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VISHWAK SINVA

Mumbai

Summary

20+ years of experience across the media & marketing functions helping scale up digital businesses. My last assignments entailed growing the video commerce SaaS market in India. Seeking a role to use my varied experience to make a difference in a brand's digital/ martech journey.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Country Manager

BeLive
05.2023 - 11.2023

Launching the BeLive video commerce platform in India helping brands & businesses use the power of video commerce to boost site engagement & conversions.

Lead – Growth & Strategy

Firework
02.2021 - 05.2023

Working with brands to help create the next generation of video commerce experiences on their owned & operated digital assets. This entails deploying short videos & live commerce on their D2C destinations & help drive incremental revenue

Lead - Digital Revenue

ETV Digital
12.2017 - 02.2021

Led the digital ad sales team present across multiple locations with the responsibility of driving ad revenues & looking at shaping the long term advertising revenue strategy for ETV Bharat, a pan India language centric news OTT

Senior Manager, Digital Product & Revenue Strategy

Hotstar
11.2014 - 11.2017

Part of the launch team of Hotstar India, with the key mandate of driving advertising revenues by designing innovative sales solutions & pricing for Hotstar. Revenue target setting, tracking revenue projections and achievement, working on pricing interventions to help scale up revenue.

Assistant General Manager, Digital Marketing

Reliance Mobile
10.2011 - 11.2014

Managing the digital marketing mandate for Reliance Mobile, the job entailed delivering integrated digital marketing campaigns for all brands and working to improve the user experience on owned digital assets.

Manager, Accenture Media Management

Accenture Consulting
09.2006 - 10.2011

Managing a team of analysts & consultants responsible for delivering Indian & International client projects across varied media scopes. Driving cost savings for clients, setting cost benchmarks & targets for media agencies using proprietary tools available to AMM.

Media Buying Manager, Client - PepsiCo India

Mindshare
06.2003 - 09.2006

Managing the media buying mandate for PepsiCo India across all media with a special focus on media buying for cricket. Also, managing the sponsorships of various music & sporting events, and leveraging them across all media.

Officer, Times Response

Times of India
10.2002 - 06.2003

Part of Times Response team based in Times House, Delhi. Estimating the viability of a particular edition, and ensuring effective planning, production and distribution of the publication.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing -

The Times School Of Marketing
New Delhi, India
09.2002

Bachelor of Commerce, International Business -

Nizam College, Osmania University
05.2000

Skills

  • Digital Campaign Development / Management
  • Audience Monetization
  • Partnerships & Growth
  • Enterprise SaaS
  • Video Commerce

Accomplishments

  • Mindshare Delhi: EMVIES 2005 - Best Media Innovation TV (Pepsi Huddle) / Casbaa Hong Kong: Best Integrated Campaign (Pepsi Huddle) / Cannes Media Lions. Pepsi Spy Decoder Cards
  • Firework: Best Martech Implementation - TMC/Firework. Tech.Nxt 2022 http://bit.ly/fwtechnxt
  • Reliance Mobile: Bring recharges for pre-paid customer online, resulting in 30% revenue moving to a digital channel with reduced offline costs.

Timeline

Country Manager

BeLive
05.2023 - 11.2023

Lead – Growth & Strategy

Firework
02.2021 - 05.2023

Lead - Digital Revenue

ETV Digital
12.2017 - 02.2021

Senior Manager, Digital Product & Revenue Strategy

Hotstar
11.2014 - 11.2017

Assistant General Manager, Digital Marketing

Reliance Mobile
10.2011 - 11.2014

Manager, Accenture Media Management

Accenture Consulting
09.2006 - 10.2011

Media Buying Manager, Client - PepsiCo India

Mindshare
06.2003 - 09.2006

Officer, Times Response

Times of India
10.2002 - 06.2003

Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing -

The Times School Of Marketing

Bachelor of Commerce, International Business -

Nizam College, Osmania University
VISHWAK SINVA