data interpretation, and collaborative skills in a real-world business environment.

Leadership Roles:

  • School Prefect (SPL): managed events, teams during the major sports event, improved student discipline, coordinated class activities, encouraged students to take part in extracurricular activities.
  • Successfully hosted various programs and events during high school and during undergrad.
  • Served as a liaison between students and school administration, meeting the faculty to address concerns and resolve issues.

Accomplishments

  • Received awards and certificates for essay writing from the United Nations Information Centre (India and Bhutan) in 2018, and PCRA (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas)
  • Secured first and second place in undergraduate semesters, receiving certificates and medals three times in three years

Volunteer Experience

  • Divine Charitable Trust, Collaborated with Divine Charitable Trust to collect funds for needy and handicapped, demonstrating commitment to social responsibility.
  • Lead role during election campaign for managing voters records, candidate awareness, distribution of voters slips to everyone in the locality.
  • Contributed to the SIO community (ICA) through a 27-day volunteer program (2017).

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Virtual Internship (Project Management Associate)

Excelerate
06.2025 - 07.2025

Virtual Internship (Digital Marketing Associate)

Excelerate
06.2025 - 07.2025

Virtual Internship (Data Analyst Associate)

Excelerate
04.2025 - 05.2025

Internship

Zetratech IT Solutions
06.2023 - 11.2023

BBA - Marketing

Telangana University
Riyan Farooqui Mohammed