Arun Nair

Current

Senior Manager - Marketing / Head - Web Initiatives at Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd.

Past

Independent Consultant at Independent Consultant (Self-employed)
Manager - ITS and Internet Marketing at BenQ / Acer Peripherals
Systems Analyst at iSpan Technologies

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Education

Madurai Kamaraj University

Recommended

10 people have recommended Arun

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360 connections

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Arun Nair’s Summary

I've been one of the early adopters of the Internet as a business and outreach medium, and been very effective at that. Recently, my efforts at leveraging the social media won the prestigious "Best Practise" award across the entire Mahindra & Mahindra group.

Arun Nair’s Specialties:

Marketing, Internet Strategy and Sales, Social Media

Arun Nair’s Experience

Senior Manager - Marketing / Head - Web Initiatives

Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd.

(Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

* Effectively utilize the website as an information, promotional and sales resource.
* Use the social media (blogs etc.) to manage customer perception, and improve corporate credibility.
* Manage Internet marketing campaigns, to improve brand visibility and drive-in quality leads. Drive down the cost-per-acquisition by using cost effective and measureable mediums.
Independent Consultant
Independent Consultant (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Internet industry)

July 2003 — August 2007 (4 years 2 months)

Played a key role in prototyping and content management for the intraweb (products division) of Sasken communication technologies, a leading telecommunications software company. Location: Bangalore.

Managed the website and Internet marketing (SEM, affiliate marketing and database management) for B&S House of Health, part of a $100 million UK group. Part of the strategic decision making of this unit. Location: Mumbai.

Successfully implemented the redesign, internet marketing strategy and creative content for Emerson Network Power India (subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company) website. Also launched a quarterly newsletter that was well received by the audience. Location: Mumbai
Manager - ITS and Internet Marketing

BenQ / Acer Peripherals

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

August 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 11 months)

Managed the digital marketing, content management and website management for Acer Communications & Multimedia (a multi billion $ group). I was also a key resource of the marketing communications team, and regularly provided inputs which spanned across the company’s MarCom activities in India.

I played an important role in raising the profile of the website, in terms of the visibility and utility.

In lieu of my performance, I was chosen to additionally handle the responsibilities of Singapore and Dubai websites of the group.
Systems Analyst

iSpan Technologies

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 7 months)

Involved in the requirements, analysis and design stages of web application projects. Additionally took on the role of updating the website for the parent company’s site.