Exceptional Promise- Request for review as a Product Marketing Manager

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Applying as a Product Marketing Manager

Recommendation letters

1st Letter from a Start-up Tech CEO (YC22)
2nd Letter from a Fintech CEO
3rd Letter from a Microfinance Fintech CEO.
All letters signed using docusign

:yellow_circle:Mandatory Criteria.

  1. National Award: I included certificates for the award, the award itself and news clippings.
    For the award I included other prominent individuals who have received this award and included links to the website.
    I finished from a UK university with a master’s in marketing with distinction, my MSc certificate is included as well.
    I led a marketing event in East Yorkshire and I was recognised by the Pro-VC for my work and was given a certificate of excellence. I included the impact the event had on the young folks through testimonials after the event.

  2. Media recognition: I provided media recognition where my work was recognised with links and pictures.

  3. Led the growth of a fintech bank: Included pictures of the go-to strategies I developed and executed. In addition I included the revenue dashboard during my tenure, pictures of the influencer marketing strategy I worked and proof our product on the play store and AppStore.

  4. Evidence of my contribution to digital technology growth through Technical articles
    My work was published in major leading platforms and it has been future in different tech forums.

:purple_circle:Optional Criteria
OC 2: Beyond work

  1. News articles through thought leadership
    a. I had an interview with one of the biggest tech outlets
    b. Another interview with a big tech media outlet

  2. Evidence of Mentorship:
    Mentorship letter from a structured non-profit tech organisation with pictures, highlighting my work on their tech programs

  3. Another mentorship reference letter from a non-profit organisation with pictures and my impact as a senior mentor on their STEM program

:purple_circle:OC 3: Commercial
a) Led the growth of a UK fintech company showing my impact during my tenure with pictures of go-to strategy implemented
Links to our social media and AppStore.
I also highlighted my impact to the growth of the company with revenue dashboard showing the growth.

b) Reference letter from the CEO of the company, showing impact on the company’s revenue and growth

c) Reference letter from the CTO of the company.
In addition, pictures of the go-to marketing strategies I developed and implemented.

I would really appreciate your contributions @Francisca_Chiedu @alexnk @Akash_Joshi @May @AlexBlack @pahuja

Thank you.

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Hi, while your application has a good base, there are several improvements we can make. While the letters from CEOs are valuable for Recommendation letters, try adding perspectives from individuals outside your immediate professional circle as additional data for existing documents. Additionally, ensure that each letter highlights unique aspects of your work to avoid redundancy.

For the mentorship section, you should include more quantifiable outcomes from your mentorship programs, such as the number of mentees impacted or specific projects they’ve gone on to lead. Similarly, try to prove how this was an offline, structured mentorship program with a selection criteria. Similarly, for your commercial contributions, consider adding more detailed metrics, such as percentage growth in revenue or user acquisition during your tenure, to provide a clearer picture of your impact.

Finally, while your evidence is robust, ensure that all documents are meticulously organized and clearly labeled to align with Tech Nation’s requirements. Focus on crafting a unique narrative that ties your achievements to the UK’s digital technology sector, emphasizing how your skills and experiences will contribute to its growth.

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Thank you very much for your review, I really appreciate your time.

For more clarity, the first recommendation letter is outside my immediate circle, the letter states how he knows me, work impacts and my contribution beyond the companies I have worked for. All letters also highlights the impact of my work.

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For the mentorship section, the reference letter included the number of mentees I have impacted. I have pictures for both the online and offline mentorship programs.

For the commercial contributions I will get more detailed metrics, thank you so much for this insight.

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Thank you so much will work on this.

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MC- What is the award about, if you are referring to your degree certificate then it doesn’t count. Not sure how leading a marketing event is connected to the award. So your evidence 1 doesn’t demonstrate your recognition as a leader.

  1. Was your name mentioned in the article?
  2. Evidence 3 make work but do you have a reference letter to confirm your claims.
  3. Articles, how recent are the articles and the reach of your publications
    Optional Criteria 2

Evidence 1 how does the interview advance the sector
The mentorship evidence seem fine, are they physical events?

Is the evidence 1 of OC3 same as MC?

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Good morning Francisca,
Thank you for very much for your time and response.
The Award is a technology award, it was awarded to me in the last five years for my contributions to the technology sector. The marketing event I led is in addition to the technology award i was given.

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Yes my names were mentioned in the articles

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One of my recommendation letter is from the CEO, is that fine?

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The articles were written in the last five years and some of my articles have a very good number of views

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I shared insights on building a successful marketing career and how to attain success in the tech sector

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Both physical and online events

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Its not the same evidence, OC3 is the another technology company I work with in the UK presently.

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The assessor my not link the recommendation letter and the evidence. So get someone else to write a reference letter

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Thank you so much for this, will get a reference letter.

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