Faraaz Kazi, Senior Brand Manager

Faraaz Kazi

Senior Brand Manager

Advocacy Asia

Location
India - Mumbai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
12 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 3 Months

Senior Brand Manager at Advocacy Asia
  • India - Mumbai
  • My current job since April 2014

Creating engaging consumer journeys for passive brand users to turn them into active brand advocates through the use of technology and creative marketing.

Account Manager at WAT Media Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 2012 to February 2013

Social media campaign management, including strategy, conception and execution. Monitoring and analysis along with client co-ordination being daily duties. Handling a decent team of SMEs and Sr. SMEs across a variety of clients in both, the B2B and the B2C segments. Managing digital media with respect to ads and designing campaigns for all clients in my department. Business development with existing clients and regular meetings and conceptualizing online strategy as a shoot of client's offline campaigns and vice-versa.

PR Admin cum Social Media Head at 360 Degree Public Relations
  • India - Mumbai
  • September 2011 to March 2012

Handling and planning media campaigns and public relation activities for a variety of clients. Handling social media activities for a variety of clients and pitching for media coverage.

Marketing Analyst and Research Writer For Enthrall Media at Enthrall Media
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2010 to August 2010

• Project Description: Concurrent Project as a Marketing Analyst and Research Writer For Enthrall Media
Duration: 15 January 2010- 30 March 2010

Summer Intern at Tool Box Works
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2010 to June 2010

• Internship Description: Summer Internship Project with Tool box works to study the consumer behavior of Ruby Tuesday restaurants.
Duration: 1 May 2010 to 30 June 2010.

Client Executive at Unicorp Group of Companies
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 2009 to May 2009

• Worked with the Unicorp Group of Companies and its sister concern, Blueberry Media and Creative concepts as a 'Client Executive' from April, 2009 to May, 2009.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at AlAIMS
  • June 2011

MMS/MBA (Marketing) from Allana Institute of Management Studies Mumbai University completed in 2011 scoring 66.67%

Diploma, Freelance Journalism
  • at British Institutes
  • May 2009
Diploma, Human Resources
  • at L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Studies
  • January 2009

PGDM (HR) from L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Studies completed in 2009 scoring 74.00%

Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at Babasaheb Gawde Business School
  • June 2008

BMS (Marketing) from Babasaheb Gawde Business School, Mumbai Central, Mumbai University completed in 2008 scoring 68.53%

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at G.N. Khalsa College of Science
  • June 2005

Was in the cultural committee. Active in theatre and singing.

High school or equivalent,
  • at Our Lady Of Fatima High School
  • June 2003

S.S.C. from Our Lady Of Fatima High School, Sewri from Maharashtra State Board in 2003 scoring 80.40% and third-rank in school.

Bayt Tests

Marketing Methods and Techniques Test
Marketing Methods and Techniques Test
Score 88%

Specialties & Skills

Social Media Marketing
Marketing
Communication Skills
Analytical Approach
Multitasking
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ANALYST
MULTITASKER
CREATIVE WRITING

Languages

Hindi
Expert
Marathi
Intermediate
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Authors Association of India
  • Member
  • June 2008
Associate Member of the 'Film Writers Association of India
  • Member

Training and Certifications

Information Technology (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2008
Valid Until:
March 2009
Creative Writing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
August 2010
Journalism (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009

Hobbies

  • Singing
    1. Recorded more than 10 songs
  • Writing
    1. Author of three books, two from the romance and one from the horror genre. 2. First book won two national awards and one international writing award (Goodreads readers choice for Best Debut in Romance) 3. Felicitated by multiple universities and colleges for my work
  • Reading
    Personal collection of 30,000 books, bigger than most libraries.