Alexander Bock
Affiliate, Amazon, AI: Driving Rapid Growth in E-commerce & Digital Transformation | Professional Freelancer |
Experience
Lecturer
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
- Lecturer for the course “Design Sprints for Digital Prototyping”
- Teach students design thinking methodologies for rapid prototyping and user testing
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
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
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
Co-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
Product 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
Founder
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
Vice 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
External Consultant
CBL International
Managing 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
Group Head Performance Marketing
Beyond Interactive
Senior Consultant
eCircle
Senior Sales Manager
TradeDoubler
Sales Manager
TradeDoubler
Affiliate Manager
TradeDoubler
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Advertising (19 years), Professional Services (10.5 years), Transportation (8 years), Information Technology (8 years), Food and Beverage (5 years), and Media and Entertainment (3.5 years).
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Experienced in Marketing (23 years), Operations (12.5 years), Sales (8 years), Logistics (5 years), Human Resources (2 years), and Product Development (0.5 years).
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
Education
Ludwigs-Maximilians- University – Munich
Magister · Political Science, Philosophy, & New History · Munich, Germany
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