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Smita Sodhia

Mumbai

Summary

Dynamic and skilled marketing professional with 10 years of experience in brand building, advertising, strategy, activations, PR and digital marketing.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Management Supervisor

Ogilvy India
Mumbai
02.2020 - Current
  • Lead the development and execution of highly effective marketing campaigns that drove growth for Cadbury Celebrations, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Cadbury Lickables, Cadbury Playpad and innovation projects from the house of Cadbury based on key consumer and media insights.
  • Forged collaboration with multiple teams, internal creative, strategy, tech, design, on ground activations, regional and global teams and external production partners, tech partners, etc.
  • Lead relationship and worked closely with media agency and partners like Meta, Google to implement marketing campaigns across channels.
  • Developed a well rounded view of key business drivers to sharpen strategies impacting business results for the clients and in turn for the agency.
  • Strong ownership to drive agency's business growth by promoting cross function capabilities.

Key campaigns -

2020 - CDM Thank you | Unity Bar | Not Just A Cadbury Ad | Launch of Cadbury Playpad App

2021 - My First Rakhi | SRK My Ad/Not Just A Cadbury Ad

2022 - Shops for Shopless

2023 - My Birthday Song | Brothers Who Care | This Ad Is My Store

Account Manager

Gozoop Online Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
11.2017 - 10.2019
  • Account Management – Zee TV, an upcoming brand from the House of Mahindra, Kalpataru, Julius Baer, Luckykhel, Pahle India Foundation, INIFD & Casa Di Oro
  • Strategic pitch projects for brands like Pepsico, Blackberry, Nitco, Script (Godrej), Marriot Jaisalmer, PNB Metlife, Pune Municipal Corporation, Sasakawa India Leprosy Foundation & Karix with the strategy team
  • Branding, launch & creative strategy projects for upcoming brands like Sugaheal, Luckykhel & Takvaviya

Senior PR Associate

Ketchum Sampark Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
09.2015 - 09.2017
  • Managed public relation for several clients like Gera Developments, Amura Marketing Technologies, Pinkathon, BTVi, Jetsynthesys, Amway, Axis Bank, etc.

Education

Certificate Program in Digital Marketing - Advertising, Digital & Performance Marketing

Mudra Institute of Communication
Ahmedabad
02-2015

Bachelor of Science - BSc. Mass Communication, Advertising & Journalism

Punjab Technical University
Pune
12-2013

Graduate Program in Mass Communication - Advertising, Production, Journalism, Marketing, PR

International School of Business & Media
Pune
12-2013

Skills

  • Strong strategic, digital, and comprehensive end-to-end thinking abilities
  • Strong collaborator and able to work across various internal functions and external partners
  • Strong project management skills
  • Team oriented, possess good interpersonal skills
  • Planning, budgeting and execution
  • Effective Communication & negotiation skills

Accomplishments

Not Just A Cadbury Ad - Cannes Lion Bronze (Creative Data), Apac Effies (Critical Response), Youtube Works Grand Prix (Ruby)
SRK My Ad - Cannes Creative Effectiveness (Grand Prix), First Cannes Titanium For India, Cannes Lion - 4 Golds, Global Effie - Grand Prix, WARC - Grand Prix, LIA - Grand Prix
Shops For Shopless - Cannes Lion (Creative Data), Youtube Works - Gold (Creative X Tech), Clio - Bronze (Creative Commerce, Creative Effectiveness)

Timeline

Management Supervisor

Ogilvy India
02.2020 - Current

Account Manager

Gozoop Online Pvt. Ltd.
11.2017 - 10.2019

Senior PR Associate

Ketchum Sampark Pvt. Ltd.
09.2015 - 09.2017

Certificate Program in Digital Marketing - Advertising, Digital & Performance Marketing

Mudra Institute of Communication

Bachelor of Science - BSc. Mass Communication, Advertising & Journalism

Punjab Technical University

Graduate Program in Mass Communication - Advertising, Production, Journalism, Marketing, PR

International School of Business & Media
Smita Sodhia