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Shezad Ali Khan

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Digital marketing trainer in Mumbai.
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Skill India certified trainer (NSQF Level 6). The curriculum comes from twelve years of agency work. Each cohort builds a portfolio on real Mumbai brands and briefs.

Shezad Ali Khan delivering a digital marketing class in Mumbai, 2024
  • 1,500+ people trained
  • 38 cohorts taught
  • 12+ years in digital marketing
  • 5.0 from 33 Google reviews

The short answer

Shezad Ali Khan is a Skill India certified digital marketing trainer in Mumbai (NSQF Level 6, MESC / NSDC) with 12+ years in digital marketing, teaching since 2018, 38 cohorts and 1,500+ people trained. He is a former Lead Trainer at IIDE, and trains corporate teams, college cohorts and individuals through a six-module, 25-day practical curriculum covering SEO, paid media, content, analytics and AI. Every engagement is a fixed fee quoted after a 20-minute call: workshops start with two weeks' notice, eight-week corporate cohorts within four to six.

What will I actually learn?

Six modules over twenty-five days, which is the default eight-week shape. Modules collapse and stretch to fit a workshop, a semester, or a one-on-one. The order is deliberate: measurement before media, content before paid.

  • Foundations

    Marketing fundamentals, funnels, the four-channel mix, brand vs performance, measurement primer. Three days.

  • Search & SEO

    Technical SEO, on-page, content clusters, AI Overviews era, link building, local SEO for Mumbai businesses. Five days.

  • Paid media

    Google Ads search and shopping, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads, attribution, creative briefs, budget pacing. Five days.

  • Content & social

    Editorial calendars, Instagram Reels, YouTube long-form, LinkedIn for B2B, repurposing playbook. Three days.

  • Analytics & AI

    GA4, GTM, Looker, AI in research and copy, prompt frameworks, automation with Make and n8n. Four days.

  • Capstone briefs

    Real briefs from Mumbai brands graded against agency-grade rubrics. You finish with portfolio work. Five days.

Who is this for?

Four kinds of room.

  • Career switchers

    Mumbai professionals moving from sales, finance, content, or design into digital marketing. Sunday cohorts so you keep your day job.

  • In-house teams

    Marketing departments at Mumbai brands that want their team trained on the same playbook the agency uses, without paying agency retainers.

  • College students

    I have already taught at IIDE, Hinduja, Thakur, Pillai and Wilson. Guest lectures, semester modules, and graduation-ready certifications.

  • Agencies upskilling

    Andheri and BKC agencies that need junior teams working at a senior level in eight weeks instead of two years.

Can you train our team at our office?

Yes. Corporate cohorts run on-site in Andheri, BKC, Powai, Lower Parel, and across Mumbai, for twelve to twenty participants. I build the curriculum around your team’s actual gaps. SEO, paid media and AI can each run as a team track of their own.

  • Eight-week corporate cohort

    Eight-week program for your in-house team. On-site at your Mumbai office, or hybrid with weekly live sessions. Twelve to twenty seats per cohort.

  • Single-topic team workshop

    One- or two-day intensive on a single topic: SEO, paid media, or AI for marketers. Useful for leadership offsites, agency away-days, or hiring spikes. In Mumbai or remote.

  • What it changed for an Andheri brand

    Sixteen marketers, mixed seniority. Pre-training audit found the team running campaigns without a single attribution model. Eight weeks later they were running their own GA4 + Looker stack and renegotiated their agency scope.

  • How fast it starts

    Workshops with two weeks’ notice. Eight-week cohorts need four to six weeks of design time before kickoff.

What if I’m not a company?

Pick the shape that fits you.

  • College module

    Semester-long curriculum delivered as guest faculty. Industry briefs, internships funneled through my network, career support.

  • Workshop

    One- or two-day intensive on a single topic. Useful for leadership offsites, agency away-days, or hiring spikes. In Mumbai or remote.

  • One-on-one

    Twelve-week individual mentorship if you do not fit a cohort. Two 1:1 sessions a month plus async reviews of your work.

  • Practical AI Masterclass

    Want to learn AI by building with it? Practical AI runs in person in Jogeshwari: one-on-one guidance in a batch of seven, same published fee.

Has it worked for others?

What counts is what students do on Monday morning. These are measurable outcomes from past Mumbai cohorts; the names are on the students and testimonials pages.

  • IIDE cohort 31

    Twenty-two students hired within ninety days of cohort end

    Eleven into agencies, seven into in-house roles at D2C brands, four into freelance pipelines. The cohort capstone was a real brief from a Mumbai jewellery brand, and three of the hires came from the agency that judged it.

  • One-on-one · career switcher

    From hotel front-desk to in-house marketer in fourteen weeks

    Twelve-week mentorship plus two weeks of interview prep. Portfolio was three live campaigns and a teardown of the hiring company’s funnel. Offer letter signed inside week fifteen.

Trainer questions, answered

Why hire a digital marketing trainer in Mumbai instead of an online course?

Online courses scale by removing the trainer, and what you lose is feedback. In a Mumbai cohort with twelve to twenty seats, you get reviewed work, real briefs from local brands, and a Sunday Q&A where the trainer answers your question, not the average question. The hiring market in Mumbai still rewards portfolio depth over certificate count.

Who is the trainer behind this?

Shezad Ali Khan. 12+ years in digital marketing and teaching since 2018 across Mumbai. Former Lead Trainer at IIDE (from 2023), now running the AI Masterclass in Mumbai. Thirty-eight cohorts, 1,500+ people trained. Skill India certified trainer · NSQF Level 6 (Digital Marketing Manager, MESC / NSDC). Google Ads Partner certified. Diplomas in Web Development, Graphic Design, and Digital Marketing. Based in Jogeshwari West, Mumbai.

What outcomes have past students seen?

Alumni work at IIDE, WPP, Schbang, Tonic Worldwide, in-house at D2C brands, and as freelance consultants. The students page on this site has full stories with company names and timelines.

Can you train an in-house team at our Mumbai office?

Yes. Corporate cohorts run on-site in Andheri, BKC, Powai, Lower Parel, and across Mumbai. Minimum twelve participants, maximum twenty. The curriculum is built around your team’s actual gaps.

How is this different from the corporate training packages on the services page?

The /services/ page is a directory across all engagements: guest lectures, mentorship retainers, and corporate training. This page covers one offer, digital marketing training in Mumbai, with its curriculum and formats.

What does it cost?

Workshops, corporate cohorts, college modules, and one-on-one mentorship are all quoted after a discovery call. Audience size, duration, curriculum depth and format change the price too much for a rate card to be useful. Every engagement is a fixed fee with no hidden costs.

How quickly can you start?

Workshops with two weeks’ notice. Eight-week cohorts need four to six weeks of design time before kickoff. The next open one-on-one mentorship cohort starts within the quarter, usually with four seats available.

Can I attend a free demo class first?

Yes. You can sit in on a session before you decide. Message me on WhatsApp and I will tell you when the next one runs.

Which formats can I choose from?

Three: classroom (college modules and institute batches), corporate (on-site at your Mumbai office, or hybrid) and one-on-one. Fees depend on the format, group size and duration, so ask on WhatsApp and I will give you the number for yours.

Who is the training for?

College students who want a portfolio before placements, career switchers moving into digital marketing from sales, finance, content or design, and business owners who want to run their own marketing or brief whoever they hire.

Which language do you teach in?

English and Hindi. Classes run in English, and I switch to Hindi whenever it makes a concept land faster for the room.

Do I get a certificate?

I am a Skill India certified trainer (NSQF Level 6, Media & Entertainment Skills Council (MESC), trainer ID TR584949), and corporate cohorts include a certificate of completion. What hiring managers actually look at is the portfolio of real briefs you build in class, so that is where most of the time goes.

Do you guarantee a job or placement?

No, and be careful of anyone who does. I have trained 1,500+ people since 2018; what I can promise is reviewed work on real briefs, a portfolio you can show, and honest feedback. Where past students work now is on the students page.

Taught at

  • IIDE — The Digital School
  • Hinduja College
  • Thakur College
  • Pillai College
  • Skill India / NSDC

Teaching since 2018, formerly Lead Trainer at IIDE — The Digital School (from 2023), and guest lecturer at Hinduja College, Thakur College, Pillai College.

Skill India Certified Trainer certificate for Digital Marketing Manager (MES/Q0706), NSQF Level 6, issued by MESC/NSDC

Is the certification real?

Certified Trainer — Digital Marketing Manager

Train-the-Trainer certification under Skill India / NSDC. Accredited by the Media & Entertainment Skills Council (MESC) to train and assess professionals against the national Digital Marketing Manager qualification (NSQF Level 6).

Trainer ID
TR584949
Valid until
January 2027
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“For any business in Mumbai seeking genuine online visibility, connecting with Shezad Ali Khan is the smartest move you can make. As an SEO expert in Mumbai, his skill set is genuinely unmatched; he cuts through the noise and focuses on strategic, sustainable growth. Having personally benefited from his training, I've watched him transform confusing algorithms into clear, actionable plans that consistently elevate websites to the top of search results.”
Photo of Abdul Shaikh Abdul Shaikh Google review · 4 months ago
“Shezad Ali Khan is one of the finest Digital Marketers in Mumbai. When it comes to website SEO, he is the top SEO expert in all of Mumbai, with no one else like him. Sir Shezad Ali Khan is the most skilled person in creating SEO techniques and the best SEO strategies. He has taught SEO strategies to many students, including myself, and has successfully ranked many high-level websites.”
Photo of Digital Aris Digital Aris Google review · 4 months ago
“Shehzad sir is an amazing trainer, his knowledge is in-depth and teaches Digital Marketing in detail and makes one understand the different types of marketing. Would highly recommend him. He's the best mentor.”
Photo of Rafat Qayum Rafat Qayum Google review · 3 years ago
“Shezad Sir has unique teaching skills. He knows how to connect with someone even without meeting them in person. I am amazed to witness how methodologically and generously he imparted his knowledge. He explains every small detail with such humility and patience.”
Dr Swvati Nambiar, Ph.D. LinkedIn · Student · Founder, NeuroFlow

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