Ina Jain

Experience

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  Preseed

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  Content curator

  • Preseed educates and cobuilds early stage startups right from the stage when you are a mere man or a mere woman with 'a will to do' something out of the ordinary• Curated relevant content for social media pages to boost presence of Preseed and encourage entrepreneurship amongst Young India• Outreach to 100+ entrepreneurs across multiple segments.

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  Skillhippo

  Dec 2013 - Feb 2014

  Sales and Marketing Intern

  • Skillhippo.com is an online platform where skill seekers and skill trainers meet; skills vary across art, music, culinary, and competency programs• Responsible for sales and marketing campaign launched by the company• Formulated strategies for beefing up online presence and also undertook offline marketing

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  Religare Finvest Limited (SME Loans)

  May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Summer Intern

  • Assessed existing dynamics of credit instruments and analysed issues faced by Small and Medium enterprises• Analysed risk associated with such instruments and benchmarked with instruments used in other countries• Recommended a set of instruments that can potentially be adopted in the SME credit landscape

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  Stringer

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

  Co-Founder

  • Stringer is a mobile application that provides promotional discounts to shoppers utilizing geo-fencing technology; ideated this startup along with 3 individuals • Spearheaded business development and marketing initiatives; produced promotional video and executed social media campaigns with over a million impressions• Recruited 2 interns to provide support with market research and customer success roadmap• Part of an incubator for 6 months with co-working space • Application reached the beta-testing stage• Startup discontinued because of lack of funding to unlock next stage of application development Show less

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  CRISIL Limited

  Mar 2016 - Jul 2019

  Consultant

  Client country: India, Rwanda, Namibia, South Africa• Collaborated with Legal and Finance experts to develop Public-Private Partnership contracts in expressway and airport sectors • Led negotiations to secure favorable terms with infrastructure developers and facilitating successful financial closure • Designed and executed KPI framework for infrastructure development, leading weekly stakeholder consultations and acting as a liaison between the government and developers• Estimated demand, strategized market outreach and defined organization structure for industrial parks in African countries; deliverable included in investment prospectus to attract investors • Co-authored “Revival of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure Sector” and “Sector Trend and Outlook of Infrastructure Sector” in CRISIL Infra Yearbook in 2017 & 2018 Show less

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  PwC India

  Jul 2019 - May 2022

  Client country: India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Philipines, State of Qatar• Presented to client's C-suite and led regular meetings for strategic direction and buy in• Managed market entry strategy/ growth strategy deliverables for diverse type of businesses • Conducted due diligence (both buy and sell-side), crafted financial models and recommended financial metrics backed-strategies• Coached teams to collect survey data, conduct stakeholder consultations, synthesize data and derive insights to build business case/ investment plan for infrastructure assets • Partnered with cross-functional teams to execute physical and digital infrastructure implementation plans at client locations • Crafted storyboards and conducted review sessions with Project Managers and Partners for feedback• Evaluated 15+ Request for Proposals (consulting services tender process) and submitted high-value proposals; instrumental in achieving team's business targets• Participated in infrastructure symposiums representing PwC to gain insights from market leaders and expand network for future opportunities Show less

  • Senior Consultant

    Apr 2021 - May 2022

  • Consultant

    Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
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  Panera Bread

  Nov 2022 - Apr 2023

  Project Manager

  • Managed a team of 5 to identify areas of operational inefficiency by reviewing restaurant operations, financial statements and customer insights; reviewed P&Ls, visited restaurant stores and interviewed internal stakeholders • Proposed solutions to improve bottomline performance and strategize steps for implementing changes

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  Morgan Stanley

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  MBA Summer Intern

  • Spearheaded digital marketing strategy for private banking products, designing wireframes for webpage, mobile banner advertisement, and email marketing campaigns and executing launch timelines • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop business case for AI-driven projects, including but not limited to identifying target audience, defining user personas and identifying success metrics

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  Kurated.ai

  Aug 2024 - now

  Business Strategy and Operations Manager Intern

  • Assisting a Duke professor in a part-time capacity to strategize next steps to grow adoption of Consulting Interview AI tool