Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Remote

• Building something truly global in the world of ecommerce & logistics.

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Get the right pre-screened, top-notch talent, effortlessly and efficiently.
• We are helping organizations across multiple markets to find the top 3% talent at 250% speed with world class hiring services and processes.
• BrainyCareers is a new age recruitment company dedicated to transforming the way organizations discover and engage top talent. With over a decade of industry expertise, we've honed our skills to provide innovative, efficient, and scalable solutions that empower businesses to build high-performance teams.
• Our Services:
• 1. Talent Acquisition: Connecting Organizations with Game-Changing Talent.
• 2. Contractual Hiring: Recruit verified and vetted contractors and teams.
• 3. Turn Key Recruitment Projects: Fully managed recruitment processes for talent acquisition at scale.
• 4. Recruitment Process Automation: Streamlined Recruitment processes.
• Delivering Effective performance based recruitment. We specialize in both temporary and permanent placements, providing flexibility to meet the unique needs of our clients.
• Your Growth Force Partner: We don't just find candidates; we're your strategic partner in fueling your business's growth. Our team is dedicated to understanding your unique needs and goals, ensuring that every hire contributes to your success.
• Exceptional Talent: We specialize in identifying and attracting exceptional talent across various industries and functions.
• Modern Approach: We leverage the latest technologies, automation and AI practices to streamline the recruitment process, saving you time and resources. Our commitment to innovation ensures that you have access to the best talent in the market.
• Ethical and Inclusive: Brainy Careers values ethics and inclusivity. We believe in providing fair and equal opportunities to all candidates and promoting diversity in the workplace.
• Results-Driven: Our success is measured by your success. We're dedicated to delivering tangible results, from reducing time-to-hire to improving retention rates.

Dec 2021 – Jul 2022 · 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Solving the on-demand tech recruitment at scale
• Managing onboarding, relationships, recruitment process for hundreds of roles in Seed to Unicorn companies.
• Managing end to end resume uploads, interview schedules at scale in a myriad of client ATSs, interview/ talent assessment vendors, scheduling systems and variety of processes for each client.
• End to end candidate coordination, negotiation and getting job offers while ensuring candidate joins to maximize revenue and profit.
• Processing Artificial intelligence based candidate curation for thousands of candidates each month. With thousands of candidates in process, achieving 65%+ shortlisting rate and 95%+ interview rate.
• Managing end to end operations in CRM process automation and status automations for all candidates.
• Leading optimization of the employer's brand and generating a high NPS among candidates internally and externally for prompt communication and a smooth process reducing offer to joining drop offs by 50%+.
• Liaising with the founding team in optimizing the AI for accuracy of candidate curation and reduction in human intervention throughout the entire recruitment process for each client.

Aug 2021 – Nov 2021 · 3 mos

Apr 2021 – Aug 2021 · 4 mos

• Built from scratch (with the help of talented developers) and managed sophisticated 10 step automated recruitment and candidate communication workflows from sourcing to screening to interview to offer to hire. Used tools like Zapier and variety of integrations in scheduling, documentation, emailing, online assessments.
• Managed talent supply chain and job requirements for internship/ fresher roles, junior/ senior roles, contractor/ consultant roles across variety of technologies using platforms like Linkedin Recruiter, Hirist, Angel List, Online communities, vendors and variety of other job platforms.
• Helped create the right content for job descriptions to attract the best talent. Collaborated and managed interview processes with internal and external panels.
• Contributed to the organizational growth with end to end hiring fulfillment for all roles initially as an individual contributor and later with a small team of talented recruiters and human resource experts.
• Directly worked with the Founders on defining the recruitment frameworks for each role rank in tech and non-tech categories, defining OKRs, and for solving the key problems around employer branding, optimizing top tech talent hiring for speed and quality.
• Key achievements:
• Processed 11000+ candidate applications in the post sourcing funnel taking apply to shortlisting rate from 10% to 35%
• Automated screening and evaluated for potential to hire, 5000+ candidates, assessed 3000+ candidates in the post screening process while taking the candidate communication from 30% to 95% in the first 2 months.
• Reduced offer to joining drop offs by more than 50%. Lead optimization of the employer's brand and generated a high NPS among candidates internally and externally for prompt communication and smooth process.
• Filled 30+ positions in the first 3.5 months all roles (90% tech and 10% non-tech) combined. Lead process for 50+ hires overall during the journey.

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Leading Indian media and information platform, known for its end-to-end coverage of the Indian startup ecosystem.
• Managed performance Marketing & Growth activities for DataLabs by Inc42
• Managed A/B testing of marketing experiments
• Managed native ads, facebook ads and email marketing

Nov 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Started as a passion project, now an on-demand curated talent platform
• Key achievements in talent acquisition:
• Built filter-based sourcing, screening, assessment and hiring frameworks and automated hiring to onboarding processes.
• Created outreach programs and talent acquisition framework with the founding team to connect with 5000+ tech developers & designers in 1 to 20 years of work experience ranges.
• Built a curated talent network of 500+ high quality on-demand freelancers & 100+ effective teams/ agencies in tech, marketing, design, advance tech categories.
• Key achievements in platform business:
• Created client acquisition frameworks and worked on end to end campaigns. Enabled outreach to customer conversion ratio from 5% to 60% in 4 quarters. Stabilized the demand generation of clients looking for extended teams/ freelancers at 60% conversion for 6 quarters.
• Liaised with clients (Founders, Top & Mid Management executives across different functions) in Early stage, growth stage, post IPO stage companies to cater Full time, part-time, on-demand contract hiring requirements and enabled faster conversions. Significantly minimized the cost of contractual hiring by 70% - 80% for each client while enabling productivity increase by 4x in developing projects with extended teams using unique project management techniques.
• Processed $150,000 worth of projects at an 8% to 10% commission cost (most effective in the market) in a 2.5 year period. Built collaborations, and engaged in 40+ clients in 5 countries to deliver effective outcomes in product development, tech & design improvement and digital transformation projects in 15 - 20 industries.

Nov 2018 – Feb 2019 · 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• First of its kind AI based platform, that discovers and measures brand perception metrics.
• Managed Social Media and Content Marketing Channels to build awareness
• Evangelized Clootrack across global communities and networking with leaders globally

Oct 2018 – Jan 2019 · 3 mos · Greater Atlanta Area

• A cryptocurrency tax assistant software
• Setup of social media channels to build user base & audience in multiple countries
• Managed B2B marketing and partnerships across content marketing channels like reddit and medium
• Lead generation activities with email marketing campaigns
• Evangelized BearTax across global communities on telegram

Jul 2018 – Oct 2018 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Recognized by WHO, recently featured on New York Times & Vogue. Ted Talk by founder.
• Setup of digital marketing channels and website with content
• Managed social media marketing campaigns and lead gen for Early Breast Cancer Detection device across B2B and B2C spectrum.
• Lead the creative and content team for product marketing on Inbound/ outbound marketing channels.
• Evangelized iBreastExam across global healthcare communities and networked with Healthcare professionals in Asia, Africa and North America

Mar 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• India’s first online ticketing platform turned B2B event & membership management SaaS serving 60,000+ organizers and 2 Million attendees
• Contributed to Product Management during pivot
• Managed huge increase in leads with B2B marketing activities
• Lead the creative and content team for product and marketing
• Evangelised the platform across global communities
• Recruited and managed inhouse and outsourced marketing teams

Jan 2017 – Mar 2017 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Online bike rental and last mile mobility platform
• Built and managed digital marketing channels from scratch
• Built online/ offline marketing & sales teams.
• Contributed to growth in rental sales with 700+ bikes
• Managed 20+ brand & marketing collaborations
• Helped gain 0 to 5000+ downloads of the newly scooter rental app within a month

Apr 2016 – Dec 2016 · 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Handling end to end Social Media Marketing, Mobile Marketing and Email Marketing operations.
• Initiating result oriented Strategic promotion exchange partnerships with industrially associated brands
• Working with the customer support team in customer happiness and growth marketing strategies
• Working on Content and Creative communication strategies and executions
• Working on customer support channels through social media
• Contributing to growth ideas and strategies

Jan 2011 – Present · 15 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• I operate at the intersection of growth, hiring, and execution — helping companies scale faster and smarter.
• Core Skills:
• 1. Product Marketing (8 yrs): GTM strategy, positioning, conversion funnels
• 2. Inbound + Outbound Lead Gen (10 yrs): Campaigns, automation, pipeline building
• 3. Recruitment & Team Building (7 yrs): Built teams from scratch across tech, product, and growth
• 4. Curating Freelancers, Teams & Agencies: Matching the right people to the right problems.
• How I can help you:
• On-demand hiring: Freelancers, agencies, or full-time talent
• Recruitment automation & process design
• GTM execution for early-stage products
• Employer branding & recruitment content
• Digital Transformation with Generative AI.
• Basically everything you precisely need when you're starting a business or progressing to an advanced stage of a business. Reach me at: avishhakani@gmail.com or avishhakani.com
• I make ROI-driven, data-backed decisions to create long-term impact.
• My focus: customer outcomes, smart metrics, community-led growth, top tier teams and sustainable systems.