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saad rahaman, Brand Solutions

saad rahaman

Brand Solutions·EVP

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, PGDBM

Work experience

Total years of experience: 15 years, 6 months

Brand Solutions

January 2024 - Present

EVP

Bengaluru, India

January 2024 - Present

- Managed brands such as Dewalt, Stanley, Black & Deck, Acer, Acerpure, Aditya Birla Capital, Yes Bank,
Prestige TTK, Micro Labs Ltd and Brigade Group during the Tenture
- Defined and executed the enterprise marketing roadmap, managing strategic initiatives and resource
allocation to drive significant revenue streams and market differentiation.
- Directed high-level brand solutions and strategic partnerships, leading cross-functional creative and
digital teams to align execution with core business objectives.
- Built and mentored high-performing marketing teams, providing coaching and direction for consistent,
high-impact campaign delivery.
- Led demand generation strategy, collaborating closely with sales to accelerate pipeline and drive
conversions at scale.
- Maintained brand identity consistency across all channels, ensuring a unified tone of voice and visual
identity across all assets.

Company industry:
Human Resources Outsourcing

Marketing Manager

January 2023 - January 2024

Represent Media

Bengaluru, India

January 2023 - January 2024

- Joined with a clear mandate to modernise — immediately identified gaps in process efficiency,
technology adoption, and campaign performance, and built a structured roadmap to address each one.
- Championed the organisations transition to AI-assisted operations — leading the adoption of generative
AI tools across design, content creation, and productivity workflows, cutting production time significantly
while lifting output quality.
- Spearheaded process automation across campaign management and reporting workflows, eliminating
manual bottlenecks and freeing the team to focus on strategy over administration.
- Drove measurable ROAS improvements for client brands — scaling return on ad spend from 2X to 5X
within 90 days through data-driven performance analysis, channel reallocation, and rapid creative
iteration.
- Introduced a data-driven decision-making culture across the team — establishing analytics frameworks
and KPI dashboards that ensured every campaign call was grounded in insight rather than assumption. Conceptualised and executed high-impact campaigns for diverse clients, serving as senior point of
contact to align creative execution with strategic goals.

Company industry:
Sales Outsourcing

Senior Marketing & Brand Consultant

January 2020 - January 2023

Freelance

Bengaluru, India Hybrid

January 2020 - January 2023

- Managed Brands such as Jaguar, USSEC SOY & Moengage.
- Operated in senior strategist capacity, delivering enterprise marketing strategy and brand roadmap
development for clients across B2B and B2C sectors.
- Drove digital channel optimisation, achieving measurable improvements in engagement, conversions,
and ROI across multiple client accounts.

Company industry:
Media Production

Marketing Operations Manager

January 2017 - January 2019

PP Consulting

Bengaluru, India

January 2017 - January 2019

- Directed a sales pipeline exceeding 15+ accounts per fiscal year, optimising profitability and operational
efficiency for brands such as Yamaha, MG Motors, Suzuki, Nike and RTA UAE
- Implemented new profitability tools enhancing direct marketing efficiency by 25% and improved profit
margins by 20% through enhanced client retention systems.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy

Marketing & Client Relationship Manager

January 2016 - January 2017

MOBILISE

Bengaluru, India

January 2016 - January 2017

- Brought in 15 new accounts, increasing revenue by 40% through targeted marketing and A/B testing
programmes
- Increased lead conversion rate by 18% and utilised Google Analytics to define precise client
demographics. Worked with brands such as Dell, Avalon, HP and RedHat.

Company industry:
Public Administration

Senior Marketing & Sales Executive

January 2014 - January 2016

HeliDubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2014 - January 2016

- Generated 4, 500 leads resulting in $2.1M in revenue through targeted campaigns and channel marketing
by establishing social media campaign aligned with Influencers, hotels and with tour operators such as
Emirates, Alpha tours and European based tour operators.
- Managed marketing collaterals and represented the brand at high-profile events, enhancing regional
visibility across the GCC and Europe.

Company industry:
Airlines

Channel Sales Coordinator

January 2010 - January 2014

Du EITC (Telecom)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2010 - January 2014

- Managed sales, marketing, and logistics across 42 retail stores, ensuring operational efficiency and
distribution targets were met.
- Developed location distribution plans aligned with operational budgets, gaining deep insight into the UAE
consumer market which could be aligned to marketing activities during new handset launches.

Company industry:
Telecommunications

Education

IMAC B school

April 2009

April 2009

Bachelor's degree, PGDBM

India

IMAC B School

January 2009

January 2009

Master's degree, MBA

India

MS Ramaiah College

January 2006

January 2006

Bachelor's degree, Biotechnology

India

Skills

Market Research
Expert
Market Research
Expert
Client Relationship Building
Expert
Client Relationship Building
Expert
Competitive Analysis
Expert
Competitive Analysis
Expert
People Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
Customer Satisfaction
Expert
Customer Satisfaction
Expert
MS office
Intermediate
MS office
Intermediate
MS Word
Intermediate
MS Word
Intermediate
Presentation Skill
Intermediate
Presentation Skill
Intermediate
MS PowerPoint
Intermediate
MS PowerPoint
Intermediate
Leadership Skills
Expert
Leadership Skills
Expert
MS Excel
Intermediate
MS Excel
Intermediate
Market Research
Expert
Market Research
Expert
Client Relationship Building
Expert
Client Relationship Building
Expert
Competitive Analysis
Expert
Competitive Analysis
Expert
People Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
Customer Satisfaction
Expert
Customer Satisfaction
Expert
AUTOMATION
Intermediate
AUTOMATION
Intermediate
ANALYTICS
Intermediate
ANALYTICS
Intermediate
BRAND STRATEGY
Intermediate
BRAND STRATEGY
Intermediate
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Intermediate
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Intermediate
CONSULTING
Intermediate
CONSULTING
Intermediate
COORDINATING
Intermediate
COORDINATING
Intermediate
DECISION MAKING
Intermediate
DECISION MAKING
Intermediate
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Intermediate
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Intermediate
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Intermediate
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Intermediate
MARKETING
Intermediate
MARKETING
Intermediate

Languages

English

Expert

Urdu

Expert

Arabic

Intermediate

Hindi

Expert

Kannada

Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Social Media Marketing & Inbound Generative AI Prompt Engineering Certification
Analytics Individual Qualification
Certified food qualitiy assuarance
Dubai Municipality QUALITY CONTROL
Jul 2004 - Aug 2004

Hobbies and interests

COding

Learning how to code