2022 - 2024
Mayfair Rugs Global LTD is a hand-knotted rug exporter
My cousin, Aditya (aditya@mayfairrugs.co), oversees manufacturing in India and has built a strong client base across India. My role was creating a legal presence in the UK and helping acquire international customers with my salemansey-charm 😉 (UK/US interior designers, hotel groups, rug retailers). I also represented the brand at tradeshows, made a bunch of cold-calls (they were very scary), attended meetings with retail firms, and oversaw technical details (like reviewing the website, catalogues, email and social media campaigns, designs, bluh bluh bluh).
My current role is more relaxed and I help with technical things (like this script I wrote to automate client emails, and legal paper work), and I still join high-level discussions with operations continuing in India as normal. In October 2024, we brought on Kanika Kushwaha to assist with UK marketing.
Things I learned:
- Stepping way beyond my comfort zone. Cold-calling and pitching industry veterans was intimidating — I faced rejection after rejection. I remember pitching Mayfair Rugs to a global director of a huge rug retailer and feeling out of place. Over time I got a lot better and now feel much more comfortable & calm in these situations
- Branding is so very important. being authentic and putting the right foot forward in front of the right people is tough but absolutely vital to open doors and opportunities
Get in touch with Mayfair Rugs
- Company website:
Mayfair Rugs - Luxury Hand Knotted Rugs - Rug inquiries: jyo@mayfairrugs.co