Varad Karmarkar is a marketing professional who graduated from the University of Illinois in 2014 with degrees in economics and political science. He is currently completing the Technical Marketing Track at The Startup Institute in Chicago. Karmarkar has internship experience in marketing at Baxter Healthcare and has led various campus involvement projects at the University of Illinois. His skills include SEO, social media, email marketing, inbound marketing, and data analysis.

1. Varad
S.
Karmarkar
http://www.linkedin.com/in/varadkarmarkar/
(224)
805-­‐7340
vkarmarkar12@gmail.com
Education
The
Startup
Institute
-­‐-­‐
Chicago
Expected
to
complete
in
December
2014
Technical
Marketing
Track
The
University
of
Illinois
-­‐-­‐
Urbana-­‐Champaign
Graduated
May
2014
Bachelor’s
Degree
in
Economics
and
Political
Science
Experience
UrbanBound
Consulting
Project
via
Startup
Institute
Oct-­‐Dec
2014
Driving
supplier
traffic
through
persona
exploration,
keyword
strategy,
blog
posts,
and
email
marketing
campaign
Worked
in
a
cross-­‐functional
team
to
design
an
E-­‐Book
aimed
at
appealing
to
millennial
generation
Baxter
Healthcare
Marketing
Internship
May-­‐Aug
2013
Led
weekly
meetings
with
third-­‐party
consultants
in
compiling
market
research
data
on
clients
and
competitors
Completed
extensive
analysis
on
data
and
developed
detailed
presentations
Presented
insights
to
marketing
management
from
manager
to
VP
Community
Service
Work
Headed
marketing
work
on
intern
team
in
support
of
Center
for
Enriched
Living,
which
provides
opportunities
for
those
with
mental
and
physical
disabilities
Influenced
fundraising
campaign
raising
over
$200
that
was
used
to
purchase
iPad/iPhone
apps
for
Center
for
Enriched
Living
staff
Earned
3rd
place
out
of
8
resulting
in
$500
donation
to
charity
University
of
Illinois
Class
Assistant
for
Differential
Equations
Aug
2011-­‐Apr
2012
Directed
student
integration
into
Mathematica
software
Skills
SEO,
Social
Media,
Email
Marketing,
Inbound
Marketing,
Google
Analytics/Adwords,
Paid
Placements,
Situational
Leadership,
Microsoft
Office
(Excel,
Powerpoint,
Word),
Public
Speaking,
Spanish,
Marathi
Campus
Involvements
Sigma
Beta
Rho
Multicultural
Fraternity,
Inc.
Rush
Chair
Jan-­‐May
2013
Led
recruitment
of
multicultural
students
on
campus,
resulted
in
3rd
largest
pledge
class
in
colony
history
Risk
Management
Chair
Aug–Dec
2011
Oversaw
fraternity’s
compliance
with
IFC
regulations
Engineering
Council
Aug
2011-­‐May
2012
Coordinated
with
other
students
to
organize
events
such
as
Engineering
Day
and
Shadow
an
Engineer
that
brought
100+
high
school
students
to
the
University
of
Illinois
campus