Kavya Gowda

Kavya Gowda

Business development and client servicing executive

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location of Kavya GowdaBengaluru, Karnataka, India

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  • Timeline

  • Skills

    Advertising and media management
    Marketing communications
    Client services
    Media planning
    Corporate communications
    Marketing strategy
    Competitive analysis
    Business development
    Key account management
    Lead generation
    Team management
    Marketing research
    Marketing
    Marketing management
    Direct marketing
    Brand management
    Social media marketing
    Public relations
    Crm
    Digital marketing
    Advertising
    Public speaking
    Management
    Project planning
    Strategy
    Leadership
    Project management
    Business strategy
    Social media
    Web experience
    Content management
    Content strategy
  • About me

    Technology enthusiast, digital marketer and a passionate public speaker. Graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering and enhanced my love for programming and people, code and content with an MBA in Marketing and IT. I've worked in media, advertising, communications, digital analytics, social media, content strategy, web experience and continue to pursue new skills.  Specialites: Team Management, Digital Media strategies, Marketing Communications, content strategy

  • Education

    • INDUS BUSINESS ACADEMY - IBA, BANGALORE

      2008 - 2010
      Mba marketing. it

      activities and societies: communication club, it club creative head of the communication club, trained and mentored a 30 member group on soft skills, completed the art of living yes+ course, part of the international conference, responsible for the sponsorship deals and corporate presentation team, compered the international conference on emerging business models, compered all the management level fests in college

    • Alpha College Of Engineering

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor of engineering (b.e.) computer science

      studied computer science engineering

  • Experience

    • Greyapple advertising services pvt. ltd.

      Feb 2010 - Jun 2010
      Business development and client servicing executive
    • BigCity Promotions

      Jun 2010 - Oct 2011
      Head - client servicing

      1. mapping clients’/vendors requirements & coordinating in developing processes in line with pre-set guidelines.2. preparing reports & other statements with a view to apprise management of the process operations and assist in critical decision-making process.3. assessing the client feedback, evaluating areas of improvements & providing critical feedback to the associates on improvements and achieving higher client satisfaction metrics.4. managing service operations, setting out quality standards for various operational areas, ensuring a high-quality client experience, while adhering to the slas and work processes; ensuring minimum tat.5. creating awareness for driving the projects and process improvement strategy & methodology, ensuring maximum operational efficiency.6. leading and monitoring performance of the team members for maintaining excellence in the service operations.7. evaluating effectiveness of training & development programs; formulating or reviewing training strategy and determining appropriate instructional methodologies and formats.8. creating and fostering a healthy environment which facilitates high performance of team members and accomplishments of organizational goals. show less

    • IBM

      Oct 2011 - Sept 2021

      as a field marketer, i am responsible for marketing contribution to business pipeline targets and influencing sales progression of marketing opportunities. my role also focuses on:- developing and owning the marketing business plan and route planning- working with brand leaders to identify marketing actions to help close gaps in budget- lead product/campaign launches locally- enable brand sales team on campaigns- assist with lead management for campaigns and own web content for commercial offerings.- own marketing metrics for the commercial accounti work with a diverse set of senior analysts and digital strategists to help drive the commercial business. show less as a digital strategist, i was responsible for delivering net new opportunities into the a/nz business through strong partnerships across both sales and marketing. my role included developing engaging content, lead development and campaign manangement and managing the ibm.com web presence in a/nz. work with the hybrid cloud bu and responsible for the digital revenue pipeline.accountabilities:- management of the home pages, solution and special event web presence for ibm a/nz, sourcing local content from the relevant teams.- run the web presence of ibm’s flagship events – think and cloud innovation exchange. - optimze digital responses and driving digital revenue.- looking for new opportunities to promote local ibm stories and announcements. - responsible for competitive research, looking into the design and content of our key competitors and to better optimize ibm’s local presence and bring a higher volume of more engaged visitors to the sites. - content, web production and project management: project manage website production working with portfolio marketing, web productions, digital studios and/or external agencies- partner with the digital team to develop and implement a/nz digital strategy including social and mobile marketing and search optimization. - lead a diverse team of people who excel in paid media and campaign tactics. show less as a digital strategist, i partner with the digital team to develop and implement ibm's global business services digital strategy including social and mobile marketing and search optimization. digital marketing 1. participate and contribute to gbs digital strategy 2. implement projects and deliver digital results3. partner with demand programs to (plan) track and deliver digital campaigns resultsdigital analytics 1. define and develop kpi’s and dashboards for gbs website launches, campaigns and web initiatives2. enable marketing teams to adopt, operationalize and succeed with analytics 3. establish analytics best practices for marketing stakeholders within gbs including geo’s4. manage multiple stakeholder expectations and cross-functional projects search optimization1. identify search optimization opportunities and engineer strategies2. seo and page optimization audits3. ensure adherence to ibm business guidelinessocial media1. work with marketing to maximize opportunity with social media tools2. establish guidelines, best practices and drive strategies3. development eminence and enable gbs leaders content, web production and project management1. manage projects across content and web development 2. project manage website production working with portfolio marketing, web productions, digital studios and/or external agencies show less social content creation and management:1. create consumable social content in support of ibm stories to be shared socially and promote accordingly.2. package the offers with relevant tweets, blog posts etc… to be used to promote the offers3. develop optimal promotion plan for all content pieces4. help maintain the editorial calendar of key new pieces to promote.5. launch voice. craft and proliferate internal and external communications to drive broadcast attendance. 6. tele chief creation, update and delivery of tele enablement materials for the programdigital media:1. coordinate program-level budget planning, plan review meetings and quarterly plan approvals across all campaign focus areas2. collaborate with each campaign focus area team on planning for digital media3. responsible for responder profiling for all digital funded strategies and subsequent follow up show less digital media:1. coordinate program-level budget planning, plan review meetings and quarterly plan approvals across all campaign focus areas2. collaborate with each campaign focus area team on planning for digital media3. responsible for responder profiling for all digital funded strategies and subsequent follow upreporting and analysis:1. serve as the reporting focal for north america. provide traffic analysis, offer analysis & other ad-hoc reports used to provide observations and generate actionable-insights for each of the page individually and then for entire category so as to enable the marketers to take decisions.2. conduct extensive research, experimentation with various statistical techniques.3. conduct analysis of yty traffic dips & spikes of all brands at very granular level coordinate work with us brand managers5. analyze the tactic performance with respect to touches, responses, leads (validated and won) and look at the roi.6. discuss what's worked well and not worked from overall campaign strategy point of view7. scorecard management ( performance metrics, ip metrics, operational efficiency, activity planning, event status etc) show less

      • Field Marketing Lead, APAC, Partner Ecosystem

        Jan 2021 - Sept 2021
      • Field Marketing Lead, AP-Commerical, Partner Ecosystem

        Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
      • Digital Strategist - Hybrid cloud

        Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
      • Digital Strategist, IBM Global Business Solutions

        Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
      • Program Manager – IBM Collaboration Solutions

        Jan 2014 - Jul 2015
      • Program Manager, Reporting and Digital Execution North America

        Oct 2011 - Dec 2013
    • Kyndryl

      Sept 2021 - Feb 2023
      Field marketing leader, india
    • Kyndryl India

      Feb 2023 - now
      Associate director - field marketing
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Advanced Communication Gold

      Toastmasters International
      May 2016
    • Advanced Communicator Bronze

      Toastmasters International
      May 2014
      View certificate certificate
    • Advanced Leadership Silver

      Toastmasters International
      Jan 2017
    • Advanced Leader Bronze

      Toastmasters International
      Nov 2013
      View certificate certificate
    • Inbound Certification

      HubSpot
      Jul 2016
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    • Distinguished Toastmaster

      Toastmasters International
      Jun 2016
    • Advanced Communication Silver

      Toastmasters International
      May 2015
    • Competent Leader

      Toastmasters International
      May 2016
      View certificate certificate
    • Competent Communicator

      Toastmasters International
      May 2013
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Kavya Gowda
      Best Team lead IBM Jan 2018
    • Awarded to Kavya Gowda
      Marketing development Program IBM, ANZ Jan 2018
    • Awarded to Kavya Gowda
      Emerging Talent Program IBM Jan 2016
    • Awarded to Kavya Gowda
      Forward Thinker - IBM IBM Nov 2015 Project managed an overhaul of digital properties to align with greater web experience, customer usability and which is also strong point-of-view driven.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteering Mentor

      Issued by Mentor Together on Feb 2012
      Mentor TogetherAssociated with Kavya Gowda
    • Education Volunteer

      Issued by Sparsha Trust on Jun 2018
      Sparsha TrustAssociated with Kavya Gowda