Richard Sharp Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Boombox provides strategic marketing, messaging and media for growing brands. We're especially good at helping companies with their core strategic narrative, and giving them the foundations they need to create great marketing teams, campaigns, and results. We offer fractional CMO services, demand generation, brand strategy, product marketing, content marketing and strategic marketing consulting for startups and scale-ups of all sizes.

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

SimpliField, headquartered in Paris, provides a mobile platform for retail field teams to collaborate in real-time, enhancing customer experiences for global clients like LVMH, Asics, L'Oreal and Samsung. As global CMO, I led strategic initiatives targeting North American expansion, driving significant sales growth during the pandemic and spearheading product evolution to meet customer needs. SimpliField was acquired by Field Agent.

New York, New York, Us

Built the marketing team and function from the ground up for a Google Ventures-backed Series A startup, hiring a team of 4 marketers and launching demand gen, content marketing, events, customer and product marketing functions. Led the development of improved messaging, branding, website, collateral, a completely new tech stack and demand gen campaigns that contributed directly to a 300% YoY increase in revenue and new client logos, a doubling of the Emissary talent network, and securing significant venture funding.

As VP of Marketing at Networked Insights, a Goldman Sachs-backed AI SaaS company, I established and led demand generation, SDR, events, PR, and content marketing functions, resulting in record metric increases. Notable achievements include securing $30M in venture funding, launching the Audience.ai platform, and garnering media coverage in top publications like Wired and WSJ. Networked Insights was acquired by American Family Insurance.

New York, New York, Us

Built and led the product marketing efforts of a growing SaaS-based content marketing technology startup, including the launch and go-to-market strategy for new product offerings, and the development of a product roadmap. Took over management of demand gen, events and team leadership, including hiring and direction of a 5-person team of marketers. Contently was named the #100th Fastest-Growing Private Company in America by Inc. Magazine, 2015's Best Content Marketing Platform by Digiday, and one of Crain's 2015 Best Places to Work in NYC.

Initially joining as Director of Marketing and later promoted to Senior Director Marketing at KnowledgeAdvisors, I spearheaded marketing and communications, driving measurable growth through lead generation strategies and product launches. My achievements included increasing revenue and market awareness, culminating in the company's acquisition by The Corporate Executive Board in 2014, while also overseeing staff, implementing marketing metrics, and leading a successful re-branding effort.

I led global marketing and public relations for a professional services firm in employee research until its acquisition by Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson). This role encompassed driving product development, launching new products, and engaging in marketing activities such as direct mail, trade shows, and web initiatives, while also serving as a primary contact for clients and staff during sales efforts. Following the acquisition in March 2007, I transitioned into Towers Perrin's marketing team, managing the rebranding process and contributing to marketing projects for the broader HR Services business.

Led a boutique growth marketing consulting firm delivering marketing, PR, social media and web content strategies and products to startups and a broad range of consumer, B2B, SaaS, creative and entrepreneurial entities. Wrote native content for special sections in the Chicago Sun Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the L.A. Times, and interviewed and reviewed popular bands and musicians for the Village Voice chain of alternative weekly newspapers.