Saad Murad, Chief Growth Officer

Saad Murad

Chief Growth Officer

supportbench

Location
United States
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

Chief Growth Officer at supportbench
  • Canada - British Columbia
  • My current job since March 2017

Market Strategy
Implementing the strategy in digital spectrum
Chief HubSpot account director

Project management at Cetrix Technologies
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since January 2015

Small Business Management of subsidiaries, Client and affiliate account
development and retention. Developing weekly promotional strategy. Digital campaign performance
analysis.

Chief Marketing Scientist and Hubspot Account manager at Cetrix Cloud Services
  • United States
  • My current job since January 2016

Hubspot, Salesforce, Marketio expert.
Social Media Marketing Plan, Business Plan and Strategy, Marketing Plan and Brand awareness

  • January 2010 to February 2010

Manage the confidential company blog publishing new articles 3-4 times weekly, soliciting and editing
content from the entire company and planning content weeks and months in advance - Contract: Write,
edit and publish ebooks, guides and other gated content for lead gen and demand gen campaigns - contract:
Manage and drive engagement from the Global community of several thousand teachers, parents and
students via the corporate social media channels - Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest -- Contract:
Conduct video marketing campaigns both internally as well as with freelance videographers - Contract: email
marketing campaigns to drive community engagement as well as demand gen campaigns - Contract: Develop
and implement online marketing strategies with focus on high growth in revenue and ROI in marketing costs.

Editor
  • April 2008 to January 2010
Manager
  • April 2008 to January 2010

Proofread and edit books • Coordinate with designers and graphics • Write web
content for the websites • Write content for numerous brochures advertising • write business and marketing
analysis -contract : Managed a cross-functional team of 1-3 to deliver 70+ inbound leads to sales team
each month via content marketing, social media, email, video and co-marketing partnerships - contract :
Increased traffic to website and inbound leads 2x, increased blog traffic 3x, increased social media traffic
12x - Contract: Secured placements in industry trade publications and podcasts - Contract: Managed video
marketing projects and case studies

Manager and Editorial Board at Al-Itahad Daily and website platform
  • January 2005 to March 2008

Develop and implement content-marketing strategies, primarily within online venues, including creation
of Web content, press releases, blogs, articles, and e-newsletters. Identify target markets and collaborate
with clients to determine most appropriate tactics that will deliver results, namely top-of-mind awareness
and increased profits, while increasing ROI. # Boosted search engine ranking # Achieved 53% open
rate by creating relevant content that built on offline relationships and provided an educational approach.
# Positioned “unemployable, ” 20-year entrepreneur to obtain numerous interviews and excellent job
offer within six weeks of writing functional résumé that highlighted skills and accomplishments. • Trained
and managed online sales for a team of 15 territory reps • Provided several site redesign ideas for social
networking that included adding comments, blogs and photo sharing to the website that resulted in more
traffic

Marketing Manager at Fourth Dimension
  • India
  • February 2005 to January 2006

Gross sales of nearly $100, 000. A large percentage of inventory and sales •
Maintained a 93% Approval Rating and a 4.5 out of 5 star Satisfactory Rating. • Gained Expertise in online
marketing, online retail, shipping logistics, receiving, advertising, filing, database, and online customer
service. Specializing in international shipping to dozens of countries.

Web Development at Rostamani International Group
  • May 2005 to July 2005

• Mastering and learning the rules of development and design • Coordinating with other designers and
programmers to develop web projects. • Collaborating with staff and teams to develop, format and deploy
content. • Assisting and supporting in the upkeep and maintenance of web sites. • Overseeing periodic
testing and implementing contingency plans in case of systems failure. • Overseeing & Preparing and
coordinating intranet web updates and intranet website changes.

Sales Consultant at Al-Anuity
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2005 to May 2005

• Learning and fine tuning sales techniques • Helped sell variable products • Responsible for generating
new business and developing customer relationships as an inside sales consultant supporting an outside
wholesaler Key Achievements • Became a role model on my team by making a record number of cold calls,
easily recruiting new business and demonstrating a record number of sales within assigned territories
Career Oriented Resumes at Private

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Southeastern University
  • January 2004

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Bachelor's degree, English Litreture
  • at university of Baghdad
  • January 2002

Specialties & Skills

Social Media Marketing
B2B Marketing
Salesforce.com
HubSpot
Marketo
ADOBE PHOTODELUXE
ADVERTISING
APPROACH
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MARKET PLANNING
MARKETING
WEB SITE PRODUCTION
WRITING
Sales force Specialist
Inbound Marketing
Video Marketing
HUbspot Specialist

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Cetrix Cloud Services
  • Edit headlineChief Marketing Scientist and Hubspot Account Interactive Director
  • January 2016

Training and Certifications

Inbound Certified (Certificate)
Hubspot Email Marketing Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2016
Valid Until:
August 2017

Hobbies

  • Graphical Arts and aesthetics
    I have always tried to have a cross cultural approach into my web design. Uniqueness in design is a mix of eastern tonality in colors and western forms and objects representation.