Pranav Arora

Project Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India8 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Nearly 9 years of experience in Marketing and HR
Expert in managing high-impact marketing campaigns
Strong stakeholder relationship builder

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing Project Management expert with a focus on MarTech and cross-functional collaboration.

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Skills

Core Skills

Creative Project ManagementProject ManagementMarketing Strategy

Other Skills

Adobe WorkfrontBusiness AcumenCampaign ManagementClient RelationsClient ServicesCommunicationCompliance ManagementCreative Services ManagementDelegate ManagementDelegationEmpathyEnglishGlobal DeliveryInterpersonal SkillsLeadership

About

As a Creative Project Manager drawing on nearly 9 years of work-ex across Marketing and HR, I thrive on bringing marketing campaigns to life. In my current role as a part of Global Brand & Creative team at Cognizant, I oversee and manage the marketing/creative projects for high-impact cross functional POD spanning Global HR, TAG, D&I, Recruitments, Employer Branding, Internal Comms, Legal-ESG, Ops and PR My expertise primarily spans across Marketing and Creative Project Management with a strong track record of effectively managing and delivering marketing campaigns from start to finish which includes working in close lock-steps with the Business, Account Management, Creative and Social teams to execute marketing strategies that well resonates with the target audience. I excel in collaborating with diverse teams, setting clear goals, efficiently managing project timelines, resources and ensuring a seamless communication at every stage of the project lifecycle. By combining my passion for Marketing and Project Management, I strive to build strong stakeholder relationships, deliver exceptional results and consistently exceed expectations. I'm always eager to connect with fellow professionals and explore new opportunities to drive success through effective project management. Let's connect and explore how I can help bring your marketing projects to life! -- ☆Top Clifton Strength: Winning Others Over (WOO) ☆Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: ESFJ-Consul ☆ DISC Strength: Supportive

Experience

Cognizant

Sr. Associate | Creative Project Manager

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Key Contributions:
Lead and project manage the execution of marketing campaigns for Tier-1 POD spanning Global HR, TAG, Recruitments, D&I, Employer Branding, Internal Comms, Legal-ESG, Ops and PR
Collaborating with the BU Partners, Account Managers to gather campaign requirements, validate expected deliverables and production timelines
Working with the Resource Managers to align resources and develop project plans within Adobe WorkFront Project Management tool for all initiated projects.
Lead the planning and end-to-end execution of all creative projects from project briefing to launch spanning print, digital, video, social media, HTML and web initiatives
Acting as a connective tissue between Business and Creative teams, translating design briefs into clear deliverables and ensuring flawless project deliveries across formats.
Partnering with the Creative Leads and QA team to ensure brand alignment across all designed collaterals and digital integrations
Tracking project production timelines to meet delivery SLAs and communicating project updates to all the stakeholders in timely manner.
Facilitating and leading team meetings, being SPOC for all project related tasks and managing project expectations on an ongoing basis throughout the project.
Depositing the final artwork-production assets in corporate solutions repository and closing-off the projects on WF tool
Building strong relationships with clients and colleagues across the team and establish effective working relationships at all levels of the organization.

Adobe WorkfrontProject ManagementCreative Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementMarketing Strategy

Capgemini

2 roles

Team Lead | Project Manager - Global Industry Marketing

Jan 2023 – Nov 2023 · 10 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Process Lead | Project Manager - Global Industry Marketing

Nov 2020 – Nov 2023 · 3 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Project Manager on the Global Industry Marketing team leading Marketing projects and programs for:
Global - Automotive
Aerospace & Defense
Consumer Goods & Retail
Energy Transition & Utilities, and
Public Sector Industries
Key contributions:
Partner with the Global Industry Marketing Leads and Marketing Managers to plan & execute marketing campaigns aligned to overall business strategy.
Collaborating with in-house creative services team and external agency partners to design marketing assets required to promote Global events, offers, blogs and Thought leadership launches across various social media platforms.
Assisting with creative briefing of projects alongside the Marketing leads, and consulting on campaign assets creation & elevating Client engagement.
Regulating 1:1 meetings with the stakeholders and x-functional delivery teams to track progress of all the in-flight Marketing initiatives.
Coordinating with internal and external comms teams to oversee the delivery of projects and ensuring the campaigns are delivered on-time and meeting the set quality standards, KPIs & group brand guidelines.
Leading the project team standups, maintaining project statuses, preparing project work plans, communicating project updates in timely manner to all the stakeholders, mentoring and coaching new hires, creating team weekly status reports.
Managing project timelines and resources, ensuring prompt and high quality deliverables.

Ibm

Campaigns Specialist

Oct 2016 – May 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Campaigns Planning Specialist on the Mar Comms team project managing marketing campaigns for a Financial Services firm.
Key Contributions:
Engaging with the team of Digital Product Managers and Mar Comm Managers to gather the campaign requirements and getting campaign creatives designed through the agency partners.
Getting marketing creatives reviewed through legal and compliance teams and obtaining necessary compliance approvals prior to in-market launch of the campaigns.
Validating the creatives against legal & compliance approved copies and ensuring the campaigns are meeting the set quality, accuracy, regulatory and brand compliance requirements pre and post campaign launch.
Responsible for coordination and on-time tactical execution of all the promotional efforts and ensuring campaigns are delivered per the Client's SOW.
Improving business relationship with the Clients with a focus to leverage continued business partnership, deliver an optimal Client experience and enable greater customer centricity.