Vetted Marketing Managers

Edgar Abarca

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Graphic Designer and Corporate Marketing Leader specializing in brand systems and B2B design

27y exp

“Marketing creative/designer with experience at Ushur creating enterprise-facing sales enablement and brand systems, focused on simplifying complex AI-driven product messaging without losing technical accuracy. Builds scalable Figma-based foundations and templated workflows (including lightweight short-form video) to support high-volume output across teams, using structured async collaboration via Slack and PDF markup reviews.”

“Growth-creative and paid social marketer who runs funnel-informed creative experiments across Meta/LinkedIn (and adapts learnings to TikTok/YouTube), optimizing beyond CTR/CPL to MQL and qualified CPA. Demonstrated measurable impact by using modular creative systems, rigorous tracking (pixels + CRM events), and structured creator/editor direction to improve lead quality and downstream conversion.”

“Web3 growth/content marketer with hands-on experience running a high-performing Chiliz Group Christmas Advent Calendar campaign that grew the email list 200%+ and achieved 97% daily participation, while boosting ecosystem awareness and contributing to TVL/token sales. Comfortable building early-stage protocol communities via Galxe bounties, ambassador programs, partnerships, micro-KOLs, and PR, and measuring creator-led growth with UTMs/referral codes.”

Kelly-Lee Dodge

Screened

Senior Marketing & Media Strategist specializing in brand communications and executive messaging

Cambridge, Canada16y exp

“Creator/partnerships-led growth marketer who drove Westfalia’s North America launch using creator-integrated campaigns, delivering a reported 566% quarterly sales uplift and 3M+ organic views. Builds creator-led GTM and acquisition loops, then optimizes with engagement/click data (e.g., reallocating budget, extending timelines, refining CTAs) while maintaining long-term creator relationships and onboarding emerging talent.”

Nilsen Humphrey

Screened

Mid-level Event Marketing Manager specializing in audience growth and brand strategy

Los Angeles, CA6y exp

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer in the live events space (LA Comic Con) who builds segmented post-purchase journeys in Mailchimp using ticketing/CRM data. Demonstrated measurable impact (25% lift in hotel conversions; ~58% open rate) and strong cross-functional execution across creative, merchandising, and operations, including premium VVIP product launches and on-site experience design.”

Elizabeth Tran

Screened

Junior product and operations leader specializing in AI automation

Virtual, USA3y exp

“Babson-affiliated outreach and partnerships lead with hands-on experience helping an Austin robotics startup and Babson's AI lab drive growth through AI-assisted outbound campaigns. Stands out for combining modern AI tools, community-based prospecting, and personalized messaging to generate event signups and secure high-profile partners like Anthropic, ElevenLabs, GitHub, and Cursor.”

“Business Administration/Finance graduate from SJSU who spent roughly five years at Guidewire Software, growing from intern to Partner Program Coordinator supporting major insurance ecosystem partners like Deloitte, PwC, Cognizant, and EY. Later relocated to Jakarta to serve as an MBG Kitchen Operations Director, where they built SOPs, organized administrative systems, and used invoice and food-waste analysis to reduce costs and improve meal satisfaction in a mission-driven operating environment.”

“Performance marketer with ecommerce experience at Rocky Mountain Oils managing $120K+/month across Meta and Google, building a full-funnel system that ties paid media to Klaviyo email flows and Attentive SMS. Known for promotion-led scaling (e.g., BOGO launches) with granular retargeting segments and rapid creative pruning, driving a 22% ROAS lift and 130% increase in Klaviyo flow sales.”

Lauren Durfy

Screened

Director of B2B SaaS Marketing specializing in demand generation and lifecycle programs

10y exp

“Growth/marketing operator with strong partnership and outbound expertise: built an outbound email engine that became the #1 revenue-driving marketing channel (30% open rate, 9% CTR, 9/10 HubSpot Health Score) while maintaining CASL/CAN-SPAM compliance. Also runs measurable partnership programs using UTMs/GA and executes acquisition experiments across AEO (schema/content), YouTube, and Reddit—driving new clients and close-won opportunities via LinkedIn network effects.”

“Growth leader with a strong track record in ambiguous, emerging areas—most notably building an agency AEO division from scratch at Roswell and turning AI search visibility into a productized, revenue-linked offering. Also brings deep attribution and analytics rigor from Doctronic, where they unified fragmented paid media measurement, partnered with BI on internal MTA/MMM, and uncovered critical tracking issues affecting funnel performance.”

“Performance marketer who owned $50K+/month spend across Google, Meta, and Microsoft for Wild Earth Dog Food, turning Google into the top revenue channel and citing 10x month-over-month revenue growth. Strong focus on continuous A/B testing (VWO) across creatives, copy, landing pages, audiences, and bid strategies, plus hands-on troubleshooting of tracking/pixel issues and clear client-facing reporting.”

Derrick Lewis

Screened

Senior Marketing Leader specializing in full-funnel growth, lifecycle and product marketing

Milton, ON, Canada22y exp

“B2B growth and partnerships operator with experience at Convera leading GTM for a cross-border payments offering and driving a ~17% lift in qualified leads through refined positioning and multi-channel activation. Has run data-driven funnel experiments (Dentacloud) and built association-based co-marketing partnerships measured through both top-of-funnel engagement and downstream pipeline influence.”

“CRM/lifecycle marketer at Paper Mart who grew from coordinator to owning strategy across email, SMS, loyalty, web push, and social. Stands out for using customer personas and segmentation to materially improve efficiency and engagement, including cutting sends by 46% while increasing click rates by nearly 150%, and optimizing abandonment flows to protect margin without hurting performance.”