Steve R. Thakur Email & Phone Number

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Manage and grow the Centric Super Accumulation and Retirement Income products.

Melbourne, Australia

srt marketing pty ltd is a privately-owned, strategic marketing consultancy that helps super funds and financial services businesses set and achieve their strategic objectives.Since its launch, Steve from srt marketing has been engaged by:* UniSuper - from May 2011 to July 2014 - scoped a Program of work consisting of several digital transformation projects earmarked for delivery over three to four years, and managed several marketing sponsored/owned projects and provide consulting services to Executive Manager, Product & Marketing on strategic marketing initiatives (further details under UniSuper below)* Vision Super - from February 2013 to August 2013 - assisted Executive Manager, Fund Development with MySuper strategy development and produced several member and employer communications (further details under Vision Super below)* MLC/NAB Wealth to: -- project manage the production of internal & external communications for the launch of MLC Wrap (mlc.com.au/mlcwrap), the integration of MasterKey Custom and MLC Navigator businesses and the move/upgrade of MasterKey Custom clients to MLC Wrap (for Program Fusion) -- project manage rebranding of over 150 marketing collateral, all system generated letters & forms from Aviva to MLC(further details under MLC/NAB Wealth below)* Aviva Australia Limited to: -- write, manage design & print marketing collateral for Aviva's Protectionfirst insurance products -- project manage communications for the historical cash remediation project -- conduct audit of Aviva Intranet and Internet content -- assist with SMA product launch, developing sales presentations & upload content onto the SMA minisite (wealth.mlc.com.au/sma)(further details under AVIVA below)

Adelaide, Australia

Manage the SmartStart Super and Pension products.

Melbourne, Australia

Manage a profitable portfolio of three retirement income products, including a Account-Based Pension and two guaranteed income indexed pension products.

Melbourne

Responsible for the development and management of a Product Strategy and Roadmap to deliver on superior Member Outcomes and achieve GTS' business objectives.

Melbourne, Australia

Manage the production & delivery of regulatory communications like PDSs and Significant Event Notices (SENs) to comply with Product & Legislative changes for the GuildSuper and Child Care Super brands.Produce a range of ‘above & below the line’ product-related communications that simplify superannuation for members, employers and industry associations, via digital and traditional channels. The objectives are to improve customer engagement, increase Funds Under Management and fee revenue.Achievements- Produced/issued SEN and updated disclosure documents at 1 July 2016 to comply with group insurance product changes- Produced/issued SEN in November 2016 to comply with the appointment of and transition to Russell Investments- Produced/issued SEN in April 2017 to comply with the legislative changes on the tax treatment of TTR assets from 1 July 2017- Updated disclosure documents at 1 July 2017 to comply with RG97 and superannuation legislative changes- Several campaigns targeted at members and employers that contributed to GTS exceeding its major financial targets for 2016-17

Melbourne, Australia

Steve was responsible for account management, project management, digital marketing (SEO/SEM, Content Marketing, Re-Targeting) & business administration/operations of a tech start-up called AustAR Labs. He also got hands on with designing and testing the digital solutions that AustAR Labs created for its wonderful clients.AUSTAR LABS CREATES AMAZING MOBILE & WEB APPSAustAR Labs is a Melbourne-based digital solutions company helping businesses with mobile marketing challenges. We create amazing mobile & web solutions with engaging customer experiences using Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mobile Image Search (served by our proprietary Image Search Engine).AustAR Labs’ vision is to build amazing mobile apps, web apps and responsive websites for businesses who want better customer engagement and sell more product.All development work is done in its Labs in Melbourne, Australia. AustAR Labs promises never to send any development work for its clients offshore.CLIENTSEnergy Power Systems Caterpillar; PharmaTrainr; Rothfield; Chemmart; Unik Constructions; Greenfields Financial Services Lawyers; On-Demand; PharmaTrainr; Eastern Press; MLC Grammar; NewEra, BuildVR and realestateview.com.au.To find out more, please visit www.austarlabs.com.au or send Steve a PM via LinkedIn.

Melbourne, Australia

Scope and manage delivery of various marketing assignments, including:- develop scope for the Lifetime Engagement & Digital Strategy Program- project manage conversion/roll of Accumulation 1 & Spouse Account PDSs to short-form and accompanying reference documents- project manage roll of the Defined Benefit & Accumulation 2, and Pension products PDSs- case manage communications to group of sensitive members- benchmark study and comparison of UniSuper's Complaints Management Policy against industry peers- write several research papers on industry trends for marketing and product strategies- new web calculators project -- write functional, non-functional and technical specs for five new online calculators to UniSuper's requirements -- manage tender for the build and implementation of the online calculators, involving six vendors -- project manage build & delivery of the five calculators with appointed vendor (Towers Watson)

Melbourne, Australia

Provided consulting services on development of MySuper product.

Melbourne, Australia

Manage project schedule covering production of internal & external communications for the FUSION Program. This included the:- launch of MLC Wrap Product (mlc.com.au/mlcwrap)- integration of MasterKey Custom and MLC Navigator businesses, and- Significant Event Notice production due to the move/upgrade of MasterKey Custom clients to MLC Wrap.

After fulfilling all Assistant Marketing Manager duties, I was assigned to Joy Welch (Manager of Brand) as a business lead on the Aviva to MLC Rebrand project.This project ran until 2 October 2010.

Melbourne, Australia

Various marketing and communications projects.

Grad Dip In Entrepreneurship And Innovation

Master, Business (Marketing)

Masters of Business Marketing & GradDip in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Advanced Diploma In Business (Marketing), Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Hsc, English, Maths & Sciences