Ananya Deshpande
Digital Marketing Specialist (Entry-Level)
Indore, India • +91 98271 60534 • ananya.deshpande.mktg@gmail.com • linkedin.com/in/ananya-deshpande-mktg
Portfolio: www.eliorexa.com/portfolio/digital-marketing-specialist-fresher
Professional Summary
Marketing graduate who turns analytics into growth — runs SEO, Google Ads and Meta Ads campaigns, builds content calendars, and reads GA4 like a map. Grew a self-published food blog to 18k monthly readers and ranked 14 keywords on page one through on-page SEO and link building. Google- and Meta-certified, comfortable with conversion optimization and A/B testing, and eager to ship measurable campaigns from day one.
Skills
Search & paid: SEO (on-page & technical), SEM, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Keyword research, Google Search Console
Content & social: Content marketing, Social media, Copywriting, Canva, Editorial calendars, Instagram & LinkedIn
Email & CRO: Email marketing, Mailchimp, Landing pages, Conversion optimization, A/B testing
Analytics & tools: GA4, Google Tag Manager, Looker Studio, Excel/Sheets, WordPress, Ahrefs (basics)
Core Competencies
SEO · SEM · Google Ads · Meta Ads · GA4 · content marketing · email marketing · social media · conversion optimization · analytics · Digital Marketing Specialist
Work Experience
Digital Marketing Intern — Brightleaf Media
Jan 2025 – May 2025
Remote
- Managed a ₹1.2L/month Google Ads search account across 6 ad groups, lifting click-through rate from 2.1% to 3.4% by rewriting ad copy and tightening keyword match types.
- Optimized 22 blog posts for on-page SEO (titles, meta, internal links), moving 9 target keywords into the top 10 and growing organic sessions 31% over the internship.
- Built GA4 events and a Looker Studio dashboard that gave the team weekly visibility into traffic, conversions and cost per lead.
- Scheduled and wrote 40+ Instagram and LinkedIn posts, raising average engagement rate from 1.8% to 2.9%.
Projects
Saffron & Spoon — food blog — 18k monthly readers
Self-run WordPress food blog grown through SEO and social media.
- Grew the blog to 18k monthly readers in 11 months using keyword-led content marketing and on-page SEO, with 14 keywords ranking on page one.
- Built an email list of 2,400 subscribers via lead-magnet recipes, holding a 32% open rate with weekly newsletters.
Tech: SEO, Content marketing, Email, WordPress
ThriftCart — paid campaign sprint — 3.8x ROAS
Capstone Google Ads + Meta Ads campaign for a mock D2C thrift store.
- Planned and ran a 4-week ₹40k Meta Ads + Google Ads test, achieving a blended 3.8x ROAS through audience layering and creative A/B testing.
- Improved landing-page conversion rate from 1.6% to 3.1% via headline tests and a simplified checkout, tracked in GA4.
Tech: Google Ads, Meta Ads, Conversion optimization, GA4
Education
BBA — Marketing
2025
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), Indore
First Class · Coursework: Digital Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Market Research, Brand Management
Certifications
- Google Ads Search Certification — Google Skillshop (2025)
- GA4 (Google Analytics) Certification — Google Skillshop (2025)
- Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate — Meta Blueprint (2024)