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Sardar Khan

Sardar Khan

Turning Challenger Brands Into Global Leaders
Standish

Summary

An insight driven B2B and B2C marketing leader with global brand and start-up expertise in transport, travel, education and technology. Played a pivotal role in taking Emirates from a challenger to a global brand, built a performance marketing and content team for one of South Asia's fastest growing tech start-ups and is now tasked with refreshing the brand of an upcoming EdTech player. Experience includes building creative teams, uncovering specific insights to a business, and establishing a meaningful positioning to deliver revenue driving and brand building campaigns. Deep network in EMEA, the Americas, and Asia.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Brand

JoVE
London
01.2022 - Current

Repositioning this rapidly expanding global Educational Technology player-inside and out- including redefining audience, establishing brand positioning, defining customer journey and sourcing agency to begin process of developing new identity.

Head of Marketing

Remotebase
Stroud
04.2021 - 01.2022

A Silicon Valley start-up that is changing the future of remote software engineering, Remotebase is the power behind the most successful start-ups on the US West Coast. Prepared brand for global expansion, establishing their new social media strategy and performance marketing team in 6 months.

Regional Head - Marketing Communications and Brand

Emirates Airline
Dubai
01.2013 - 09.2020
  • Nurtured and led team of five specialists (PR, social media, advertising, events, sponsorship) to provide integrated solutions in 40+ countries
  • Introduced marketing mix modelling to optimise media investment improving incremental revenue by '16% and media savings by 3%
  • Redesigned process for appointing new creative partners and built agile campaign planning capability using digital asset management system.
  • Grew brand equity by 30% and incremental sales by 45% in 3 years across South Asia, Americas and Africa

Senior Manager - Marketing and Brand

Emirates Group
Dubai
01.2009 - 01.2013
    • Repositioned dnata from 'just Dubai' to world leader in travel, hospitality, catering, SaaS and aviation.
    • Built new marketing team from scratch to revitalise and relaunch 50-year-old multi-sector enterprise www.dnata.com in under 12 months.
    • Delivered new identity, vision, mission, values, brand toolkit to reposition brand.
    • Streamlined, portfolio of 20+ brands to accelerate acquisition and assimilation.
    • Championed internal engagement programme to re-instill pride amongst global workforce of 45,000 staff, improving productivity by 9%.

Head of Global Brands

Emirates Airline
Dubai
01.2002 - 01.2009
  • Led development of Emirates disruptive brand platform Keep discovering, transforming Emirates from fledgling challenger to global brand
  • Devised brand partnership framework for loyalty programme in partnership with airports, banks and hotels resulting in 50% increase in new brand partner revenue
  • Re-invented communications in response to business-critical events from 9/11 to SARS to maintain growth momentum and protect commercial performance
  • Pioneered research and insights unit to measure advertising effectiveness and brand health
  • Launched new Hotels and Resorts, Catering, Executive Jet, and University brands

Education

BBA - MARKETING

The University of Texas At Austin
USA
04.2001 -

Mini MBA - Brand Management

Marketing Week Mark Ritson's Mini MBA
UK
04.2022 - 07.2022

Interests

Baking for family and friends

Part time mountain biker and park runner

Marketing Director and Trustee - Cotswold Canals Trust

Guest lecturer aviation marketing Cranfield University

Timeline

Mini MBA - Brand Management

Marketing Week Mark Ritson's Mini MBA
04.2022 - 07.2022

Director of Brand

JoVE
01.2022 - Current

Head of Marketing

Remotebase
04.2021 - 01.2022

Regional Head - Marketing Communications and Brand

Emirates Airline
01.2013 - 09.2020

Senior Manager - Marketing and Brand

Emirates Group
01.2009 - 01.2013

Head of Global Brands

Emirates Airline
01.2002 - 01.2009

BBA - MARKETING

The University of Texas At Austin
04.2001 -
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