Chandan Deka

Co-Founder

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada8 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 17 years of marketing leadership experience
  • Expert in product marketing and growth strategy
  • Proven track record in driving user acquisition
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing Leader specializing in SaaS and E-commerce industries.

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Core Skills

Product MarketingGrowth StrategyMarketing Strategy

Other Skills

AnalyticsBrand ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCompetitive AnalysisContract NegotiationCustomer InsightDigital MarketingFMCGHR PoliciesHRISKey Account ManagementManagementMarket DevelopmentMarket Research

About

Hello, I am Chandan, a Marketing leader with 17 years of experience driving marketing strategy, with 8 of those in leadership roles. My background includes: *Working with start-ups, online businesses, and product companies. *Specialising in e-commerce, EdTech, SaaS, consumer electronics, and retail. π€π«πžπšπ¬ 𝐨𝐟 π„π±π©πžπ«π­π’π¬πž: *Product Marketing *Growth Strategy *Startup Marketing My approach is centered on understanding customers' genuine needs by targeting their main concern areas. This has enabled me to effectively manage global marketing campaigns, lead diverse team projects, and build strong marketing teams. If you value straightforward and effective marketing solutions, I'd be keen to connect. Feel free to write to me at 𝐜𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧@𝐚𝐰𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐫.𝐜𝐨𝐦 or 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐀𝐞𝐭𝐒𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐒π₯.𝐜𝐨𝐦

Experience

Marketing contexts

Chief Writer

Dec 2023 – Present Β· 2 yrs 3 mos Β· Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Awvent

Co Founder, Head of Growth and Product Marketing

Jan 2020 – Present Β· 6 yrs 2 mos Β· Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • At Awvent, we are developing AR-powered virtual demo platform that empowers sales and marketing professionals in manufacturing sector demo complex and hard to demo physical products.
  • Our objective is to transform how virtual product demos are delivered: Captivate your audience with interactive virtual demos with AR technology. Generate sale content with AI and gain valuable insights to close deals faster.
  • As Co-Founder head of growth and Business,
  • I lead every facet of product management and GTM: From continuous discovery, design & development to campaigns and product
Product MarketingGrowth Strategy

Laureate education, inc.

Director Marketing and User Growth

Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 Β· 3 yrs

  • Led a team of 20 marketers to drive the AMEA market growth, partnerships, and subscriptions based learning solutions through UPES with an annual ARR growth of XX% YoY
  • Launched the UPES web and app, as part of the rebranding and digital-first strategy, resulting in better engagement and experience
  • Worked with customer success, design & research teams for user understanding & features development to deliver 2X growth in registrations
  • Delivered 5X growth in acquisition, and 1.5X growth in a transaction through effective campaign execution, digital & content strategy
  • Launched 10+programs across 80+ markets through effective market research, segmentation & positioning, and integrated campaign strategy
  • Established best practices, hired, mentored, and led a team of 20 associates: product marketing, content, digital, PR, and analytics
Product MarketingGrowth Strategy

Snapdeal

Director(Head) Product Marketing and User Growth

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Β· 1 yr

  • About Snapdeal.com: Snapdeal is a leading e-commerce company ( top 3) with over 300K sellers, over 30,000,000 products across 80+ diverse categories from over 125,000 brands, and a reach of 6,000 towns and cities
  • As head of marketing, I managed user growth & product marketing and implemented strategies to drive customer acquisition, user experience, merchant registrations, and improve marketplace performance for Snapdeal and associated platform: Exclusively.com
  • Launched Exclusively.com. An intuitive fashion discovery platform which offered personalised content experience on web and app
  • Delivered 5X growth in acquisition, and 1.5X growth in transaction through effective campaign execution, digital & content strategy
  • On-boarded 2K sellers and 500+ brands through effective targeting, improved platform experience, driving feedbacks and training
  • Engaged 40+ bloggers to create differentiated & SEO compliant content, case studies & guides to grow relevant traffic by 3X times
  • Delivered 2X growth in revenue by focusing on user retention, cross selling, intuitive promotions, and effective pricing strategy
  • Improved NPS by 60% by validating user journey with analytics, web and app personalisation and customer success program
Product MarketingGrowth Strategy

Samsung electronics

Product Marketing Manager (Smartphones and Tablets)

Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 Β· 2 yrs

  • Spearhead complete marketing campaign for Smart Phones & Tablet
  • Define brand proposition, key creative concepts & execute marketing campaigns
  • Provide strategic framework on communication plan and activation plan
  • Define shopper journey plan, manage brand image in retail environment
  • Recommendations for promotion efficacy, product mix strategy & new consumer acquisitions, planning multi-channel trade
  • Develop digital marketing roadmap including development of new channels
Product MarketingMarketing Strategy

Ishita technologies

Product Marketing Manager

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 Β· 2 yrs

  • Ed-Tech platform for online learning experience management (Bookadda and Acadzone) for peer-to-peer engagements and content syndication
  • Grew revenue by 1.5X in a year by tactical digital campaigns: SEO/SEM, email marketing and social media and content syndication
  • Delivered 10X growth in customer acquisition through a referral program, reviews and content, and organic campaigns
  • Improved experience on web and app by focusing on personalization and visual content bank: videos, blogs, user manual & reviews

Bharti wal-mart

Manager-Business Development

Jun 2007 – Oct 2011 Β· 4 yrs 4 mos Β· Gurgaon, India

  •  Define and develop Matrices to track Operational performance of Retail, FMCG and E-commerce Business
  •  Develop project management strategy
  •  Develop and define key milestones for Business Development and New initiative
  •  Increase profitability by process improvement and incorporation better inventory management tools
  •  Forecasting and analyzing business development and monitor market trend
  •  Research, analyze and evaluate the competitive retail market environment and all retail marketing activities of business (product mix, customer profiling, and demographic planning) campaign and propose effective ideas on Product positioning.
  •  Define customer target segment, creating process for promotional activities, post promotion analysis, brand reach & promotional efficacy for effective campaign delivery.
  •  Effective brand building activities, Brand orientation, designing complete communication, and innovative programs to draw customer attention.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

PGDM/MBA β€” Marketing and General Management

Jun 2005 – May 2007

PES University

BS Computer science

Army Public School Narangi

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