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Nikhil Deshpande

Nikhil Deshpande

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About Nikhil

Studying my Masters of Business (Sport Management), I seek an internship to develop my skills and network in the Australian Sports industry. Having previous worked in teams and as a team leader, I have a proven track record of providing exemplary levels of service to a broad range of high-profile sportspersons including Indian Cricketers and Olympians. Being a hard-worker and an excellent communicator, I developed and maintained successful working relationships with both internal and external staff. My work experiences have enabled me to develop a transferable skill set working in a fast-paced sector.
EDUCATION
July 2016-June 2018 Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Masters of Business (Sports Management)
August 2009-June 2013 Gogte Institute of Technology (Visvesvaraya Technological University) Bachelors of Engineering (B.E) – Mechanical Engineering – First Class Distinction
EXPERIENCE
COMPLETE SPORTS MANAGEMENT (APRIL 2017 – PRESENT) Content Writer & Statistician • Write match reports and collect the match statistics for the Yarra Junior Football League Colt matches. • Conduct post-match interviews with the coach and players
PANDR (June 2017 – Present) Sales Representative/Lead Generator • Responsible for lead generation and sales for Solar, Energy, Finance and Internet.
VIC SOLAR (November 2016 – March 2017) Sales Representative/Lead Generator • Helped generate leads and sales. • Had highest number of sales in the team in just my second week of work.
SPORTSCAFE (January 2016 – June 2016)
Content Writer & Social Media Consultant • Helped the website with content writing as well as growing on social media. • Mentored and groomed four interns and two young employees at Digital Marketing.
• The company increased its website visits from 80k per month to over 300k within the first 3 months.
SPORTZWIKI(July 2013-2015 December)
Head Editor/Digital Marketing Head
• Recruited writers and associate staff members. Managed a team of over 40 people. • Piloted the team which saw the Alexa ranking of the website reach the top-1,000 Indian Websites within one year with an average of 2.4 million views per month. • Within 20 months, we successfully achieved the goal of becoming a Top-500 website in India and were classified in the Top-8 Cricket websites in the country. • My team was successful in fetching an average of over 4 million views per month on the website.
Digital Media Manager for Indian Cricketers and Olympians
• Directed the team which managed the official Facebook and Google+ pages of Indian cricketers and Olympians including Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Pragyan Ojha. • Led the team which managed all social platforms for 5-Time World Boxing Champion Mary Kom. • Coordinated the project of MC Mary Kom with ‘Vodafone’ to start a self-defence app directed towards providing safe defense tips to Indian Women. • Successfullyclosed the deal which saw MC Mary Kom sign on as the brand ambassador of‘Dida Sportswear’ and also of a digital parental Android/iOS application named ‘Ekavach’.
EXTRA SKILLS /CURRICULAR ACTIVITES/ ACCOLADES
• Very high proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. • Won numerous Debate, Elocution and Essay writing competitions both at school and college level. • Student coordinator and event coordinator for multiple state and National level college fests. • Won the ‘Best Outgoing Student’ award at my school in the 10th Grade. • Represented both school and college in Football, Chess, Badminton and Cricket.
REFEREES
• Brent Tagell Manager, Aussie Excel (+61 473767487) Email :brent2016solar@outlook.com
• Kead Beauliv Managing Director, Complete Sports Manager (+61 420252803) Email : kead@completesportsmanagement.com.au