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I am Jay Ruan
Sales & marketing leader turned tech adventurer, exploring computer science and AI. Join my odyssey.
About me
With over six years’ experience across tech sales, digital marketing, team leadership, and a Master’s in Digital Marketing Strategy from Trinity College Dublin, I’ve built a career at the intersection of sales, marketing, technology and commercial growth.
At Pinterest via Accenture Ireland, I work with some of the worlds’ most recognisable brands to deliver high impact marketing campaigns, drive revenue growth, and lead top-performing sales teams. My work combines strategic marketing with solution-based sales, supported by technical skills in SQL, VBA, and workflow optimisation. One of my proudest moments was launching a brand new tech sales team for Pinterest in Kuala Lumpur, built from the ground up using the lessons learned at our Dublin HQ.
Now expanding my technical expertise with a Higher Diploma in Science in Computing at ATU, I’m focused on leveraging my skillset in sales, marketing, AI and technical know-how to deliver measurable results for businesses.
Projects
Blog
Short reads on sales strategy, marketing experiments, and learning in tech.
Elias Belgdour
Senior Sales Manager Pinterest
Ruan is a total Tigger! He has the best attitude and lights up a room with his energy and excitement. Ruan is one of the most driven people I have ever met. He thrives when faced with challenges or when tasked to create innovative strategies. If you need something done, done right and done on time, Ruan the one to do it. His passion for quality is only matched by his thirst for knowledge. Ruan is a well-rounded, self-motivated marketing professional. He has a strong understanding of cutting edge social media and digital marketing best practices. His ability to articulately communicate and think out of the box makes him an extremely valuable marketing specialist. With all certainty, he will make great steps in the future! Two enthusiastic thumbs up!
Veruske Magalhães
ex-Sales Manager Pinterest
Ruan is a proactive learner and one of the most curious people I've ever met. He is a lifelong learner. With this ability, he turned so fast into one of the product experts on the SMB team. His capacity to interact with people (also in multiple languages) helps him a lot business-wise, in terms of dealing with objections on calls and provide the best solution for each client. Last, but not least, he always has a positive attitude and a desire to deliver high performance at work, which he does!
Eamonn O'Raghallaigh
Co-Director at Trinity Business School
Jay Ruan was a student of mine in the MSc in Digital Marketing Strategy in Trinity Business School. He was an exceptional, diligent and hard working student who always had a hunger and ambition to excel. I expect he will be highly successful in his future career due to his strong work ethic and positive attitude combined with a high level of intelligence.
Rupert Hogan
Founder of Businessloans.ie
Jay stood out from application stage to his daily work ethic in bringing his digital marketing skills to www.BusinessLoans.ie to grow the business. He has been attentive to detail, savvy with ad spend and found us finance deals. We were not surprised when he was hired in to a big company. He is an asset to any company.
Jenny Huston
Founder of Edge Only Jewellery
Ruan is wonderful to work with. He is clever and thoughtful and passionate about digital marketing. He was conscious of taking advantage of all the free marketing tools available to us while maximising paid advertising spend. He is brilliant at researching, finding solutions and fixing technical issues.
Contact
I am excited about the possibility of contributing to your projects and helping you achieve your goals. If you are interested in learning more about my skills and experience, or if you have any projects that you would like to discuss, contact me.