Akash Iyer

CEO

India13 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in driving impactful marketing campaigns.
  • Proven track record in social media growth.
  • Skilled storyteller with viral content creation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media Marketing Specialist with expertise in digital content strategy and social media growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

Marketing StrategyCampaign StrategySocial Media MarketingContent StrategyBrand ManagementVideo ProductionContent Creation

Other Skills

Creative DevelopmentDistribution StrategyTactical ExecutionEditorial StrategyStorytellingVideo EditingFinal Cut ProAfter EffectsPhotoshopCommercial PhotographyTelevision ProgrammingWeb ContentDigital MediaDigital VideoSocial Media

About

Storyteller and forever a student.

Experience

13 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
8 mos
Current Experience

Openai

India Social Lead

Aug 2025Present · 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Netflix

3 roles

Films and Series Marketing Manager

Promoted

Mar 2023Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • ● Lead end-to-end GTM for marquee films and series, overseeing positioning, campaign strategy, creative development, and
  • distribution strategy.
  • ● Orchestrated flagship campaigns like Netflix Playback (flagship EOY campaign) and The Archies amongst a host of other
  • titles/campaigns that have shaped culture.
  • ● Led the launch campaign of Netflix in the South.
  • ● Managed multi-stakeholder environments involving internal leadership, external agencies, talent, and brand partners.
  • ● Ran over 100 campaigns across genres and audiences over seven years, consistently driving strategic and cultural impact.
Marketing StrategyCampaign StrategyCreative DevelopmentDistribution Strategy

Social Marketing - Platform Lead

Jan 2021Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • ● Built the owned channel strategy. Organically scaled Netflix India's social ecosystem: grew the YouTube channel from 0 to
  • 20 million subscribers and Instagram from 1 million to 8 million fans, while shifting the strategy from title amplification to
  • cultural ownership.
  • ● Led Netflix India's consumer social channels, driving strategy, content architecture, and tactical execution across titles and
  • brand beats.
  • ● Shifted focus from title amplification to cultural ownership — building narrative ecosystems across YouTube, Instagram,
  • and emerging platforms.
Social Media MarketingContent StrategyTactical Execution

Brand & Editorial Manager

Dec 2018Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • ● Managed Netflix India's brand tone and editorial footprint during key scaling years.
  • ● Helped seed and grow Netflix's identity among India's urban elite and aspirational audiences.
Brand ManagementEditorial Strategy

Buzzfeed

2 roles

Senior Producer

Promoted

Jun 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • ● Created and led viral video formats and internet-first storytelling.
  • ● Built early YouTube strategy to prioritize broad audience travelability.
  • ● Led digital-first experiments for BuzzFeed's India expansion in non-fiction formats.
  • Everything we worked on was through the lens of "How can we make this story travel as wide as possible?"
Video ProductionStorytelling

Consulting Producer

Dec 2016May 2017 · 5 mos

Sportskeeda.com

Creative Director

Jun 2015Nov 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ● Built and scaled the sports video content division into a business generating media entity
  • ● Pioneered multi-format content from reaction videos to animated explainers.
Content CreationVideo Production

The glitch

Editor/Producer

Apr 2015Jun 2015 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Worked as a producer/editor on a travel show for MTV called, The Great Selfie Challenge.

Sportskeeda.com

Producer

Oct 2012Jun 2013 · 8 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Rr donnelley

Research analyst

Jul 2010Jul 2012 · 2 yrs · Greater Chennai Area

Education

Symbiosis Institute Of Media And Communication, Pune

Master’s Degree — Audio Visual Production

Jan 2013Jan 2015

RKM Vivekananda College

Bachelor of Commerce

Jan 2007Jan 2010

United Indian School Kuwait

Jan 1995Jan 2007

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