About
Hi, I'm Md Shibly Sadik — I help experts become visible, trusted and chosen.
Personal Branding & Growth Strategist. Co-founder of GrowUpCareer, Brand Manager at Zoomstar IT, founder of Agentman AI 101 and writer of The AI Personal Brand newsletter. Based in Dhaka, working with clients worldwide.
Md Shibly Sadik (also written Shibly Sadik) is a Bangladeshi personal branding and LinkedIn growth strategist. He helps founders, consultants, subject-matter experts and students turn their expertise into a clear, credible and client-generating personal brand on LinkedIn, using strategic positioning, human-led storytelling and AI-powered content systems.
My story, in short
I did not start in marketing. I started on a sales floor.
For almost five years I managed showrooms for two of Bangladesh's largest furniture brands — leading sales teams against monthly revenue targets, handling corporate and B2B accounts, and running the local promotions that brought people through the door. That is where I learned how customers actually decide to buy: not from the cleverest message, but from the clearest one, delivered by someone they trust.
Alongside that work I began supporting Zoomstar IT's brand part-time — building its first brand guidelines and social presence — and in 2022 moved into the role full-time as Brand Manager. Since then I have owned brand positioning, visual identity, messaging and the campaigns that feed the sales pipeline, and led client-facing brand projects from identity design to pitch decks and website copy.
In 2023 I led the relaunch of GrowUpCareer, a career and personal-branding brand that has served students and professionals since 2015. I defined its positioning and service packaging, ran its first client-acquisition campaigns, then spent a year hands-on optimizing LinkedIn profiles end-to-end for founders, consultants and job seekers. In 2025 I stepped up to Co-founder.
Somewhere along the way I noticed the same pattern on every profile I touched: most experts do not have an expertise problem — they have a positioning, visibility and trust problem. Fixing that, repeatably, became my work.
What I believe
- Clarity beats cleverness. If a stranger cannot understand what you do and why it matters within five seconds, nothing else on the page gets a chance.
- Research before writing. I dig into your market, your buyers and your best ideas, then simplify them into content that is clear, useful and commercially relevant.
- Human-led, AI-assisted. AI gives speed and structure; your judgement, stories and standards give voice and trust. I never ship content that does not sound like the person whose name is on it.
- Proof in public. I test everything on my own profiles first. My 39,000+ LinkedIn community and 9,900+-reader newsletter were built with the exact system I sell.
- Conversion over vanity. A profile exists to start conversations, not to collect compliments.
What I do today
My work covers the complete journey from profile visit to professional opportunity: personal brand positioning and messaging, LinkedIn profile audit and optimization, thought-leadership and content strategy, AI-powered content workflows, LinkedIn ghostwriting and carousel content, newsletter strategy and authority building, and lead-generation and conversion journeys. You can see how that is packaged on the services page.
I also create content myself. Every week I publish The AI Personal Brand — one AI workflow for people building a personal brand — and I run Agentman AI 101, a LinkedIn page that explains AI news, tools and agents for students, professionals and businesses. Through that work I partner with selected SaaS, AI, productivity and creator-focused brands on sponsored content, product demonstrations and affiliate collaborations.
Experience
Eight years of brand, sales and leadership.
The last six focused on LinkedIn and personal branding.
- Feb 2025 — Present
Co-Founder
GrowUpCareer · 360° Career & Job Solution
Leading done-for-you LinkedIn profile optimization, personal brand strategy for experts and founders in Bangladesh and abroad, brand identity design, résumé and job-search positioning, and content systems clients run themselves.
- Jan 2024 — Jan 2025
Brand Identity & LinkedIn Profile Optimization Specialist
GrowUpCareer
Optimized LinkedIn profiles end-to-end for founders, consultants and job seekers; designed brand identity packages for coaches and small businesses; wrote ATS-friendly résumés and cover letters — every profile built to turn views into inbound conversations.
- Feb 2023 — Dec 2023
Brand Manager
GrowUpCareer
Led the 2023 relaunch and rebrand: positioning, service packaging, visual identity and the first client-acquisition campaigns on LinkedIn and Facebook.
- Jan 2022 — Present
Brand Manager
Zoomstar IT · AI-powered digital solutions agency
Own the brand end-to-end: positioning, visual identity, messaging and the annual marketing calendar; LinkedIn, Facebook and Google campaigns feeding the sales pipeline; client-facing identity, company profile, pitch-deck and website-copy projects; leading designers and marketers. Part-time brand support from Jan 2020 to Dec 2021.
- Dec 2020 — Nov 2021
Manager
Brothers Furniture Ltd.
Ran showroom operations, the sales team and monthly revenue targets; improved customer follow-up and repeat-purchase flow for one of Bangladesh's largest furniture brands.
- Jan 2018 — Nov 2020
Manager
Akhtar Furnishers
Managed end-to-end showroom operations: sales team leadership, corporate and B2B orders, key-account relationships and local marketing activations.
Education & credentials
Management, by training.
MBA
Management
National University of Bangladesh
BBA
Management
National University of Bangladesh
Top skills
Personal Branding & Brand Strategy · LinkedIn Marketing & Content Strategy · LinkedIn Profile Optimization · Ghostwriting & Copywriting · Social Media Management · Lead Generation · Brand Design · Marketing Consulting
Open to
Partnerships & collaborations
- Sponsored LinkedIn posts, carousels and newsletter features
- Product demonstrations and honest tool reviews
- Affiliate collaborations with SaaS, AI, productivity and creator brands
- Podcast, webinar and workshop appearances on personal branding and AI content
- Speaking to student and professional communities
FAQ
About Shibly — quick answers
Where is Md Shibly Sadik based?
Dhaka, Bangladesh — working with clients across South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, mostly remotely over WhatsApp, LinkedIn and video calls.
What is Shibly's professional background?
8+ years across brand building, digital marketing, sales operations and team leadership — including showroom management roles at two of Bangladesh's leading furniture retailers, Brand Manager at Zoomstar IT, and Co-founder of GrowUpCareer. He holds an MBA and BBA in Management from the National University of Bangladesh.
What makes his approach different?
Research-led clarity and a human-led, AI-assisted content system. Shibly builds every profile around one goal — turning profile views into inbound conversations — and he has grown his own 39K+ LinkedIn audience and 9,900+ newsletter with the same system he sells.
Which brands is he connected to?
GrowUpCareer (Co-founder — a 360° career and job solution brand active since 2015), Zoomstar IT (Brand Manager — an AI-powered digital solutions agency), Agentman AI 101 (Founder — a LinkedIn page teaching practical AI), and The AI Personal Brand newsletter.
Want to work together?
Tell me what you do, who you want to reach and what you want LinkedIn to help you achieve. I read every message personally.