Veeraragavan R

Experience

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  Texila American University

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2013

  Manager -Recruitment and Business Development

   As a Manager Recruitment & Business Development headed Business Development, Counseling, Campaign & Marketing and Admissions Departments. Prepared Plan and Strategies for Business Development, Monitored the implementation, reviewed daily, weekly and monthly reports to bridge the gaps and ensuring the team is achieving the set targets.  Identified potential programs, potential countries, validated and implemented the same for expansion. Devised the Process for admission and visa, monitored for effective follow up for implementation, took decisions with respect to discrepancies and ensured that work was carried out as per the process and within the Turnaround Time. Identified the training needs and trained the team for continuous development.  Conducted periodical Meetings to identify and analyze the progress for improvement. Motivated the team by devising the incentive schemes, informal meetings, fun activities.  Negotiated with Universities in UK, Australia, Europe and Asia for Collaborations and Partnerships. Conducted Seminars both online & offline, participated in fairs for business promotion. Delivered live TV programs for awareness and promotion. Identified and appointed suitable employees based on their skill, talent and knowledge.  Negotiated and finalized the cost for participation in fairs and seminars Negotiated with agents for Commission Structure.Specific Achievements Successfully sent more than 400 students for on campus programs. Successfully enrolled more than 200 students for online programs. Established strategic partnership with University of West England, Broward College, Universities in Hungary and Poland.Appointed 5 Premedical centers with affiliation fees. Identified and Appointed More than 50 Agents.Generated more than 5000 leads per month thru’ Online Marketing.Conceived the Idea of reaching Schools for Marketing. Improved the conversion percentage significantly. Show less

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  Study Overseas

  Apr 2013 - now

  Manager

   As an Office Manager looking after Marketing, Counseling, finance and administrative operations. Evolving marketing strategies and promotional campaigns to market the services of the company to meet/exceed recruitment targets. Utilizing the sound local knowledge for promotion of our products and services through Media and networks. Generating new business opportunities for the organization like Coaching classes for IELTS/GRE etc. Organizing and conducting International Education fairs by inviting abroad universities to promote the Educational Products and services. Working closely with abroad universities and local colleges for conducting Guest lectures and Promoting spot interview sessions. Achieving the targets by leading and directing the team towards the goal. Analyzing, decision making, implementing systems and processes for smooth flow of operations.  Participating in Exhibitions and delivering live programs for the promotion of the product. Working closely with Central Marketing and Finance teams for effective utilization of Marketing Budget. Brand Promotions Handling sensitive HR issues. Providing effective training to both existing and new staff. Ensuring excellent and professional services to client institutions.  Preparing weekly and monthly reports.Specific Achievements Achieved the Target for the financial year 2013 -2014. Introduced coaching classes for IELTS. Introduced Reaching the Student Strategy – Conducting Awareness Seminars, Participating in college symposiums functions, Exhibition and fairs, and Sponsoring for prizes. Delivered live programs to create awareness. Introduction of Application/Scholarship/Destination weeks. Installation of Parking/No parking boards, Name boards in front of colleges which will promote the brand and also fetch students years together. Increased the Walk INS to 200% and improved the conversion ratios significantly. Show less