The first product hire, I joined a team of six and contributed across channels. As a PM I drove the mobile apps to top-5 store rankings, as a marketer I developed a strong brand voice when writing (and then automating) all transactional and marketing correspondence.
Where the first proper creative leap happened. I joined a brand incubator as a copywriter, and after learning a lot and developing a minor case of PTSD, I was hired onto London Alley's internal agency as a creative. Did everything from new brand positioning to campaign proposing to commercial producing.
When your best friend from high school starts a video game studio, you go help. As my first foray into freelance I provided early stage creative direction, building a strategic play-test community and writing their "lore bible." I continue to advise on story as the game gets built.
While I have enjoyed getting a breadth of creative experience, my industry of interest has always been clean tech. Working for Alder has been a fantastic way to apply my marketing skills and engineering backgroud to technology-heavy, green-focused brands looking to stand out.
Joined a scrappy spin-off startup, left a market-share leader post acquisition. NEXTracker is now publicly traded and still using many of the engineering and sales systems I established.
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