Alexander Bock
Affiliate, Amazon, AI: Driving Rapid Growth in E-commerce & Digital Transformation | Professional Freelancer |
Experience
Oct 2021 - Feb 2022
5 monthsLecturer
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
- Lecturer for the course “Design Sprints for Digital Prototyping”
- Teach students design thinking methodologies for rapid prototyping and user testing
Apr 2021 - Present
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Sidroga
- Manage and drive growth of owned Amazon marketplace presence including logistics, marketing and maintenance
- Empower colleagues to learn and establish processes to manage the new revenue channel
- Manage the pitch and selection of a new social media agency
- Manage, control and lead external agencies and freelancers to achieve optimal results for the marketplace sales channels
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
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Schüttflix
- Review overall marketing strategy including goals and team setup
- Evaluate all existing marketing channels and agencies behind (social media and search)
- Draft and implement first measures on social media content
- Generate concrete ideas for next channels and steps and help evaluate them
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
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Printkiss
- Set up and facilitate the internal marketing routine
- Set up and maintain overall reporting
- Implement and execute a conversion rate optimization program including A/B testing with Google Optimize and Analytics
- Introduce, evaluate and implement new marketing measures for more traffic (native advertising, social media content, TikTok test)
- Implement routine with all external marketing suppliers and agencies to boost performance
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
7 monthsCo-founder
Dialoks
- Optimize clients’ Google My Business and Google Maps presence through local search engine optimization and marketing
- Provide support and management for local stores to optimize their Google My Business accounts
- Build and strengthen business partnerships with inner city store customers to manage and optimize product sales in key markets
- Develop and reiterate the business model and experiments to prove the concept
- Publish two articles in the local newspaper and secure speaking slots at three local events within two months
Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
5 monthsProduct Owner and Digital Marketing Project Manager
Riedel Communications
- Evaluate different suppliers for building a web shop and recommendation system for B2B products
- Translate the project into user stories and work on the implementation with different suppliers
Jan 2019 - Present
7 years 1 monthFounder
Digital Nomad Alex
- Play a key role in developing and expanding business through online marketing and e-commerce strategies
- Manage online marketing and e-commerce tasks by implementing methodologies including growth hacking, lean start-up, and pretotyping
- Conduct online and offline workshops for clients
Mar 2010 - Jan 2018
7 years 11 monthsVice President / Director Online Marketing
Arvato AG
- Enhance business performance through e-commerce to expand services across the global online market
- Set up, manage and scale a digital marketing unit from three colleagues to 45 people across three continents in eight countries
- Manage full profit and loss accountability and ensure execution of all operations in line with controlled cost
- Generate and implement performance online marketing services in 92 markets across various regions including SEA, social performance marketing, display advertising, affiliate networks and influencer campaigns
- Build networks and infrastructure and formulate reports to ensure smooth running of all operations
- Establish conversion optimization teams to manage content, SEO, usability, translation, and projects for clients including Microsoft, Sanicare, Asus, Toshiba, Phonak/Sonova, and Parallels
- Restructure the business when strategies changed towards a focus on supply chain services, logistics and online shop infrastructure
- Generate an internal start-up (JaLife) within the group for the healthcare unit; build a platform prototype (MVP) combining content marketing and pharmacy shopping via e-commerce with partner Sanicare
Selected contributions:
- Launch offices and manage staffing in the APAC and LATAM regions, achieving over 100% growth in client revenues
- Recognised among Top 100 German Affiliate Marketers in 2015 and 2018
- Build and improve the marketing unit as an affiliate to eight European countries, scaling to 92 markets within two years
- Double digital growth in 92 markets for major online stores such as Microsoft and Adobe leveraging all marketing channels
- Lead the global online marketing unit within the e-commerce group and expand to a further 30 countries
Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
2 yearsExternal Consultant
CBL International
Jan 2007 - May 2010
3 years 5 monthsManaging Director
Performance Navigator GmbH
- Set up a performance marketing consulting company by implementing and managing affiliate programs to generate leads and sales
- Establish and foster professional liaisons with key clients to maximise continuous business profit growth
- Design infrastructure for creating a startup from tax to website and manage sales and client acquisition
Selected contributions:
- Secure a high-level role at Arvato through performance excellence in business management
- Open new performance marketing channels for key clients to boost corporate revenue
Jan 2006 - Dec 2006
1 yearGroup Head Performance Marketing
Beyond Interactive
Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
1 yearSenior Consultant
eCircle
Jan 2003 - Dec 2005
3 yearsSenior Sales Manager
TradeDoubler
Jan 2002 - Dec 2002
1 yearSales Manager
TradeDoubler
Jan 2000 - Dec 2002
3 yearsAffiliate Manager
TradeDoubler
Summary
Dynamic marketing leader with excellence in team building/management and data-driven decisions. Crafted effective sales and marketing strategies for Microsoft/Sidroga/Adobe, focused on doubling revenues.
Entrepreneurially-driven with a strong action bias. Expert in analyzing consumer dynamics, defining market entry and growth strategies, and building high-performing teams for business success.
Skills
- Marketing Strategy & Implementation
- Supplier Recruitment & Selection
- Project Management & Delivery
- Revenue Growth
- Built & Developed Growth Teams
- Conversion Rate Optimization
- Performance Marketing Channel
- Customer Acquisition
- General Management / Controlling
- Ecommerce & Online Marketplaces
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Ludwigs-Maximilians- University – Munich
Magister · Political Science, Philosophy, & New History · Munich, Germany
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