Amit Sonawane

Began freelancing on the side while in school to pay for my education and it quickly boomed into a profitable side consulting business. Helped various clients in a wide spectrum of industries and gained valuable SEO & Social Media experience.

• Managing team of link-builders, content writers and outreach specialists.
• Identifying opportunities in organic traffic and new content.
• Optimizing SEO on on-page and off-page properties.
• Working closely with the SEM team on keyword research.
• Managing social media campaigns.
• Weekly/monthly ranking reports and analysis.

Joined this event management startup to focus on their online marketing presence. Responsibilities included from social media to app-store optimization and SEO.

• Managed social media channels.
• Designed online marketing campaigns - SEO, email marketing, content strategy and paid campaigns.
• Supervised 15 people team of inbound marketers, bloggers, researchers and designers.
• Analyzed and tested marketing KPIs against control using A/B testing and Multivariate Testing.
• Reported to the Head of Marketing/CEO.

Headed the online marketing department for this eco-engineering startup based in Chile/Los Angeles. Responsibilities included a mix of online marketing and business development activities.

• 1400% rise in web-app signups in 6 months.
• Created an engaged web presence: blog, social media, email marketing, paid ads and SEO.
• Strategized content and website development with a team of 6.
• Forged international partnerships throughout North/South America

Won the Startup-Chile government grant ($40k) to build and grow a startup in Chile. Art Circle is a art subscription service that helps artists monetize their art by leasing it out to restaurants, cafes, offices, and homes.

• Build a working prototype of the subscription-based art delivery service in 3 months.
• Formed industry contacts in and outside Chile and validated the product.
• Got 32 pre-sales before the launch of the service (mainly from networks and social media)
• Grew to 92 paying customers by January 2014.
• Sold in May 2014 to a Chilean Art Investor.

$40m ARR fintech startup in Silicon Valley at specializes in payment fraud prevention using machine-learning. Managed Demand Generation and Online Marketing.

• Co-managed a marketing budget of $250k p.a.
• Lead generation on enterprise and B2C level. My efforts directly resulted in PayPal and Shopify as new partners.
• Headed the content strategy and SEO development.
• Attended and drove lead gen for the Money20/20 Conference, Las Vegas
• Managed contractors and agencies.

A side project that I am building while learning to code. It is a SaaS product for membership management for non-profit organizations.