Kumar R

Co-Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia24 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of Opportunities Australia, empowering job seekers.
  • Over 20 years in advertising and marketing.
  • Led initiatives for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Non-profit and Marketing professional with a focus on entrepreneurship and community service.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipEducation

Other Skills

Start-upsMarketing CommunicationsLeadershipPublic AffairsManagementAdvertisingMarketingDigital MarketingPublic PolicyMarketing StrategySocial Media MarketingSocial MediaOnline MarketingB2BOnline Advertising

About

Kumar has interest in community service and has founded Opportunities Australia (OA) to provide people with free mentoring and employment opportunities. The Aspiring Entrepreneurs program is training the startups to establish their businesses so they have a strong foundation. OA has grown to over 70 volunteers in less than two years, all of whom are university qualified and successful professionals (doctors, engineers, lawyers etc). Kumar also joined emergency services Marine Rescue and SES. He also volunteers at charities like Vinnies, Tribal Warrior and Wayside Chapel which help the homeless. Kumar Jha is a self-motivated and passionate advertising and marketing executive with over 20 years of experience. He has worked with brands like Citibank, Kmart, Integral Energy, Radisson Hotel and Swissotel to name a few. Kumar’s skills lie in developing creative and strategic solutions that deliver on key client needs and address critical business issues. His approach is to always seek out the road less travelled, the concept that breaks with conventions.

Experience

24 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Unsw

2 roles

Guest Lecturer

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Social Entrepreneurship.
Start-upsEntrepreneurshipEducation

Mentor

Mar 2017Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

Start-upsEntrepreneurshipEducation

Opportunities australia

Founder

Jul 2020Present · 5 yrs 10 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Providing opportunities to people who need it the most - from free English/technology/marketing and trade lessons to employment.
  • At Opportunities Australia we’re dedicated to connecting unemployed people with job opportunities as we partner up with employers. We make our candidates job ready by providing them technical skills. We have professional volunteers teaching them the skills.
  • We’ve partnered up with Salesforce that provides their software and training to make our clients highly competitive to be able to find work.
  • People will also be connected to employers for internships.
  • #OpportunitiesAustralia
Start-upsEntrepreneurshipEducation

Kumar jha

Social Work - Sydney

Apr 2019Present · 7 yrs 1 mo · Sydney, Australia

  • My passion is working in the area of education by helping aspiring entrepreneurs in establishing their businesses. My team provides help in the areas of legal, business planning, IT, marketing, finding VCs and training entrepreneurs to be pitch perfect.
  • My team and I also mentor jobseekers and help them find jobs.
EntrepreneurshipEducation

Dreamlab app

Cancer Researcher

Oct 2017Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

Tedxsydney

Organiser

May 2017Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Sydney, Australia

Agency 42

Founder

Apr 2013Dec 2018 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Sydney, Australia

  • Created new advertising agency from the ground up, developing it from startup into an enterprise with strategic global partners
  • Handled million dollar budgets
  • Managed digital campaigns - TVCs, online ads, animations, EDMs and app development
  • Maintained social media - Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
  • Used Google and other analytics for business growth
  • Managed day-to-day business operations and business development
  • Sourced new business and successfully delivered on client briefs
  • Extensive relationship building with top global leaders
  • Drove change through introducing innovative business practices
  • Project managed corporate advertising campaigns spanning TV, animation and graphic design
  • Increased efficiency by 50%
  • Retained staff by 96%

Ejw systems

Marketing/Advertising Manager

May 2010Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Sydney, Australia

  • Organising Digital marketing campaigns
  • Helping executives in producing briefs
  • Liaising with clients for various business purposes
  • Conducting meetings between clients and EJW staff on a regular basis to attain desired outcome
  • ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Successfully promoted the business toward future growth
  • Analysed and restructured the business development process
  • Maintained strong client and staff relations
  • Successfully ran a series of over 20 workshops to establish requirements for the business

Integral energy

Marketing Consultant

Apr 2009May 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo · Sydney

  • Marketed Integral Energy in NSW, VIC and QLD
  • Grown business reach and brand value in a B2B environment
  • Trained new staff members
  • Organised and conducted staff meetings
  • Consulted clients for appropriate business solutions
  • Tracked and reported on performance
  • ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Contributed highest number of sales in the branch and country
  • Won national marketing/sales competitions
  • Increased number of buyers by nearly 50 percent
  • Managed a business-critical database
  • Ran awareness campaigns for consumers

Kmart australia limited

Operations Executive

Jun 2004Apr 2009 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

  • Administered operations of the store
  • Worked on storewide marketing campaigns and promotions
  • Performed customer service operations
  • Maintained and helped logistics
  • Performed stocktaking
  • Contributed in improving the performance of store
  • Assisted management with future growth planning

Citibank

Sales & Marketing Manager

Jul 2002May 2004 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Worked on major financial product marketing and promotional campaigns
  • Business to business marketing (B2B)
  • Maintained multiple software applications such as databases
  • Liaised with clients and other departmental managers to assist company growth
  • Analysed business requirements in relation to proposed business process and/or system enhancements
  • Operational administration for various projects
  • Prepared key project documentation including requirements, scope, and functional specifications
  • Worked closely with IT and business stakeholders in identifying operation solutions
  • ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Recognised for successful planning and office management
  • Known for responding quickly to marketing issues

Jaypee hotels

Team Leader (Sales & Marketing)

Jun 2001Jul 2002 · 1 yr 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

  • Supervised 20 team members
  • Structured and implemented new projects
  • Tracked the growth of existing projects
  • Managed hotel promotional projects
  • Trained new staff members

Education

UNSW

Master of Advertising & Public Relations (PR)

Jan 2011Present

ADMA

Creative Advertising

Jan 2011Present

CQUniversity

Master of Information Systems

Jan 2006Present

St. Xavier's College

Bachelor of Office Management

Jan 1999Present

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