Chief Marketing Officer
Current- Lead Marketing, Creative, Sales & Customer Experience for all B2B and B2C activities across multiple brands of hearing healthcare enhancement and protection technologies, including a company-wide rebranding effort. - Drive traffic and appointments to company’s 500 hearing healthcare clinics in Sam’s Clubs using digital-first tactics such as email, search, display, affiliates, social media, and influencers, as well as direct mail, and outbound & inbound lead strategies. Year one new customer growth of 17% - Manage DTC e-commerce sales and communication channels for company’s four primary websites: lucidhearing.com, westoneaudio.com, etymotic.com and americahears.com- Partner with B2B partners on sales and marketing opportunities and in-store and digital support for our products. Includes on-going coordination with retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, CVS, Amazon, Kroger buying and advertising teams. - Manage internal creative and customer experience teams, as well as external digital & PR agency partners. Responsible for internal communication and reputation management- Spearheaded go to market strategy for the launch of a complete line of OTC hearing aid products after the FDA gave approval for the category in October 2022. PR, content, digital advertising, and other efforts moved company awareness into #2 position in our target demographic within the first 12 months- Established formal marketing function within founder-led organization, building an internal team of talent from scratch.