salman plasterwala, Digital Performance Specialist

salman plasterwala

Digital Performance Specialist

Socialize

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mass Media - Advertising
Experience
9 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months

Digital Performance Specialist at Socialize
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since May 2017
Digital Marketing Executive at GTECH Information Technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2016 to May 2017

A web & digital agency providing website & app development, SEO, social/digital
marketing services.

Clients I Manage:
The Bride Show, Global Village, Thrifty Car Rentals, Taste of Dubai, Taste of Abu Dhabi, Dubai Winter Festival and Fitness Fest Dubai.

Digital Media Management:
•Prepare, implement and monitor all Media Plans
•Strategize digital campaigns aligned with the business goals of the client
•Setup digital campaigns on search, display, youtube, facebook, instagram, linkedin, and twitter
•Write search ad copies and ad extensions
•Ensuring correct tagging and tracking of all activities to ensure accurate attribution of all conversions
•Asses & monitor the CTR, quality score, CPC, CPA, conversions & implement adjustments accordingly
•Monitor & optimize the campaigns based on findings through Google Analytics, Adwords conversion tracking, Facebook pixel, UTM tagging etc.

Account Management:
•Prepare and present all digital pitch presentations
•Meet clients for briefings and prepare marketing strategy presentations
•Manage day-to-day communication with the client and update them on campaign status and on-going changes
•Brief internal teammates and ensure all advertising materials are created on schedule
•Assist the social media team with content creation and on-site support during events
•Participate in brainstorming sessions with the creative team and assist in conceptualization of the creatives
•Supervise social media calendars and ensure all posts are aligned with the client’s overall communication strategy
•Get client’s approvals on all marketing materials
•Provide weekly/monthly reports to clients & internal management keeping them informed about the campaign
performance and areas of improvements
•Suggest SEO, UI/UX changes to the website based on campaign strategy & customer behavior analysis
•Negotiate costs with vendors & freelancers
•Provide financial reports of the spend to the finance department
•Stay-up to date with digital marketing trends and share insights with the internal teammates

Corporate Sales Executive at Marcus Evans
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2014 to September 2015

A business intelligence firm which thrives to get decision makers & solution providers together and help shorten sales cycle.

Responsibilities:
•Responsible for the sales of an event, targeting regions like USA, Europe & Middle East
•Make outbound cold calls to pitch & close C-level Executives of companies providing or looking to provide defense products/services to the Middle East governments
•Lead a prospect from initial pitch to closure and throughout the sales cycle from various industries such as Cyber Security, IT, Aerospace, Vehicle, Arms & Ammunition manufacturers etc.
•Generate quality leads of potential clients and perform extensive research about their competitors, their products/services and the decision maker within the company
•Attend trade exhibitions and other defence events to represent my organization
•Follow up with all existing & potential customers and maintain company database

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mass Media - Advertising
  • at MMK College - University of Mumbai
  • September 2012

Courses I took there included but not limited to: Marketing Advertising Brand Building Media Studies Photography

Specialties & Skills

Digital Marketing
Business Development
Account Management
Google Analytics
Google Adwords
Brand Building
Marketing Communications
Sales Operations
Business Development
B2B Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Corporate Sales
Lead Generation
Java SE
Social Media Marketing
Android App Development
Project Management
Direct Sales
Vendor Management
Client Servicing
Conversion Tracking
Account Management
Google Adwords
Facebook Pixel
UTM Tagging
Media Planning
Facebook Ads Manager
Digital Marketing
Google Analytics

Languages

Hindi
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Google Adwords Certification (Fundamentals, Search & Display) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2017
Valid Until:
March 2018
Programming - C, C++ (Training)
Training Institute:
Aptech Solutions
Date Attended:
July 2012
Android App Development & Java SE (Training)
Training Institute:
Arics Technologies
Date Attended:
August 2013

Hobbies

  • Football
    Played at inter-school level
  • Reading
    Marketing, Consumer Psychology, Technology, Business Trend