Abdul Matin Khandwala

Experience

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  Link It Up

  Mar 2012 - Aug 2012

  Sales Associate

  Link It Up offers one of the largest selections of Unlocked Smartphones and GSM phones in the GTA. They also carry accessories and offer support for all products.Interacted with customers and understood their needs, and provided a solution.Researched new technologies and market trends to increase sales, consult on possible solutionsto customer inquiries, and improve products and services offered.

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  GoodLife Fitness

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2016

  Motivator

  GoodLife Fitness is Canada's largest fitness chain.Nominated as Top 10 Motivators in Canada (3,000+) for the month of May 2014 for exceeding member and organizational expectations.

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  Magnet Today

  Sept 2014 - Apr 2016

  Team Project Assistant

  Magnet is a not-for-profit social initiative which aims to address unemployment and underemployment, specifically as it relates to youth and new immigrants. Magnet helps connect people to jobs and is committed to helping people find work, while creating new opportunities for small and medium sized businesses.Improved customer, and employee, satisfaction by directly facilitating the processes of management - ensuring tasks are completed effectively and efficiently, compiled research on various stakeholders to better understand their needs, and assisted with the coordination, and execution, of events and workshops. Show less

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  Tiny Hearts (acquired by Shopify)

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Community & Operations Manager

  Tiny Hearts is digital product studio that made world-class apps and games - for ourselves and our clients. Supported Founder with all acquisition requirements requested by Shopify which included delivering accurate and timely financial, legal, and operational documents to successfully fulfill the transaction

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  Shopify

  Dec 2016 - Jun 2022

  Burst is a free stock photo platform that is powered by Shopify. The image library includes thousands of high-resolution, royalty-free images that were shot by our global community of photographers.Implemented an end to end Content Creation process with external Creators resulting in an increase of photo submissions per month by External Creators while decreasing the cost per photo. Built relationships with teams Internally and Externally and executed on over 100 unique partnerships and events, engaging over 1,000 people in the tech and entrepreneurship community in TorontoRaised over $250,000 in sponsorship money to execute the Shop Class event series across the United States by working with teams across different functions such as Marketing, Product, and Support while gaining context from local Partners and Agencies to better understand Shopify Merchants’ needs

  • Business Operations

    Dec 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Product Operations Associate

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Producer, Burst

    Feb 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Social Impact Coordinator

    Dec 2016 - Feb 2020
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  Tier Zero

  Apr 2018 - now

  Finance and Operations Manager

  TIERZERO is a strategic design practice. Based in Canada and working internationally, we deliver visual identities and film to transform brands, institutions and individuals.Helped grow revenue from $200K (2019) to 400K (2021) by developing and operationalizing a revenue strategy around Production Services, Rental Equipment, and Studio RentalsImplemented processes and workflows within Tier Zero’s Production Process, making it more Agile and reducing friction between the Client and the Team, resulting in increasing of cash flow by receiving 50% deposits up front and reducing project wrap time from five weeks to two Show less

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  Athlete Technology Group

  Sept 2020 - Jul 2021

  Operations and Special Projects
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  Manzil

  Oct 2022 - now

  Project Lead