Marketing Consultant
Shello Cosmetics (Pvt) Ltd.
Jan 2026 — Present
Leading digital marketing and social media strategy, paid Meta campaigns, influencer and user-generated content activity, communication planning, and performance optimisation.
Marketing instinct. Operational discipline. Technical depth.
A strategic advisor and hands-on operator helping leaders connect marketing, business growth, operations, and technology.
Strategy that is ready for real execution.
Kayen Akeel is a marketing and business consultant with specialised experience in digital strategy, backed by an MBA and an earlier career in computer science and enterprise IT.
He works across brand positioning, business growth, sales and operations, digital transformation, paid advertising, social media, content, stakeholders, and people. His role can move from strategic advisory to hands-on coordination and execution when the work demands it.
“Connect the strategy, the people, and the work required to make growth happen.”
Kayen brings commercial perspective, digital fluency, operating experience, and a willingness to stay close to delivery.
Current roles. Active operating perspective.
Ongoing work keeps Kayen close to real campaigns, customers, teams, workflows, and growth decisions.
Head of Operations & Compliance / Marketing Consultant
Finez Furniture and Interior (Pvt) Ltd.
May 2025 — Present
Overseeing operations, compliance, strategic marketing, customer communication, workflow improvement, and marketing-led sales support.
Marketing Consultant
Mogo Media Academy
Aug 2024 — Present
Developing student-recruitment strategy, multi-platform advertising, youth-focused content, and integrated campaign execution across digital and traditional media.
Marketing Consultant
Lakmedura
Aug 2024 — Present
Leading digital marketing, social media management, digital advertising, and brand strategy to support visibility, engagement, and customer acquisition.
Selected completed consultancy work.
Previous engagements spanning AI, business expansion, education marketing, branding, and state-enterprise transformation.
Country Manager — Shift AI
Led digital outreach, brand positioning, client engagement, strategic networking, and enterprise-focused marketing for AI-based business solutions.
Business Expansion — PalPackaging (Pvt) Ltd.
Developed a total business plan to support the company's expansion.
Marketing & Branding — Sailing Pen and Susipwan
Developed creative digital marketing and branding strategy and execution around a 12,000-student recruitment objective for the 2024/26 academic years.
State Enterprise Amalgamation
Provided consultancy input to the amalgamation of CFCL and CCFL in establishing State Fertilizer Company Limited.
A career across marketing and technology.
Earlier roles built the mix of commercial, communication, data, systems, and delivery experience behind Kayen's current practice.
Freelance Consultant — Digital Advertising & Strategy
Advist Ceylon Consultancy, Sri Lanka — Delivered tailored digital marketing strategy and execution for higher education, hospitality, food, apparel, professional services, and technology clients.
Executive, University Advancement
Sri Lanka Technological Campus — Developed business and marketing plans, managed social platforms and customer data, coordinated integrated campaigns, worked with press and PR partners, and managed budgets.
Systems Support Engineer
Millennium IT ESP — Built hands-on experience supporting technology systems and operating in a structured enterprise IT environment.
Technical Consultant — IT
Saegis Campus — Applied computer-science and technical knowledge in a higher-education operating environment.
Intern
Millennium IT — Established an early foundation in enterprise technology, systems, and professional delivery.
Campaign experience with measurable reach.
Selected achievements from Kayen's university-advancement and integrated campaign work.
Business Management applications
Generated for a newly launched degree through digital marketing during 2018/19.
Bootcamp applications
Generated for the relaunched Web Development Programme in 2019.
Multi-channel campaign delivery
Experience across digital, television, radio, print, PR, activations, and social media.
Four capabilities. One integrated approach.
The work connects commercial strategy with practical execution rather than treating each discipline in isolation.
Marketing & advertising strategy
Combining brand positioning, digital advertising, social media, integrated campaigns, content, influencer activity, and hands-on optimisation.
Business growth & operations
Connecting expansion, sales, customer acquisition, workflows, compliance, and operating discipline to practical growth plans.
Digital transformation & technology
Bridging commercial goals with a computer-science background and experience in enterprise systems and IT consulting.
People & stakeholder execution
Aligning leaders, teams, partners, responsibilities, communication, and contingencies so strategy survives contact with the real work.
Grounded in business and computer science.
Formal qualifications that support a practice spanning commercial strategy, marketing, operations, and technology.
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom
Completed January 2021
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Hons)
University College Dublin, Ireland
Completed September 2016
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