Nikhil Malik
Digital Marketing Strategy
Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategy Graduate & Undergraduate · Tepper School of Business, CMU · Fall 2025, Fall 2026 (Grad), Spring 2026 (Undergrad)
Digital Marketing Strategy Graduate · Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California · Spring 2022–2025

Students will learn to develop Digital Marketing Strategy across search, social, influencers, e-commerce, display, and viral video ads. Students will perform KPI analysis for marketing, optimizing spend, unpack marketing technology, and learn to apply AI and Web 3.0 tools.

Topics
Search Engine Marketing — PPC and SEO
Digital Advertising — Display and Video
Social Media and Influencer Marketing
E-commerce Platforms
Predictive and Generative AI in Marketing
Personalization, Targeting, and Privacy
Web 3.0 — Blockchains, Bitcoin, ICOs, NFTs
Case Studies
Online Marketing at Big Skinny Edelman, Kominers, HBS (2012) · Marketing Strategy, A/B Testing
Squatty Potty: Assessing Digital Marketing Campaign Data Dinsmore, Kominers, Ivey (2018) · Viral Video, Social Media
AirFox (A): Embracing the Blockchain and an ICO Bussgang et al., HBS (2018) · Web 3.0, Decentralized Ads
Tools & Certifications
Analytics and AI Platforms
Low-code: Alteryx · Google Colab
Certifications
Digital Advertising — HubSpot Academy · Social Media Marketing — HubSpot Academy
Google Ads Display — Google Skill Shop · Google Analytics — Google Skill Shop
Guest Speakers (Past)
Scott Olrich Former COO, DocuSign
Konrad Ribeiro Head of Coaching, Americas Large Customer Sales · Google
Ariel Sims Head of Social · Digitas
Clinton Suh Head of E-commerce · On
Maria Jose Martin North America Marketing Lead · Motorola
Jenn Ng The Trade Desk
Data Scientists Amazon, Snapchat, and more