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Matthew Upton

Marketing Manager
Ontario,CA
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Matthew Upton

Summary

Innovative Marketing leader with 10+ years of experience delivering exceptional marketing campaigns, content and collateral based on established and innovative strategies. Results-oriented and collaborative professional bringing expertise in brand management and social media engagement. Detail-oriented, attentive and decisive leader.

Overview

13
years of professional experience

Work History

Eureka Ergonomic

Ecommerce Specialist
10.2023 - 03.2024

Job overview

  • Monitored and translated website data to actionable strategies across multiple departments.
  • Increase AOV by over 5% through integration of improvements to checkout journeys.
  • Reviewed and improved all marketing funnels across search, display, email, SMS and social.
  • Collaborated with affiliate/influencer teams, improving tracking, reporting methods and marketing budget allocation.
  • Managed customer service processes and systems, reducing chargebacks and losses by over 30%.
  • Worked closely with sales teams to organize needs and implementation of B2B platform and notification structure.

Matthew Upton Photography & Design

Owner
03.2012 - 03.2024

Job overview

  • Worked with over 500k+ video views, 80+ bands, 30+ weddings, 100+ clients, 8+ brands and 4 children's theater groups.
  • Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
  • Promoted business via social media to generate leads and maximize brand identity.
  • Designed innovative creative strategies to raise brand awareness and engagement for the organization.
  • Monitored industry trends to keep creative materials fresh and engaging.
  • Managed content and development across all major platforms, including: Shopify Plus, Magento (Adobe Commerce) Bigcommerce, WooCommerce, WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, and more.

OC Dental Center

Marketing Manager
04.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Managed five brands simultaneously; OC Dental Center, Dr. Brite, Instant Rejuvenate, Bloom Smile and Dr. Paris MD, with an average monthly sales of over $500k.
  • Developed and implemented marketing strategies to use for launches, rebranding campaigns and promotions.
  • Optimized and implemented new tools, reducing monthly costs by over $3,000 per month.
  • Boosted digital sales performance by over 6x through marketing budget allocation, new creative content and targeting strategies.
  • Created inventory tracking system, that sent re-order notifications to the necessary parties, preventing any SKU from being sold-out. Also tracked ingredient sales/usage by the ounce.
  • Managed automated workflows between staff, coordinating documents, planning, and creative material distribution.
  • Improved customer loyalty by implementing effective Email/SMS marketing campaigns, leading to most successful BF/CM sale in 4 years, with the same promotion and a $0 marketing budget.
  • Optimized website content for improved search engine rankings and increased web traffic.
  • Enhanced online presence, optimizing website content fro SEO and improving user experience across three websites.
  • Trained junior marketing staff, elevating team capabilities and performance.
  • Built and managed affiliate programs across multiple platforms.

MU Marketing Consultancy

Owner
03.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Founded a marketing consultancy for charter schools, specializing in strategy, website optimization, and digital advertising.
  • Developed marketing strategies to boost enrollment and engagement.
  • Optimized websites to improve user experience and conversion rates.
  • Managed digital ad campaigns to increase visibility and attract students.
  • Collaborated with school leadership to align marketing with goals.
  • Built strong client relationships and provided ongoing strategic support.

Sunny Health & Fitness

Ecommerce Assistant Manager
01.2023 - 07.2023

Job overview

  • Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
  • Direct day-to-day website management and prioritize website/marketing projects.
  • Managed reporting, analysis, web content, and e-Commerce.
  • Reviewed and implemented all website tools, agencies, and features.
  • Reviewed and improved all marketing funnels.
  • Increased A/B testing efforts, using multiple tools.
  • Collaborated with the marketing team to create display, email & and social media campaigns.
  • Optimized SEO/SEM

Aki-Home

Ecommerce Manager
10.2018 - 12.2022

Job overview

  • Led site strategy through various methods leading to 10x in sales.
  • Managed digital advertising strategies with up to monthly budgets of $500k across multiple platforms.
  • Formed logistics developments while adapting various solutions to improve shipping time and costs.
  • Increased and managed operations of merchant accounts for online marketplaces while respecting vendor requirements.
  • Fixed and maintained ADA/WCAG compliance avoiding $100k+ in settlements.
  • Grew internal marketing team to 26 people from 2.
  • Optimized e-commerce fulfillment strategy to minimize costs while maximizing profits and customer satisfaction.
  • Incorporated e-commerce objectives in social media platform management.
  • Customized e-commerce platforms by building new products, designing landing pages and integrating new vendors and apps to further enhance website UI and UX.
  • Leveraged Google Analytics and AB testing to monitor effectiveness of online marketing strategies, website content and user experience.

Lever Your Business

Marketing Manager
01.2017 - 10.2018

Job overview

  • Increased eCommerce sales by over 6x within the first year.
  • Created company brand messaging, collateral materials, customer events, promotional strategies, and product commercialization.
  • Independently managed digital and physical/event advertising up to $50k per month.
  • Developed new affiliate/influencer/email/social programs across two brands (Hey Dude Shoes and We-Wood Watches)
  • Developed and implemented marketing strategies to use for launches, rebranding campaigns and promotions.
  • Led all planning for content creation in upwards of $30k per shoot.
  • Grew internal marketing team from 2 to 16 people.

Education

California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA

Bachelor of Arts from Graphic Design Marketing
06.2012

Crafton Hills College
Yucaipa, CA

Associate of Arts from Liberal Arts And General Studies
04.2010

Skills

  • Brand Management
  • Product Marketing
  • Team Leadership
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Sales Funnels
  • A/B Testing
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Web Analytics
  • Digital Marketing
  • Pay Per Click (PPC)
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Influencer Marketing

Accomplishments

  • Implemented delivery selection and management tools, contributing too over 6x in sales growth.
  • Used various tools to create a notification system that alerted various teams to order stock, allocated stock, adjust highlighted products and pause advertisements based on product inventory.
  • Supervised team of 26 staff members.
  • Documented and resolved 38 A WCAG compliance issues which led to saving over $100k in settlements.
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Software

Shopify Plus

BigCommerce

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Analytics (GA4)

Adobe Analytics

Adobe Target

Amazon Ads

Google Ads

SortSite

SEMrush

Microsoft Office

Stable Diffusion

Klaviyo

MailChimp

Monday

G Suite

Zendesk

Jet Brains - WebStorm

Domo

Northbeam

Timeline

Marketing Manager

OC Dental Center
04.2024 - Current

Owner

MU Marketing Consultancy
03.2024 - Current

Ecommerce Specialist

Eureka Ergonomic
10.2023 - 03.2024

Ecommerce Assistant Manager

Sunny Health & Fitness
01.2023 - 07.2023

Ecommerce Manager

Aki-Home
10.2018 - 12.2022

Marketing Manager

Lever Your Business
01.2017 - 10.2018

Owner

Matthew Upton Photography & Design
03.2012 - 03.2024

California State University - San Bernardino

Bachelor of Arts from Graphic Design Marketing

Crafton Hills College

Associate of Arts from Liberal Arts And General Studies

Fun Facts

  • Own a small productions studio worth of equipment with 100tb of data on my desk.
  • Installed a Keurig coffee maker in my truck.
  • Set up automations for everything possible from care for my chameleon to getting my wife's in home massage studio ready in a few words for either clients or video production.
Matthew UptonMarketing Manager