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Sohail Patel, Account Manager (Advertising and Branding)

Sohail Patel

Account Manager (Advertising and Branding)·M&C Saatchi

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Mass Media (Advertising & Marketing)

Work experience

Total years of experience: 13 years, 10 months

Account Manager (Advertising and Branding)

July 2023 - Present

M&C Saatchi

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2023 - Present

• Acted as the primary liaison for client marketing teams.
• Led the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns ensuring quality, timelines and budget alignment.
• Created clear briefs for the teams based on client objectives while always maintaining high-quality standards.
• Coordinated with creative, digital, media, and production teams to produce creative, media and digital assets aligned with the campaign.
• Oversaw project timelines, budgets and resources ensuring campaigns are executed efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Worked on cost sheets to quote the clients and supported the finance team with the invoicing process to help the overall revenue goals.

Company industry:
Advertising

Account Manager (Integrated Marketing)

April 2022 - June 2023

Asda'a BCW

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2022 - June 2023

• Served as a key client contact and managed the day-to-day running of the client accounts ensuring deliverables are met on time.
• Liaised regularly with clients to develop and maintain relationships with key people on the client side.
• Managed and educated junior staff and account servicing counterparts.
• Developed a range of internal and external content including key message documents, briefing docs, proposals, creative strategy, etc.
• Set up, monitored and reported campaign performance measurement and evaluation criteria using paid analytics tools.
• Internally coordinated with the creative, copywriting, performance marketing, finance & accounts department quickly and efficiently.
• Spotted market trends and leveraged them for the benefit of the client.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Marketing Account Manager

May 2020 - April 2022

SOCIATE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

May 2020 - April 2022

• Headed and set up guidelines for the team in reaching marketing KPIs
and daily social media tasks.
• Checked the statuses of each clientsjob(s) in the social media
department and ensured the timely delivery of tasks.
• Successfully ran and managed advertising on all social media channels
for all the clients.
• Worked towards upselling and pitched social media to prospects by
crafting social media plans and proposals.
• Reviewed advertising reports for social media campaigns and
monitored media coverage to create reports on PR initiatives and
results.
• Google Adwords: Leveraged free Google Ad credits for Google Ads for
our cleaning and disinfection service client.
• Hosted webinars to market our agency services.
• Performed otherjob-related duties as assigned by the founder.

Company industry:
Public Relations (PR)
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Communications Executive

December 2018 - May 2020

Means Design

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

December 2018 - May 2020

• Managed the overall communications of offline as well as social media accounts including renowned brands from the Hospitality and Food & Beverage industry.
• Crafted exceptional social media proposals with strategies and ideas winning new projects and retainers.
• Constructed strategies for existing accounts.
• Created paid advertising proposals for social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and more.
• Liaised with the network of influencers for the influencer marketing of the clients.
• Worked on all the copywriting aspects for well over ten accounts (including company profile, flyers, brochures, newsletters, fact sheets, website content, etc.)
• Maintained consistent growth and positive engagement of social media accounts through paid promotions.
• Expertly prepared all the advertising and monthly performance reports.
• Overlooked community management.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Senior Account Executive

April 2018 - November 2018

Into-All Marketing Solutions

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2018 - November 2018

• Created Social Media Proposals including Strategy, Content, Paid Media
Plans and pitched them to the prospects.
• Developed and executed social media strategy for existing clients.
• Developed, grew & sustained engagement on the social media
community for new as well as existing clients.
• Day-to-day management of social media tasks like publishing content
and paid media management for clients.
• Created monthly social media reports with thorough competition
tracking and analysis of content and paid promotion.
• Conducted meetings and presented strategies and reports to existing
clients.
• Contributed to events including press conferences and promotional
events.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Senior Marketing Executive

April 2016 - February 2018

SocioSquares

Mumbai, India

April 2016 - February 2018

Brands worked on - CentrumDirect Ltd., CentrumForex and The Better India.

• Liaised with the clients to discuss their requirements and translated them into briefs to discuss with the agency departments.
• Created effective digital strategies and worked collaboratively with the planning and creative teams to develop and execute digital strategies.
• Provided creative solutions & campaigns that met the client brief and budget for ongoing seasons & offers and ensured seamless execution by actively delivering reports.
• Managed end-to-end multi-channel campaign content for the clients.
• Developed content for the clients’ CEO & top management via letters & announcements.
• Contributed to the blogs of internal brands.
• Ensured all digital marketing activity is accurately monitored and measured & used the data driven insights to make informed marketing decisions.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Marketing Executive / Social Media Manager

April 2014 - April 2016

SocioSquares

Mumbai, India

April 2014 - April 2016

• Responsible for building multi-channel marketing strategies (roadmaps & tactics), looking at emerging platforms, content creation, reporting and client relations.
• Executed marketing communications through e-mail blasts and pay-per-click ads.
• Developed proper messaging content reflecting the brands’ personality, tone and voice for execution across all online media properties.
• Ensured tactical alignment with the stated goals, objectives and strategy.
• Analyzed and refined social marketing process for better results and new opportunities.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Product Development Executive

November 2013 - April 2014

SocioSquares

Mumbai, India

November 2013 - April 2014

• Worked with the CMO, SEO team & technical team to execute the launch and marketing of internally developed software. Facilitated smooth internal communication within departments.
• Responsible for managing e-mail blasts, blogs, communications & content strategy across various Social Media platforms.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

SMM Executive / Content Writer

November 2012 - November 2013

SocioSquares

Mumbai, India

November 2012 - November 2013

Brands worked on - KORUM Mall, The MobileStore, Ditto TV, Zee Khana Khazana, Antonio
Bernini, aLL - The Plus Size Store.
* Developed & managed content for all online channels with the particular focus on digital/social
media and website.
* Worked with the marketing team to execute campaigns and strategy around social media.
* Created monthly dashboard reports including insights and recommendations.
* Observed trends and correctly applied that knowledge to boost the use of social media presence of
the clients.
* Assisted in pitch presentations for client acquisition.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Intern

October 2012 - November 2012

SocioSquares

Mumbai, India

October 2012 - November 2012

Prepared daily content & maintained Social Media profiles of Hokey Pokey across various
platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) including copywriting, posting, reporting and
responding to fans.
* Maintained client relations through daily interaction.

Company industry:
Marketing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Public Relations Intern

August 2012 - September 2012

Linopinion

Mumbai, India

August 2012 - September 2012

Brands worked on - American Tourister, Super-max, Lavie bags.
* Created and drafted Press Releases and Company Profiles.
* Tracked daily for coverage of clients and prepared coverage dossiers/Publicity reports and Mast
heads.
* Pitched the releases and features to Journalists, Columnists, Reporters, Editors, Writers, etc. and
made follow up calls and updated the Media List in tandem.

Company industry:
Public Relations (PR)
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Education

Mumbai University

April 2012

April 2012

Bachelor's degree, Mass Media (Advertising & Marketing)

India

GPA (percentage): 70%

GPA (percentage): 70%

Mumbai University

January 2012

January 2012

Bachelor's degree, Advertising

India

Skills

SEO

Expert

SEM

Expert

Content Writing

Expert

Client Service

Expert

Social Media Marketing

Expert

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Intermediate

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Intermediate

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

DETAIL ORIENTED

Intermediate

ADAPTABILITY

Intermediate

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Intermediate

STRATEGIC THINKING

Intermediate

CREATIVE THINKING

Intermediate

Media Sales

Intermediate

SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING

Intermediate

Creativity

Expert

CONTENT MANAGEMENT

Expert

MARKETING

Expert

REPORTS

Expert

ADVERTISING

Expert

SEM/Pay-per-click ads

Intermediate

Presentation Skills

Expert

Client servicing

Expert

SEO

Intermediate

Content writing

Expert

social media

Expert

Account Management

Expert

SEM

Expert

Content Writing

Expert

Client Service

Expert

Social Media Marketing

Expert

Social profiles

Languages

English

Expert