RESUME
LOVE, BONITO USA
COUNTRY DIRECTOR (HEAD OF N. AMERICA) | JUNE 2022 - PRESENT
Founded in 2010, Love, Bonito is a women’s apparel brand from Singapore with an international footprint across several Asian markets and now present in the US.
- Launched Love, Bonito in the N. American market since 2022 as the first hire on the pioneer team
- Hired and cultivated a strong and passionate local team across corporate and retail functions
- Developed go-to-market strategy to grow the brand in market. Results: 2x YoY net revenue growth in 2023 within the first year of localization
- Grew brand awareness through integrated marketing campaigns, influencers & community partnerships: 3x YoY our brand reach on media, influencers and community content by end of 2023
- Developed and managed the operation of LB’s first popup store in the USA (in SoHo NYC) from lease negotiation to build out, and operation post-opening
- Improved market profitability by 115% by end of 2024 through various optimizations; significantly improved marketing efficiency by 50% YoY
AURATE NEW YORK
MARKETING & ONSITE DIRECTOR | JUNE 2020 - JUNE 2022
- Headed marketing department; oversaw performance and brand omni channel marketing efforts
- Responsible for marketing budget and delivered blended ROAS of 5 across online and offline channels
- Led growth and CRM marketing efforts, managing to CAC, LTV & retention rate goals
- Directly manage onsite optimization (CRO) & web development based on UX research using both quantitative and qualitative data analysis methodology
- Work cross-functionally with UI/UX designer and web developer to concept, QA and ship new website features into production using AGILE development framework
SR. DIGITAL MANAGER | DEC 2019 - MAY 2020
- Analyzed website performance using Heap, Google Analytics and Hotjar. Guide data-centric UI/UX improvements to onsite
- Delivered web projects, such as mobile filtering revamp, homepage revamp, upsell widgets, gift guide templates, that drove +25% conversion value
- Awarded quick promotion to Director.
PASKHO INC.
ECOMMERCE & ONSITE MANAGER | JUNE 2019 - NOV 2020
- Managed onsite and UX optimization. Kept organic traffic bounce rate to <40% with site duration >5mins
- Improved site architecture on navigation, home, PDP and FAQ based on quantitative data and aggregated qualitative user feedback
- Managed 3rd party technical integrations with developer and UI/UX designer.
- Responsible for website QA process prior to production
- Delivered bundle app feature which drove 35% higher ROAS from ad spend
- Initiated integration with Afterpay to boost AOV up by 40%
RENEGADE COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER | JUN 2019 - NOV 2020
- Managed mix of brand and performance campaigns across digital channels for clients, which includes NBCUniversal, STARZ and regional brands in the DMV area.
- Campaign optimization at annual budget of over $8M
- Developed campaign reporting dashboards, conducted media & competitive research
CONSULTING
FREELANCE CONSULTANT | JUL 2016 - OCT 2018
- Consulted with early start ups to provide marketing audit, digital marketing support, and user design solutions using Design Thinking framework.
ZALORA GROUP (APAC/SEA)
REGIONAL MARKETING MANAGER | MAR 2014 - JUL 2016
ZALORA is a Rocket Internet SE venture and entity under the Global Fashion Group (GFG), and is Asia's leading fashion eCommerce platform.
Regional Online Marketing Manager
Team Lead of display performance marketing team. Oversaw APAC and SEA
Led channel’s performance revival. Drove app installs and reactivation. Achieved revenue growth of 300% and new customers acquired by 420% YOY
Managed annual budget of <$2M while achieving ROAS goals
Supervised team of 5 account managers in campaign implementation
Managed key partnerships with Google and major ad network agencies
Advice Managing Directors on country trends and business opportunities
Senior Account Manager
Started new marketing channel for direct media buying. Consult and influence internal stakeholders on media partnerships. Acquired 50 new partners
Headed business negotiation of media purchases (up to $1M)
Concept new interactive ad formats to improve brand awareness (brand query growth ~40%)and amassing over 1B impressions
Mentored junior account managers in branch offices
Affiliate Executive
Managed Affiliate Marketing programs for Hong Kong and Singapore
Initiated new partnerships with regional travel partners like Hotel Club and Expedia; implemented co-branding campaigns
Revamped affiliate newsletters to increase open rate by 30% and improved engagement of top publishers to drive revenue.
Top performer of department and promoted in less than 8 months.