Are you looking for a
Sales & Marketing
Expert to join your team ?

I can help achieve your growth targets

About me

Result Oriented. Analytical. Fast Learner.

15 years of experience in sales, marketing and project management.

Hamid Arar

Hamid Arar

Helsinki, Finland

Available for work

Looking for a position with an exciting challenge.

Easily adapted to different environments

International Background

Finland born, France raised and educated, I spent close to a decade studying and working in China. Back in Europe, I shared my time between Spain and Finland where I am now permanently based.

Languages

English

Fluent

French

Native

Finnish

Advanced

Spanish

Intermediate

Chinese

Intermediate

15

Years of Experience in

Sales, Marketing and Project management.

I create innovative marketing strategies, execute highly performing advertising campaigns in order to drive growth and deliver exceptional sales results. I thrive in complex challenges where I am able to quickly identify opportunities to achieve lasting success.

Hands on Coding & Design

Passion for programming

Self-taught on web development and design, I easily work with technical teams.

My expertise

Mastering the entire lifecycle of a product

From concept to market with growth and customer success always in mind

Concept & Design

Taking ideas into reality, while collaborating closely with different teams, I align product design and web development needs with functionality and conversion performance.

Strategic Planning

Identifying needed ressources, establishing a budget and breaking down a project into smaller but easier achieved milestones and actionable steps.

Development & Production

Ensuring technical implementation, process optimization and timely execution objectives are met by overseeing the entire development and production timeline.

Marketing & Sales

Creating innovative marketing strategies, executing highly performing advertising campaigns in order to drive growth and deliver exceptional sales results.

Performance Tracking

Monitoring key performance metrics, gathering feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and consistent value over time.

Customer success

Ensuring proactive support, continuous value delivery tailored to customer's needs is essential to ensure customer's satisfaction and repeated business.

Work experience & Education

A strong background in sales, project management and marketing.

From product development to sales

Work experience

Growth Consultant for SMEs
Self-employed

- Drive growth by providing strategic guidance on marketing and sales strategy, data analytics and social media campaigns.

- Develop and execute targeted advertising campaigns to boost engagement, brand awareness and revenue.

- Design and web development to improve brand identity, user experience and conversion rates.

Head of Sales & Marketing / Co-Founder
EOZ Audio (Audio equipment) - Barcelona, Spain

B2C Growth Management

- Build website and increase direct sales to customers through e-commerce using SEA & SMA (Google and Meta ads).

- Generate B2C pre-sales using crowdfunding platforms (Kickstarter & Indiegogo)

Landed USD 60K with a USD 2.5K advertising budget on EOZ One product launch

Landed USD 1.6M with a USD 18K advertising budget on EOZ Air product launch

Landed USD 210K with no advertising budget on EOZ Arc product launch

- Manage social media accounts & create partnerships with social media creators.

B2B account Management

- Increase sales to existing portfolio of distributors in Asia.

- Create and provide marketing content & product training to push sales volumes in their area.

Shipping Management

- Negotiate shipping budgets with forwarders to meet target prices

- Manage shipping of 30 000+ units to over 60 countries for B2C customers over 4 years

Customer success management

- After-sale product support

- shipping assistance

Business development manager / Co-Founder
AIB Solutions (trading company) - Guangzhou/Shanghai China

Growth Management

- Develop company‘s customer portfolio and negotiate partnerships with agents and intermediaries.

Responsible for 800K to 1.2M USD worth of projects per year

Managed a team of 2 project managers and 2 purchasing executives

Supply chain management

- Product development, sourcing of suppliers, factory audits, production and shipping management.

Products : Packaging / Oil & Gaz industry spare parts / Industrial plastic machinery

Marketing & supply chain management / Co-Founder
BeeBag (custom packaging products for SMEs) - Rouen, France / Guangzhou, China

- Web design, SEO, SEA, social media account management

- Product design, procurement, supply chain and shipping management of custom packaging products

Sales assistant for Asia-Pacific region
Bosch Braking Systems (Automotive industry) - Paris, France

- Daily follow up of on-going projects with different production sites and customers

- Elaboration of marketing material and presentations to support sales teams

- Late payment recovery from customers

Education

Double Bachelor of Business Administration

KEDGE Business School - Marseille, France (3 years)

Major in sales and marketing

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies - Guangzhou, China (2 years)

Major in international trade and management + 6 months intensive chinese lessons

The tools and tech stack i use to

Grow Sales and maximize conversions

Design Tools

Figma

Illustrator

Photoshop

Sales, Marketing & Analytics

Salesforce

Meta Ads

Google Ads

MailChimp

G Analytics

Web Development

NextJS

React

Tailwind

Shadcn/ui

Github

Digital Ocean

Vercel

Wordpress

Woocommerce

Shopify

Productivity Tools

Notion

M Suite

G Suite

Slack

Trello

Ready to take the next step and

See me for an interview ?