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Sanjay Mehta

Senior Digital Marketer
Auckland

Summary

I am an experienced digital marketer with over 12 years experience working in media agencies. I have managed accounts from leading brands across Retail (E-Commerce), Auto, Finance, Travel to name a few. My core skill set is in Search, as well as Social, Analytics and Site Tagging. I have managed teams, provided training and strategic support to agencies and clients, as well as managing and optimising my own accounts. I am currently self employed, offering Search, Social and Analytics services to media agencies and SME's. I am also cross skilling myself in the SEO space.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Data Lead

PH Digital
05.2024 - Current
  • Become the go-to support for all technical issues that arise with PH Digital reporting and connection /tracking delivery using Google Tag Manager, GA4, Looker Studio.
  • Assist with onboarding and connecting new reports using Supermetrics to relevant platforms.
  • Putting together agency data for monthly market report that go out to existing and potential clients.
  • Be on hand for any ad-hoc troubleshooting required to the wider team.
  • Setting and monitoring completion of deliverables in relation to any reporting.
  • Create documents and how to processes for any updates.
  • Daily checking of the PH tracking system to alert any issues in client accounts.

Senior Strategist

PH Digital
02.2024 - 05.2024
  • Develop and present comprehensive digital strategies and campaign plans for new clients, manage key client accounts, and lead quarterly business reviews with action plans and growth targets.
  • Oversee daily management of client portfolios, including ad creation, budget management, reporting, and optimisation across platforms like Facebook, Google, Klaviyo, and Mailchimp.
  • Maintain strong communication and relationships with clients, ensuring proactive planning, transparent reporting, and timely resolution of campaign performance issues.
  • Analyse ad platforms to improve performance, manage technical setup for new clients, and commit to ongoing upskilling in emerging tools and trends.
  • Identify upsell opportunities (e.g., SEO, service add-ons), scout potential clients/partners, and support internal innovation through R&D of new platforms.

Freelance/Contractor

S Mehta Consulting
03.2019 - 02.2025


OWN CLIENTS


  • OOBE- (Google Shopping)
  • Chapel Park Dental - (Google Ads)
  • Summerfield - (Google Ads)
  • Tech Futures Lab - (Google Ads)


AGENCY ROLES


Ongoing


Digital Marketer (Contract) - Digital Hothouse

Digital Marketer (Contract) - Noone Studio

Digital Marketer (Contract) - Punctuate


Fixed


  • Senior Performance Director (Contract). Momentum Group NZ. 9 Months
  • Senior Performance Strategist (Contract). Crave Global. 6 Months
  • Senior Search Specialist (Contract). Stanley St. 10 Months
  • Digital Marketing Specialist (Contract). Calibre + Candor. 4 Months
  • Paid Search Specialist. Reprise Australia (Remote Contract). 3 Months
  • Site Tracking Project (Contract). Wavemaker NZ. 2 Months
  • Programmatic Trader (Contract). Xaxis. 4 Months
  • Search Marketing Specialist (Contract). Double. 3 Months
  • Digital Performance Manager (Contract). Krunch. 8 Months
  • SEM Specialist (Contract). Spark New Zealand. 4 Months
  • Performance Specialist (Contract). Momentum Group NZ. 1 Year, 9 Months
  • Search Marketing Specialist (Contract). Contagion 2 Months
  • Digital Marketing Manager (Contract). Touch Marketing. 1 Year, 1 Month
  • Search Specialist (Contract). Online Asset Partners 5 Months
  • Search Specialist (Contract). MBM. 1 Year, 1 Month

Search Director

Group M
10.2017 - 02.2019
  • I oversee the strategic side of all search accounts in the GroupM agency portfolio (4 agencies, 50 clients).
  • I am responsible for building process, training documents, and best practices for the Search team, agencies and clients.
  • I am also involved and provide support on new business pitches.
  • I manage a team of 4 and monitor and support their development.
  • I am also the designated go-to for Google Analytics, and Tagging (Tag Manager) across the group.
  • Account managed myself - University of Auckland, Vodafone

Search Manager

Ikon Communications
01.2014 - 09.2017
  • Responsible for developing SEM side of the business - new products, industry updates, training staff and clients.
  • Offer support and strategic input across Ikon Search clients.
  • Managed 2degrees Search account.
  • Manage Search Specialist and Digital Traffickers work.
  • Involved in launching SEO offering to agency and clients.
  • The lead on tracking and tagging across all our clients using Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Marketing And Management

University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ
01.2004 - 12.2006

Skills

  • SEM
  • Analytics and Tracking
  • Digital Strategy
  • Social Advertising
  • Programmatic
  • Attribution
  • SEO

Certification

Google Partners Specialist Challenge, Auckland, NZ, 07/01/17

Interests

Cricket

Soccer

Wahs

Snowboarding

Music Production


References

  • Hannah Greenslade-Yeats - Partner at No One Studio
    Sanjay has been our most trusted collaborator for the past 12 months, offering exceptional Search consultation and execution services. Can't recommend him enough!
  • Natalia Taylor - Founder & CEO @ Momentum Group NZ
    Sanjay is a skilled digital marketing specialist with great attention to detail. A valuable team member here at Momentum. His ability to seek out opportunities and solutions then share them with team members and clients was valuable to our clients and our business. In addition, Sanjay is great at working collaboratively or autonomously and has a brilliant work ethic.
  • Nick License - Marketing Manager at Shimano New Zealand and Founder of Attention Applied
    Sanjay came onboard in a freelance capacity and was superb. Got on with the job with minimal handover, knew the platform and didn't just maintain the status quo, he improved results significantly. A great guy, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.
  • Katherine Steffensen - Founder of Splash Digital
    Sanjay is a skilled implementer and manager of Google Search, Shopping, youtube and display campaigns and provided great value to our clients by improving campaigns, results and ROI for the client. Technically very capable, the thing I most appreciated was his proactiveness in keeping up to date with industry trends, not only within Google/search but industry-wide. He would regularly communicate new changes and ideas that were useful in keeping us on top of updates so we could instigate thought provoking conversations with clients and expand on what we were delivering.
  • Vanessa Williams - Head of Media Operations at CALIBRE + CANDOR
    Sanjay is a hard working, highly proficient search specialist that I have worked with on a number of occasions in my career. Recently I sought him out to help at a particularly busy time and he stepped in, seamlessly picking up all search campaigns, delivering to all KPI's. I highly recommend having a chat with him.
  • Paul Thornton - Managing Director at Digital Hothouse
    I've known Sanjay for 10 years now and have always been impressed with his work ethic, his professionalism, and his desire to learn. It was 10 years ago when Sanjay came to work for us as an intern and since then he's gone from strength to strength. So much so, that we still work with Sanjay and he looks after some of our clients' Google Ad requirements. Sanjay does a great job looking after our clients and I trust him that he will do what needs doing for our clients. I'd highly recommend Sanjay to anyone!

Timeline

Data Lead

PH Digital
05.2024 - Current

Senior Strategist

PH Digital
02.2024 - 05.2024

Freelance/Contractor

S Mehta Consulting
03.2019 - 02.2025

Search Director

Group M
10.2017 - 02.2019

Search Manager

Ikon Communications
01.2014 - 09.2017

Bachelor of Commerce - Marketing And Management

University of Auckland
01.2004 - 12.2006
Sanjay MehtaSenior Digital Marketer