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Mohammad Ghazizadeh

Mohammad Ghazizadeh

Marketing & Brand Professional
North Vancouver,BC

Summary

Innovative Marketing leader with 18+ years of experience delivering exceptional marketing campaigns, content, and collateral based on established and innovative strategies. Results-oriented and collaborative professional Implemented strategic and tactical marketing campaigns to drive engagement and sales. Bringing solid history of success in boosting program operations efficiency, conversion rates and performance. Well-versed in both online and traditional marketing approaches.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
10
10
Certification

Work History

Brand & Marketing Strategist

Resget
01.2021 - Current
  • Conducted extensive primary and secondary consumer research for our different clients` brands.
  • Identified insights, challenges, and opportunities for our clients' brands.
  • Developed brand architecture, positioning, and strategy.
  • Wrote compelling brand stories.
  • Led ideation and brainstorming sessions.
  • Planned, implemented, and tracked brand and marketing strategies to promote brand products.
  • Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish marketing objectives and boost long-term profitability.
  • Conceptualized brand identity and developed unique accompanying graphic style and tone for use in communications.
  • Improved and boosted brand image by proposing focused marketing campaigns.
  • Cooperated and worked closely with our clients` communications teams to develop marketing strategies to boost their brand awareness.
  • Developed and proposed innovative marketing campaigns based on the key objectives of our clients.
  • Studied demographic data to determine optimal targets, competitor offerings, and tactics for persuasion.
  • Created competitive reviews and situational analyses for different brands.


Senior Marketing Manager

KCA
07.2020 - 08.2021
  • Developed digital strategy for all digital marketing channels such as Social Media, Websites, SEO, Content Marketing, and Digital Ads
  • Led the annual marketing budgeting process and keep controls in place to ensure programs stay within budget
  • Managed brand awareness and brand identity consistency, ensuring that all marketing activities are aligned with brand and marketing strategy
  • Leveraged data insights from surveys, previous campaigns, and market research to develop targeted marketing initiatives.
  • Managed marketing budget and associated P&L to develop and execute marketing strategies, budgets, and sales plans for business segments.
  • Created company brand messaging, collateral materials, customer events, promotional strategies and product commercialization.
  • Utilized market trends and target audience statistics to effectively and appropriately market products.
  • Generated reports detailing campaign performance, customer engagement and engagement trends.
  • Executed optimal sales strategies to achieve commercial goals for target market.
  • Collaborated with senior sales, engineering, and other business development executives to create best practices marketing initiatives and media positioning for vertical markets.


Achievements:

  • Successfully Planned and Managed the launch of 2 new national brands.
  • Successfully Planned and Managed the Launch of 52 SKUs of products
  • Effectively managed 25 people and recruited 15 experienced professionals in the team of marketing
  • Implemented successful marketing and promotional strategies worth over $12 million in yearly revenue.
  • Created 3 marketing campaigns, which resulted in a 5% increase in revenue.

Digital Marketing Manager

K45
12.2018 - 01.2020
  • Developed marketing content such as blogs, promotional materials, and advertisements for social media.
  • Managed a team of 8 direct reports engaged in ongoing product optimization, account management, and ad placement on the company website.
  • Created social media content with consistent content and tone.
  • Analyzed and reported social media and online marketing campaign results.
  • Directed a successful search engine marketing campaign that used solid linking, technical, and keyword research tactics.
  • Monitored and evaluated website analytics to assess campaign success, identify issues and make forward-thinking adjustments to maintain targets.
  • Successfully launched offline and online consumer targeting and marketing strategies.
  • Discussed SEO needs and optimized strategies for short- and long-term campaigns.
  • Administered marketing calendar and posted new content to coincide with new product and service releases.
  • Drove digital and enterprise collaboration across functional teams, focusing on delivery and continuous process improvement.

Achievements:

  • Increased the number of car inspection branches from 1 to 5 in one year.
  • Increased organic traffic of website from 2000 daily to 14000 daily in 3 months.
  • increased leads from 7000 to 250000 monthly in 6 months.
  • Increased website rank in Google pages from 12 to rank 3 on main keywords.
  • Recruitment of 7 experienced professionals in a team of marketing.


Brand and Communications Manager

Shatel Mobile
12.2015 - 11.2018
  • Led and managed Social media, digital marketing, PR, and Advertising teams
  • Managed the communication department's $ 1 million budget.
  • Analyzed market data to inform strategic decisions.
  • Oversaw social media presence and aligned posts to include branding and trending ideas.
  • Taught in-house employees strategies for successful internal and external communications.
  • Developed and promoted corporate brand, images, and identity to media and the public.
  • Strategic Planning of Marketing, CEX, and Digital marketing.
  • Managed monthly customer acquisition goals based on lead or purchase rate performance by channel portfolio and audience segments.
  • Oversaw a team of communications and media relations professionals with a focus on achieving PR results.
  • Optimized workflows with cross-functional teams across Creative, e-Commerce, CRM, and Analytics teams in order to increase weekly performance

Achievements:

  • Foundation of the first Customer Experience and Brand Department among Iranian companies.
  • Led Marketing research Project: Qualitative & Quantitative By 1000 questionnaires filled and 40 FGD interviews
  • Successfully planned and managed the launch of the first and only nationwide MVNO brand in Iran.
  • Led successful brand activation through Store Design, Promoters, and POSM in 150 points
  • Planned and held the commercial launch event of Shatel Mobile; No Of attendants: 40 Local News agencies reporters & 3 International reporters, News reflection: more than 100 newspapers and websites
  • Recruitment of 10 experienced professionals in a team of Brand and CEX

Brand & Marketing Strategist

MCG - Marketing Communications Group
01.2012 - 11.2015
  • Coordinated budget planning and tracking activities across agency partners
  • Targeted both offline and online consumers of our clients by designing a multi-pronged, comprehensive marketing strategy.
  • Oversaw preparation of marketing copy, images, videos, emails and other collateral for our clients.
  • Planned and implemented studies to assess market conditions and evaluated results to enhance marketing campaigns.
  • Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data and budget factors.
  • Conducted extensive primary and secondary consumer research for our different clients` brands.
  • Identified insights, challenges, and opportunities for our clients' brands.
  • Developed brand architecture, positioning, and strategy.
  • Wrote compelling brand stories.
  • Led ideation and brainstorming sessions.
  • Planned, implemented, and tracked brand and marketing strategies to promote brand products.
  • Cooperated and worked closely with our clients` communications teams to develop marketing strategies to boost their brand awareness.

Achievements:

  • Effectively managed 70 field promoters (for experiential marketing) and recruited 5 experienced professionals in a team of marketing
  • Successfully planned & led Mugcake Now! campaign in this campaign, we used Asia`s First Interactive & In-motion Billboard, The campaign also included BTL sampling in Tehran coffee shops, Retail audit, and Trade marketing activities among 6000 points of sales & Co-marketing with Samsung Microwave ovens
  • Successfully planned & led "Fouman Chimie"` s Del & Alphabet market expansion activities which made their products available in 6800 points of sales.
  • The idea, Scenario writing, Planning & leading Takdaneh's "A rotation to…" campaign: Included 60 billboards around Iran, market expansion activities in 10K point of sales, TV commercials, Radio ads, retail audit & BTL sampling in shopping malls which led to 8% increase in their sales.

Mass Market Offerings Lead

RighTel
03.2009 - 03.2011
  • Developed innovative general and segmented offers and bundles for Iran`s first 3G mobile network operator
  • Created 2nd tier proposition for service offers on top of the core offerings.
  • Created strategic Market entry positioning in conjunction with pricing & segmentation for mass and business markets, mapping market expanse and Key Target areas and dimensioning the Market
  • Established a detailed action plan - for each proposition.
  • Collected performance data on each promotion to better plan future events.
  • Worked with marketing department to create targeted advertising strategies for key customer demographics.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.

Achievements:

  • An employee of the month for 2 consecutive months.
  • Developed innovative 17 general and segmented offers and bundles for Iran`s first 3G mobile network ahead of schedule (3 months)

Brand Manager

Pakshoo Industrial Group
04.2007 - 03.2009
  • Cooperated and worked closely with the communications team to develop marketing strategies to boost brand awareness.
  • Oversaw product planning and demand management on a monthly basis in order to maintain adequate product levels.
  • Conceptualized brand identity and developed unique accompanying graphic style and tone for use in communications.
  • Improved and boosted brand image by implementing focused marketing campaigns and engaging in professional networking to support outreach.
  • Prepared and administered an annual budget of $ 5 million.
  • Oversaw preparation of marketing copy, images, videos, emails and other collateral.

Achievements:

  • Successfully led and managed the launch of 3 new national brands.
  • Based on my idea, we added more value to packages through brand social responsibility in the form of putting the names of products in Brail fonts for blind consumers.
  • Successfully Planned and Managed the Launch of 150 SKUs of products.
  • Cost saving of 500,000$ in production cost based on making little changes in the usage of fragrances in products.

Assistant Brand Manager

Pakshoo Industrial Group
04.2005 - 03.2007
  • Interpret and report analytics data to improve the results of marketing campaigns
  • Planned and organized consumer promotional plans
  • Coordinated brand management efforts with external and internal resources to achieve defined goals/ targets (product development,
  • Production planning, trade promotion, sales, market research, and advertising agencies)
  • Drove overall ad operation procedure optimization to ensure efficiency and operational excellence through various initiatives
  • Coordinate with Brand Manager, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Segment representatives to establish forecasts, sales targets,
  • Pricing, margins, and annual budgets for assigned categories of products
  • Develop and present new product introduction plans, coordinating sales launch activities and new product releases
  • Work with suppliers, design and merchandise staff, and the supply chain in the development of new products, sourcing qualified suppliers,
  • And negotiating terms and pricing.

Education

Master of Arts - Business Leadership

Trinity Western University
Vancouver, BC
2024

MBA - Strategic Management

ATU
Tehran
06.2010

Skills

  • Photoshop
  • Microsoft Office
  • Portfolio Strategy
  • Languages: English - Advanced
  • Brand Marketing
  • Employer Brand Marketing
  • Brand Development and Marketing
  • Brand Communication
  • Brand Management
  • Project Management
  • Staff Management
  • Social Media Strategy
  • Marketing Campaign Development
  • P&L Management
  • Business Development
  • KPI Tracking

Certification

  • Digital Leadership and Digital Strategy Execution, Digital Marketing Institute - Jan 2023 - Credential ID: DRRL6AE3RXVR
  • Artificial Intelligence in Marketing, University of Virginia Darden School of Business - Aug 2021 - Credential ID: R4EMGV5MGNM9
  • Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies, Università Bocconi - Feb 2020 - Credential ID: 7WC4RGD7LFEB
  • Brand Management: Aligning Business, Brand and Behaviour, London Business School - Nov 2018 - Credential ID: M3XE4TP45EWM
  • Digital Marketing, HubSpot Academy - Jun 2022 - Credential ID: 67d5a8d42cff40b0a831d5930fc9055d
  • Branding and Customer Experience, IE Business School - Jan 2019 - Credential ID: QHLF3S4K9MR2


Timeline

Brand & Marketing Strategist

Resget
01.2021 - Current

Senior Marketing Manager

KCA
07.2020 - 08.2021

Digital Marketing Manager

K45
12.2018 - 01.2020

Brand and Communications Manager

Shatel Mobile
12.2015 - 11.2018

Brand & Marketing Strategist

MCG - Marketing Communications Group
01.2012 - 11.2015

Mass Market Offerings Lead

RighTel
03.2009 - 03.2011

Brand Manager

Pakshoo Industrial Group
04.2007 - 03.2009

Assistant Brand Manager

Pakshoo Industrial Group
04.2005 - 03.2007

Master of Arts - Business Leadership

Trinity Western University

MBA - Strategic Management

ATU
Mohammad GhazizadehMarketing & Brand Professional