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About Me.

Accomplished CRM and marketing automation leader with 8+ years of experience developing, executing, and optimizing customer engagement strategies for fast-growing digital brands in the health & wellness and consumer sectors. Expertise in building omnichannel CRM programs across email, push, SMS, and in-app, with a proven track record of increasing engagement and retention through data-driven strategies. Skilled in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Eloqua, and hands-on HTML/​CSS coding. Passionate about customer-centric innovation and cross-functional collaboration to drive continuous improvement and measurable business results. 

Professional Experience

Feb 2024 - Aug 2025

ABBVIE | Marketing Automation Specialist

  • Owned the end-to-end email marketing process, coordinating multi-stage approvals and QA workflows through Smartsheet, ensuring flawless execution and alignment with broader marketing initiatives. 

  • Built, tested, and deployed multi-touch email journeys in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) using dynamic content, automation workflows, and advanced personalization, increasing customer engagement by 25%. 

  • Maintained full ownership of the email marketing calendar, collaborating with cross-functional teams to synchronize campaigns with business goals, product launches, and promotional initiatives. 

  • Partnered with content, design, and data teams to produce visually compelling, on-brand communications that delivered measurable engagement and retention improvements. 

  • Streamlined campaign production workflows, reducing turnaround times by 30% through improved approval structures, QA processes, and data validation. 

  • Monitored and analyzed key performance metrics (CTR, CTOR, unsubscribe rate, deliverability, pipeline influence, and revenue attribution) to develop data-backed optimization strategies that improved campaign ROI. 

  • Designed and executed A/B testing protocols for subject lines, content blocks, CTAs, and send times, leveraging test insights to enhance open and click performance across audiences. 

  • Applied SQL to query and analyze audience data, supporting custom segmentation, automated triggers, and advanced campaign logic for more precise targeting. 

  • Leveraged SQL and AMPscript to build dynamic, personalized email experiences that strengthened customer engagement and conversion outcomes. 

  • Implemented advanced list hygiene protocols and deliverability monitoring to maintain sender reputation, improve inbox placement, and ensure compliance with global data standards. 

  • Developed data-driven targeting and segmentation strategies, continuously refining automation rules to deliver more relevant content and maximize engagement. 

Jun 2023 - Oct 2023

Federal Home Loan Bank of NY | Marketing Analyst

  • Create and manage active member contacts and distribution segmentation lists in Eloqua/​Oracle CRM systems

  • Create and report on email campaigns in Eloqua

  • Serve as web administrator to custom WordPress website

  • Create a project tracking system to monitor and report monthly regarding email communications and website updates.

  • Construct custom Landing Pages and forms in Eloqua using HTML and CSS formatting

  • Create infographics for reports using Adobe CC and Canva applications

  • Troubleshooting webpages for syntax errors in Adobe Dreamweaver

  • Create custom Google Analytics (GA4) reports using Looker Studio

  • Create custom tagging conditions to record outbound click-through performance

2007-2010

HelloFresh |
CRM Manager - Email Operations, Refer A Friend

  • Managing audience data using Data Extensions and SQL Queries in Salesforce Marketing Cloud to implement personalized marketing strategies (~ 1.5M customers, among the 4 brands)

  • Closely monitor major KPIs for Evergreen campaigns and A/​B testing: Open Rates, Bounce Rate, Conversions (CVR), Online Referrals, Sessions, and Click-Through Rates (CTRs) using Tableau and Google Analytics.

  • Spear-headed relaunch of monthly customer referral challenge by creating 6 cohorts based on the participation level and measuring each group's impact. Lower-level participation entries and winners increased by 25%

  • Create, refine, and optimize D2C email, push notifications, and In-App message campaigns and journeys using Salesforce Marketing Cloud for evergreen and special promotions.

  • Successfully launched a Refer A Friend program that resulted in a 20% increase in organic customer acquisition over 3 months.

  • Increased customer referrals by 18% with the White Label brands, resulting in a 10% increase in overall referral conversions.

  • Provide tracking strategies and a framework for UTM codes to connect all marketing efforts.

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