Adithya Venkatesan

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in brand storytelling and marketing strategy.
  • Led employer branding for multiple high-growth startups.
  • Consulted for major tech companies like Salesforce and DigitalOcean.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Brand Marketing Expert with a focus on Climate Tech and SaaS industries.

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About

Brand storyteller. Built 0-1 startups and scaled 1-10 organizations. Has hands-on work with SaaS performance marketing, Consumer marketing, Employer branding, internal communications, Public Relations, and brand marketing. Has set up marketing processes, acquired customers and shaped brand perception for large and small companies. Consulted for companies like InMobi, Razorpay, Slice, Salesforce, RedHat, e-mudhra, DigitalOcean, among others. For folks reaching out to book calls on branding, please read below πŸ‘‡ (Created templates on most questions I get) How to structure a branding team for startups: https://medium.com/life-at-go-jek/how-to-structure-a-branding-team-1bd109a69257 How to build a brand content team: https://adadithya.medium.com/how-to-build-strong-brand-content-teams-ad9b57a79f58 Startups who don't have budgets, but want to build a brand: https://adadithya.medium.com/no-budgets-for-branding-heres-what-you-can-do-b7ad4be2b493 Branding in the Information Overload age: https://x.com/adadithya/status/1346047852733075458?s=20 Building a career in marketing: https://adadithya.medium.com/how-to-build-a-career-in-marketing-and-earn-lots-of-monies-17ea425734a1 Logophile and history lover with a keen eye on how technology shapes human behaviour. I can rant all day about the 444-day Iranian hostage crisis or the British Boer war at the height of the colonial Empire. I also dabble in philosophy and think Huxley's dystopian future is more plausible than Orwells'. Don't think so? Tell me why 😝 Ping me on twitter: @adadithya adadithya@gmail.com Microblogging - @adadithya, https://medium.com/@adadithya

Experience

Alt carbon

Head of Brand Marketing

Feb 2025 – Present Β· 1 yr 1 mo

  • Building Alt Carbon's brand
  • An intro to all things in our universe: https://altcarbon.notion.site/introducing-alt-carbon
  • Building:
  • Alt Futures β€” The largest Carbon Removal Summit
  • Alter Magazine β€” New literary writing on science, tech and culture
  • The coming years are going to be defining chapters in the story of climate tech in India. We have the rare opportunity to lead the race to reverse decades of climate inaction β€” the West’s carbon built the past. India’s climate leadership will shape the future β€” there's a sense of inevitability to this goal.
  • Hiring: https://altcarbon.notion.site/Alt-Careers-1c950d0ec20e808384acd9f3d4eecbfa

Last9 inc

Head of Brand Marketing

Jul 2022 – Aug 2024 Β· 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Shaping Last9's brand marketing charter 🟒
  • Creating a funnel for MQLs via product-led brand marketing
  • Improving our overall marketing leads via online and offline means: Performance marketing, growth marketing, top-of-the-funnel leads, and drip marketing channels to add large-ticket customers
  • Elevating brand perception for conversions vs competition β€” events&conferences, speakerships and marketing content to win enterprise-grade customers
  • Building all external-facing assets from social media, website, offline banners et al.

Meesho

Head of Employer Branding

Sep 2021 – May 2022 Β· 8 mos Β· India

  • Built the Employer Branding vertical for Meesho. Hired and scaled a team of 9 to manage events and conferences, performance marketing, and building perception for brand Meesho.
  • https://meesho.io/
  • https://meesho.io/blog

Go-jek tech

Head of Marketing - India & Employer Branding - Global

Jan 2018 – Aug 2021 Β· 3 yrs 7 mos Β· India

  • Looked at everything Marketing; from branding, advertising and Public Relations for Gojek, in India. Led employer branding efforts globally.
  • Advertising across mediums including billboards, bus shelters, buses, theatre ads, airport digital screens, banners, all digital platforms etc..
  • Managing a team of 10 members across two locations for Employer Branding for Gojek
  • Resources:
  • A framework to hire content marketers: https://adadithya.medium.com/how-to-hire-a-content-marketer-39304bf8d759
  • How to structure a branding team: https://medium.com/life-at-go-jek/how-to-structure-a-branding-team-1bd109a69257
  • How to build strong brand content teams: https://adadithya.medium.com/how-to-build-strong-brand-content-teams-ad9b57a79f58
  • How to build a good corporate blog: https://medium.com/life-at-go-jek/how-to-build-a-good-corporate-blog-d265b75d8f29
  • Campaigns: https://medium.com/life-at-go-jek/from-an-app-to-a-superapp-cfbbeb75f304
  • Campaigns: https://medium.com/life-at-go-jek/scaling-people-for-a-superapp-d61cdbeeae83

Gutenberg communications

3 roles

Head of Tech consulting

Promoted

Apr 2016 – Dec 2017 Β· 1 yr 8 mos Β· Bangalore

  • I manage Gutenberg's technology focused clients in the South of India. This includes 'Unicorn' startups and established enterprises alike. As part of my responsibilities, I oversee Gutenberg's presence in the south of India, including hiring and growing our business. Some of my work include:
  • Hiring, training and mentoring employees
  • Crisis management solutions
  • Mentoring and counselling C-level execs
  • Winning new business
  • Content creation and communication strategy for senior leadership

Account Manager

Promoted

Mar 2015 – Mar 2016 Β· 1 yr Β· Bangalore

  • I help companies narrate their stories to the world. I work on technology based clients across the world, including London and Silicon Valley. Some of my work include:
  • Brand development, building communication strategy for companies
  • Content writing, editorial and crafting messaging for C-level execs
  • Media positioning and awareness of B2B tech companies
  • Addressing business issues with strategic Public Relations

Senior Account Executive

Mar 2014 – Mar 2015 Β· 1 yr Β· Bangalore

  • I work with Gutenberg Communications helping technology startups and enterprises position themselves in a cluttered market. I do this by strategically building a brand for companies against the big league players by positioning the top management as thought leaders. In India, I work with some of the hottest pre-IPO companies who have disrupted their respective markets. Writing, reading and researching about Internet of Things, additive manufacturing, disruptive technologies and Application Performance Management is all part of a fun day at work.

Thomson reuters

Correspondent

Feb 2012 – Dec 2013 Β· 1 yr 10 mos Β· Bangalore

  • In Reuters, I wrote about the equity markets in the United States. My coverage included a slate of mid-cap and large-cap publicly traded companies in the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. I also broke news on Reuters' proprietary product, Eikon, by providing information for investors and shareholders on a range of companies like Microsoft, Yahoo, Boeing, Caterpillar, Yum Brands, Google and others.

Education

Asian College of Journalism

Post Graduation

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011

St Aloysius College

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008

St.Georges Homes

ICSE

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004

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