nikgevechanov
Senior Business Development Exec
Driven, dynamic and adaptive business development professional with 9 years of experience. I've closed over 800 partnerships in my career. My most recent stint at Viber helped the company grow its audience by 50% in its strongest region and increase revenue 250% in the same region. You're getting a team player with an innate ability to lead as a bonus.
Experience: 8 years
Yearly salary: $60,000
Hourly rate: $30
Nationality: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Residency: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Experience
Business Development Lead Europe
Rakuten Viber 2024 - 2024
Focus on monetization and optimizing results from Viber's entire European partner ecosystem. Directly contributed to $1M increase in revenue in said period. Strengthened Viber's media relations across the board, helping increase free and earned media clippings by 30%.
Business Development Lead CEE
Rakuten Viber 2022 - 2024
Oversaw a team, leading Viber's partner operations in the region. Grew MAU contribution from the partner ecosystem by 50%. Increased focus on monetization, leading to a 25% increase in regional revenue.
Business Development Manager CEE
Rakuten Viber 2019 - 2022
Expanded Viber's content partner ecosystem by more than 250% in size. Grew Viber's partner MAU contribution by 120%. Signed all but a few high-profile sports teams in the biggest CEE markets to long-term partnerships, resulting in increased engagement from their fans within the application. Strategised and executed Viber's EOY campaign in 2021, 2020 and 2019 by signing commercial clients to participate in a mass market activation, resulting in more than 1.5M MAU and 20% super users uptick in each year. Laid the foundations of Viber's meta-app vision by facilitating the creation of user-centric added value solutions in the form of Chatbots, which help people complete daily tasks or get access to important information. Oversaw the day-to-day operations and overall execution of each CEE market's strategy and KPIs by remotely managing an external agency on site.
Partnerships Specialist CEE
Rakuten Viber 2017 - 2019
Grow and oversee Viber's strategic partnerships in CEE. Signed over 200 partners in media, entertainment, sports and celebrity verticals to expand Viber's content ecosystem.
Business Developer
Absolute Zero IVS 2016 - 2016
Denmark's first VR hardware company, producing a 12-lense 360-degree VR camera. Expanded the company's pipeline to over 300 potential clients. Closed the first camera sale at a prototype level.
Co-Founder
Innovation Unlimited IVS 2014 - 2016
Build client and partner list, develop relationships with key strategic partners. Signed strategic partnerships with Denmark's Technical University and Copenhagen Business Academy to use their facilities and students as assets in ideation, business model and pitching for large enterprises.
Skills
account-manager
brand
chatbot
communications
marketing-communication
pr
reliability
sales
english