Karthik Venkat, eCommerce / Brand Manager - Saudi Arabia

Karthik Venkat

eCommerce / Brand Manager - Saudi Arabia

Swatch

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, MBA in Marketing
Experience
14 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months

eCommerce / Brand Manager - Saudi Arabia at Swatch
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2013

o Launched the ecommerce for Swatch KSA
o Improving the ecommerce platform & user experience for swatch KSA
o Managing the ecommerce business - Customer service, Operations, Accounting, Marketing and Logistics.
o To develop and manage digital campaigns for improved conversions
o To integrate the brand communication on all offline platforms - Print, Outdoor, showroom look and feel/ merchandising, Radio, Shopping Malls, SMS marketing, PR, amongst others
o Working with PR agencies & event management agencies to plan & execute product launch events
o Demand forecasting, to understand the new products & its potential in GCC market
o To ensure that the showrooms are developed and operational as per the Swatch international standards
o Liaison between the swatch HQ, Switzerland and local agents

Senior Brand executive at Rubecon communications
  • India - Chennai
  • January 2012 to May 2013

Clients - Saint Gobain, Times of India, The park Hyatt, Nippon paints, caratlane.com & indiaproperty.com

o Worked with product managers & marketing managers to establish key insights on brands & products to develop communication material which would successfully achieve the brand goals
o Channeling the creative team to understand the brand expectations in order to develop creative, innovative & strong communication materials
o Developing regularly - Radio campaigns, Online activations, Corporate identities, Product positioning, Packaging, Product launches, Print and outdoor materials
o Liaison between the media agencies and brand managers to ensure the brand communication is executed as per the approved and envisioned path

Corporate Communications Analyst at Kempinski Corporate office
  • Switzerland
  • September 2010 to December 2012

o Studying the Impact on business due to changing communication tools in the chain globally
o Interviewed hierarchically employees of Kempinski team to understand Kempinski Communication efficiency and business friendly methods of contact
o Investigated the effective implementation levels of the intranet and IT technology facilities in the group
o Follow up and understanding employee response along with monitoring the improvements in the communication system of Kempinski Globally

Guest Relations executive at Hilton RAK
  • United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah
  • December 2008 to June 2009

o Member of the pre-opening team to test run the operations of the Hilton resort & spa before the grand opening
o Helping the reception team to ensure smooth check in and check out of guests
o Follow up on guests and promoting Brand Loyalty
o Assisting the concierge to manage customer expectations
o Communicating with guests to collect feedback on their experience

Education

Master's degree, MBA in Marketing
  • at Glion Institute of Higher Education
  • July 2011

o Glion Institute of Higher Education, Alumni and Student Representative Asia Region (2011) o Kempinski Corporate, Switzerland collaboration for Applied Research Project with the Internal Communication department to study the effectiveness of communication in the Kempinski o Accredited with an Swiss MAS Degree in Hospitality by the Government of Switzerland o Won the Google Ad words Campaign in a strategy challenge: four week advertising campaign with Greek client “Xenodoxeio.gr “

Bachelor's degree, Hotel Management
  • at Welcom Group Graduate School of Hotel Administration
  • April 2010
High school or equivalent, CBSE
  • at Chinmaya International Residential School
  • March 2005

Specialties & Skills

Education
Stock Trading
Management
Corporate Communications
Communication Tools
Campaign Strategy with Google
Business Quiz
Stock Trading

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
French
Intermediate
Arabic
Intermediate