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Alex Herbstman

Navigating complex problems and delivering elegant solutions

About Me

Hello! I'm Alex, a marketing director and program manager with over a decade of experience in marketing, analysis, and problem solving. I'm currently open to new projects and I thrive on leading small to medium-sized teams.

Recent Professional History

Google
IPG
WPP
FCTG

UX Marketing Program Manager at Google

(contract via Brilliant Muse)

  • Collaborative Management: Launched over 140 marketing campaigns for Google's user research program, fostering relationships with 29 product teams, including UX researchers, designers, engineers, and other marketing teams.

  • World Class User Acquisition: Drove 1.8M new users to sign up for our research program by creating organic, paid, and in-product channel marketing programs. This bolstered the participant database by 40% and resulted in significant cost savings, reducing advertising expenses by $27 million.

  • Mining Insights from Raw Data: Transformed raw user data into actionable insights, driving the launch of pilot programs across 4 key global markets. (US, UK, India, and Japan)

  • Optimizing Efficiency: Streamlined campaign launches by optimizing timelines, creative assets, and delivery of other vital components. This shortened campaign timelines by 20%.

Associate Director, Strategy at IPG

Clients: Gilead, Merck, Sunosi, Carnival Cruises

  • Built Winning Solutions: Supported new business pitches as an agency solutions architect, ultimately driving the adoption of 3 enterprise-scale creative strategy pilot programs.

  • Guided Creative Strategy: Steered the full-cycle development and execution of creative strategies for assigned client accounts, billing over $1.2 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).

  • Champed DCO Innovation: Spearheaded the development of the agency's Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO) portfolio, spanning process refinement, team expansion, and vendor selection.

  • Team Building and Mentorship: Successfully onboarded and nurtured a trio of new team members to form the Creative Strategy team

Senior Manager, Strategy at Mindshare (GroupM WPP)

promoted from Strategy Manager

​Clients: Unilever, Dell Technologies
Brands: Dove, Dove Men + Care, Dove Baby, Vaseline, TRESemmé, Dell, Alienware, VMware

  • Orchestrated Strategy: Developed holistic marketing plans for 5 brand campaigns, 8 product launches, and 11 relaunches. Collaborated closely with senior stakeholders to adapt global brand objectives to regional nuances, ensuring a seamless alignment for maximum impact.

  • Pioneered Best Practices: Led the development and execution of industry-leading best practices for Dove and Vaseline's performance marketing. Introduced a metrics-driven framework for measuring digital campaign success, which was subsequently adopted by 28 local market teams.

  • Swiftly Adapted to Change: Created 4 custom COVID-19 playbooks for brands, strategically addressing shifts in consumer behavior and enhancing internal processes to adapt to the evolving digital landscape.

  • Insightful, Data-Driven Support: Transformed competitive and market research into actionable insights and recommendations for client leadership teams. These valuable insights empowered strategic decisions in 19 campaigns with media spend over $10M.

Senior Strategist at Flight Centre Travel Group

promoted from Junior Strategist

  • Marketing Leadership: Spearheaded the development and execution of global, omni-channel marketing strategies that delivered $35 million in annual revenue, underpinned by a keen understanding of market dynamics and audience engagement.

  • Financial Stewardship: Managed annual advertising budgets exceeding $12 million across multiple global brands, ensuring prudent allocation and maximum impact.

  • Thought Leadership: Delivered monthly 'State of Digital' keynotes, bridging both technical and executive leadership teams with updates and recommendations on the digital marketing landscape.

...and more!

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