Rohan Iyer, Strategic Advisor

Rohan Iyer

Strategic Advisor

Confidential

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Post Graduate Diploma (Marketing)
Experience
10 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 8 Months

Strategic Advisor at Confidential
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2022
Head – Brand & Partnerships at Yalla!Market
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2022 to December 2022

Role overview
•Led partnerships to achieve marketing goals against business priorities
•Managed brand listings on e-commerce & 3rd party aggregator platforms
•Implemented consumer research and market trends into actionable insights for sell-in and sell-thru communication strategies
•Developed and executed brand communication strategies across all platforms
•Manage micro-influencers & bloggers across Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and Snapchat (affiliate marketing) Key Highlights
•Established key partnerships with brands such as Emirates NBD, ADCB, Bayzat, Fitze, Steppi, Kidzapp, The Entertainer, etc.
•Above partnerships boosted orders by 35% with the subsequent revenue contributing to 48% of total revenue
•Led acquisition campaign during Ramadan which saw first orders increase by 28% & repeat orders by 17%

Digital Marketing Manager at Inspiratus
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2021 to January 2022

Role overview
•Led the digital strategy of in-house brands like LaLiga Academy, Eupepsia, Footlab, ISD & Theo's Point
•Created full 360-go-to market plans & content roadmaps for in-house social channels
•Managed a high-performing & dynamic team of 5 marketing specialists and analysts
•Oversaw content creation (shoots, interviews, video, etc.) for seasonal initiatives to be used on all digital channels

Brand Manager at Xpress Money
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2016 to October 2021

Role overview Digital & brand campaigns:
•Developing content & brand marketing strategies to drive brand awareness & consideration
•Planning & implementing brand health tracker to understand different brand metrics & providing actionable insights to relevant teams Brand Sponsorships (viz. Leicester City)
•Work with internal & external stakeholders to devise and implement content-driven, fan-centric sponsorship rights activation campaigns
•Developing influencer & multi-channel engagement programs Key highlights
•Drove customer retention campaigns which generated over AED 2.1M across 3 years
•Increased customer retention by 23% YoY for 2019 & 2020
•Maintained avg. reactivation rate of 15% across corridors
•Launched brand campaigns that increased the brand preference scores by 37% & brand consideration scores by 45% respectively
•Implemented new competitive analysis and consumer trend reports to increase annual transactions by 15% in 2018

Associate at Cartesian Consulting
  • India
  • May 2016 to August 2016

Role & key responsibilities
•Analysing in-store data to develop launch strategy for client brands
•Develop 3600 market activation strategy
•Develop incentive plans to boost retail sales
•Develop customer feedback surveys

Consultant at MitKat Advisory Services
  • September 2011 to May 2014

Role & key responsibilities
•Analysing client business for risk identification, assessment & treatment
•Implementing Business Impact Analysis (BIA) & Business Continuity Management (BCM) strategy
•Develop & implement BCM & Information Security (IS) frameworks

Education

Master's degree, Post Graduate Diploma (Marketing)
  • at IMT Ghaziabad
  • March 2016

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at SIES GST
  • May 2011

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Brand Partnerships
Campaign Planning
Digital Marketing
Project Management
Market Research
Business Strategy
Brand Marketing
Content Marketing
Digital Marketing
Communication
Strategic Partnerships

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Hindi
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Soccer, Music, Travel