Karan Makkar

Brand Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in campaign management and brand strategy.
  • Strong expertise in digital marketing and social media.
  • Passionate storyteller with a focus on consumer engagement.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing Specialist with expertise in B2C brand management and digital marketing strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Marketing StrategyBrand Management

Other Skills

Event ManagementDigital MarketingSocial Media MarketingInfluencer MarketingSocial MediaMarket ResearchBrand StrategyBrand BuildingBrand ActivationMarketing Campaign ManagementTeamworkMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointLeadershipMarketing

About

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. If you can dream it, you can do it.”- Walt Disney This is what drives me and something I follow in times when I am not able to focus. I am Karan Makkar, a 2019 Batch MBA (Strategic Marketing & Communications) from MICA, Ahmedabad, I believe in the power of stories. That is what makes me passionate about marketing and drives me to listen and tell stories. I have undertaken various projects and internships in the past 5 years across FMCG, Services, Media, F&B and Internet/Online Industries in diverse roles from sales and marketing to consumer research. 5 I’s of Initiative, Innovation , Improvement, Inquisitiveness & Intuition guide my life. Born and brought up in Delhi, I have an innate inclination to try out new food while the love for Chole Bhature remains constant. I am really passionate about playing and watching football which I have been pursuing actively for the past 13 years.

Experience

7 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Duroflex

Brand Manager

Jun 2025Present · 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Junglee games

Assistant Manager: Marketing and Brand

Jun 2023Jan 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

  • Campaign Management: Ideated and executed various campaigns to build brand trust and visibility. Notable campaigns include "Stamps by the Champs" featuring 7-8 influencers, "Skills Maange More" during Diwali, and regional campaigns with state-level brand ambassadors.
  • Brand Affiliation Programs: Organized and executed brand affiliation events in Delhi and Ahmedabad, targeting VIP players. Successfully engaged over 700 players, achieving high participation and brand loyalty.
  • Testimonials Initiative: Spearheaded a nationwide testimonials project, capturing 25 authentic user experiences from key markets like Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu to build trust and authenticity.
  • Auto Branding Campaign: Launched a large-scale auto branding initiative in Eastern UP, deploying 1,750 branded autos in cities such as Varanasi, Agra, Allahabad, and Kanpur, significantly enhancing brand recall and awareness.
  • Influencer Campaigns: Managed multiple influencer campaigns, collaborating with both micro and macro influencers to promote brand IP and tournaments, resulting in impressive social metrics (e.g., 3 million views, 1.6 million reach).
  • Brand Track Research: Collaborated with third-party agencies to execute comprehensive brand track research, focusing on metrics such as spontaneous awareness (SPONT) and top-of-mind awareness (TOMA).
  • Social Media Strategy: Revamped Junglee Rummy’s social media identity and content strategy, integrating A/B testing and AI tools to optimize performance and engagement across platforms like YouTube.
Event ManagementDigital MarketingMarketing StrategySocial Media MarketingInfluencer MarketingSocial Media+2

Head digital works pvt ltd.

2 roles

Brand Manager

Promoted

Apr 2021Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Ensure strong brand presence in online channels
  • Act as a business client partner and creative project manager, as well as a creative contributor to
  • multiple projects including design, digital marketing and video production services.
  • To support campaign development process by owning the end-to-end management.
  • To drive development and execution of creative projects with cross-functional teams by
  • maintaining a detailed project plans.
  • QC all brand work going out into the market.
  • Assist in developing effective media campaigns and choosing appropriate distribution channel.
Brand StrategyBrand BuildingBrand ActivationMarketing Campaign ManagementMarket ResearchBrand Management+1

Associate Brand Manager

Sep 2020Apr 2021 · 7 mos

  • Associate Brand Manager for Ace2Three Rummy.
Market Research

Motivator, groupm

Business Manager

May 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos · India

  • Developed pitches & brand strategies for new prospective clients across industries with a 33% conversion rate.
  • Drive the social & creative mandate for the client through video promotion campaigns, topical posts, influencer and engagement-led activities.
  • Own the social media calendar & led the execution of digital campaigns end-to-end as the brand voice within the agency for a leading consumer durable brand.
  • Optimizing campaigns & reporting results for various digital campaign KPIs to the client.
  • Competitor benchmarking & sentiment analysis using tools such as Sysomos, Unmetric, Talkwalker Similarweb, comScore to develop data-driven marketing strategies

Amazon

Marketing Specialist Intern

Apr 2018Jun 2018 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Created a selection process to identify the well performing products on competitor website using parameters like customer rating, customer reviews and comments and benchmarked the same ASINs on A.in platform.
  • To ingest relevant generic keywords into the identified selection to make them visible to the customer, in turn improving its Impressions, Glance Views and Gross Merchant Sales.
  • Recommended automation by having a keyword repository to save on manual work for future projects.

Channelplay limited

Assistant Program Manager

Jun 2015Nov 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Worked in Retail Intelligence department in a client facing role.
  • Handled projects for Dell, Hindware and Samsung India during the tenure.
  • Key responsibilities involved mystery shopping, getting retail audits done for clients across India, conducted 300/400 monthly audits.
  • Handled a team of 100 auditors across country ensuring smooth running of projects.
  • Youngest employee to win Champ of the quarter award for OND 2015 (Q4, 2015).

Education

MICA | The School of Ideas

PGDM (Communications) — Strategic Marketing

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College Of Commerce

Bachelor’s Degree — BCOM H

Jan 2012Jan 2015

St Mark's Senior Secondary Public School

High School

Jan 2000Jan 2012

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