Saahil Shrikent, Digital Marketing, Content Writing and Advertising Specialist | Founder at Nexquest

About

A young, ambitious digital marketing graduate from Warwick Business School in UK. Throughout the pandemic, I have worked extremely hard to establish my own ecommerce business (called Nexquest) that deals with offering customers across the globe the latest home innovations and designs. While pursuing my entrepreneurship endeavour, I have also been building my skillset and have undertaken numerous online courses on content writing, social media advertising and graphic designing. I am now in search of content writing, digital marketing or advertising roles to further pursue my passion for writing and developing content. Through my past work experiences, I have built numerous skills relevant to modern day businesses particularly in the digital realm. This, coupled with my open-mindedness, work ethic and determination to succeed, leads me to believe that I would be able to maximise my value and be a viable asset to any project I am assigned to. My flair for writing has been exemplified through the marks I attained in academic essays and media articles across different modules at University. More often than not, I would secure scores within the top 5 percentile of students and my writing was something I often received personal acclamations for from my colleges at work and professors at University. For me, being provided an opportunity to combine my passion for writing with some of my primary personal interests (including marketing, advertising, sports, cryptocurrency, media and current affairs) seems like a perfect opportunity to further develop my writing abilities.

Experience

Nexquest

Oct 2020 – Present

Dubai

Founder

Founder of this e-commerce start up in November 2020 which offers customers across the globe access to buying the latest home innovations and designs with free shipping and expedited delivery times. Through this process, I gained hands-on experience in conducting extensive product, supplier and customer research, establishing payment gateways, managing logistics and website design which was entirely self-developed (www.nexquest.net).

CoverCompared

Aug 2021 – Jan 2022

Dubai

Content Lead and Digital Strategist

As Content Lead and Digital Strategist, my work primarily entailed writing media articles and blogs relating to the insurance of cryptocurrency in the modern day. In addition to content writing, I was the sole content creator and creative strategist for the CoverCompared brand and was responsible for meeting different marketing KPIs. Most activities under my scope included conducting research on relevant trends in the crypto market and creating content for CoverCompared’s Twitter, Instagram, Medium and Telegram. In addition, I was responsible for strategizing and implementing the rebranding campaign for CoverCompared (previously called PolkaCover).

Michael Page

Mar 2021 – Jun 2021

Dubai

Recruitment Researcher, Internship

As a recruitment researcher at Michael Page, I was primarily involved in sourcing candidates and preparing candidate shortlists for clients. This included searching for candidates across various recruitment portals, scheduling and conducting calls with them to judge their fit to the job description, as well as selecting the best candidates and sending them across to clients. In addition to this, I was also responsible for preparing BD Lists of potential clients for Michael Page that may be looking to outsource their recruitment services.

eBen

Feb 2021 – Mar 2021

Dubai

Growth Assosciate, Internship

As a growth associate at eBen, I was elected co-leader of the market development team that was responsible for developing strategies to expand eBen's presence in the Middle East. This entailed formulating market penetration strategies to widen eBen's market coverage as well as creating content for eBen's social media pages to enhance brand image and increase traction. As co- leader, I was responsible for planning the department's work and was directly accountable for the team’s success in relation to the company's marketin

Dynamic Freelancer

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020

Dubai

Content Writing and Website Designing Freelancer

HMD Global

Jun 2019 – Jul 2019

India

Digital Marketing Associate, Internship

- Primary tasks included working on engagement activities and formulating social media and digital marketing strategies for Nokia to increase its industry market share. - Worked on consumer community KPIs that helped with UX improvements, increasing user base and driving Online Resource Management.

Friesland Campina

Jun 2018 – Jul 2018

Dubai

Market Research Analyst, Internship

- Exposure to various activities within the Marketing department. - Primary tasks included - Preparation of a market survey and conducting it to over 400 different users, Data mining and analysis of the survey response, and a final presentation to the Marketing head.

Black Irish Publishing

Jul 2017 – Aug 2017

Dubai

Editor and Jounralist, Internship

- This internship entailed visiting new startups (entertainment venues and restaurants) in Dubai and conducting interviews with senior management and staff. - I would then write articles/reviews based on my experience at these venues, which would be published in the agency’s weekly magazine (One8One magazine). - Other work included generating content for social media pages and new design/layout ideas for the magazine.

Education

Warwick Business School

Sep 2017 – Jul 2020

BSC Undergraduate, Marketing

Gems Modern Academy

Apr 2015 – Jul 2017

High School (ISC Certification), Commerce

Saahil Shrikent

Digital Marketing, Content Writing and Advertising Specialist | Founder at Nexquest

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