Shameer Refai
Award-winning Digital Media Strategist & Creative Consultant with a proven track record of building brand equity online while growing market share through excellence in creative communication for renowned local and global brands across multiple industries.
Over 10 years of experience in managing a robust set of responsibilities in Creative and Digital Media Communications inclusive of strategic direction, creative insights, business developments and digital media optimization that enhances brand presence, online & offline.
Parting ways with Leo Burnett Sri Lanka (now known as Publicis Groupe Sri Lanka) opened up new path ways, allowing me to pursue focused areas of Online Brand Building and Creative Content Conceptualization through winning strategies and content masterpieces for a variety of global & local clients and brands.
Some of the Brands I’ve offered consultation and managed with regards to their Digital Media Marketing requirement.
- Fibonacci Series UAE (Jewellery)
- KFC Maldives (Retail Service)
- Taco Bell Sri Lanka (Retail Service)
- Leo Burnett Sri Lanka Digital (Digitas)
- MSL Group (PR Communications)
- Alt-X (Digital Communications)
Led and managed many successful influencer marketing and brand partnership campaigns to help build brand image and awareness while contributing positively towards sales/revenue.
Client Portfolio (Local and Global) – Facebook, Coca Cola, Samsung etc.
- Strategizing the campaign to optimize the use of influencer marketing through appropriate research and planning.
- Identifying and recruiting appropriate influencers as per marketing objective and client requirements.
- Negotiating, onboarding and signing off influencer and partnership deals and contracts as per client requirements.
- Launching, rolling out and managing the campaign while monitoring and guiding the influencers and partners to successful outcomes.
Developing digital media and communication strategies for new brands, existing brands through launch/relaunch/campaigns to increase brand awareness and recall among its target audience.
Client Portfolio (Local and Global) – Fibonacci Series UAE, Leather Collection Sri Lanka Etc.
Providing a holistic plan inclusive of
- Online Strategy.
- Platform Recommendations.
- Content Marketing.
- Conceptualization and Art Direction.
- Social Media Marketing & Advertising for Facebook & Instagram.
- Paid Media recommendation & management.
- Influencer Marketing Consultancy and Campaign Management.
Leading and managing approved campaigns in collaboration with both freelance resources and third-party suppliers to create disruptive work to support the client’s yearly marketing calendar.
Applying global category best practices for content conceptualization to assist various brands in content marketing.
Client Portfolio (Local and Global) – Taco Bell Sri Lanka, KFC Maldives, Fibonacci Series UAE, Leather Collection Sri Lanka
- Conceptualization of content for brand social media channels on a monthly basis.
- Crafting strategies to achieve digital media objectives resulting in higher user engagement thereby increasing day-to-day brand recall.
A part of the world’s oldest and 3t largest advertising agency holding group and one of the largest agency networks, Leo Burnett Sri Lanka is a holistic marketing communications agency founded on Humankind, a philosophy led by human insights that can change the world thought acts, not ads.
Having joined the Leo Burnett 3-member digital team at its inception, my journey in digital can be described as a primitive experience that led to a transformational journey of learning, growing and accomplishments. During my five year tenure, I had the opportunity to work on many successful campaigns with a diverse portfolio of distinguished local and international brands, initially as a designer and eventually growing into the team’s most valuable content creator, key digital strategy developer and project/campaign manager.
Taco Bell Sri Lanka
- Successfully launched Taco Bell in Sri Lanka in 2017.
- Led the content team to develop relevant and engaging content making the Taco Bell Sri Lanka IG page the most engaged Instagram brand page in the fast-food category in Sri Lanka (source: Fanpage Karma).
- Made Taco Bell SL’s Instagram page as South Asia’s Most Engaging Taco Bell Instagram Page.
- Won many awards for the Brand launch campaign in digital shows in Sri Lanka.
– Effie Awards – Finalist x 1
– SLT Zero One Award – Best Digital Integrated Campaign
– SLT Zero One Award – Best Digital Enabled Product/Service Category
Maggi Devilled Sri Lanka –
a Nestle brand
- Lead Content Creator for the brand Maggi Devilled Noodles from 2014 to 2016.
- Achieved the Most Engaging Facebook Page in South Asia for the FMCG Category in 2014 and 2015 against brands such as Coca Cola, Oreo, KITKAT (source: Fanpage Karma).
Huawei Sri Lanka
- Successfully launched the digital launch campaign for Huawei GR5 2017 in 2017.
- Spearheaded the campaign playing an active role in strategy, planning, content and sales.
- Led the campaign in collaboration with both in-house resources and third-party vendors to develop iconic work to support the campaign objectives.
Sri Lankan Airlines (SLA)
- Successfully launched and led the SLA Christmas campaign.
- Achieved outstanding results with 15,821 entries, + 4,131,024 impressions in just 10 days of launch with minimum paid ad spends.
- Designed the Sri Lankan Airlines Mobile Application Interface in 2016.
KFC Maldives
- Successfully launched KFC in Maldives in 2018.
- Managed and executed the campaign by playing an active role in strategy, planning and creative conceptualization for the brand.
- Developed creative launch content pieces that generated over a million impressions and social buzz during the launch.