Imran Ali Khan

Mobile: +92-300-8240262

Email: [email protected]

Address: Apartment no. D-5, block-D, Sunrise Apartments,

Block-1, Scheme 5, Clifton Karachi.

Summary

Profile:         Male, 48 Years (July 11, 1969), Married, 2 kids.
Nationality:         Pakistani
Salary expectation:     Depending upon terms & conditions

Work Experience

Director Communications & Marketing (Jehan Media Group)     Karachi, Pakistan, Aug’16 –to Date

Main Responsibilities:

Head the Corporate Marketing & Sales reporting to CEO.
Overall supervise, support and lead the team of Corporate Marketing & Sales.
Set KPIs and monitoring the performance of teams assigned for various business divisions.
Corporate meetings with reputed clients and leading advertising agencies at CEO level.
Looking after the entire advertising for the group, making strategies to enhance business by promotional activities such as outdoor media, digital advertising and other sources of promotional acivities.

GM Communications & Marketing (Kawish Media Group)     Karachi, Pakistan, Sep’13 – Jul’16

Main Responsibilities:

Reporting to CEO, responsible for nationwide advertising corporate promotion, sales of the biggest Sindhi newspaper of Pakistan.
Handling clients & customers queries for nationwide corporate offices and looking after the corporate promotion of the group.
Provide solutions to the nationwide advertisers.
Assign targets for each stations & sections in marketing department.
Setting and developing strategies to achieve corporate sales targets and looking after corporate promotion department.
Establishing annual business plan and promotional activities of the group.
Meeting existing and potential clients on routine basis, developing relationships with clients and agencies.
Initiate projects for substantial increase in the group’s revenues.

Main Achievements:

Achieved the given targets, becoming the 1st person in the history of the group to resolve nationwide marketing solutions.

General Manager Communications & Marketing (Jehan Media Group)     Karachi, Pakistan, Aug’12 – Aug’13

Main Responsibilities:

Head the Marketing communications & Advertising Sales department.
Make projections for business growth & prospects.
Assign targets for each section in marketing department.
Setting and developing strategies to achieve sales targets.
Meeting existing and potential clients on routine basis.
Looking after corporate promotions for the group.
Initiate projects for substantial increase in the group’s revenues.

Main Achievements:

Successfully launched the new Urdu newspaper in a highly competitive market and achieved the desired results.

Senior Manager Corporate Marketing (Express Media Group) Karachi, Pakistan, Aug ‘02 to Aug‘12

Main Responsibilities:

Meeting existing and potential clients on routine basis.
Procure business from clients and advertising agencies.
Lead the team towards meeting and exceeding set marketing objectives.
Developing business report with key decision makers in various fields.
Core-team member in the launch of Express Tribune involved in corporate marketing department.

Main Achievements:

Initiated several projects and was the key member in Express Family Festival which is a success story now, launching of Express Tribune which is a premium brand in the English newspaper industry of Pakistan, an affiliate of International Herald Tribune.

Asst. Manager Corporate Marketing (Jang Group, FM 101)      Karachi, Pakistan, Jul ’98 to Jul ‘02

Main Responsibilities:

Market the medium and selling airtime to the prospective advertisers.
Frequently interacting with clients and advertising agencies for business.
Responsible for the corporate promotion of the group.

Main Achievements:

I was the member of Founding team of GEO TV and worked on different projects of the group including corporate promotion.

Advertisement Executive (Dawn Media Group)         Karachi, Pakistan, Jun ’95 to Jun ‘98

Main Responsibilities:

To generate business for Supplements.
Bring out supplement on different topics and on days of special significance to Pakistan and other countries.
Envisaging topics, selecting articles, write ups and recruiting advertisers.

Marketing Executive (PACE Pvt. Ltd.)            Karachi, Pakistan, Mar ’91 to May ‘95

PACE is the representative office of the leading international publications like TIME Magazine, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Times of London and a number of leading international publications.

Main Responsibilities:

Selling advertisement space for these publications.
Regular meeting with clients and advertising agencies.
Responsible for Country reports in Daily Telegraph of UK and Times of London.
Responsible for Special reports in these newspapers on special visit of Pakistani Prime minister to UK in terms of Advertising and Editorial support from Pakistan.

Education

1997     MBA Marketing from International University, Missouri, USA    (Karachi Campus)

1991    Bachelor of Commerce from Government College of Commerce & Economics, Karachi.

Languages

English                     Fluent
Urdu                     Native

Personal Traits

Excellent Communication & Marketing skills.
Team Building.
Good Leadership qualities.
Excellent oral & written communication skills.
Excellent people management skills.

References

Will be furnished upon request.