Dubai, UAE · CRM & Lifecycle Marketing

CRM & Lifecycle marketing that moves the retention needle.

8+ years building customer journeys, automation stacks, and data-driven campaigns across subscription apps, home services, consumer tech, food delivery, and retail, in UAE, India, and Canada.

8+
Years in CRM
5
Brands scaled
3.4%
Push CTR achieved
+18%
Retention lift
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About

I'm a CRM and lifecycle marketing specialist who sits at the intersection of data, automation, and user psychology. My work is about understanding where users drop off, and building the right message, at the right time, through the right channel to bring them back.

Currently CRM Manager at Traininpink, where I own lifecycle automation in Klaviyo across the subscription journey, from onboarding and trials to payment recovery, renewals and win-back, in Italian and English.

Before that, at Justlife in Dubai, I ran the full CRM function on CleverTap and built an in-house SEO function. I also build AI tools in the open, like Insta Edits for Claude, a free plugin that lets Claude edit Reels in Instagram's Edits for Mac.

CRM Platforms

KlaviyoCleverTapMoEngageWebEngageBraze

Channels

PushEmailWhatsApp APIIn-AppSMSWeb

Analytics & SEO

Google AnalyticsSEOmonitorSemrushExcel

AI & Automation

Claude CodeMCPPython
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Experience

Aug 2026 — Present

Traininpink

CRM Manager

  • Own lifecycle automation in Klaviyo across the subscription journey: onboarding, trials, payment recovery, renewals and win-back, in Italian and English
  • Rebuilding the CRM event and metric layer (CRM 2.0) with product and tech, so every flow triggers on reliable app and payment events
  • Report flow performance to leadership by lifecycle stage (new users, existing leads, retention), counting trials and payments rather than opens
  • Run QA, localisation and go-live checks for every flow before it reaches customers
Jun 2025 — Jul 2026

Justlife

CRM Specialist

  • Ran weekly Focus Campaigns across push, WhatsApp, and email; A/B tested channels, timings, and copy. CTR improved from 1.8% to 3.4%, conversions up 26%
  • Built CleverTap abandonment journeys triggered within 30 min of drop-off, recovering 21% of dropped sessions and lifting repeat order rate by 15%
  • Designed control group lift analysis frameworks to isolate true campaign impact; built real-time KPI dashboards used across the growth team
  • Initiated in-house SEO operations, structured a monthly content calendar targeting UAE and KSA keywords, reducing external agency dependence
  • Applied hyperlocal personalization by neighbourhood, city, and service type
Apr 2023 — May 2025

Loblaw Companies Ltd.

Growth & Retention Specialist

  • Lifecycle campaigns targeting win-back, lapsed, and at-risk segments, improving 30-day retention by 18% over 12 months
  • Multivariate A/B tests on subject lines, send times, and segments. Email open rate lifted from 18% to 26% over two quarters
  • Segmentation models with BI and product teams based on RFM signals, cutting unsubscribe rates by 22%
  • Reduced campaign turnaround time by 30% via templatized CRM workflows
Oct 2020 — Mar 2023

Gaana — Times Internet

CRM Executive

  • Full lifecycle campaigns across email, push, in-app, and web on MoEngage for a 50M+ user base
  • Improved DAU/MAU ratio by 8%; reduced time-to-re-engagement from 7 days to under 3
  • Deployed in-app nudges at subscription funnel exit points, recovering 14% of abandoned premium flows
  • Lifted push CTR from 2.1% to 4.3% and in-app conversion rates by 19% through A/B testing
Jul 2018 — Sep 2020

Zomato

Senior Digital Marketing Associate

  • CRM automation across push, email, and in-app, improving 30-day retention by 11%, order frequency from 1.8 to 2.3 orders/month
  • Dynamic content journeys using behavioural signals, reducing first-30-day churn by 17%
  • Audience targeting refinements that grew AOV by 12%
Jul 2017 — May 2018

Shopguinea Pvt Ltd

Digital Marketing Executive

  • Branding strategy, campaign planning, organic traffic growth
  • Social media management, performance reporting
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Skills

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Lifecycle & Journey Design

End-to-end customer journey architecture: onboarding, activation, engagement, re-activation, and win-back flows built for measurable retention impact

02

Segmentation & Personalisation

RFM modelling, behavioural segmentation, real-time triggered messaging. Hyperlocal personalisation by geography, service type, and user intent

03

A/B Testing & Experimentation

Control group frameworks, incremental lift analysis, multivariate testing across channels, copy, timing, and audience, with statistical rigour

04

CRM Analytics & Reporting

KPI dashboards, campaign performance tracking, funnel analysis. Comfortable working with BI and product teams

05

Multi-channel Campaign Execution

Push, email, WhatsApp, in-app, SMS, and web, coordinated across the full lifecycle

06

SEO & Content Strategy

Keyword portfolio management, near-miss opportunity identification, content calendar execution targeting UAE and KSA markets

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Case Studies

Designed and deployed multi-step abandonment journeys in CleverTap triggered within 30 minutes of service drop-off. Used behavioural signals to personalise message content by service type and city.

21%
sessions recovered
+15%
repeat order rate
30 min
trigger window

Contact

Let's talk retention.

Always up for a conversation about CRM, lifecycle, customer journeys, tooling, or experimentation frameworks.

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