Avneet Takhar

Avtak18@hotmail.com

A self-starter with 3+ years of experience in the start-up tech and social enterprise industries. I'm a results-orientated marketer who drives lead generation through content creation and builds community-driven initiatives, with strategies based on metrics and research. I specialize in written materials and communications.

Roles

BIPOC Foods Vancouver, Co-Founder & Marketing Manager

July 2020- December 2021

• Organized and worked with over 100 BIPOC vendors in food, art and wellness.

• Applied for and received bursary for certification of CAMSC- Canadian Aboriginal & Minority Supplier Council.

• Within 3-week timeline gained 800 followers, now at 2.3K +.

• Through marketing efforts, press consisted of articles in: Daily Hive, Scout, The Globe & Mail and a feature on CBC Radio which resulted in a sales spike.

• Created community ties with Coho Commissary, which allowed for their Coho Coffee space for the pop-up to be located.

Freelance Journalism Contribution

• Westcoast Food

• 5X Press

• Elevate

• Farm Folk City Folk

• Loose Lips

• Sad Mag

• CBC Radio

• Daily Hive

• Una Terra

• Vancouver Farmers Market

• Girls Are Awesome

• BlackBook

• .Cent

• IDOL

Education

London Metropolitan University

Upper Class Joint Honours BA in Fashion Marketing & Journalism

Brainstation

Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing, SEO/SEM

BCIT

Social Media Marketing

SheCodes

Certified: CSS, HTML, Javascript and VS Codes Editor

Google Ads Certified

Ads: Measurement, Display, Search, Shopping, Video

Tools

Hubspot, Wordpress, Squarespace, Canva, Piktochart, Mailchimp, Slack, Veed.io, CutStory, Latergram, Miro, Trello, Airtable, Sprout, Asana, Social Ads, Slid.O, Survey Monkey, Eventbrite, CSS, HTML, Whova

SEO/SEM

Google Ads, GMB, Analytics, Keyword Planner, General Coding, Link Building, A/B Testing