Amit Eldar Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

As the Chief Marketing Officer of BlueNile.com, I lead the overall marketing strategy through my executive team, driving growth and enhancing our brand's market presence. Managing a diverse team of 35 professionals across multiple disciplines, I am responsible for elevating the brand, optimizing marketing performance, and delivering exceptional customer experiences through innovative and data-driven approaches.Key Responsibilities:- Strategic Leadership: Direct the development and execution of comprehensive marketing strategies via my executive team, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and market trends- Brand Management: Oversee all branding initiatives to strengthen BlueNile.com's brand equity and global recognition.- Marketing Channels Oversight: Manage in-house performance marketing efforts including SEM, Social Media, Influencers, OTT, Streaming, Podcasts, Display Mass Media, and Direct Mail.- Creative Direction: Supervise the creative studio to ensure cohesive and impactful brand messaging across all platforms.- Lifecycle Marketing & CRM: Enhance customer engagement and retention through targeted lifecycle marketing strategies.- Search Engine Optimization (SEO): Directing SEO initiatives to improve organic search rankings and increase website traffic.- Public Relations (PR): Manage PR strategies to enhance brand reputation and media presence.- Marketing Analytics: Implement advanced analytics to inform strategy, optimize campaigns, and measure performance across all marketing channels.- Budget Management: Manage an annual marketing budget of $65 million USD, optimizing spend to maximize ROI.- Revenue Generation: Driving marketing initiatives that contributed to over $400 million in annual sales- ROAS Improvement: Implement data-driven strategies to enhance Return on Advertising Spend- Innovation and AI Integration: Leverage artificial intelligence and cutting-edge tools to optimize campaigns and personalize customer experiences

New York, Ny, Us

As the Vice President of Innovation at R2Net, a subsidiary of Signet Jewelers, the parent company of JamesAllen.com and BlueNile.com, I spearheaded transformative initiatives that propelled our e-commerce platforms and the entire Signet group into new frontiers of technology and business.Key Responsibilities:- Innovation Leadership: Directed the development and implementation of groundbreaking innovations across JamesAllen.com, BlueNile.com, and the broader organization.- AI Focus: Led AI-driven projects to enhance customer experience, streamline operations, and unlock new revenue streams.- New Ventures & Business Opportunities: Identified and cultivated new business ventures, leveraging emerging technologies to expand market reach.- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked closely with executive teams, engineering, marketing, and service to align innovation strategies with business objectives.- AI Steering Committee Participation: Served on Signet's AI Steering Committee, contributing to the strategic planning and governance of AI initiatives across the company.Key Achievements:- Patent Development: Secured two patents under my name that were successfully commercialized into flagship products, significantly contributing to the company's competitive advantage.- Product Innovation: Launched innovative features and services on JamesAllen.com and BlueNile.com that increased user engagement and boosted sales.- Strategic Partnerships: Established partnerships with tech startups and research institutions to foster innovation and stay ahead of industry trends.- Revenue Growth: Drove new business opportunities that resulted in substantial revenue growth and market expansion.

New York, Us

- Building and leading the launch of a new full business unit for Worthy, allowing consumers to sell their jewelry directly to other consumers (C2C) through a new innovative e-commerce platform- Showcasing +30% growth in gross profit with the new platform over Worthy.com traditional business of consumer selling goods through online auctions (C2B)- Building and leading cross-functional teams of web development, product, creative, sales, marketing, operations and service--Worthy.com is the premier leading online auction house for consumer diamonds, diamond jewelry and luxury timepieces

Aventura, Florida, Us

• Building Green Rocks first direct to consumer brand, strategy and P&L• Leading the current development of Green Rocks direct to consumer eCommerce platform (full spec, design and development)--Green Rocks is a disruptive and a world leading Lab Grown Diamond manufacturer that sets the gold standard for lab grown diamonds with its proprietary technology, gem quality and advanced facility

Airport City, Il

• Building and leading 3 dedicated eCommerce teams around the globe that operates 4 regional eCommerce websites (US, DE, IL, ROW)• Spearheading the online strategy for the company: marketing, sales, support, operations, manufacturing and logistics• Within less than a year achieved 15% sales growth, 54% improvement in conversion rate and 22% improvement in GP and with only 50% of last year marketing budget• Renegotiated all agreements and partnerships that translated into $250k in yearly savings• Shifting the online company to profitability for the first time in 6 years• Beating every possible metric and goal with a double digit growth--Founded in 1988, AHAVA is the only cosmetics company indigenous to the Dead Sea region and that use a truly unique scientific approach. With over 15 international skincare patents, AHAVA remain committed to the sustainable research and development of natural, skin-friendly products and with over $200MM USD in yearly sales

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Founding and leading the eCommerce and omni-channel operation for Diamonds Direct USA• Building and leading cross-functional teams of web development, product, creative, sales, marketing, operations and service• Building strong and strategic partnerships with large media outlets, traffic and sales channels, locally and overseas• Beating DiamondsDirect.com sales goals, resulting in over 400% growth in online sales YoY• Conceptualized, pitched, created, and developed from scratch a new brand (ParcelandStone.com) under the Blackstone group, growing it to a full-fledged business driving significant growth in traffic and sales• Launched in April 2018 and within 8 months of operation, P&S doubled its 2018 sales goal and won multiple industry awards and recognitions• Conceptualized and led the development of an innovative iOS and Android core app, used by more than 400 employees across our retail locations as their main sales and CRM tool, helping the stores sales growth, closing ratio and bottom line--Diamonds Direct is one of the U.S. leading omnichannel jewelers with a long and well-established history in diamond sales and manufacturing. Diamonds Direct holds annual sales of more than $400MM USD a year, showing a double-digit sales growth and was recently sold to Signet.www.DiamondsDirect.com

Zurich, Ch, Ch

• Managing a governmental intelligence agency core technology project• Owner of the project from RFP to Post-Sale, overseeing agile processes and best practices with Sales, product and development teams• Responsible for streamlining the project processes, establishing and maintaining client expectations while keeping the $30Million value project on-time and on-budget• Act as a central point of contact for the project team and lead release of the project deliverables• Initiating new business with the client, assist with proposals, contracts, sales and new business scrums--Digital Clues is composed of elite intelligence operatives, data scientists and open source web intelligence (WEBINT) experts who use technologies and methods previously available only to governments and intelligence agencies to unlock the potential of the deep web. We serve a diverse clientele, including law enforcement and intelligence agencies, federal and municipal governments, and the finance and banking industries by uncovering relevant, low level signals from the deep web – the first signs of change, disruption and opportunity.

Ramat Gan, Il

Chief Operation Officer in a global online social platform for kids in Russia, Turkey, Argentina and Brazil.Responsibilities and Expertise:• Business Development & Partner Management• Marketing & Sales Management• Project & Product Management• Social Media & Digital Content• General Company Operations--Tweegee Holdings internet based platform solution for the social media blind spot in the kids space, created the first and only opportunity for global brands to manage high profile campaigns and engage with users ages 6-12 through a robust set of dynamic, engaging, and brand awareness tools in real-time.Tweegee Awards:Turkey best web portal 2012BizSpark1 - Microsoft Top 50 Start-Ups 2011Best Community Site- Turkey 2010Plashev Awards -Russia 2010Tech Crunch- Top 50- 2009

Richardson, Texas, Us

Project manager for delivery of large VAS, Billing, IVR, VoIP and related telecom systems to Tier 1 Communication Service Providers in Europe. Full responsibility for all aspects of the project delivery from Presale to successful launch• Managing all technical activities, from Presale, negotiation through specification, signup and contract phase to complete delivery of product to the customer• Overall responsibility for technical communication with the customers, including managing complex problem solving situations• Engaging with the customer to develop business justification, technical requirements, budget requests and vendor selection process (RFx)

Richardson, Texas, Us

Responsibility for managing the technical processes of leading Communication Service Providers VAS & Billing projects.Configuring the system setup and collecting information from projects customers and various internal stakeholders. Responsibility for setting the project architecture / configuration of the system (Hardware, Software & Networking).--Founded in 1984, Comverse Technology, Inc. quickly grew to be a leader in multimedia messaging communications systems for wireless networks. With over 370 customers in more than 100 countries, Comverse provides Telecom and Billing services to most of the world’s largest telecommunications companies.

Education record

Project Management Professional (Pmp), Project Management