Devan Bhalla

Associate Partner

New Delhi, Delhi, India11 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 765% growth in founder branding reach.
  • Boosted brand recall by 98% through strategic campaigns.
  • Delivered successful product launches across diverse markets.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Brand Management and Digital Marketing expert with a focus on B2B and B2C sectors.

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Brand ManagementMarketing StrategyBusiness DevelopmentDigital Marketing

Other Skills

Public RelationsInfluencer MarketingBrand StrategyCRMLeadershipSocial MediaMarketingBrand CampaignsMedia BuyingContent StrategyManagement ConsultingDigital AdvertisingLead ManagementSocial Media ManagementContent Creation

About

Devan is an integrated marketer who is passionate about growth, strategy and paying attention to detail. With a diverse experience across media, e-commerce and ed-tech, he has a core interest and expertise in brand management, social media marketing, P&L management and product development. He believes that a true marketer is one who is able to market himself and thus believes in experimentation which has led him to have a keen interest in consumer psychology, SEO, community management and neuroscience across the B2B and the B2C space. He has worked in numerous product launches and scaled them to success be it a popular school space event in partnership with Fortune India and Amity University, to building business in African and Asian economies to instrumenting the design space and the digital assets of billion dollar firms. His project portfolio includes Research & Strategy, Brand Marketing for Enterprise and Consumer verticals, leading Digital and Print campaigns from SEM, SEO, Product Pricing and Product Marketing perspective to the design and packaging of products. His Core Specialties include: • Building new products across the tech, retail, media, and e-commerce space • Competitive benchmarking analysis for establishing go-to-market strategies across hyper-local, regional, vernacular, developing, and mature markets • Consumer Insights and Research for persona mapping • P&L ownership (Business Planning & Budget Management) • Strategizing and executing innovative brand marketing across digital and print • Building new products with due-diligence • Strategic Collaborations with a focus on Community Management • 360˚ Market Planning with ATL, BTL, PR and Advertising campaigns including brand campaigns • Analytical solutions with a deep-dive to bring in a holistic solution to business problems • Design oriented mindset to implement product packaging, UX and app development A bit about his new found love of Public Speaking. He has been a TEDx speaker at NIT Rourkela and has been a key note speaker at CII and institutions like BITS Pilani, SRCC, Hansraj College, Goa Institute of Management, VIT, SIBM, PUMBA, NIPER, etc. His other interests include Air Pistol Shooting, Painting and pursuing a healthy lifestyle. You may reach out to me for a consultation related to branding, marketing and analytics. Reachable at: bhalladevan@gmail.com and @devanbhalla on Instagram.

Experience

11 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 7 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Attero

Associate Director (Marketing)

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • 1. Heading the events strategy for Attero, and its allied BUs and scaled up the entire CRM portion to track down and attribute channel spends
  • 2. Leading the Public Relations for the corporate brand with an increase in SOV by ~37% (growth of 222% Y-o-Y).
  • 3. Spearheading the influencer activation piece for Attero and its allied BUs across digital media
  • 4. Instrumenting LinkedIn ‘Founder Branding’ for both the Co-Founder profiles which led to ~765% growth in reach and 62% growth in relevant followers.
  • 5. Building a remarketing initiative under ‘The Attero Times’ which is a monthly newsletter with a 60k subscriber base (8% M-o-M) and 7 deal enablement
  • 6. Driving industry advocacy to drive conversations via former bureaucrats, KOLs, etc. which reached 130 mn. across print, digital, and influencers
  • 7. Building the brand strategy piece for Attero with a 360-degree approach including its ‘Materials, Reborn’ re-branding and design refresh.
Public RelationsInfluencer MarketingBrand StrategyCRMBrand ManagementMarketing Strategy

Gibs business school

Visiting Professor

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

Bharati vidyapeeth / bharati vidyapeeth deemed university

Visiting Faculty

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Management development institute, gurgaon

Visiting Faculty

Feb 2024Apr 2024 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Manipal international university

2 roles

Visiting Professor

Nov 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Adjunct Faculty

Jul 2023Nov 2023 · 4 mos

Business DevelopmentLeadershipSocial MediaMarketing

Delhi school of economics

Visiting Lecturer

Nov 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Delhi, India · Hybrid

Mba, department of commerce, delhi school of economics

Corporate Trainer

Aug 2023Sep 2023 · 1 mo · Delhi, India · Hybrid

Lovely professional university

Corporate Trainer

Nov 2022Mar 2023 · 4 mos · Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Brand ManagementManagement ConsultingDigital Marketing

Moglix

Senior Manager - Brand Strategy, Demand, Social, Strategic Initiatives & Performance Marketing

Apr 2021Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • 1. Spearheaded the digital initiatives on social for Moglix, Moglix Business, Credlix and Middle East
  • 2. Led a comprehensive brand campaign in #MoglixHaiNa from its conceptualization to its execution with a phigital coverage across Radio, Print, Digital and OOH across the country
  • 3. Launched a sequential employee engagement initiative under ‘Social Stars’ which increased online mentions
  • 4. Built a balanced communication strategy showcasing the different BUs, talent, research & insights, customers, suppliers and for prospective employees
  • 5. Drove a nation-wide radio campaign with Radio City (91.1 FM) across regional markets while driving
  • 6. Strategized and undertook intensive Media Buying & Planning across news (Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran, Ananda Bazar, Patrika, Dinakaran, TOI, Dainik Bhaskar, etc.), OTT (Hotstar), sports, content aggregators (Daily Hunt, Inshorts).
  • 7. Conceptualized and implemented the brand communication strategy across all digital platforms across all content formats
  • 8. Led the internal communication strategy with targeted Business Unit based communication and employer branding projects
  • 9. Optimized on content pipeline with a topical and trend focus which earned organic mentions on pages like Social Panga, Social Media Dissect, etc. and an organic feature in the press
  • 10. Undertook TVC campaign for on Aajtak and numerous other digital channels on topical days like Republic Day & Union Budget
  • 11. Designed the performance marketing funnel for paid ads for Enterprise (MRO, Packaging, and Mid-Market verticals and drove targeted drip campaigns, In Mails, FB & Google Ads.
  • Noteworthy Highlights:
  • 1. Achieved the annual follower target in 7 months itself while maintaining a B2B industry benchmark for social while growing the engagement rate to 8X within 10 months (Highest in the industry of18%)
  • 2. Improved the brand recall by a 98% increase in mentions
  • 3. Managed the Media Buy plan including offline and online which boosted the brand presence by 34%
Digital MarketingBrand CampaignsMedia BuyingContent StrategyBrand Management

Confederation of indian industry

Guest Speaker

May 2020May 2020 · 0 mo · Delhi, India

  • Conducted a webinar on 'Building a Personal Brand in the Digital Era' for college students as well as working professionals. A mini-workshop of sorts where one gets a 360 degree view of what builds a Personal Brand, steps to achieve it across digital channels with examples & IMPACT which it can have on your #business & #jobs. Topics covered were:
  • 1. LinkedIn Profile Optimization
  • 2. The 3E model of LinkedIn
  • 3. Content Creation and Curation
  • 4. Building a SUPER Instagram Profile
  • 5. Hacks for better audience connect
  • The session saw an attendance of over 150+ people over a Zoom call.
Brand StrategyMarketing CampaignsBrand Management

Amarujala.com

Deputy General Manager (Brand & Growth)

Apr 2020Mar 2021 · 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • 1. Conceptualized brand strategy & marketing campaigns for edt-ech (safalta.com), astrology (myjyotish.com) & media (amarujala.com) product lines
  • 2. 360 degree marketing for business with holistic coverage across
  • Offline channels like print (stories & ads), magazines & billboards
  • Digital mediums through ambassadors (like Mr. Virender Sehwag) & influencers across Instagram, YouTube, Facebook & TikTok
  • 3. Led Brand Solutions for B2B and B2C clients across FMCG, FMCD, Hospitality,
  • Hospitals & Healthcare, Automobiles, Personal Care, OTC, & Apparel domains
  • 4. Involved in building over 30+ newer product lines like podcast (Awaaz), e-paper, online
  • learning courses (government jobs & competitive entrance exams), astrology & AU+
  • 5. Consistently built the digital footprint of Safalta.com & MyJyotish.com through social
  • media & communities in all organic manner with brand recall as the primary focus area
  • 6. Conducted competitive benchmarking to build a business model for edtech segment
  • 7. Strategized the OOH advertising for Safalta.com across major highways and focal locations in North-West-East and Central India
  • 8. Developed the newer product lines of e-paper, pay-per-view content and communities for AU and its subsidiaries
  • 9. Launched the official Telegram channel for news dissemination
  • Results:
  • 1. Boosted revenue by INR 3 cr. in FY20 across business verticals
  • 2. Consistently built content which ranked on Google SERP for edtech and astrology sub-brands
  • 3. Improved social engagement by 207% for the edtech and astrology sub-brands
  • 4. Increased digital footprint by 190% through Quora & social communities
  • 5. Built the YouTube channel traction with a 250% growth in subscribers
  • 6. Instrumented 20+ strategic alliances through product collaborations
  • 7. Scaled astrology segment to a 65% growth (all organic)
  • 8. Increased the subscriber count for the digital products for e-paper, podcast and pay-per-content by 85% in 3 months
  • 9. Increased the brand awareness by 410%
Social Media ManagementContent CreationDigital Marketing

N. l. dalmia institute of management studies and research

Guest Columnist

Jan 2020Feb 2020 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Guest Columnist for the annual Marketing Magazine.
Brand MarketingContent MarketingBrand Management

Indiamart intermesh limited

Senior Brand Manager

Aug 2019Apr 2020 · 8 mos · Noida Area, India

  • 1. Handled the Brand Marketing for the Enterprise Solutions Business vertical through:
  • Content Marketing Strategy through content calendar setup and case studies for clients like JCB,
  • Kohler, TATA to name few.
  • Industry Reports on industrial equipments for building brand's thought leadership.
  • Managed their social media handles to enhance brand visibility.
  • Built brand assets like sales collaterals, videos, e-mail marketing campaigns and social creatives.
  • Automated their brand connect through in-house collaboration.
  • Coordinated with internal and external stakeholders to build brand assets.
  • 2. Building Phigital Assets like:
  • IndiaMART's official Blog to showcase the Research and Insights, Talent Branding, etc.
  • Office Space spanning across 8 floors with a unique concept behind each along with a targeted month long employee and external marketing campaign resulting in record participation.
  • as well as the processes to bring in dynamic feedback and internal efficiency.
  • Creating the Brand Guidelines and establishing homogenous visual aspect across dossiers, powerpoints, creatives, etc.
  • 3. Designed a rewards program for IndiaMART sellers (New Product Development). This involved benchmarking and strategy formulation with collaboration and partnership with external entities to bring in value addition to our core offering(s).
  • Results:
  • 1. Awarded 'Employee of the Month' for January 2020 for delivering the Design project well within the stipulated time with high quality and attention to detail.
  • 2. Launched the IndiaMART Blog with 8.5k organic views achieved in 2 weeks of its launch.
  • 3. Designed the new office space (Sector 135, Noida) with a focused approach on brand design elements across industries
  • 4. Executed a marketing campaign along with product launch resulting in 35k impressions and record entries from internal employees making it one of the most successful in-house events.
  • 5. 165% growth rate in Social followers on LinkedIn

The vipanan company

Brand Associate

Aug 2019Aug 2019 · 0 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • Involved in the Brand Creation for WiT-Women in Tech for RBS, NatWest and Publicis Sapient.
  • Formulated the Strategy and detailed plan on a one-of-a-kind initiative for Women In Stem.

Nasscom foundation

Social Media Creator

Jul 2019Sep 2019 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Chosen as one of the Top-15 Social Influencers for NASSCOM Foundation.
  • To bring in awareness on a range of Social Issues currently plaguing the society from mental health to women empowerment.

Pranav parekh

Head of Growth

Mar 2019Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • 1. Implemented Digital Ad campaigns for Real estate and Pharma sectors including paid, display and YouTube Instream ads.
  • 2. Implemented CRM system to manage and track leads through Drip campaigns
  • 3. Managed a steady flow of quality leads for Clients while maintaining strict lead hygiene on parameters like regional, demographic and interest based targeting.
  • 4. Built client websites and implemented Google Analytics and extensions like Heat Maps and UX best practices to maximize lead conversion.
  • 5. Handled social media accounts for clients across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
  • Results:
  • 1. 55% increase in lead quality with 380% increment in lead flow through hyper-local targeting
  • 2. Increased Brand awareness for Real estate clients by over 18%
  • 3. Lead leakage reduced by over 82% post landing page and website optimizations

Univariety

2 roles

Senior Manager-Digital Content & Analytics

Jan 2019Aug 2019 · 7 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • 1. Handled the Business Research, Business Intelligence and Consumer Case Study group.
  • 2. In addition, handling the Institutional Content and Marketing vertical with Social Media Campaigns.
  • Drove revenue and growth through focused content marketing and social media initiatives.
  • Defined digital and content marketing strategy (brand, content creation, curation and message
  • amplification, performance) & operative management of paid channels viz Facebook, Google,
  • Influencers, Display, Remarketing with monthly budgets
  • Collaborated with internal teams (Field Sales, Inside Sales, Counsellors, Product Heads) for various
  • Sales Promotion plans , new course modules, e-mail and SMS marketing strategies
  • Created customer lifecycle drip campaigns across Push and Emailer to improve customer
  • engagement and retention
  • Mentored the team members on strategizing, executing and analyzing different campaigns against
  • the pre-decided KPIs for quality lead generation
  • Managed Lead Flow on Leadsquared CRM tool for two Business verticals
  • Worked closely with Google & FB Paid ads teams to understand media spends and fix bounce rates
  • and optimize campaigns via “Control & Test” methodology
  • Worked on Ivey Case Study on the Firm for Series B funding
  • Implemented a new initiative of ‘UniSense’: India’s First Business Intelligence based report
  • Content marketing: To boost content-led discovery (300 blogs/infographics || 120 videos)
  • Handling Branding and Digital PR for the upcoming Fortune Future 50 Leaders’ Summit
  • Results:
  • 1. Awarded the 'Foundation Builder' award by the CEO during the annual felicitation ceremony
  • 2. Blog organic traffic increased by 92% due to a calendarized automated approach
  • 3. Registered a 58% increase in revenue due to focused targeting through e-mail
  • marketing campaigns.
  • 4. Developed new products like ProMap, Global Career Catalyst and Super Counsellor
  • 5. Served as an Editor for Univariety-Fortune India magazine

Senior Marketing Manager

Feb 2018Jan 2019 · 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Responsible for the Content and Digital Marketing strategy for Univariety (Info Edge Group).
  • Handling the School, Global Career Catalyst and Super Counsellor engagement verticals with an increased focus on the bottom line.
  • Worked extensively on two of the firm's website's: 1. globalcareercounsellor.com 2. univariety.com
  • Highlights so far:
  •  Worked on Case studies which serve as lead magnets and generate 11% of the total leads generated
  •  Worked on marketing campaigns with higher than industry average open rates [22%-25%] and click rates [3%-4%]
  •  Involved with digital marketing wing for the globalcareercounsellor.com website which has improved its organic searchability (SEO and SEM)
  •  Generated case studies for premier schools of the country which has created total leads of around 500+ unique schools
  •  Involved with the layout and the content and digital technicalities for the globalcareercounsellor.com website
  •  Monitoring Social Media engagement of all Institutional content
  •  Worked on Landing pages, CRM Management, Drip Campaigns, Facebook and Google ads
  •  Worked on a New Product Development for 'ProMap', a profile builder solution for students applying for admissions abroad.
  •  Contributed in the UI/UX implementation for the firm's websites as well as the marketing collaterals
  •  Managing lead generation and tracking for 6 Business Verticals namely: School System, Super Counsellor, ProMap, Global Career Catalyst, Global Career Counsellor and Future 50 Schools Shaping Success through strategic ad campaigns, e-books, brochures, sales collateral and case study creation
  •  Managed Univariety blog and SEO activities for the website with an additional resource
  •  Creating the First Education Based Marketplace website for Schools, Counsellors and Parents
Business ResearchContent MarketingDigital Marketing

Green being consulting

Digital Marketing Consultant

Nov 2016Jun 2022 · 5 yrs 7 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • 1. Growing the social media assets organically with a focus on NGO's core vision to promote societal upliftment through Education and Environmental conservation.
  • 2. Managing the Collaboration and Fund Raising activities with the founder.
  • 3. Managing the newsletter and content editorial for building brand connect in the West Delhi region.
  • Results:
  • 1. 210% increase in organic traffic post optimization of social media channels
  • 2. 540% rise in website traffic after conducting basic hygiene audits with minimum investment
  • 3. Increased brand awareness (Research) by 90% for the NGO
Digital AdvertisingCRMLead ManagementDigital Marketing

The market mogul

Author; Ranked in the Top 100 Thought Leaders

Nov 2016Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • The first author from India to have made it to the coveted list of Thought Leaders selected from around the world.

Satyam shivam packaging private limited

Head of Demand/ City Head

Aug 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • 1. Handled P/L for the Duplex Packaging Range across Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Kenya
  • 2. Launched a digital app for easier tracking across HQ, plants and logistics providers
  • 3. Drove digital marketing strategy and execution for performance and brand campaigns
  • 4. Handled the launch of new packaging products for clients spanning across Pharma, Real Estate and
  • Automobiles
  • 5. Managed marketing campaign budgets across print and digital extending up to INR 1 Million+
  • 6. Implemented industry best practices, tools and technologies- marketing automation
  • platform, app attribution, email solution provider, etc.
  • 7. Coordinated with internal teams to launch targeted marketing campaigns
  • 8. Setup the sales team and tracked KPIs for a team of 25
  • 9. Boosted Content marketing: To boost content-led discovery (20 client case studies)
  • 10. Improved lead quality through dedicated hyper-local research campaigns for North India
  • Results:
  • 1. Awarded 'Employee of the Year' award twice for boosting revenues to the tune of 4.5 cr. ($600k)
  • 2. Implemented customer Touch Point mechanism which boosted renewal rates by 56%
  • 3. Developed an order/shipment tracking app to make it easier for vendor-plant manager and client
  • to keep a tab on order delivery and monitor TAT
  • 4. Built newer business accounts in the medical, pharma and auto industry which contributed
  • significantly to the brand growth and expansion across North India.
Content MarketingDigital Marketing

World humanitarian summit

Campus Ambassador

Aug 2016Mar 2017 · 7 mos · Indian Institute of Management

  •  Rio+23 WHS India Certification Program is a premiere and prestigious short-term course study for Indian students. It is being implemented by the Centre for United Nations.
  • The program focusses on four key themes of WHS 2016:
  • a. humanitarian effectiveness
  • b. reducing risk and managing vulnerability
  • c.transformation through innovation and
  • d. serving the needs of people in conflict.
  •  As a Campus Ambassador, my role involved the promotion and the conduct of this program on campus.
  •  The program saw an active participation with almost 50% participation rate from both the PGP sections of the paid certification program. The participation success rate stood at 98% with the leading scorer being awarded as the National Champion.
Digital MarketingP&L ManagementBusiness Development

Jyodiv technology pvt ltd

On-Campus Intern

Aug 2016Dec 2016 · 4 mos · Indian Institute of Management

  •  A Live Project opportunity based in the domain of e-learning. Involved the usage of strategy formulation, business development, marketing research, etc. As a BD head converted all the target colleges in the Sason-Sambalpur area with the support of team members from IIM and XIMB- Bhubaneshwar.
  •  As the Team Lead, i was able to close all the 3 target colleges in the Sason-Sambalpur region.

Rockman industries ltd.

Corporate Strategy Associate

Apr 2016Jun 2016 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • The role gave me an opportunity to work on newer domains like LSA's and Digital technologies and understand their marketing and strategic frameworks. Based on a thorough understanding of the industries, key recommendations were made to the CFO.
  • Based on my performance a PPI was offered at the end of the internship tenure by Hero Group.

Mckinsey & company

Analyst

Dec 2014Sep 2015 · 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • I was involved with McKinsey Solutions wing (MSO) as a Junior Analyst. My role focussed on Customer Success and Implementing back-end topology creation, service delivery and upload monitoring for clients in EMEA and APAC.
  •  Worked on a wide range of McKinsey’s proprietary solutions
  •  Mapped out key client requirements and suggested appropriate solutions
  •  Handled key accounts on a global level including clients from APAC and EMEA
  • Higlights:
  •  Received the highest client satisfaction from 98% of the clients
  •  Received the highest rating from the manager for resolving key client-side outages

Satyam shivam packaging private limited

Associate

Aug 2013Nov 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  •  Conducted in-depth focus study to understand the core client requirements from
  • an industrial packaging material
  •  Analysed demand trends and co-ordinated with the procurement and logistics teams
  •  Managed key accounts from FMCG, Auto (2W,4W) and real estate domains
  •  Worked on the B2B content collaterals for clients
  • Highlights:
  •  Achieved a record client satisfaction of 95% for the firm
  •  Successfully launched the proprietary packaging material for B2B clientele

Drdo, centre for airborne systems

Summer Intern

Jun 2013Aug 2013 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  •  As a Summer Intern at ISSA Lab, DRDO, (Minsitry of Defence, Government of India) I was closely working under the mentorship of MR. R.M. Singh, Scientist (Level G) on Antenna Structures.
  •  At the end of the internship, a research paper was released which has received numerous citations globally.

Education

Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2015Jan 2017

Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)

Jan 2010Jan 2014

Vidyamandir Classes (VMC)

High School — PCM

Jan 2008Jan 2010

Mount St. Mary's School, Delhi

CBSE Board — Science

Jan 1997Jan 2010

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