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SOUMYA KANT

SOUMYA KANT

Summary

Accomplishment-driven, highly creative professional with 6.5 years of experience in E-commerce Visual Merchandising – Growth & Revenue and Fashion Styling targeting challenging assignments in E-commerce with an organization of high repute

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Manager - Ecommerce

Uniqlo
Gurgaon
06.2024 - Current
  • Planning and executing the weekly digital calendar for the website
  • Created special landing pages with the marketing team for promotions and campaigns, and as per Tokyo GHQ guidelines
  • Sourcing product assets from the global team in Tokyo, and ensuring their upload to the website
  • Monitored site performance and proactively suggested improvement points to increase sales and customer experience journey
  • Led the 'click and collect' campaign, which increased orders by 160% compared to last year.
  • Coordinated with CRM to increase the conversion rate for emailers.
  • Collaborated for e-commerce business with merchandising, inventory planning, logistics, customer service & marketing teams
  • Onsite merchandising, including product categorisation, digital assets design and production, and monitoring product and pricing accuracy

Assistant Manager - Growth

The Good Glamm Group
Gurgaon
05.2022 - 06.2024

Planning & Strategy

  • Planning & executing the monthly digital calendar for India website across brands
  • Wireframe creation for onsite layout basis offers, event-based site takeovers, new launches and PLPs across all platforms i.e. app, mobile website & desktop
  • Planning & executing consumer journey for a pleasant onsite experience
  • Strategising a balanced visibility plan between revenue campaigns, brand campaigns, product campaigns & BAU
  • Planning "In App" Pop Ups for exclusive brand events
  • Personalisation of campaigns & segmentation of offers and loyalty programs for new customer acquisition and retention
  • PDP revamp project to maintain PDP consistency across all platforms that helped in increasing conversion rate by 20%
  • Provided high quality banners by sharing creative references & feedbacks as well as preparing for refreshes basis their performance

Analytics & Tech

  • Performing site audit every fortnightly/monthly based on CTR and Conversion Rate to identify current consumer behavior and share recommendation for site optimisation & business growth strategies
  • Work closely with Product / Tech team to provide the best UX/UI through AB testing and personalisation experiment
  • Conduct Industry benchmarking to introduce new features for the website

Coordination

  • Partner with Growth Channels, Brand Marketing, Creative & Partnerships for smooth functioning and achievement of business objective
  • Partner with SEO for optimisation
  • Partner with CBO & Founders to understand the business requirements

Project Undertaken

  • Spearheaded as one of the key players in driving Growth Traffic Plan and monthly calendar deliverable for ‘Personal Beauty Advisor” on MyGlaam brand
  • 3rd party vendor coordination with all the Beauty Advisors to ensure good quality of chats is maintained within brand guidelines
  • Identified “key areas of improvement” for the Beauty Advisors to provide a richer customer experience & incentivize BAs to maximize sales
  • Coordinated for CRM journeys for emailers, push notification, whatsapp journeys
  • Coordinated with Performance Marketing, Social, Influencer for maximum visibility

Account Manager Fashion - USA/Canada Region

Flixstock
Gurgaon
02.2021 - 01.2022
  • Extended support as the SPOC between Clients and internal teams for delivering the appropriate Digital fashion imagery output and Digital AI solutions for their E-commerce platforms
  • Established strong relationships with brands such as USA - Fruit of the Loom, Movado, BHFO, Bass Pro Shops, Peerless clothing || Canada - Giant tiger, Aritzia
  • Conducted in-depth analysis of the existing accounts for Business Development
  • Supervised end-to-end (Pilots) for Brands: Victoria Secret, Saks Fifth Avenue
  • Directed the 3D garment solution for brands APC, GIII
  • Remotely administered Brand Fashion shoots in USA/Canada regions
  • Collaborated with Pilots, Production, Marketing & Sales Teams
  • Worked closely with tech team to implement any customer needs for product enhancement

Associate Category Demand Management

Myntra
Gurgaon
04.2018 - 04.2020
  • Wireframe creation for website Homepage, PLPs for BAU offers, Category stores, Regional stores, Events, Festivals and End of Season SALE
  • Evaluated the performance based on CTRs and conversion rate of the website.
  • Driving CTR and conversion by creating unique, SEO-driven keywords
  • Steered the curation and strategic placement of products on-site
  • Coordinated between Creative, Category, and Category Solutions Teams

JABONG - Associate Fashion Stylist

  • Drafted research-based Seasonal Trend Report for the Brand's Buying Team
  • Responsible for content suggestion and curation basis recent trends, styles, and color for apparel, accessories, and footwear
  • Worked alongside UX/UI team for seasonal launches
  • Styled and procured looks for Wednesdays with Juice segment for the Jabong Magazine and Instagram – JUICE

Freelancer - Assistant Fashion Stylist

Bollywood
Mumbai
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Music Video: Kanika Kapoor, Rao and Saproo productions
  • TVC: Paytm, Club Mahindra, VLCC, Tiger Balm, TVS, Godrej
  • Web Series: Alt Balaji Production, Breathe (Amazon)

Fashion Stylist

Freelance
Milan
07.2016 - 09.2016
  • Performed end-to-end Editorial Shoots for Magazines: LaDamme, Chaser, Dfuze

Model Coordinator and Client Servicing Executive

The Ramp
New Delhi
10.2014 - 03.2015
  • Administered Model Casting, Management and Styling
  • Managed Editorial shoots for Photographers, Designers and Ecommerce
  • Coordinated Fashion Shows for Designers - Mandira Wirk, Gaurav Gupta & Varun Bahal; Schwarzkopf with Franchise India (Brand), Korean Cultural Centre (Embassy)

Education

Masters in Fashion Styling & Portfolio -

Istituto Marangoni
Milan, Italy
2016

PG Diploma in Fashion Entrepreneurship -

International College of Fashion
New Delhi
2014

BBA - Information Technology

Symbiosis International University
Pune, India
2012

Skills

  • Digital Visual Merchandising
  • Digital Site Optimization
  • Digital Growth Planning
  • Customer Acquisition
  • Customer Retention
  • Digital Consumer Experience
  • Creative Acumen
  • Business Development
  • Competitor/Trends Analysis

Accomplishments

Uniqlo PIKA-ICHI special award, 2024 || CXO Impact Award, 2023

Certification

Business Environment & Corporate Strategy from Indian Institute of technology, Delhi in 2013

Technical Proficiency

  • Analytic Tools: Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics,
  • Ecommerce Tools: Dexter, Campa, Nucleus & WebEngage
  • Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

Languages

English, Hindi
First Language
Italian
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Assistant Manager - Ecommerce

Uniqlo
06.2024 - Current

Assistant Manager - Growth

The Good Glamm Group
05.2022 - 06.2024

Account Manager Fashion - USA/Canada Region

Flixstock
02.2021 - 01.2022

Associate Category Demand Management

Myntra
04.2018 - 04.2020

Freelancer - Assistant Fashion Stylist

Bollywood
01.2017 - 01.2018

Fashion Stylist

Freelance
07.2016 - 09.2016

Model Coordinator and Client Servicing Executive

The Ramp
10.2014 - 03.2015

Masters in Fashion Styling & Portfolio -

Istituto Marangoni

PG Diploma in Fashion Entrepreneurship -

International College of Fashion

BBA - Information Technology

Symbiosis International University
SOUMYA KANT