Harshitha Polamarasetti

Operations & Digital Marketing Leader

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

About

Versatile operations and digital marketing leader with six years inside a fast-scaling startup, combining hands-on growth marketing (12x organic traffic growth, 1M+ combined social following built from scratch) with founding a Risk & Operations function from zero. Ran a daily CEO reporting cadence, owned the company's largest client relationship (~60% of revenue), and built a 35-person team through hiring. Also brings direct founder experience from co-running a small consumer business.

Experience

72 Dragons

Head of Digital Marketing & Founder, Risk & Operations

72 Dragons

Apr 2020 – Jul 2026

● Founded and led the Risk & Operations function from 2022 through the company's end in 2026, building it from zero into a 6-person team, while separately serving a one-year term as India Team Head (2022-2023) leading Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Risk & Operations simultaneously. ● Ran a daily structured executive reporting cadence directly with the CEO and leadership team, proactively surfacing status, risks, and decisions needed. ● Grew organic traffic from under 1,000 to roughly 12,000 daily views through a comprehensive SEO overhaul over 6 months, and built three content channels (Health, Film, Art) from scratch, growing Health to 500,000+ followers, Film to 300,000+, and Art to 250,000+ on Instagram alone. ● Owned the company's single largest client relationship (Taiwan/Hong Kong-based, ~60% of total revenue), managing paid social campaigns and content strategy directly. ● Authored a 250-page social media operations document as part of a company-wide Business Process Improvement initiative, standardizing workflows and driving adoption of new operational standards, and personally built the marketing team from 2 to 35 people, owning hiring end-to-end. ● Led annual website relaunches from concept through go-live in partnership with engineering, represented 72 Dragons as Global Event Manager at the Cannes event, and used AI tools to accelerate a major client pitch deck, cutting personal prep time roughly in half and contributing to a successful new-business win.

SEOPaid SocialContent Strategy

Co-Founder & Operator

Independent Fast-Food Cafe

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

● Co-founded a small fast-food cafe with two partners and personally ran daily operations for about a year, owning the menu, staff, vendor finances, and marketing.

OperationsMarketingVendor Management
Anuvaa

Business Development Associate & Digital Marketing Intern

Anuvaa

Nov 2019 – Mar 2020

● Ran ongoing Google Ads campaigns with a real managed budget and ran day-to-day operations for the institute end-to- end, consistently closing 15-20 enrollments per month against a target of 10.

Google AdsDigital MarketingOperations
Accenture

SAP ABAP Consultant

Accenture

Jul 2016 – Jan 2019

● Gathered requirements directly from stakeholders and delivered custom reports and workflow automations for Caterpillar dealer clients, including a consolidated purchasing report and automated PO approval workflow, plus Project System (PS) support and a job-scheduling project for Henkel.

SAP ABAPWorkflow AutomationProject System

Education

Indian School of Business

Indian School of Business

Information Technology Project Management

2026

MICA, The School of Ideas

Post-Graduate Certificate · Digital Marketing & Communication

2021 – 2021
GITAM Deemed University

GITAM Deemed University

Bachelor of Technology · Information Technology

2012 – 2016

Certifications

Digital Marketing Certified & AEO Fundamentals

HubSpot Academy

2026 – No expiry

Generative AI Mastermind

Outskill

2026 – No expiry

Languages

English (Full professional proficiency)Telugu (Native or bilingual proficiency)Tamil (Limited working proficiency)