Zeeshan Amer Dar, Senior Manager Digital Marketing

Zeeshan Amer Dar

Senior Manager Digital Marketing

OptiWise Solutions

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, BBA (Hons) Marketing
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

Senior Manager Digital Marketing at OptiWise Solutions
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since January 2022

As a senior manager digital marketing, i am managing a team of designers, developers, seo executives and content writers for an effective presence on Digital Paradigm including Social Media Channels, Google Search & Display Networks and SEO.

My Duties also includes :
~ Creating Digital Marketing Mix and Media Buying Plans

~ Formulating Performance Marketing Strategy

~ Planning, Monitoring and Tweaking Digital Marketing Campaigns

~ Planning and executing eCommerce and Conversion Strategies

~ Digital Sales and Lead Generation

~ Supervising the design & content team to make sure content guidelines

~ Making sure that the social media calendars are following timelines

~ Keeping track of Onsite and Offsite SEO Activities

~ Keeping track of keywords, campaigns and competition analytics

~ Keeping up with current digital & design trends

~ Training new internees for SMM, SEO, Paid Advertising, Lead Generation and Digital Agency Basics

Digital Media Manager at Pehchan Digital
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2020 to January 2022

Being a Digital Media Manager, I worked on Digital Marketing Proposals & Strategies for various social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram & YouTube. I have also worked on Google Search & Display Ads strategies & campaigns.

My Duties also includes :
~ Planning Monthly Calendar for Brands

~ Drafting Social Media Spend Plans with KPI’s

~ Sharing Weekly & Monthly Analytics with Clients

~ R & D for new campaign & design ideas

~ Communicating & discussing the plans with clients to make sure timely approvals

~ Campaign Planning, Configuration and Execution as per the approved Media Plan

~ Keeping up with the current trends and audience tweaking as & when required

Digital Media Manager at Creative Dots
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2015 to August 2020

As Digital Media Manager, I handled all kinds of activities being performed on Digital Marketing Platforms, namely Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Ads. Starting from Digital Strategy to Proposal Making and from negotiating it to Clients till developing an effective Work Plan for the appropriate executions, together with my team, I played quite a broad role in this aspiring Creative Agency.

My Duties also includes :
~ Keeping the clients informed of campaign statistics and digital trends via a mix of internal and external presentations & reports

~ Management of digital communications and advertising specific budgets and spending strategies across all digital platforms; KPI’s set per Social & Digital Campaign

~ Ensure all brand marketing tactics live up to brand standards and are on-budget/on-time

~ Digital Sales and Lead Generation for the company and the clients

Web Developer at Creative Dots
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • June 2015 to August 2015

During my job as a web developer, my duties were to create website proposal for potential clients, present layout ideas, functionality ideas and develop website in Wordpress CMS.

Also, i had been doing Custom CSS Styling for wordpress projects as and when required.

Frontend Web Developer at Youthsol Technologies
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2013 to January 2014

Starting as a frontend developer, I have worked on Facebook Apps for Marketing Campaigns of Walls Cornetto, Paddle Pop, Sunsilk, Clear Shampoo, Lipton Tea and Brooke Bond Supreme Tea. Furthermore, I got trained on WordPress Development.

My duties included:
~ Analyzing & Slicing the required slices from given PSD

~ Coding the HTML Structure

~ Coding and Applying CSS Style

~ WordPress website development (Theming, Shortcodes, Page Builders & Plugins, Custom Tweaks)

~ WordPress Content Management

Personal Banking Consultant at Faysal Bank Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2011 to October 2012

As personal banking consultant for credit card lending, my job was to search and hunt prospective opportunities for credit card sales.

My job duties included:
~ Preparing Marketing Data

~ Creating Market Projections and Analysis

~ Contacting & meeting prospective clients

~ Negotiating with clients

~ Taking all required documents & indemnities for Credit Card application submission

~ Inducting New Parties / Companies / Organizations for the assessment of their Payroll Standards to register them in Faysal Bank's companies classified listing

SME Collections Officer at Atlas Bank Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2008 to April 2010

Since our sales department at Atlas Bank was closed, like other banks due to Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, most of us were internally switched to other working departments.

As Collections Officer for SME Loans, my duties included:
~ Follow up clients for loan collections purpose

~ Tracking & Resolving non-paying loan accounts

~ Meeting with clients for loan payment settlements

~ Preparing a portfolio analysis for collection targets

~ Updating & preparing monthly collections report

~ Preparing collection waivers for clients

~ Processing reports of matured Lease Plans for No Objection Certificate

EAM-U Processer at Atlas Bank Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2008 to November 2008

EAM-U, as the name says External Agencies Management Unit, my job was to check the documents provided by the customers for their loan appraisals to analyze their debt burden as an initial risk assessment.

My Duties included:
~ Collecting required documents from Verification Team and checking their authenticity

~ Coordinating with External Income Estimation Agencies for evaluation of mortgage documents

~ Analyzing client's bank statement to calculate Debt Burden

~ Checking client's Credit History through central bank's credit information bureau to assess repayment & defaulter record

~ Providing the initial loan assessment report to Credit Analysis team for further risk assessment and credit initiation

Trainee Manager at Aqua Rock Int'l
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2007 to May 2008

1. Market Research
i. Designing Survey
ii. Conducting Survey
iii.Tabulating Survey Results
iv. Analyzing Results
v. Coordinating Further
vi. Getting Quotations

2. Managing Cash (Payments & Receipts)
i. Online Funds Transfer
ii. Local Funds Transfer
iii. Depositing Cash
iv. Withdrawing Cash (Through Cheques)

3. Managing Files

Education

Bachelor's degree, BBA (Hons) Marketing
  • at University of Central Punjab
  • April 2008

Its an Honors degree in Business Administration with a Majors in Marketing. Also, completed a paid internship at Aqua Rock International as a Trainee Manager for Market Research.

Bayt Tests

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Test
Score 68%

Specialties & Skills

Social Media Marketing
Digital Marketing
Research
MS Office Automation
Marketing
Internet Research & Data Mining
Blog / Article Writing
HTML & CSS
Adobe Photoshop
Email Marketing
MIS Handling / Excel Reporting
Office Management Skills
Social Media Management
Market Research
Corporate Marketing
Business Management
Microsoft Word
Idea Generation
Wordpress Content Management
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Powerpoint
Analytics & Reporting
Google Ads
LinkedIn Ads
Digital Media / Ads Planning
Proposal & Presentation Skills
Team Collab Tools
Facebook & Instagram Ads
Good Learner
Marketing Strategy
Web Development
WordPress
Web Analytics
Social Media Marketing
Marketing
Digital Strategy
Marketing Communications
Digital Marketing
Writing
Web Design
Photography
Research
Problem Solving
Google Analytics
Social Media
Customer Service
Google Adwords
Project Management
Digital Media
Marketing Research
Marketing Support
Negotiation
Word Of Mouth Marketing

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Helion Internal Audit Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Helion Research
Date Attended:
February 2024
Duration:
2 hours
Helion Research Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Helion Research
Date Attended:
February 2024
Duration:
2 hours
Google My Business Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2020
Google Ads Display Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2023
Certificate for Volunteers in Service Program (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007

Hobbies

  • Learning New Skills
  • Storytelling
  • Travelling
  • Strategy Games
  • Digital Art
  • Photography
  • Reading
  • Poetry Writing
  • Vlogging
  • Blogging