Jack Ruhl
Austin,TX
Summary
Gritty, coachable, continuous learner with four years of experience in product, sales, and marketing. Skilled at transforming customer perspectives into actionable insights.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Development
Realm
12.2022 - 05.2024
- Joined venture-backed defense startup as first member of BD team, establishing foundational B2B sales processes and team resources.
- Conducted and presented research on natural resources and private security markets, identifying key market dynamics, including prospects and competitors.
- Collaborated with exec to develop personalized and scalable cold outreach messaging.
- Prospected via LinkedIn and email to generate interest and schedule demos, qualifying outbound and inbound opportunities.
- Led discovery meets and product demos, cultivating secure relationships that facilitated honest feedback.
Product Marketer (Contract)
Skyfi
03.2023 - 01.2024
- Established marketing partnerships with geopolitics influencers generating over 5,000,000 organic impressions on X, leading to a 25% increase in marketing qualified leads.
- Conducted interviews to discern viability of new product in higher education market. Scraped contact lists from institutions, cold contacted university professors and department chairs, and led discovery interviews.
- Worked closely with sales, product, and design teams to ensure consistent messaging across marketing channels and maximize outreach effectiveness.
- Authored and distributed educational blog posts highlighting product use cases across various industries as part of targeted lead gen strategy.
Cofounder/CEO
Imma
11.2021 - 03.2023
- Co-founded social e-commerce marketplace, recruited from top tech companies, managed product, marketing, and GTM.
- Implemented low-cost GTM strategy acquiring 3,000 users and generating $100,000 in in-app sales through organic social and e-mail campaigns, events, and direct outreach.
- Collaborated with co-founders to craft pitches and message that highlighted the product’s differentiated value for customers and users.
- Scraped e-commerce databases, ran Mailchimp campaigns, and outbound prospected via Linkedin to build pipeline of qualified opportunities.
- Pitched investors and built relationships over meetings and progress updates, ultimately securing $150,000 in pre-seed funding.
Associate
Area Real Estate Advisors
08.2020 - 10.2021
- Identified and researched high-value accounts through LinkedIn, industry events, and company databases, generating a robust list of potential clients.
- Conducted over 50 cold calls per day to business decision-makers, securing initial meetings and consistently exceeding monthly pipeline quotas.
- Nurtured relationships with qualified prospects by regularly following up and providing insider knowledge on market activity.
- Successfully closed deals totaling $4 million in revenue; recognized for breaking company record for fastest rookie-deal close.
- Worked closely with Legal and Finance teams to support clients through the deal cycle and beyond, ensuring smooth transactions and client satisfaction.
Founder
Feet Up Series
05.2020 - 11.2021
- Started satire blog and associated e-commerce apparel company junior year of college.
- Manufactured Instagram UGC trend to market products, sold $50k in merchandise without paid advertising.
Education
University of Missouri
Columbia, MissouriTimeline
Product Marketer (Contract)
Skyfi
03.2023 - 01.2024
Business Development
Realm
12.2022 - 05.2024
Cofounder/CEO
Imma
11.2021 - 03.2023
Associate
Area Real Estate Advisors
08.2020 - 10.2021
Founder
Feet Up Series
05.2020 - 11.2021
University of Missouri