Robin Sebastian, Digital Strategy Head

Robin Sebastian

Digital Strategy Head

Mesdac Solutions LLC

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Master's degree, MBA - Marketing
Experience
17 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months

Digital Strategy Head at Mesdac Solutions LLC
  • Oman - Muscat
  • My current job since March 2017

My Responsibilities Includes:

- Evaluate the digital marketing needs of Clients and propose appropriate solutions
- Conduct digital audit for the existing digital platforms
- Identify the need-gaps or areas of improvements for the websites and social media platforms
- Manage end to end digital marketing campaigns (Social media, search engine, email, etc.)
- Consult the Clients to take sensible business decisions based on Google Analytics
- Conduct detailed profiling of digital audience
- Identify the behavioral pattern of the digital audience
- Provide digital content and sales strategy based on profile and behavior of the audience
- Draw short, medium and long term digital strategy
- Provide web and social media optimization solutions

Marketing and Strategy Head at Times of Oman
  • Oman - Muscat
  • March 2015 to March 2017

• Meet the clients with sales team to present company credentials and market insights
• Support the sales team to create bundle offers to the Clients
• Evaluate the sales performance and identify the areas of improvement
• Competition performance tracking and benchmarking
• Develop business strategy for all the publications
• Analyze internal and external data to derive actionable business growth strategy for all the publications
• Prepare management information reports based on the business performance of the units
• Conduct internal assessment to identify areas of improvements and cost effectiveness opportunities
• Business plan preparation for all new business ventures

Research Manager at WHY5 Research
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2014 to February 2015

As a Research Manager, my business responsibilities include achieving business targets, providing clients with customized research solutions based on their business needs, developing and maintain strategic relationship with key clients, training and development of the entire team of researchers while keeping an eye on long term strategic business objectives of the company

Role in the Organization:
• Develop business through effective proposals by understanding the business needs of the Client
• Understand Client business needs and design customized research execution plan
• Closely manage the whole research executions process to ensure quality of output at each stage
• Analyse research data to bring actionable recommendations to address Client business issues
• Act as Client contact point for all the research needs
• Maintain strong Client relation to build long-term strategic business associations
• Develop research solutions depending on the sector/industry requirements

Senior Consultant at Ipsos
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2006 to January 2014

Key Responsibilities Handled:

Project Set-up:
• Understand Client requirements and design consulting framework
• Generate detailed project work plan and research methodology
• Prepare market research design and execution plan
• Develop data gathering mechanism (Primary and Secondary)

Project Execution:
• Preliminary market understanding through primary and secondary sources
• Plot the data requirement matrix (Primary and Secondary)
• Market research resource allocation
• Monitor and mentor the primary research team
• Conduct key stakeholder interviews
• Set-up milestones to ensure the project meet the desired timeline

Analysis and Reporting:
• Ensure a continuous quality control measures for the data gathered through various sources
• Size or estimate the market size through predetermined sizing methodology (Based on requirements)
• Analyze the data and develop a cross validation mechanism
• Generate the report (Syndicate or Customized based on requirement)

Project Management:
• Manage the client expectation right from the kick-off meeting till the closure of the study
• Act as a single point of contact for the client for any clarification
• Send timely progress update to the client
• Address client queries
• Manage the execution team
• Present the final report to the client

Business Development:
• Conduct meetings with prospective clients to understand their business issues in-depth
• Prepare business proposals understanding client requirements
• Prepare industrial reports to circulate among potential clients to showcase industry expertise

Education

Master's degree, MBA - Marketing
  • at Sikkim Manipal University
  • May 2006
Bachelor's degree, BCom
  • at Calicut University
  • April 2004

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
corporate planning
Business Planning
Market Studies
Marketing Intelligence
MS Office

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Lions Club
  • Social Activities
  • January 2006

Training and Certifications

Neuro-Diagnostic Market Research (Training)
Training Institute:
WHY5Research, Belgium
Date Attended:
January 2014
Duration:
48 hours

Hobbies

  • Basket Ball
    Played in the Senior State Championship representing the district team in the year 2003