Anna Ratnam, marketing specialist

Anna Ratnam

marketing specialist

Gensler

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Marketing
Experience
14 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months

marketing specialist at Gensler
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2016

Perform multiple marketing efforts against rapid and frequent deadlines involving coordination between several global offices. • Work with principals, senior staff, and other marketing team members, as needed, to design, write, and produce proposals,
presentations, and other marketing collateral in alignment with brand standards.
• Strategize and lead award submissions, media relations, events and other opportunities for public exposure
exposure.
• Apply portfolio of work, practice areas, and broad firm capabilities, and understand how to leverage
that experience to position the firm with new business opportunities.
• Utilize and maintain resources and information systems, including digital database, knowledge management platforsm, CRM
sales force softwarre, boilerplate content, publications and promotional materials, and regular business devleopment reports.
• Support award submissions, media relations, events, and other opportunities for public exposure.
• Achieve a comprehensive understanding of Gensler’s portfolio of work, practice areas, and firm-wide capabilities.
• Coordinate business development activities, including managing capital improvement program information, incomign leads,
follow-up and tracking of opportunity status.

office manager at HBA
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to July 2016

In charge of office administration, human Resources, Marketing and liaising with US head quarters setting up a new office with 90 team members with the partner.
• Personal assistant to managing partner with day to day administration and leading the marketing and development within the
hospitality practice.
• Leading award submissions, media relations, events and other opportunities for public exposure.

office manager at Prime Real Estate
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2012 to September 2014

• Assisting the General Manager and the team in setting up and managing the process required to run a Real Estate agency service company ( leasing, sales and property management) to achieve its ambitious goals to expand.
• Enlarge the network of Client’s ( buyers and sellers, landlords and tenants, developers, suppliers, local authorities representatives maintaining and updating sotware database

Sales Executive at Proctor & Gamble
  • Sri Lanka
  • April 2010 to November 2010

In charge of Olay Beauty Care Brand.
Coordinating & managing a team of 6 Beauty Consultants.
Responsible for their training, Grooming and sales achievement.
Monitor Olay sales performance in volume, selected channel and value.
Responsible for Olay initiative and achievement.
Conduct trade promotional activity with close coordination with the field sale force and
Supporting with sales tools which are effective and user friendly.
Compile reports on competitive brand and market trend.
Liaise with 3rd party suppliers to get the job done on time within the budget.
Initiate proposals to drive sales and submit for approval.
Perform additional duties commensurate with the current role, as and when requested by
management.

Account Executive at Noyon Lanka
  • Sri Lanka
  • January 2007 to August 2008

Handled orders of French designed Lace to send out the finished goods to the end customer value
worth of USD 6 million.
Visiting Local Factories to build long term relationship and to enhance the business.
Manage customer expectations from leading brands such as Etam, Lapel, DBA, Woolworths,
Triumph, Playtex, Gossard, Berlei, Next, Eveden.
Confirmation and order execution of orders with sales offices in France, UK, and South Africa.

Junior Executive at Seylan Bank,Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka
  • October 2006 to December 2006

Main task were issuing Visa/Master Credit and Debit Cards and handling customer queries.

Education

Diploma, Marketing
  • at CIM
  • January 2008

Specialties & Skills

Grooming
Computer Skills
Training
Internet
Telephone
Internet & Email Skills Text Processing Skills Computer skills Telephone Answering Skills Organizati

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

CIM
  • Student
  • January 2008