Varun Gujral

Nationwide Building Society Responsibilities & Achievements * Resolving customer issues through extensive interactions & communication about their accounts (mortgage and insurance) * Improved customer turn around efficiency through developing a crisp process that was deployed as a standard operations procedure in the team

Independent magazine publishers. Responsibilities & Achievements * Building brand recognition through print and digital marketing campaigns * Designing marketing material such as logo & advertisements to be applied on company website, social media platforms and printed in the corporate publications SOFTWARE SKILLS Adobe Digital CAD Other Photoshop Mailchimp SolidWorks GIMP design

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITES * Music producer with songs published on iTunes. * Multi-lingual * Fluent in Hindi. * Elementary Russian (as a result of living in Moscow for 10 years). * Sports enthusiast playing football, badminton and tennis on a weekly basis. * Interest in Fashion - launched a t-shirt brand in 2011 with a partner: * Established and created a brand, website and social media accounts. * Gained support from local public figures to help raise brand awareness. * Attained organisational, management and entrepreneurial skills.

Permashutter design, manufacture and supply innovative products within construction. Responsibilities & Achievements * Restructured and redesigned corporate website with improved client journey - resulting in an increase of web traffic and decrease of bounce rates by 30%. * Helped develop and deliver a conceptual product idea through to manufacturing and into the market, completed with a marketing campaign for the product launch. * Produced a range of marketing collateral, e.g. brochures, presentations, case studies. * Maintained relationships with product manufacturers around the UK in order to develop conceptual ideas and amend existing product flaws.

(Internship) - Global Consumer Design Studio Number one multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances. Responsibilities & Achievements * Planned and executed market research across design, technology and consumer trends, resulting in key insights for the Indian market from a European perspective. * Recognised a common trend in consumer behaviour which was escalated to the design team & fed into the R&D process * Bi-weekly presentations to the senior leadership team to analyse findings and set SMART objectives as a result.

in an email campaign of 6.5% generating business of £100k. * Managing effective scheduling of campaigns based on the sales pipelines. Responsible for analysis and reporting campaign results * Controlling digital channels such as website and all social media platforms. * Managing networking events and exhibitions whilst controlling marketing budgets. * Accountable for development and maintenance of marketing collateral, including design and content production for case studies, presentations, brochures and more. * Managing relationships with external agencies including graphic design and PR. * Championed improved internal communication by creating a company intranet site informing staff of industry news, social updates and marketing activities. * Researched & implemented emerging virtual reality technology as a marketing tool - helping the sales team demonstrate 3D models on a mobile device in meetings.