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LOS Angeles, California, US

I help brands surface data-driven creative opportunities to grow their customer awareness, acquisition, and advocacy efforts. Expertise includes marketing and customer experience strategy; creative analysis; insights and testing development; strategic design; creative concepting and production.

Burbank, California, US

I led the marketing for Atlas Lens Co., a cinema lensmaker on a mission to help film and image-makers create more interesting, more personal, and more rewarding work. Ran all creative/content, partnerships, acquisition, and experience strategy, fostering a cohesive, community-driven, and creative-first brand.

Los Angeles, CA, US

I helped launch Vermicular into the North American market, introducing the long-established premium Japanese cookware brand to professional and discerning home chefs. I led all things marketing from demand gen, community building, and partnerships to in-store demos, activations, and paid media.

Los Angeles, California, US

Digital transformation consulting services -- My emphasis was on user experience research + strategy. I researched people and their behaviours to help solve client challenges, delivering strategic digital transformation recommendations built around real lived human experiences.

San Francisco, California, US

Member, Class 7 with BellaNové. The SoFi Entrepreneur Program provides entrepreneurs with access to mentorship, investors, educational programming, and financial resources.

Marina Del Rey, CA, US

I helped launch BellaNové, a direct-to-consumer, subscription service designed to support professional women looking for services that adapt with their evolving lives. I led all marketing efforts, covering everything from customer acquisition, branding, and pricing to social, website, and creative development.

Brighton, England, GB

Advised Totara, an open source learning tech provider, on market entry and expansion strategy into the United States as part of UCLA Anderson sourced program. Delivered expansion plan with 5-year growth models, emphasizing audience segmentation, product optimization, and customer success plans. Highlights include 150+ interviews with industry experts.

Advised HPA and delivered a comprehensive business plan to establish 501c3 organization, which helped secure angel funding from prominent investors. Our strategic growth plan outlined establishing a service HQ, developing talent, fundraising, and scaling ops nationally to reach over 20k students in 4 years.

Los Angeles, CA, US

- Supported C-suite and department heads of expanded firm in critical change management and post-merger synergy efforts.- Managed all marketing and communications for newly public financial services company with 10 discrete business units, including launching new mutual fund, wealth management, and strategic investment business units.

Los Angeles, CA, US

- Lead for all client-facing events, from programming, budget, and sponsorships, to brand activations, contract negotiations, and vendor management.- Worked with public companies and their C-Suite/executive teams to present at company conferences, dinners, and roadshows to support institutional sales efforts for money manager clients- Managed Sugar Ray.

Los Angeles, CA, US

- Managed research reports and publication process, from collecting and editing to regulatory review and outlet distribution.- Overhauled research publication design and workflow processes to resolve internal publication and distribution challenges by by revamping publication design, submission, compilation, and distribution activities — reducing time to.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English