Tushar Charde

Tushar Charde

Head of Marketing @ ekincare | Leading Growth Marketing & Brand Strategy

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2K followers 500+ connections

About

A result-driven and passionate professional with ~9 years of experience pivoting brands to leadership positions catering to both B2C & B2B segments. Successfully tackled challenges in the Healthcare, BFSI, Travel & Hospitality, e- commerce, and SaaS industries. Proven track record of developing an effective Brand strategy to increase consumer mindshare, Demand Generation, Digital and social Media Marketing, Product & Growth Marketing, Media Mix Strategy, MarTech, implementing successful GTM plans, and building new products.

Currently, I Head Marketing at ekincare, a leading employee health benefit platform that offers holistic health & wellness solutions to more than 10 Mn customers across India.

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Experience

  • ekincare

    ekincare

    2 years 9 months

    • ekincare Graphic

      Director Marketing

      ekincare

      - Present 1 year 9 months

      Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

      • Built and scaled the marketing function from scratch to 20 Marketers across B2B Demand Gen, Customer Marketing, Marketing Automation, Brand & PR functions
      • Launched the sector’s first customer-facing properties ‘Pulse’, and ekincare’s ‘Corporate Health and Well-being Awards’ recognising India Inc.’s most prolific employee-friendly brands

    • ekincare Graphic

      Associate Director Marketing

      ekincare

      - 1 year 1 month

      Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited Graphic

    Brand Marketing and Communication Manager

    Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited

    - 3 years 4 months

    Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    • Drove the Brand strategy for Club Mahindra 25, Bliss, GoZest leading to an increase in 7% increase in mindshare & 38% growth in membership sales
    • Led multiple 360-degree brand campaigns across TV, Radio, Print, BTL activations, Paid marketing, PR, Social channels, Digital Channels and Club Mahindra Community leading to revenue contribution of Rs.50 Cr in FY21
    • Led cross-functional projects with COO, CMO, Resort Head & member experience Head and achieved 92% average occupancy for 100+…

    • Drove the Brand strategy for Club Mahindra 25, Bliss, GoZest leading to an increase in 7% increase in mindshare & 38% growth in membership sales
    • Led multiple 360-degree brand campaigns across TV, Radio, Print, BTL activations, Paid marketing, PR, Social channels, Digital Channels and Club Mahindra Community leading to revenue contribution of Rs.50 Cr in FY21
    • Led cross-functional projects with COO, CMO, Resort Head & member experience Head and achieved 92% average occupancy for 100+ resorts across India, Finland, Thailand, Dubai
    • Led the product development of GoZest membership and generated 10,000 membership sales in 2 years
    • Launched 15 new resorts and generated average occupancy demand of 75% within the first 3 months of the launch
    • Planned & implemented the Brand repositioning & strategy to achieve uplift in acquisition & consideration amongst the target segment 26-38 years old in line with shifting consumer mindset & changing category dynamics
    • Led the development of marketing automation journeys like Resort recommendation engine for effective demand shift to low-demand resorts through CleverTap & Salesforce Marketing Cloud platforms, leading to a 32% reduction in holiday booking cancellation
    • Increased digital referral leads generation by 300% through channels across member website, app, Club Mahindra community, blog, WhatsApp, and direct marketing channels

  • ICICI Bank Graphic

    Product Marketing Manager

    ICICI Bank

    - 2 years 1 month

    Mumbai Area, India

    • Led the Go-to-market strategy for One Globe Trade Account and achieved 13% growth in acquisition
    • Led identification of top 10 emerging markets using micro clustering for the sales channel leading to 68% market penetration in new markets
    • Managed the media mix, communication strategy, content strategy to drive brand recall and awareness
    • Collateral creation like welcome kits, posters, leaflets, brochures, kiosks, etc. and deployment at branches
    • Created New Sales toolkit…

    • Led the Go-to-market strategy for One Globe Trade Account and achieved 13% growth in acquisition
    • Led identification of top 10 emerging markets using micro clustering for the sales channel leading to 68% market penetration in new markets
    • Managed the media mix, communication strategy, content strategy to drive brand recall and awareness
    • Collateral creation like welcome kits, posters, leaflets, brochures, kiosks, etc. and deployment at branches
    • Created New Sales toolkit, Client & user onboarding process with addition of new VIP customer experience process
    • Managed Marketing calendar & BTL brand activations with industry bodies to acquire new customers
    • Handle Pan India product launches and execution of communication campaigns
    • Responsible for tie-ups, participation, and sponsorships in trade exhibitions and focused industry events

  • Business Development Analyst

    Cognizant

    - 1 year 6 months

     Understand the client requirements and Identify the problem statement from the data
     Define objectives based on the problem statement
     Own and Manage responses to client RFPs & build capability documents, deal briefs, marketing collaterals etc.
     Identify the right skills sets required, identify the right resources, resource time required, tools and systems required
     Define Pricing strategy based on the resource and infra requirements
     Pre sales activities and liaison…

     Understand the client requirements and Identify the problem statement from the data
     Define objectives based on the problem statement
     Own and Manage responses to client RFPs & build capability documents, deal briefs, marketing collaterals etc.
     Identify the right skills sets required, identify the right resources, resource time required, tools and systems required
     Define Pricing strategy based on the resource and infra requirements
     Pre sales activities and liaison with the Sales team
     Create Project plan and presentation for solutions strategy
     Concept level approval from the client, agreement and implementation of execution strategy
     Collaborating with Vertical heads for final execution of the project
     Creative and content briefing, production of content and collaterals etc.
     Internal branding, briefing for Emailer, website branding, leaflets, ID cards, standees, posters, etc.
     Coordination with Content, creative and development team
     Taking care of Brand Compliance, Content review, Versioning, templates etc. and Taking Approval from clients
     Event Management
     Consulting and Recommendations

  • State Bank of India, IBG, OEP Graphic

    MBA Summer Intern

    State Bank of India, IBG, OEP

    - 3 months

    Corporate office, State Bank Bhawan, Madam Cama Road, Mumbai

    1. Research study to determine overall attractiveness of a country in Europe and African Continent for the future expansion of SBI.
    2. Feasibility check for the countries in Europe and Africa based on Macro economic factors and Banking sector maturity factors, recommending SBI with countries for expansion.
    3. Research study to understand the marketing and operational approach of foreign banks in India, interviewing foreign banks and Representative offices

  • Member Board of Directors

    Pragmatic Educational Society

    - 1 year 10 months

    Nagpur Area, India

    1. Managed finances and events related to career orientation program
    2. Organized a two day Career orientation program at ‘Sharda Mahila High School’, Nagpur for students of Std. 9th and 10th in 2011; developed orientation material and managed the event
    3. Organized blood donation camps in 2011 in association with Radio Mirchi and 2012 at Dinanath High School, Nagpur

Education

  • SIMSREE

    PGDBM Marketing

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    Activities and Societies: Coordinator of Buzz, Marketing Club (2103-2015)

    # Responsible for co-ordination of marketing club of SIMSREE managing a team of 16 people
    # Managing various events, guest lectures by marketing gurus
    # Writing articles and handling the Digital media aspect of the club

  • D.B.A.C.E.R

    Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Science

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    Event Co-ordinator

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Member of Board of Directors

    Pragmatic Educational Society

    - 1 year 10 months

    Social Services

    1. Organized a two day Career orientation program at ‘Sharda Mahila High School’, Nagpur for students of Std. 9th and 10th in 2011; developed orientation material and managed the event
    2. Organized blood donation camps in 2011 in association with Radio Mirchi and 2012 at Dinanath High School, Nagpur

Projects

  • Business Of Ideas

    - Present

    Handling client interaction, organizing and conceptualizing 360 degree marketing campaigns, developing Intellectual properties for various brands

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  • Grow Mumbai

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    Sales and promotion of online listing for Grow Mumbai. Increasing brand awareness and visibility of Grow Mumbai

  • GFK Mode

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    Secondary research on brand communication, brand launches and comparative analysis of various brands in Communication and Automobile (HCV/Buses) industry over past 10 years

    Other creators
  • Znnin.com

    -

    Strategizing and organizing social media campaign for increasing visibility of brand and assisting catalogue team with data collating

    Other creators
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  • Loylty Rewadz Mngt Pvt Ltd

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    Live project at Loylty Rewards Management Pvt Ltd, researching on the marketing and communication strategies for brand building of MAX, defining catchment area for media planning and common catchment area for media prioritization

Languages

  • English

    Professional working proficiency

  • Hindi

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Marathi

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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