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Professional Summary

Results-driven Senior Marketing Manager leading brand strategy, digital campaigns and cross-functional teams for national consumer brands. Grew organic traffic by 220%, manages a $4M+ annual budget and cut customer acquisition cost by 34% through data-driven experimentation, marketing automation and clear performance reporting.

Experience

Senior Marketing Manager

Horizon Digital

01/2021 – Present

Led a 12-person cross-functional team delivering integrated campaigns across 8 paid, owned and earned channelsGrew organic search traffic by 220% in 18 months through a technical SEO overhaul and a 90-page content hubManaged a $4.2M annual budget and reduced customer acquisition cost by 34% by shifting spend to proven channelsLaunched a global rebrand campaign reaching 2.4M impressions in week 1 across 6 markets and 3 languagesBuilt a GA4 and Looker reporting suite used weekly by 30+ stakeholders to track pipeline and campaign ROI

Marketing Manager

Prism Media Group

03/2018 – 12/2020

Directed social media strategy across 4 platforms, growing followers from 40K to 210K in 2 yearsProduced 60+ video campaigns averaging 500K+ views on LinkedIn, the company's top source of inbound leadsIncreased lead generation by 78% through email automation, lead scoring and segmented nurture journeys

Digital Marketing Specialist

Nova Brands

06/2015 – 02/2018

Managed PPC campaigns with $800K annual spend across Google and Meta, holding cost per lead below targetImproved landing-page conversion rate from 1.8% to 4.3% through a structured A/B testing programme