COO, Creative Director, Prose (8+ years)

Leads hundreds of marketing campaigns with top brands, agencies, and publishers, including Google, BCG, FCB, Waze, Twitter, Amazon, Coinbase, Chase, Genentech, Squarespace, SAP, Time Inc

Seasoned communications strategist in Silicon Valley (30+ years); 9+ years in the Prose network
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Ex-Google: Senior Media Liaison, Global Comms; and Editor of the official Google blog (9+ years; joined 2002)

Ex-Twitter [X]: Editorial Director, Global Comms (4+ years)

Ex-Brunswick Group (4+ years): Senior Advisor, Comms & Content

Ex-Wired (featured columnist)

Book author: Simon & Schuster

Experienced marketing exec with 20+ years across industries

Proven track record of scaling early- to mid-stage companies into market leaders, including multiple successful exits

Ex-Redfin: Head of Marketing & Communications

Ex-QuoteWizard: VP, Product & Marketing; scaled the business to acquisition by LendingTree

Ex-ClickBank: VP, Marketing

Specializes in GTM, AI, customer acquisition and engagement, and marketing communication strategies

Brand strategist with 20+ years across CPG, tech, healthcare, education, hospitality, and more

Clients include Colgate Palmolive, DeBeers, Diageo, Ford, GSK, Google, HSBC, Huawei, IBM, J&J, Janssen, Kraft Heinz, Pearson, Pernod Ricard, Pfizer, Unilever, United Nations

Ex-VML (WPP): Chief Strategy Officer (5 years)

Ex-Ogilvy (WPP): Senior Partner (5 years)

Ex-Diageo: Brand Manager (5 years)

Specializes in brand management, strategy, and architecture; brand positioning; customer journey mapping; audience insights; GTM

MA, U of Cambridge; MBA, London Business School; Chartered Institute of Marketing certification

Product marketing manager (PMM) and copywriter (20 years)

Ex-Google: PMM (8 years)

Ex-Snap: PMM

Ex-Meta: PMM

Ex-Shutterfly: Senior Marketing Manager

Ex-Machine Zone: Senior Marketing Manager

Prose clients include BCG, Google, Fortinet, Matterport

Google Ads expert specializing in AI-driven ad campaigns

Ex-Google: 20+ years as a Google Ads performance marketer (until April '24)

- Managed ad campaigns for advertisers across sectors including ecommerce, healthcare, finance, insurance, travel, and automotive

- Expert in AI-driven ad solutions (6+ years on Google AI Solutions team), including smart bidding to optimize ROAS

Specialties also include performance automation, ad optimization, data analysis, forecasting, programmatic ads, geo-targeting

Lecturer on Google Ads at Boston University

GTM, product, and growth marketing strategist

Ex-Google (7+ years)
- Senior Product Strategy Lead
- Senior Marketing Strategist
- Startup Mentor (Google Launchpad)

Prior to Google, led growth for several early-stage startups; has since worked with 100s of startups as a growth mentor

Clients include Alo Yoga, Patagonia, YETI, Square-Enix

Specializes in GTM; paid search (Google Ads) and paid social strategy & management; developing YouTube creative; data integrations with CDP/CRMs; analytics

Growth and performance marketing leader

Currently @ PayPal: Senior Manager, Performance Marketing (B2B)

Ex-Amazon: Senior Digital Marketing Manager, AWS

Ex-IBM: Senior Digital Marketing Strategy Leader

Ex-Criteo: Senior Web Strategy Leader

Ex-Air France: Digital Marketing Manager

Specializes in PPC management (search and social), ad landing page creation and optimization (CRO, A/B, UI/UX), demand gen, copywriting, SEO, ABM

Senior copywriter and content designer (20+ years)

Ex-Google (Creative Lead & Senior Copywriter; 16 years)
- Google's first-ever consumer marketing writer

Ex-Notion (Senior Copywriter)

Ex-TIME magazine (journalist)

Prose clients over 5+ years include Coinbase, Fitbit, Fortinet, Google, Sinch, Verizon, Waze

AI and GTM marketing consultant

Ex-Microsoft: Program Manager (6 years)

Ex-Typeform: Director, Marketing PMO (2 years)

Ex-Smartsheet: Senior Product Manager - Digital Strategy (5 years)

Certified in Marketing AI (Wharton & Marketing AI Institute)

SF-based GTM, growth, and product marketing strategist

20+ years scaling high-growth startups, including as long-term GTM advisor

Ex-Twitter [X]: Postmaster, #Growth team (4 years); reactivated 60M+ MAU

Ex-RestEngine: Founder & CEO; led the company to acquisition by Twitter [X]

Ex-Iterable: VP, Growth & Head of Marketing; quadrupled sales pipeline and doubled revenue in one year

Ex-SparkPost: CMO; drove 8x growth in cloud revenue

Led teams at MarTech platform companies including Marketo and Lyris; expert in PLG and demand gen

Fractional CMO, B2B marketing / comms consultant, and content strategist (30+ years)

Ex-Chase: VP (9 years)

Ex-Verisk: Head of Marketing Strategy & Customer Comms (4 years)

Ex-AXA: VP of Product Development (3 years)

Ex-AIG: VP (8 years)

BA, Harvard; MBA, Yale

Design director (25+ years)

Ex-Publicis (VP, Director of Design)
Ex-Havas (Head of Art and Design)
Ex-Young & Rubicam (Design Director)
Ex-BBH (Senior Designer)

Brand clients include Apple, Adobe, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Samsung, P&G, Novartis, Bayer, Airbus, Verizon, Cadillac, Heineken, PayPal, IBM, Keurig, Liberty Mutual, LG, Bacardi, Dannon, Xerox, Campbell's, Barilla, Dell, Accenture, Unilever, Levi's, British Airways, Johnnie Walker, Vitaminwater

Agency clients include McGarryBowen, MRM, Ogilvy, Grey, adam&eveDDB, Johannes Leonardo

Former instructor, School of Visual Arts and Pratt

Content marketing strategist and copywriter (15+ years)

Ex-Google: Senior Content Strategist, Gmail (5+ years)
- Managed all Gmail support content, including in-product guides, videos, troubleshooters, and hundreds of articles
- Also served as B2B Product Marketing Manager

Ex-Deliveroo: Product Marketing Manager

Book author (Macmillan)

Prose clients over 5+ years include Accenture, BetterUp, Coinbase, Ensono, Epson, Salesforce, Waze, Yahoo

Brand strategist, content marketer, and social media leader

Held VP / SVP Marketing roles at four prominent real estate and healthcare brands

Example ROI (at Freedom Mortgage): 2X winner of "Top Places to Work"; 172% increase in site traffic; 5x lead gen via influencer campaigns

Named a "Top 50 Most Inspiring Brand Leader" in the Northeast

Specializes in brand strategy, content, social media, influencer marketing, creative services, internal comms, employee engagement, sales enablement

Fractional CMO; 30+ years scaling early-stage startups, large public companies, and everything in between

VP / SVP Marketing roles include:

- SteadyMD
- CirrusMD
- Health Nation (acquired)
- Myndshft (acquired)
- PokitDok (acquired)

Additional roles include:

- Citrix: Sr Director, Marketing (6 years)
- Salon.com: SVP, Operations (7 years)
- Publicis: Mgmt Supervisor
- J. Walter Thompson: Acct Supervisor

SEO strategist, consultant, and writer

Strategy clients include Condé Nast, Prudential, and Mercury

SEO writing draws on vast editorial experience:

Ex-Hearst Newspapers: Director of Content Marketing

Ex-Google: Content Supervisor

Ex-Huffington Post: World Editor

Ex-Thrillist: News Director

Ex-Condé Nast Traveller: Contributing Editor

MSJ, Journalism (Northwestern)

Strategic communications and PR consultant (30+ years)

Ex-Digitas (Publicis): SVP, Head of Corporate Communications and PR (9+ years)
- Led internal and external comms; example ROI: secured 300+ positive feature stories in 18 months

Ex-Rockefeller Philanthropy: Comms Director
- Example ROI: Secured 100+ media placements

Specializes in executive positioning and thought leadership; corporate messaging; media relations, DE&I, ESG and CSR initiatives; employee engagement; and crisis comms

Creative director with 20+ years of expertise in storytelling, brand strategy, and 360º campaign development

Ex-Meta: Creative Director, Film & Video (4 years)
- Led strategy, creative, and production across Meta Brand, Innovations, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger

Ex-Google: Creative Strategist

Creative direction clients include AirBnB, Capital One, Charles Schwab, Clorox, Credit Karma, Del Monte, eBay, Eko Health, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PayPal, Peet's Coffee, SoFi, T-Mobile, Walmart, Google (Research, YouTube, Cloud, Chrome OS, Fitbit)

Copywriting clients include Autodesk, Barclays Bank, CNET, Intel, LG, Mitsubishi, Norton, Salesforce, Sony, Symantec, TiVo, Trend Micro, Wells Fargo, Yahoo

Fractional Chief Growth / Marketing Officer; 30+ years leading creative agencies

Agency leadership roles spanning healthcare, life sciences, CPG, retail, and tech:

- TBWA\WORLDHEALTH: President

- Klick: Managing Director

- Ogilvy: Senior Partner, Exec Group Global Director

- Add'l roles at Saatchi & Saatchi (SVP) / Arnold (VP) / Grey (AE)

Specializes in growth marketing, revenue generation, messaging, market research, customer experience

Adjunct Comms Professor, NYU; MBA Exec Advisor, Lehigh U

Fractional PR lead for consumer brands

15+ years at top NYC consumer PR agencies:

- ICR: Managing Director (7+ years)

- Ogilvy: Account Supervisor (6+ years)

Sector expertise includes: CPG (Freshpet, Purple); retail (Michaels, Five Below, goPuff); tech (LG Electronics); health (Planet Fitness, F45 Training), hospitality (Guinness Storehouse, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Checkers & Rally's, Fogo de Chão); education (Sylvan Learning)

Fun fact: brother of Prose founder (!)

Marketing and GTM strategist for B2B brands

16+ years in corporate marketing

Ex-Google: led growth and demand gen teams (7 years)

Led revenue marketing for a $500M product-led growth (PLG) company

GTM clients include Capital One, IBM, HP, HPE, Samsung, ADP

Areas of strategy include GTM planning, optimization, forecasting; account-based GTM; PLG; performance advertising; data analytics

Contributor, MarTech

Visual storyteller and UX designer (25+ years)

Ex-Microsoft (UX Designer & Researcher / Senior UX Consultant; 9+ years)

Expertise spans interaction, graphic, information, experience, visual, website, and mobile design

Comedy writer and content producer with experience across TV and digital platforms

Ex-Saturday Night Live (Staff Writer)

Ex-Apple TV+ and NBCUniversal (Writer / Producer)

Ex-Harvard Lampoon (President)

Prose clients over 8+ years include BCG, Braze, Eventbrite, Google, Matterport, Northwell Health, Tawkify, Waze

Social media marketing consultant (10+ years)

Ex-BNY Mellon: VP, Global Social Media Marketing Lead

Clients include TD Ameritrade, Chevron, SAP, SanDisk, Vanguard

Specializes in data-driven social media strategy and management, campaign activation, engagement building, lead gen, social sales programs

Extensive experience in B2B, financial, and tech sectors

AI-driven fractional CMO (20+ years in marketing)

Former in-house CMO for multiple brands, including VeSync, Squire, Cambridge House Int'l, Canadian Men's Health Foundation

Helped scale 100+ clients, including David Yurman, Yamaha, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Cosori

AI expertise includes personalization, customer targeting, and predictive analytics

Specializes in integrating AI-driven and traditional campaigns, marketing automation, growth and GTM strategies (B2B and B2C), and cross-functional team leadership

Senior brand strategist: 25+ years shaping iconic global brands

Clients include Nike, Amazon, Airbnb, YouTube, Starbucks, IBM, Amex, Burger King, Bud Light, Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, Beats by Dre, Dove, Axe, Johnnie Walker, Popeyes, Baskin Robbins, GE, NY Mets, Calm; multiple B2B brands (under NDA); and brand consultancies

Held exec-level strategy roles at leading agencies, including Ogilvy, BBH, CP+B, JKR, co:collective

Brand strategy specialties include brand messaging and positioning, brand portfolio architecture, creative strategy, internal ops

Data-driven tech storyteller and content strategist (30+ years)

Ex-Ogilvy (VP, Managing Editor)

Ex-mcgarrybowen (Senior Social Content Strategist & Editor)

Ex-Yahoo (Managing Editor)

Clients include Broadcom, Dell, Dupont, Elastic, Facebook, Forrester, Google, Harvard Business Review, Mastercard, RingCentral, Symantec, VMware

Accomplished fine art photographer (15+ exhibitions)

Fractional CMO and strategic consultant

18-year career spanning B2C and B2B industries, including tech, entertainment, retail, food, and CPG

Clients include Showtime, Amazon Music, MTV, Nickelodeon, TuneIn, LiveOne, and agencies like 22Squared

Previous roles include:

- 360i: Strategy Director

- Trioscope: Head of Marketing

- LiveXLive Media: VP, Marketing, Ops, & Internal Comms

- Snap Kitchen: Director, Marketing & Comms

- Viacom: Int'l digital lead

Combines expertise in brand, marketing, and business strategy with operational efficiency and analytics

Speechwriter and executive comms senior director (15+ years)

Previous speechwriting and executive comms roles include:

- US Dept of Veterans Affairs [Biden admin]

- US Dept of Energy; US Dept of State [Obama admin]

- African Development Bank

- ServiceNow, VMware, Booz Allen

Clients include Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Univision, Zoom, the World Bank, NRDC

MSPPM, Public Policy (Carnegie Mellon)

B2B fintech marketing leader (15+ years)

Currently Head of Marketing @ Globacap [fintech platform]

Ex-Blockchain.com (Head of Institutional Marketing & Sales Enablement)
Ex-novae (Global Head of Marketing & Sales) [digital payments]
Ex-Goldman Sachs (Global Head of Marketing, Equity Electronic Trading; 5 years)
Ex-Bloomberg (Global Head of Marketing, Tradebook; 8 years)

Specialties include GTM, branding, content, partnerships, events, PR, IR, lead gen, sales enablement

MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School

Entertainment industry veteran; 20+ years in TV and film development for premium scripted and nonfiction content

Ex-HBO: VP, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Series (10 years)

Head of Television for Peter Dinklage’s Estuary Films (9 years), selling projects to HBO, Apple, FX, Showtime, AMC, Netflix

Expert copywriter and marketing consultant, crafting TV and radio spots, social copy, strategy docs, synopses, series bibles, treatments, screenplays, loglines, pitch decks

Extensive network of contacts across cable networks, streamers, agencies, mgmt companies, studios

JD, UC Berkeley Law; BS, Georgetown

Chief Editor, WebMD (16+ years)

Board-certified cardiologist (30+ years of clinical expertise); MD, MSCI, FACC, FACP

Fellow, American College of Cardiology and American College of Physicians

Medical writer (25+ years) and best-selling author

Award-winning public speaker featured on CBS and ABC affiliates, C-SPAN, NPR

Visionary brand development consultant

Ex-Unilever: 12 years as brand development exec shaping iconic global brands
- Dove Body Wash, Hellmann's, Wish Bone, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Bertolli Frozen Meals

Additional roles include:

- Sr Brand Director, Flora Food Group

- CMO, CHKP Foods (2 years)

- Head of Marketing, Cholula Food Company (4 years)

- Head of Innovation, Tate's Bake Shop

- Innovation Lead, Perfect Snacks

MBA, Columbia

Food marketer, influencer and on-air talent

Co-winner of Food Network Star, with nat'l TV appearances on GMA, TODAY, Beat Bobby Flay, and more

Ex-SevenRooms (Sr Director of Marketing)

Content / strategy work for brands like Got Milk?, QVC, Luke's Lobster, Hestan Culinary

Published food writer (NYT, Eater, Buzzfeed, EW); author of a high-profile food novel (HarperCollins)

Specializes in marketing strategy, influencer partnerships, branding, social media, and content creation

BA, Yale

Financial writer and content strategist (25+ years)

Ex-Morgan Stanley (VP, Digital Marketing, Wealth Mgmt)

Ex-TIAA (9 years; Content & Thought Leadership; Corp Comms)

Ex-S&P Global Ratings (Senior Financial Writer)

Ex-Bloomberg (9 years; financial reporter)

Clients include T. Rowe Price, Prudential, Equitable, Morgan Stanley, American Century Investments, Synapse

Topic specialties include B2B finance, wealth management, fintech, and retirement

FINRA licenses: Series 24 and Series 7

Fractional CMO; 20+ years of experience driving growth for DTC ecommerce brands

Current role at Google: Global Brand & Product Marketing - Retail Shopping & Commerce Ads

Previous marketing and ecom roles (senior- and exec-level) at L'Oréal, LVMH, Estée Lauder, Artsy, Moda Operandi

Recent clients include Peach & Lily (k-beauty retailer), WTHN (wellness CPG), Cookies (cannabis)

Specializes in brand and marketing strategy, GTM, media, and content for consumer brands

PR & communications leader for hospitality brands (25+ years)

Past roles include:

- Hilton (9 years): Director of Corp Comms, The Americas

- Starwood Hotels & Resorts (7 years): Sr Manager, Corp PR

Extensive PR portfolio, including high-visibility placements in nat'l, regional, and local publications

Specializes in strategic comms, PR, media strategy, and reputation management

Insurance marketing leader (35+ years)

Ex-MetLife (VP and Marketing Director; 11 years)
Ex-Unum (Marketing Director; 6 years)

Clients include New York Life, MetLife, Genworth, and specialty insurers

Specializes in omnichannel sales, marketing, branding, and comms; key metrics and analytics; and distribution channel development
- Notable ROI: Grew individual agent sales from $12M to $84M in 18 months; increased large association revenue from $3M to $26M annually

Expert in Long-Term Care insurance, with extensive experience in Life, Disability, ancillary health products (e.g., Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, AD&D), Dental and Vision, and Pet insurance

AI innovator and tech leader (SF-based; 20+ years of tech roles)

Founder of a large AI software services company (150+ employees)
- Clients include Google, Sony, Arkose Labs, Orbcomm

Ex-Google (program manager for Generative AI for Google Support)

Ex-Cognizant (Nasdaq-100; 8 years)

Ex-Bosch (senior software engineer)

19+ years as video producer, director, cinematographer, and editor

Ex-Vimeo: Video Producer (12 years)

Clients include Nike, Google, MTV, JetBlue, NY Jets, Nathan's Famous, Kroger, Skillshare, Starz+, Wieden+Kennedy

Co-founder, English language
Chief Content Creator, Hamlet™
Former thought leader and influencer, prose

Clients include Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Globe Theater, Nvidia

Specialties include bespoke, performance-based campaigns; audience engagement (KPI: applause); ideating disruptive, long-form, evergreen owned media; princely CTA avoidance; appearing in corporate Easter eggs; pickleball