Karthik Resume
Karthik Resume
Summary
Result-oriented B2B Marketing professional with over 15 years of experience developing and
executing marketing communications programs to engage diverse audiences across platforms.
Proven track record of increasing sales pipeline and brand management. Passionate about
innovating, team building, and mentoring.
Built both inbound & outbound engines from scratch and was able to grow them by 40%
Contributed $15.2Mn sales pipeline from a single event through a comprehensive event
strategy
The analyst relations plan helped to get mentioned in analyst reports (Gartner &
Marketsandmarkets)
In a fiscal, added 700+ channel partners through an effective channel strategy
Delivered award-winning communication strategy for my clients
Designed a media communication strategy and launched 34 products
Work Experience
Product Marketing Head (CMO) - Kanini Software – March 2021 to till date
GTM | Demand Generation | SaaS | Online Marketing | Content Strategy | Events
Creating a GTM strategy including market direction, pricing, and positioning for Fielda and reducing user
acquisition cost by 40%
Established inbound & outbound marketing processes (strategy, setting up process, hiring people, etc.), leading
to improved customer acquisitions & conversion rates by 9%
With compelling & engaging content (blogs, use cases, videos, etc.), improved web organic traffic share to 72%
from 2%; 74 Keywords ranked in the top 10 positions (from 1 in the top 323); Website Domain Authority Score to
35 from 9.
Developed & implemented an integrated marketing plan, resulting in an 18% increased sales pipeline
Online Marketing campaigns (SEO, SEM, and Social) resulted in an 11% increase in leads, page rankings, etc.
Empowered sales team with relevant marketing collateral (including presentations, white papers, articles,
brochures, battle cards, datasheets, case studies, corporate/product films, etc.)
Drive communications strategy (Internal, External, and Analyst)
Created & implemented marketing campaigns to build website traffic; Traffic up by 102% through SEO / SEM
initiatives against the target of 60%
Increased brand engagement by 150% through social media (Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter).
Generated leads and enhanced brand awareness through effective marketing campaigns
Work with cross-functional teams to develop compelling content, including white papers, technology articles,
corporate brochures, data sheets, case studies, business articles, corporate & product films, etc.
Developed annual strategic marketing plan with the leadership team and established revenue goals along with
key metrics; Market share grew by 20%
Orchestrated successful major product launches and campaigns, including internal awareness and training
Revamped corporate website & social media; traffic increased by 84% against the target of 40%.
Developed content and marketing materials
Managed and delivered global events
Supported channel marketing initiatives; Recruited over 1100 channel partners in 2 years.
Education
General Management Programme - IIM- Ahmedabad
Master of Science Mass Communications – Anna University, Chennai
B.E.S – Madras University, Chennai
Awards
'Best Lead Generation Campaign’ at Great Indian IT Marketing Summit – 2015
‘Marketing Campaign of the year’ from CMO Asia - 2014
‘Best Product Brand Development Award’ by PR Week Asia Pacific Awards – 2008
Respect Award – 2019
Best Manager - 2013, 2014, 2015
Tools
CRM – Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, SAP
Mailing – Mailchimp, Lead Squared, Zoho
SEO – Yoast, SEMrush, Google Tagging, Analytics, AdWords, and Search Console
Social – Buffer, Hootsuite, Canva
Project Management – Trello
Programming Language – WordPress (Content Management System), HTML, SQL (Understanding)
Verticals
BFSI, Utilities, FinTech, FMCG/Retail, Healthcare