Salman Ahmad

Experience

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  ESP Global IT Systems

  May 2004 - Feb 2005

  Software Engineer

  Worked with teams to develope products for clients which included MCB Bank & ABN-Amro Bank.

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  Phoenix Chemicals (Pvt) Limited

  May 2007 - Dec 2007

  HR Consultant

  •Successfully organized, executed and implemented the results of a climate survey based on 3600 reviews. All level of employees (ranging from plant workers to the GM of the plant were included.

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  ICI Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited

  Jun 2007 - Jul 2007

  Intern

  •Conducted market research on the effectiveness and likeability of ICI polyurethane products amongst the leading architects of Lahore

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  HBL

  Jul 2008 - Oct 2008

  Assistant Manager

  Worked with the Corporate and SME Relationship Managers to create and analyse feasibility for commercial loans for perspective clients.

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  ConstellationCK

  Nov 2008 - Apr 2014

  •Created strategic alliances with US partners. •Directly managed a team of more than ten high performance individuals and was responsible for 60% of the company’s revenues.•Increased Revenues by more than 200% by optimizing sales funnels. Supervised approximate annual revenues of $1.98M •Creation and marketing of mobile games through our sister company: Appstellation. Unique users in first 6 months: 360,000•Identified and utilized various sales channels for pushing the games into international markets.•Managed the start up phases of new projects/verticals in the online domain. •Represented the company at various job fairs. •Negotiated deals for support software and server services. •Implemented and managed online marketing campaigns which included Google Adwords, email and Facebook marketing. Annual advertising budgets of up to $360K. •Analyzed large amounts of user generated queries and identify high revenue keywords. This resulted in optimized & targeted marketing spending on channels that produced results.

  • Program Manager

    Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Marketing Manager

    Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  • Search Engine Marketing Manager

    Mar 2009 - Dec 2009

  • Keyword Analyst

    Nov 2008 - Feb 2009
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  OrionCKB

  May 2014 - Oct 2017

  Division Head, OrionCKB Operations in PK.

  •Manage, train and nurture a team of individuals working on extreme performance driven marketing.•Work on new sales pitch and engage with prospective clients to sell the value we add as a company.•Specialise in advanced ROI based Facebook based on the Nanigans Ad Engine, Google Adwords and Bing SE Marketing.

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  Clicks Inbound

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2019

  Independent Consultant
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  Tinuiti

  Nov 2017 - May 2020

  Independent Consultant

  I work on paid performance marketing platforms (Facebook Ads, Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads). Clients include a top ranked online University in the US and one of the largest stock photography websites.

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  AdHamster

  Oct 2018 - now

  Founder

  Our small and nimble team of experts works tirelessly to re-imagine how agencies work with their clients. Belonging to a generation that has seen it all, from dial-up to 5G, our experts have more than a decade’s experience in the digital landscape. We provide consulting services to clients in the US, Middle East and Pakistan.