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Ab Zavalla 

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abzavalla@outlook.com
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Resume Headline: Ab Zavalla - Lead Marketing Expert / Project Manager

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Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Education:

 

 

-Master in Marketing and

Digital Content ManagementUniversidad Camilo Jose Cela (Spain)2012 – 2013

                                                    & Bureau Veritas

 

-CQ 5.5 Authoring Training Adobe Training Services2013

 

 

-Certificate in Online Marketing Bureau Veritas (Spain)2012

Strategy 2.0 (80 hrs)

 

-Certificate in Advanced SEO Bureau Veritas (Spain)2012

(50 hrs)

 

-Certificate in Marketing ofBureau Veritas (Spain)2010

Services (50 hrs)

 

-Certificate in Business Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico)2009

Administration (50 hrs)

 

-Degree in LawUniversidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)1992 -1996

 

 

 

Industry Specialization:  Retail, Pharma, CPG, Telecomm, and Automotive industries.


Functional Expertise: Project Management & Implementation, Multi-Channel Analytics, Business Web Services Solutions Definition and Implementation, Marketing Mix, Multi-Channel Marketing, Digital Marketing and Social Media.

 

 

Special Skills and Training:

 

Languages: Spanish, Swedish, English, Portuguese, and Ladino

Experience and knowledge of manufacturing processes and total quality norms (ISO-9000)

Experience in html programming, Adobe Photoshop, MS Collect, SAP, Deal Point, dream weaver, Ad Report, Ad Expert, Ad Center, Ad Serving Software, and MS Project Manager, Adobe Analytics, Drupal, CQ5, etc.

Experience and knowledge in SlideShare, YouTube, LiveClicker, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, BBS, IRC, Orkuyt, and Invodo.

Experience and knowledge of international business/negotiation and culture protocols

Experience and knowledge of auditing suppliers

Experience in Strategic Analysis, Email Campaigns, SEO, SEM, Digital Media Buying, Keyword Research and Analysis

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Graduated with honors from Master in Marketing and Digital Content Management in 2013, 1993 Tamaulipas State (Mexico) Judo Champion, 1994 Mexico’s National Judo Champion, 2nd place in Universidad Iberoamericana Stock Market Simulation Contest of 1994, 3rd Place in Universal History and Geography Contest celebrated by the city of Tampico and the Secretary of Education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHICAGO 4201/2014 – PresentUSA

 

Lead Consultant

 

Delivery Lead / Digital Marketing & Social Media Projects

 

Project Management:

 

 

-Designer of the strategies, and project managing, of Social Media campaigns -Pursuit Scope Management, Proposal Development, Coordinating Commercials, Client Discussions, Workshops and Presentations

-Develop and implement the Digital Marketing and social media strategies, for clients in the Pharma, CPG, Telecomm, and Automotive Industries, coordinating with stakeholders across the project to ensure its effectiveness and encouraging adoption of relevant social media techniques.

-Developing of proposals, pricing and SOW’s (Statement of Work) and Change of Request.

-Gaining consensus on aligning processes and technology to achieve strategic objectives.

-Management of team activities, with emphasis on developing appropriate project deliverables; for example, project   definitions, RACI charts, action plans, statements of work, project plans, resource plans, risk management & mitigation, communication management plan kickoff presentations.

-Managing design phases to ensure that a SOW scope is clearly defined and build kit requirements are understood by all stakeholders.

-Experience in manage & challenge all stake holders on scope & time of deliverables to assure project quality.

-Developing of innovative methods and solution services that are competitive across industry and digital marketing landscape.

-Leads and facilitates the completion of client business requirements and assessments of competitive situational analyses, industry trends.

-Developing of  and support of business planning process by gathering key data, interpreting results and presenting recommendations ad hoc their digital marketing and social media projects.

-Documenting and define digital project processes and flows.

- Definition and Implementation of Roles and Development of project Life Cycle.

-In charge of project governance and keeping of timelines and budgets.

 

 

Techno-Functional Role:

 

-Manage social media campaigns and day-to-day activities. Duties include online advocacy, writing editorial content, community management, community-outreach efforts, promotions, and customer service. 

-Manage presence and campaigns in social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram.

-Content Management though Drupal and CQ5 CSM.

-Posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed. 

-Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results.

-Definition and implementation of Business Web Services and Data Catalogue Solutions for Chicago 42 clients.

-Managing of all projects stages, processes, and liaising with clients, agencies teams.

-Correctly estimating and forecasting the sales pipeline.

-Preparing statements of work for signoff with brand teams.

-Coordination of project planning sessions between agencies and team members (such as the technical project manager or marketing technologist)

-Lead the business client through all the requirements, development and implementation of the proposed service or solution, maintaining positive relationships and achieving client satisfaction.

-Use of SQL to optimize marketing databases

-CQ 5.5 content authoring support as needed per project.

-Developing and implementation of client business analytics, including but not limited to: analyzing market information to measure, monitor and forecast market, competitive and product performance.

-Identifies new trends, technologies and solutions around digital planning and development of business plans, digital marketing, and social media projects.

 

 

 

INFOSYS LIMITED10/2012 – 01/2014USA

 

Lead Consultant

 

Pursuit Management for Digital Initiatives -     8/2013 to 1/2014

 

-Deal and Pursuit Management for Digital Initiatives within the Auto Sector

-Pursuit Scope Management, Proposal Development, Coordinating Commercials, Client Discussions, Workshops and Presentation

 

Delivery Lead / Lead Consultant

 

Global Digital Services Digital Delivery Lead for Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) - 10/2012 – 7/2013 Philadelphia, PA

 

Project Management:

 

-Develop and implement the Digital Marketing and social media strategy, coordinating with stakeholders across the GSK global brands (Latam, US Hispanic, Spain, Brazil, and Portugal) to ensure its effectiveness and encouraging adoption of relevant social media techniques.

-Developing of proposals, pricing and SOW’s (Statement of Work) and Change Requests.

-Gaining consensus on aligning processes and technology to achieve strategic objectives.

-Management of team activities, with emphasis on developing appropriate project deliverables; for example, project   definitions, RACI charts, action plans, statements of work, project plans, resource plans, risk management & mitigation, communication management plan covering LATAM & Spain and kickoff presentations.

-Managing design phases to ensure that a SOW scope is clearly defined and the GDS SDK and build kit requirements are understood by the FSA.

-Experience in manage & challenge all stake holders on scope & time of deliverables to assure project quality.

-Developing of innovative methods and solution services that are competitive across industry and digital marketing landscape.

-Leads and facilitates the completion of client business requirements and assessments of competitive situational analyses, industry trends.

-Developing of  and support of business planning process by gathering key data, interpreting results and presenting recommendations ad hoc their digital marketing and social media projects.

-Documenting and define digital project processes and flows.

- Definition and Implementation of Roles and Development of project Life Cycle.

-Driving of sales demand and Global Digital Services evangelism.

-In charge of project governance and keeping of timelines and budgets.

 

Techno-Functional Role:

 

-Manage social media campaigns and day-to-day activities. Duties include online advocacy, writing editorial content, community management, community-outreach efforts, promotions, and customer service. 

-Manage presence and campaigns in social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram.

-Content Management though Drupal and CQ5 CSM.

-Posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed. 

-Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results.

-Definition and implementation of Business Web Services and Data Catalogue Solutions for GSK brands in Latin America.

-Managing of all projects stages, processes, and liaising with clients, agencies and Fabric teams.

-Correctly estimating and forecasting the sales pipeline.

-Preparing GDS statements of work for signoff with brand teams.

-Coordination of project planning sessions between agencies and GDS team members (such as the technical project manager or marketing technologist)

-Lead the business client through all the requirements, development and implementation of the proposed service or solution, maintaining positive relationships and achieving client satisfaction.

-Use of SQL to optimize marketing databases

-CQ 5.5 content authoring support to GSK brands in Latam.

-Developing and implementation of client business analytics, including but not limited to: analyzing market information to measure, monitor and forecast market, competitive and product performance.

-Identifies new trends, technologies and solutions in the marketplace and GDS around digital planning and development of business plans, digital marketing, and social media projects.

 

KLMA, LCC 7/2011 – 9/2012Miami, Fl

 

Digital Marketing Projects Lead:

 

Project Management:

 

-Develop and implement the social media strategy, coordinating with stakeholders across different countries and projects (Latam, US Hispanic, Spain, Brazil, and Portugal) to ensure its effectiveness and encouraging adoption of relevant social media techniques.

-Creation and implementation of project definitions, RACI charts, project plans, resource plans, risk management & mitigation, and communication management plan with vendors and partners in LATAM & Spain.

-Developing of  and support of business planning process by gathering key marketing data, interpreting results and presenting recommendations ad hoc their digital marketing and social media projects.

-In charge of project governance and keeping of timelines and budgets

-Documenting and define digital project processes and flows.

-Definition and Implementation of Roles and Development of project Life Cycle.

-Management of team activities with emphasis in delivering costs-saving digital marketing solutions

-Negotiation of all digital media-buying, contract review, and approval of them.

-Assessment of Social Media Marketing strategies and channels to optimize ROI and fuel revenue growth.
-Provide strategic planning and project management in all digital advertising projects ensuring that time-lines, budgets and advertising

 

Techno-Functional Role:

 

-Manage social media campaigns and day-to-day activities. Duties include online advocacy, writing editorial content, community management, community-outreach efforts, promotions, and customer service. 

-Manage presence in social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram.

-Posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed. 

-Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results.

-Creation and Implementation of Social Media and Digital Marketing campaigns building a strong base of repeat business through direct engagement with followers and use of Drupal, CQ5, SDL-Tridion, Adobe AEM, Fatwire, and TeamSite Content Management System.

-Creation of dynamic and interactive targeted content through the use of Drupal, CQ5, and TeamSite platform which allowed a better engagement with visitors for branding purposes.

-Experience in analyzing campaign results through Google Analytics, and other tracking software, as well as in the creation and insertion of tracking tags (Omniture, Partnersoft, Promoserve, Adtech, Atlas, Bluestreak, Doubleclick/Dart, Google Ad Manager, OpenX, Smart AdServer, DataXu, and Sitescout).

-Conducting of A/B multivariate testing, through Drupal, TeamSite CMS platform, as well as analyzing results and making of the needed improvements.

-Responsible for the integration, deployment, and launching of Web Analytics programs geared to improve Digital Marketing and Social Media campaigns.

-Responsible for design, development and implementation of consumer research..

-Development and Management of Online Media Marketing Campaigns effectively driving brand awareness, engagement, and conversions throughout all KLMA web properties.

-Conducting of SEO and SEM clinics and analytics to improve webpage ranking, influence, and ROI.

-Led the development and implementation of several digital marketing projects geared and aimed to the Anglo (worldwide) and Hispanic markets (USA, Spain, and Latin America). During this time, marketing played a key role in achieving sales growth, in the Hispanic markets, that consistently outperformed key competitors in the industry. This growth resulted in becoming profitable within the different world Hispanic markets after the first three months of having deployed such marketing projects.
-Development and implementation of media strategies that resulted in improved efficiency and accelerated sales growth and profitability.
-Development and implementation of all digital marketing, media, creative, sales promotion and PR strategies.
-Providing performance analysis and executing on analysis to ensure positive ROI.
-Scheduling and implementation of quality control for all digital media projects, from inception to completion.
Conducted reviews for and hired four outside agency resources worldwide (graphic design studios, digital traffic generation companies, digital media).

-Management and Negotiation of deals in Advertisement while capitalizing on existing industry relationships with media partners in order to improve client growth, and retention, via an excellent and satisfactory customer’s experience.
-Create, update, communicate and enforce project schedules and traffic process as needed.

 

 

 

TecSub:8/2009 – 6/2011Monterrey, Mexico

 

Marketing Projects Manager:

 

Project Management:

 

-Creation and implementation of project definitions, RACI charts, project plans, resource plans, risk management & mitigation, and communication management plan with commercial vendors and partners.

-In charge of project governance and keeping of timelines and budgets

-Documenting and define digital project processes and flows.

-Provide strategic planning and project management in all marketing projects ensuring that time-lines, budgets and advertising goals are met in regards to ROI.

-Definition and Implementation of Roles and Development of project Life Cycle.

-Management of team activities with emphasis in delivering costs-saving digital and traditional marketing solutions

-Negotiation of all digital and traditional media-buying, contract review, and approval of them.

-Assessment of digital and traditional Marketing strategies and channels to optimize ROI and fuel revenue growth.
-Create, update, communicate and enforce project schedules and traffic process as needed.

 

Techno-Functional Role:

 

-Responsible for the coordination and procuring goods/services as needed for digital & traditional marketing/publicity/PR projects (handling the whole chain from suppliers, vendors, etc.)

-Identify new market opportunities in Latin America and US.

-Ensuring customer/client total satisfaction and retention through the strict adherence and application of total quality norms (ISO-9000) in all the projects.

-Provide marketing expertise, strategic planning and project management to client accounts, ensuring that  

Time-lines, budgets and advertising goals are met.

-Scheduling and implementation of quality control for all projects of media, digital imaging, and printed materials from inception to completion.

-Auditing suppliers and negotiation of pricing, service, delivery, and payment terms
-Responsible for budget, production lines, legal reviews, production specs, etc.

-Liaison between clients, designers and production departments to coordinate efficient and timely processing for printing, media, and digital marketing projects

-Direct mail distribution and coordination in Latin America and USA, for printed materials such as:  magazines, folders, brochures, and others for advertising and marketing campaigns

-Management and Negotiation of deals in Advertisement while capitalizing on existing industry relationships with media partners in order to improve client growth, and retention, via an excellent and satisfactory customer’s experience.
-Negotiation of all digital media-buying, contract review, and approval of them.

 

 

ACCENTURE / MSA LATAM:11/2008 – 7/2009San Antonio, TX

 

Bilingual Account Receivables Analyst for MSA LATAM:

 

Project Management:

 

-Provide strategic planning and management of processes ensuring that time-lines, budgets and goals are met.

-Assessment of Account Receivables strategies to optimize its processes.

-Management of off-shore Accenture Cash Applications Team based in Filipinas, as well as the verification of the correct allocation of payments as per client’s instructions, with emphasis in reaching monthly collection goals.

-Ensure that the collections process are followed and in adherence with SOX.

-Management of Microsoft Advertising Latino America, U.S. Hispanic, and Spain collections portfolio.

 

Techno-Functional Role:

 

-Recovery of 58 million dollars out of a total of 60 million dollar of outstanding debt for MSA LATAM.

-Preparation of management forecasting reports in line with Microsoft Advertising and Accenture’s requirements.

- Prepare debit and credit note reconciliations and work in conjunction with Microsoft operations, sales-houses, controllers, account executives, account managers, collections & credit manager for the   Americas, as well as others to solve debit notes, invoice queries, and disputes from clients.

-Daily contact by phone with customers to establish payment dates and confirm reimbursements of Solved credit and debit note.

-Accounts dispute resolution management of Microsoft Advertisement portfolios for Latino America, U.S. Hispanic, and Spain.

-Analysis and resolution of complex collection issues in regards Microsoft Advertising operations, projects management, tax laws, as well as tax retentions, of all the countries in Latin America and Spain.

-Creation of processes geared to improve collection process of Microsoft and its Sales-Houses in Latam

-Meet weekly and monthly collections targets.

-Request payment remittance instructions from customer to provide to Accenture Cash Applications Team with payment posting instructions, and verification of the correct allocation of payments as per client’s instructions.

-Serve as liaison for Microsoft between MSA Drive PM business stream and Mercado Libre.

 

MIRNSA: 6/1996 – 10/2008Miami, FL - Mexico

 

Marketing Projects Manager:

 

Project Management:

 

-Creation and implementation of project definitions, RACI charts, project plans, resource plans, risk management & mitigation, and communication management plan with commercial vendors and partners.

-In charge of project governance and keeping of timelines and budgets.

-Documenting and defining of Digital and Traditional Marketing project processes and flows.

-Provide strategic planning and project management in all marketing projects ensuring that time-lines, budgets and advertising goals are met in regards to ROI.

-Definition and Implementation of Roles and Development of project Life Cycle.

-Management of team activities with emphasis in delivering costs-saving marketing solutions

-Negotiation of all media-buying, contract review, and approval of them.

-Assessment of Marketing strategies and channels to optimize ROI and fuel revenue growth.
-Create, update, communicate and enforce project schedules and traffic process as needed.

-Responsible for Budget, production lines, legal reviews, production specs, etc.

-Liaison between clients, designers and production departments to coordinate efficient and timely processing for printing, media, and marketing projects

 

Techno-Functional Role:

 

-Saved up to a 38% in marketing production costs for Texaco marketing project in Latam by improving production processes.

-Responsible for the coordination and procuring goods/services as needed for marketing/publicity/PR projects (mainly but not limited only to those areas) handling the whole chain from suppliers, vendors, etc.

-Development and Management of Online & Social Media Marketing Campaigns effectively driving brand awareness, engagement, and traffic to client brands.

-Assessment of Social Media Marketing strategies and channels to optimize ROI and fuel revenue growth.

-Identify new market opportunities in Latin America and US.

-Social Media Community Manager and Content Producer.

-Handle National accounts such as Y&R, Sony Television Pictures, AXN Channel, Warner Channel, etc.

-Ensuring customer/client total satisfaction and retention through the strict adherence and application of total quality norms in all the projects.

-Responsible for design, development and implementation of consumer research.

-Conducting of SEO and SEM clinics and analytics to improve webpage ranking, influence, and ROI.

-Creation and Implementation of Social Media campaigns building a strong base of repeat business through direct engagement with followers.

-Provide marketing expertise, strategic planning and project management to client accounts, ensuring that  

Time-lines, budgets and advertising goals are met

-Create, develop, and oversee planning and execution of public relations, and promotional activities, including print, electronic media, trade show, events, direct mail, point-of-purchase displays, newsletter.

-Scheduling and implementation of quality control for all projects of media, digital imaging, and printed materials from inception to completion

-Auditing suppliers and negotiation of pricing, service, delivery, and payment terms
-Direct mail distribution and coordination in Latin America and USA, for printed materials such as:  magazines, folders, brochures, and others for advertising and marketing campaigns

-Responsible for acquiring new contracts and managing existing contracts with clients as: H&D Graphics,

Warner Brothers Latin America, ProPrint USA, VistaColor, Dodd Printers, Editorial Televisa, and Avanti (St Ives). Etc.

Ab Zavala

abzavalla@outlook.com

312-7575-743­­­­­­­­

A results oriented multi - cultured business professional with a wide range of experience in Project Management of Digital/Traditional Marketing, Social Media, and Advanced SEO Projects



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US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

 

 

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