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Julia Zhabina

Channel Marketing Manager/ Account Manager

Julia Zhabina
32 years old
Saint Petersburg Russia
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
A Russian-born global citizen who loves video games and technologies.

Marketing Manager with 3 years experience in Gaming, IT and Retail industries.

Xbox Channel Marketing Manager

Microsoft
Since April 2016
  • Responsibilities:
    • Drive sales and marketing objectives in the retail channels including new product launches, seasonal and promotional campaigns at retail across the category
    • Develop and execute a comprehensive medium and long-term execution plans with the key partners that maintain retail channel momentum through the product life cycle and follow the key selling seasons
    • Identify key segments for compete and growth opportunities analyzing market conditions, product sell-through, shopper-to-buyer conversion and competitor activity
    • Budget and allocate funds based on result of analysis and in alignment with the partner’s and Microsoft’s goals
    • Build frictionless omnichannel shopping experience (online, merchandising, evangelism and demo)
  • Achievements:
    • Grew Xbox category at MediaMarkt – YoY 17%, VTB 145%, Xbox partners’ share increased twofold. Grew Office 365 category - 48% YoY, VTB - 165%, increased Office attach rate x4 times
    • Supported Black Friday campaign on federal level (1400 stores, 6 main retail chains) resulted in +128% MoM growth and +105% YoY growth for the category
    • Managed launch campaigns for more than 6 products (Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Forza Horizon 3, etc.)
    • Developed and successfully executed 360 marketing campaign for product launch with $1M budget leveraging ATL, BTL and digital channels
    • Obtained Microsoft WW Best Practice nomination for a campaign aiming to increase attach rates for digital products at MediaMarkt - Europe's largest retailer
Company Description
Microsoft Russia (IT, 1000 employees, RUB 8,9B annual revenue)

OEM Marketing Intern

Microsoft
December 2015 to April 2016
  • Responsibilities:
    • Develop strategy for standardization of Microsoft marketing programs available for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) partners
    • Create joint value proposition and marketing materials to enable the sales teams and partners to amplify Microsoft’s device strategy and messaging
    • Negotiate the joint goals and budget with partners to ensure the plans capture and reflect objectives of both parties, allocate and set performance expectations for marketing investments
    • Track investment performance and budget utilization to drive ROI, proactively identify risks and upside opportunities
  • Achievements:
    • Introduced extensive KPIs for evaluation of effectiveness of partners’ marketing activities
    • Conducted a marketing research on competitive forces on Russian market in times of crisis that was introduced to the leadership
    • Successfully landed new digital marketing mechanics for a campaign at the biggest Russian etailer with
  • ROI 1:7
  • Responsibilities:
    • Maintaining communication with customer to ensure the project was constantly meeting expectations
    • Conducting a market analysis of the Russian market for domestic appliances in times of crisis
    • Identifying the market trends, KPIs and critical success factors for e-commerce
  • Achievements:
    • Exceeded customer expectations on key accounts growth by offering more operational improvements to the crafted strategy and proposing new usability metrics for a web-page
    • Successfully defined customer’s goals and adjusted the work in function accordingly
    • Created a sensitivity analysis for two promotion plans to optimize sales revenue.