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Candace Gillhoolley - Marketing & Community Engagement Specialist in Remote, Canada

Candace Gillhoolley

Senior Growth & Partnerships Leader specializing in creator and community ecosystems

Data-Driven MediaColumbia UniversityRemote, Canada16 Years ExperienceSenior Level

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Partnerships and growth leader spanning developer/creator ecosystems, with experience at Manning Publications and currently at DataDriven Media (Impact Quantum). Launched a Twitch-based virtual conference GTM during the pandemic that drove 45,000 new developer leads and converted them into paying customers, and is highly metrics-driven across engagement, conversion, and retention.

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Key Strengths

  • Closed a strategic content/education partnership with Red Hat by leading with mutual value and audience alignment
  • Built a new Twitch-based virtual conference series (10 events) that added 45,000 developers to the mailing list and converted to paying customers
  • Uses engagement-depth and retention metrics (time spent, comments/replies/reposts, email signups, trial-to-paid conversion, repeat engagement) to evaluate partnership performance
  • Leverages a warm C-suite network to drive visibility and growth (booked quantum startup CEOs/co-founders for Impact Quantum podcast season)
  • Designs and optimizes conversion moments with contextual micro-offers and earlier CTAs to increase conversion rate and subscriber quality
  • Strong long-term SME/creator relationship approach: clear expectations, high preparation, reputation-sensitive collaboration, ongoing promotion

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Experience

Marketing & Community Engagement SpecialistData-Driven Media · Apr 2024 – Present
Community & Partner Marketing ManagerKubuntu Focus · Mar 2023 – Apr 2024
PR & Community Relations ManagerLinux Foundation · Oct 2022 – Mar 2023
Business Development & Marketing StrategistManning Publications · Jun 2010 – Mar 2022

Education

Columbia Universitybachelor, English & Communications

Skills

Business DevelopmentNegotiationCross-Functional CollaborationEmail marketingGrowth StrategyGo-to-Market (GTM) StrategyGTM ExecutionStrategic PartnershipsPartnership DevelopmentCreator DevelopmentCommunity DevelopmentCommunity EngagementPartner MarketingCommunity MarketingMarketing Strategy

Languages

English

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Candace GillhoolleySenior Growth & Partnerships Leader specializing in creator and community ecosystems