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Vijeet Malik

Web3 Business Development & Partnerships Professional

Noida, India

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A Web3 business development and partnerships professional with five years of experience across crypto media, gaming infrastructure, and real estate NFT protocols. Built and closed strategic partnerships with Tier-1 exchanges, KOLs, and projects. Combines a hospitality background with a founder-level mindset: relationship-first, long-term oriented.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 36,000

Skills

Business Development9/10
Discord & Telegram9/10
Partnership Sourcing & Closing9/10
Community Management9/10
KOL Outreach9/10
X (Twitter) Growth (8/10)Deal Structuring (8/10)L1/L2 Ecosystems (8/10)Lead Generation (8/10)NFT & Gaming (8/10)Revenue Growth (8/10)Web3 / Blockchain (8/10)Airdrop Campaigns (8/10)GTM Strategy (8/10)DeFi Protocols (7/10)Event Partnerships (7/10)RWA Tokenization (7/10)Community Automation (7/10)DAO Governance (6/10)SEO (6/10)

Work Experience

Business Development Manager

BeInCrypto

Nov 2024 โ€” Nov 2025

Drove strategic outreach with Tier-1 KOLs, project founders, and crypto regulatory bodies to secure exclusive editorial partnerships. Revamped social media BD strategy, delivering a 3x increase in engagement and 40% growth in new X followers within 3 months. Owned global event partnership outreach for regional crypto summits and universities. Sourced and activated Tier-1 exchanges and KOLs for podcasts, X Spaces, and exclusive editorial including Binance, OKX, PancakeSwap, Tether, Circle, Avalanche, Coinbase, and Trust Wallet. Built and scaled BeInCrypto's X Articles channel from zero, generating 300,000+ combined views across 150+ published articles.

Business Development โ€” Partnerships

Tashi Protocol

Sept 2024 โ€” Jan 2025

Closed an average of 25 strategic and co-marketing partnerships per month with L1s, L2s, and Web3 gaming studios. Identified and negotiated partnerships with blockchain infrastructure providers to accelerate protocol adoption and developer onboarding. Collaborated with product and engineering teams to align BD deals with protocol roadmap milestones and token incentive structures.

Head of Community & Social Media

Tashi Protocol

Jan 2023 โ€” Feb 2024

Secured Tashi's first major partnerships with Beamable and Ankr. Developed and executed GTM strategy for product launch, coordinating across marketing, product, and BD functions. Achieved page-1 Google rankings for 'serverless game backend' and 'serverless gaming' through targeted SEO execution.

Head of Community & Social Media

Estate Protocol

Aug 2021 โ€” Dec 2022

Grew community from 0 to 14,000+ X followers and built an active Telegram community from scratch. Designed and executed the project's launch marketing campaign and airdrop strategy. Implemented automated community management systems across Telegram and Discord. Ran high-engagement campaigns including AMAs, NFT giveaways, quests, and meme contests.

Business Development Intern

Polygon Technology

Mar 2021 โ€” May 2021

Supported community engagement initiatives and assisted with onboarding projects and developers for deployment on Polygon.

Senior Hospitality Professional

Oberoi Hotels & Resorts | Wine Park | Garage Society

Aug 2013 โ€” Feb 2020

Progressed to supervisor at Oberoi Hotels managing a team of 55 across two properties. Managed sales pipeline and client relationships across 50+ primary accounts for a wine distribution company. Managed community operations across 6 co-working spaces serving as primary point of contact for enterprise clients.

Education

Glion Institute of Higher Education, London

MSc ยท International Hospitality Business

2020 โ€“ 2022

Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

BSc ยท Travel & Tourism

2013 โ€“ 2016