Aaron Illathu Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I specialize in helping individuals, organizations, and businesses build and maintain a positive public image. My goal is to craft strategic communication plans that effectively convey key messages to target audiences, enhance brand reputation, and manage media relations. Here’s how I support:Media Relations: I act as the primary liaison between you and the media. By pitching stories, arranging interviews, and ensuring accurate and favorable media coverage, I help you gain the visibility you deserve.Crisis Management: In times of crisis, I develop and implement communication strategies to manage and mitigate negative publicity, ensuring your reputation remains intact.Content Creation: I create compelling content such as press releases, speeches, articles, and social media posts that align with your brand voice and objectives.Brand Management: My focus is on building and sustaining your brand image through consistent messaging and strategic campaigns.Event Planning: I organize events such as press conferences, product launches, and community outreach programs to enhance your visibility and engagement.Market Research: I conduct research to understand public perception, identify target audiences, and tailor communication strategies accordingly.Strategic Planning: I develop comprehensive PR strategies that align with your overall business goals, ensuring long-term success and growth.Media Training: I offer media training to prepare you for interviews, public speaking engagements, and press conferences, ensuring you communicate effectively and confidently.Other ways I've supported:-Website optimization, layout, and content; modified website improved functionality and led to an increase in web traffic by 50-150%-developed and ran successful A/B email marketing campaigns to test markets and determine audience segmentation-helped translate companies brand/story into their online presence which increased following size from 50-125%

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Client Efficiency - Managed and nurtured client relationships, oversee team production of high-quality and timely coverage, reports, and industry updates while proactively handling crisis and reputation management issuesMedia Relations - Establish and maintain strong relationships with key media/contacts while guiding and supporting junior team members in managing media lists and staying up-to-date on industry trends and changes.Team development - Provided regular feedback and support to team members, working on improving personal skills and technical capabilities, mentoring and supporting new team members, and facilitate team problem-solving and conflict resolutionContent creation - Manage content creation by outsourcing, briefing, quality control, and maintaining agency standardsAgency Marketing - Manage and executed agency marketing strategies, overseeing social media platforms (LinkedIn) and website updates while also managing conflict resolution and maintaining agency communication plan.New Business - Proactively search and initiate communication with potential new business leads through thorough research and outreach efforts as well as contribute to ideation for new business pitches and campaigns, provide guidance to junior team members, and assist with preparing proposals and presenting to potential clients.Client Admin - Ensured timely and quality delivery of reports and updates to clients, while proactively managing project timelines, monitoring KPIs, and ensuring the team fulfills client tasks.Overall List of Clients:- Uber- Careem- Astra Tech (Botim)- Airwater Co.- DHL- Binghatti- Fuse (Fintech)- Rain (Crypto)- Right Farm (Agritech)- Tradeling (E-commerce)- ZaZEN Properties - Huspy- DHG Properties- Unique Properties- Select Property- Passport Legacy - Fever- Flextock- UNHCR (pro bono)- Gulf for Good (pro bono)CEO Profiles:- Dr. Saliha Afridi (Leading Psychologist/Influencer)- Bas Kooijman- Niousha Ehsan

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sunnyvale, Ca

Dedicated professional as a Customer Engagement Specialist on Google Cloud’s executive customer programs team partnering alongside the sales team and various internal vendors to produce high touch customer experiences and memorable executive engagements. • Managed end to end logistics for C-level executive engagements, directly influencing $XXX million dollar deals in opportunity pipeline• Managed 25+ executive engagements (across AI, automotive, financial, retail sectors) to ensure all stakeholders involved have accurate visibility to deliver content that speaks directly to the customer• Client Relationship Management: In charge of client success of C-level executives and their teams at the Customer Engagement Center at Google Cloud. Developed strong relationships and an understanding of clients’ business requirements to create robust deliverables that meet their needs.• Lead Cloud Space exhibit tours that require high level understanding of Google technology for C-Level employees of Fortune 100 companies and tie in with their in-room content to drive sales• Provide day-of ‘white glove’ experience to executive-level customers and account teams• Co-produced the official Cloud Space Video to provide education and enablement for a rapidly growing sales team

San Francisco Bay Area

Co-founded a real estate investment company in San Francisco that focused on high yield select projects-Qualified $XX mn short term revenue opportunity within SFO RE industry.-Activated disruptive algorithm to identify high-yield select projects. -GTM Strategy: Built joint strategy to penetrate real-estate industry in SF, targeting key growth indicators. -Strategic Partner Development: Collaborated(sell/negotiate/close) with 2 leading real-estate agencies. (10+ operational agents)-Turnover: Achieved ~$15mn revenue across 10 projects (60% ROI over 7-month sales cycle per project)-Sales Engagement: Pipeline conversion rate: 40%; AVG 150% Investor return (7-month period.)-Sales Direction: Performance management (analytics, reporting, insights) and KPI management.

Davis, Ca

https://graylab.ucdavis.edu/ -Managing a budget of $500,000 for lab supplies and equipment. Analyzing spending patterns and using actionable analytics to optimize budget and cost effectiveness-Research: performing experiments/interpreting results under direction of PI and senior lab members. -Safety/Protocol management: maintenance and preparation of safety/protocol documentation (BHA and IACUC where applicable) and training of lab personnel to ensure best practices and policies relevant to these documents are followed -Training/supervision: oversight and training of 6 lab personnel and 2 volunteers, including undergraduates, to ensure best practices and protocols are followed and projects/goals/objectives are met -Laboratory/research support: ensuring lab equipment is maintained in good working order, cleaning/preparation of glassware and other lab ware, preparation of reagents, maintaining stocks of lab consumables, tracking relevant documentation for lab records (invoices, records, etc.) -Animal Handling/Breeding: Maintained 7 distinct genetic animal colonies. Bred them and maintained genetic health for experimentation

Remote

-Improved and refined user experience (UX) by providing feedback on suggestions and buzz words for Maps Search Quality team at HERE Maps. -Human intelligence QA/QC feedback for Maps Search Quality team behind search algorithms at HERE Maps.

University Of California, Davis

-Provided fully operational, customer service oriented computing and multimedia environments that facilitate campus access to instructional tools and academic resources. -Lead scheduling meetings of coworkers to ensure all shifts were being covered-Trained 8 new employees of day-to-day and specialized projects (highly technical trouble shooting etc)-Wrote several knowledge database entries of “How to’s” for all consultants to use step by step instructions and protocols for several situations (user complaints, cleaning, emergency)

Neurobiology Lab At Stanford Hospital

Worked with patients, observed surgeries and did datamining on surgical statistics in relation to post-operation infections.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior

Activities and Societies: Intramural Sports, Club Sports (basketball and ultimate), Entrepreneurship, President of the Chi Phi.

Business/Commerce, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business And Economics