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Antara Pednekar

Melbourne

Summary

Dependable and hardworking digital marketer with 6+ years of digital agency experience. Proficient in paid media with a focus on social advertising. Highly motivated, driven and result-oriented who can work well in a team with a collaborative approach, yet independently when needed. Skilled, creative, innovative and analytical.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Analyst, Growth & Retention Marketing APAC

IFM Investors
02.2025 - Current

• Project manage and execute integrated marketing campaigns across email, social media, events, sponsorships, and digital channels, supporting APAC business development and retention strategies.

• Collaborate with global marketing, business development, and investment teams to deliver events and marketing initiatives that enhance client engagement and promote brand visibility.

• Maintain and contribute to the global marketing activity calendar and reporting systems, aligning regional efforts with overarching business goals and KPIs.

• Develop and coordinate content and materials including emails, brochures, presentations, website copy, and social media posts to support marketing initiatives.

• Provide marketing support for regional business development and investor relations initiatives, including roadshows, quarterly reviews, and AGMs.

Performance Manager

Kinesso
11.2022 - 12.2024

Kinesso is the world's largest performance marketing network, part of IPG MediaBrands

  • Responsible for the performance media strategy and paid social deliverables across client patch
  • Lead the planning, execution and on-going management of campaigns
  • Proactively identify opportunities to increase performance results, test and continually evolve strategy
  • Develop audience specific paid media strategy & quarterly forecasts
  • Responsible for the accuracy of invoicing, performance pacing, reconciliation and media plans
  • Regular optimisations, post campaign analysis including recommendations
  • Inspire, manage and motivate team of three to achieve performance excellence
  • Lead project and process management for client deliverables
  • Conduct A/B testing framework, execution and reporting
  • Manage the capability development of team to excel in their responsibilities and personal development goals

Performance Executive

Kinesso
08.2021 - 11.2022
  • Company Overview: Kinesso is the world's largest performance marketing network, part of IPG MediaBrands
  • We provide comprehensive digital solutions by reimagining performance marketing in line with customer behaviours so that our audiences are interacting with personalised and dynamic content
  • Developing & implementing best in class performance strategy across paid search & social campaigns to achieve client's business goals
  • Implement, optimise and report on paid search & social campaigns
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of test and learn initiatives
  • Provide analysis, identify trends and insights to continually improve search campaign performance
  • Complete weekly and monthly performance reporting
  • Contribute to regular client meetings and support with stakeholder management
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with media agency partners to ensure paid media activity aligns with offline media
  • Quality check reporting
  • Kinesso is the world's largest performance marketing network, part of IPG MediaBrands
  • We provide comprehensive digital solutions by reimagining performance marketing in line with customer behaviours so that our audiences are interacting with personalised and dynamic content

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Emote Digital
10.2020 - 08.2021
  • Company Overview: Emote Digital is a full service digital agency that uses a digital-first approach to transform brands with powerful websites & measurable marketing
  • Develop and strategise performance campaigns that deliver results
  • End to end management of social media advertising and search campaigns on various platforms with a heavy focus on Facebook, Instagram, Google and LinkedIn
  • Worked across other social channels like TikTok & Pinterest
  • Setup campaigns, build audiences, analyse results and identify optimisation opportunities
  • Regularly monitor account's overall performance by analysing keywords, trends, conversion values and bidding strategies
  • Regularly setup and manage campaigns for platform advertising across AdRoll
  • Work on brands like Salt & Pepper, PUMA & Bakers Delight for search and social ads
  • Brief internal stakeholders as and when required
  • Update Account Managers with client's performance and advice the best way forward
  • Responsible for achieving account targets and KPIs
  • Work on campaigns across Australia, New Zealand and UK
  • Write monthly reports by providing insights and recommendations via Google Data Studio
  • Emote Digital is a full service digital agency that uses a digital-first approach to transform brands with powerful websites & measurable marketing
  • Drove over 2K+ App Downloads using Social Ads within a span of 3 weeks
  • Maintain client KPIs of 10x ROAS every month across Client's Social Campaigns

Digital Marketing Graduate (Part-time)

Swoop Digital
12.2018 - 03.2020
  • Company Overview: Swoop Digital is a full service digital agency based in Melbourne that specialises in helping organisations get connected to potential customers through digital media
  • End to end coordination of social media (organic) campaigns on various social platforms (e.g
  • Facebook, Instagram, etc.) using a variety of tools
  • Execute strategy, copywriting and scheduling of social media posts on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
  • Optimise Google Search Campaigns by weekly monitoring the ad accounts, bidding strategies, budget and keywords
  • Analyse keyword performance, best performing ads & create new ads, if required
  • Setup search campaigns for new clients, create new audiences, allocate adequate budgets and create new experiment, if required
  • Collect data and provide reports with analysis, insights and recommendations of marketing campaigns using Swydo to key stakeholders such as the clients on a monthly basis
  • End-to-end coordination of web development initiatives and ongoing SEO projects
  • Administrating and writing the content of blog articles and posts
  • Assisting in developing and executing automation workflow through marketing automation platform HubSpot
  • Swoop Digital is a full service digital agency based in Melbourne that specialises in helping organisations get connected to potential customers through digital media

Sales Manager

Zomato
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Company Overview: Zomato currently provides services to the entire food value chain, including: Restaurant Ratings & Reviews, Restaurant Search & Discovery, Online Order: Food Delivery, Pick Up: Ordering Take away, Table Reservations, etc
  • Managed end to end client relationship & handled 180 clients in Central Mumbai & Thane with responsibilities of pitching, negotiating, contracting, payment collection, result tracking & troubleshooting
  • Responsible for 5-10% MoM Order Volume Growth for clients in the allocated zone
  • Acquired new clients on-board for Online Ordering
  • Formulating brand development strategies, order volume growth & data management
  • Preparation & presentation of reports to the clients of the campaigns and providing further strategies for improvement in order volume growth
  • Analyse data and ensure MoM growth of merchant business by making decisions on aspects like pricing and coverage
  • Zomato currently provides services to the entire food value chain, including: Restaurant Ratings & Reviews, Restaurant Search & Discovery, Online Order: Food Delivery, Pick Up: Ordering Take away, Table Reservations, etc

Education

MASTER'S DEGREE - Marketing

Monash University
01.2019

BACHELOR'S DEGREE - Advertising

Symbiosis International University
01.2016

Skills

  • Paid Social
  • Paid Search
  • Attention to Detail
  • Analytical
  • People Management
  • Process Development
  • Team Player
  • Client Relations
  • Strong Verbal Communication
  • Working Independently

Languages

English
Hindi
Marathi
French

Community Service

  • Mumbai Kidney Foundation, Volunteer, Mumbai, 01/01/11, 12/31/17
  • Aarambh India, Volunteer, Mumbai, 05/01/15, 06/30/15
  • Prerana Anti-Trafficking, Volunteer, Mumbai, 11/01/14, 12/31/14
  • National Association for the Blind, Volunteer, Mumbai, 05/01/14, 06/30/14
  • Teach for India, Volunteer, Mumbai, 11/01/13, 12/31/13

Hobbies and Interests

  • Dancing
  • Event Planning & Organisation
  • Graphology
  • Learning New Languages
  • Baking

Freelance Projects

The Sohamasmi Group, Melbourne based NFP committed to promoting, supporting & conducting pedagogical intensives & performances of Odissi Dance in Australia & India.

Timeline

Analyst, Growth & Retention Marketing APAC

IFM Investors
02.2025 - Current

Performance Manager

Kinesso
11.2022 - 12.2024

Performance Executive

Kinesso
08.2021 - 11.2022

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Emote Digital
10.2020 - 08.2021

Digital Marketing Graduate (Part-time)

Swoop Digital
12.2018 - 03.2020

Sales Manager

Zomato
01.2016 - 01.2017

BACHELOR'S DEGREE - Advertising

Symbiosis International University

MASTER'S DEGREE - Marketing

Monash University
Antara Pednekar