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Sarah Ratliff

Fort Worth,TX

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelance Consultant

Ratlr Marketing
02.2023 - Current
  • Consulted with clients on business issues and developed innovative proposals.
  • Regularly updated and edited content for client websites, emails, and other marketing collateral
  • Overhauled lifecycle strategy for client and increased click rates from average of 3% to 8%
  • Setup GA4 for clients and created dashboards for reporting

Vice President of Client Strategy

Hawke Media
04.2022 - 02.2023

Clients personally managed: McGee & Co, Algenist, ZIIP Beauty, Kardiel, Maxfield Los Angeles. Consult provided to Silpada Jewelry & The Sill.

  • Maintained the P&L carrying an average of $185k monthly recurring revenue; responsible for overall financial oversight
  • Doubled average client retention rate in 6 months by overhauling client experience training
  • Created onboarding processes for new hires and designed 8-week strategy boot camp and networking cohort
  • Led training for CRO; doubled client’s ECR from y/y average by restructuring site flow and merchandising
  • Spearheaded sales; provided sales team with training, resources, and eliminated excess processes that slowed down close rates

Director, Client Strategy - Oct. 2021-April 2022

  • Managed team within strategy department with around 50-80 clients while managing own clients (~$45k in recurring revenue) with average client lifetime of 11 months
  • Spearheaded training on retention and LTV; strategy for own client drove 112% increase in repeat customer rate y/y
  • Led ad-creative strategy and consulted on customer journeys on-site for clients; resulted in one client’s Memorial Day sale performing +26% y/y and delivered 8x ROAS on six-figures of media budget
  • Closed new business by conducting audits and scoping calls; cross-sold existing clients to other channels
  • Coordinated with customer success on escalations and improvements within engagement processes

Digital Strategist + Fractional CMO- Feb. 2021-Oct. 2021

  • Managed book of business worth on average $50k per month; maintained above-average retention rates
  • Crafted media plans for clients; oversaw client media budgets up to seven figures and execution of campaigns across cross teams
  • Planned seasonal, promotional, holiday (Black Friday), and evergreen omnichannel campaigns
  • Served as account lead and was responsible for overall satisfaction; coordinated all cross teams on marketing activities and execution

Omnichannel Demand Planner

Endygo
06.2020 - 02.2021

Mozaic is the leader of outdoor made-to-order pillows and cushions on platforms like Overstock.com, Wayfair, Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s

  • Managed raw materials budget over $1M annually; created demand forecast multiple distribution channels based on previous sales and consumption
  • Prevented stockouts of best-selling skus and increased overall sales for underperforming products
  • Provided direction to media buyers on product performance and strategy; increased overall revenue diversification amongst assortment

Growth Strategist - Media Buyer

EmberTribe
01.2019 - 06.2020

Clients personally managed: Baltic Essentials, Mad Viking Beard Co, Beastgrip, SprinklePop, and Parken Jewlery

  • Managed ~7 clients on channels including Meta, Pinterest, Snapchat, and Google, driving over seven figures in revenue; accountable for annual media budgets over six-figures
  • Media planned for clients for evergreen and promotional sales; coordinated with internal teams on execution
  • Collaborated with upper management, clients and other personnel regarding media plans and campaigns.
  • Lead ad creative and copy strategy for clients; refreshed content to improve client from 1x at figures to 3x at six figures in 9 months
  • Spearheaded email strategy and implementation for all clients using tools like Klaviyo, Mailchimp, and Hubspot
  • Managed CRO for certain clients; oversaw merchandising, ensured promotional treatments were accurate

Marketing Analyst

ChildCare CRM
03.2018 - 04.2019
  • Responsible for paid lead acquisition on Google Ads; saw cost per lead drop 25% within three months of management
  • Initiated customer insights review using NPS data, and provided analysis to C-Suite resulting in long-term-contract with firm's largest client
  • Managed company blog; ideated and wrote articles while also overseeing output from internal copywriters

Director of Marketing

Quality Stone Quarries
11.2014 - 03.2018
  • Headed implementation of new website; wrote all web copy, and coordinated with contractors for design
  • Established organic social presence; grew Instagram following from 0 to 5000 followers within three months
  • Led brand strategy development; executed implementation resulting in key customer acquisition (Acme Brick, Boral Brick)

Education

MBA - Marketing

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
12.2017

BBA - Marketing

Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX
05.2013

Skills

  • Promotions and Marketing Strategies
  • Paid Media Strategy
  • Lifecycle Marketing
  • Funnel Optimization
  • Brand Marketing
  • Media Planning
  • Forecasting
  • Paid Social
  • Campaign Development
  • CRO
  • Online Merchandising
  • Reporting & Analysis

Timeline

Freelance Consultant

Ratlr Marketing
02.2023 - Current

Vice President of Client Strategy

Hawke Media
04.2022 - 02.2023

Omnichannel Demand Planner

Endygo
06.2020 - 02.2021

Growth Strategist - Media Buyer

EmberTribe
01.2019 - 06.2020

Marketing Analyst

ChildCare CRM
03.2018 - 04.2019

Director of Marketing

Quality Stone Quarries
11.2014 - 03.2018

MBA - Marketing

Texas Christian University

BBA - Marketing

Abilene Christian University
Sarah Ratliff