Engineer turned marketer. Akshay Sardana, acquisition marketing manager at Optus and AMI Future Leader award winner in 2019: Fascination with how things work; Akshay's education and background; Akshay's tech obsession; re-learning marketing in new roles; combining business acumen with love for marketing; marketing and sales relationship; revenue driver versus cost centre; acquisition marketing; working with the brand team; personal branding; technologies integral to the marketing role; measuring ROI; what it means to be a Future Leader; personal values around business and leadership.

This chat was part of MarketingMag's content partnership with the Australian Marketing Institute. 

Engineer turned marketer. Akshay Sardana, acquisition marketing manager at Optus and AMI Future Leader award winner in 2019: Fascination with how things work; Akshay's education and background; Akshay's tech obsession; re-learning marketing in new roles; combining business acumen with love for marketing; marketing and sales relationship; revenue driver versus cost centre; acquisition marketing; working with the brand team; personal branding; technologies integral to the marketing role; measuring ROI; what it means to be a Future Leader; personal values around business and leadership.
This chat was part of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marketingmag.com.au/">MarketingMag</a>'s content partnership with the <a href="https://ami.org.au/">Australian Marketing Institute</a>.&nbsp;

One-on-one conversations with the sharpest minds in Australian marketing. Welcome to MarCast, the Marketing Magazine podcast series. Each episode, our host Dave Jackson spends some quality time with a senior Australian marketer to understand their approach to brand building, strategy management, data, technology, leadership and more.

The sharpest minds in Australian marketing

MarCast

One-on-one conversations with the sharpest minds in Australian marketing. Welcome to MarCast, the Marketing Magazine podcast series. Each episode, our host Dave Jackson spends some quality time with a senior Australian marketer to understand their approach to brand building, strategy management, data, technology, leadership and more.

MarCast is made possible by Hays marketing and digital. The recruiting experts in marketing and digital roles across Australia, for a wide range of industries and job functions. For the latest insights on what it takes to be a marketing director, download Hays' 'DNA of a Marketing Director' report.

One-on-one conversations with the sharpest minds in Australian marketing. Welcome to MarCast, the Marketing Magazine podcast series. Each episode, our host Dave Jackson spends some quality time with a senior Australian marketer to understand their approach to brand building, strategy management, data, technology, leadership and more.
MarCast is made possible by <a href="https://mktm.ag/HaysMarketingJobs">Hays</a> marketing and digital. The recruiting experts in marketing and digital roles across Australia, for a wide range of industries and job functions. For the latest insights on what it takes to be a marketing director, download Hays' '<a href="https://mktm.ag/HaysReportMarCast">DNA of a Marketing Director</a>' report.

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