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    Growth Marketing Advisor at Play Bigger

    Ongoing advisory engagement with Play Bigger's internal marketing team — providing senior growth marketing guidance through bi-weekly sessions to sharpen execution and build internal capability.

    May 2026 – Present
    Remote Freelance
    Remote · San Jose, California, US

    What is Play Bigger?

    Play Bigger is a category design and go-to-market strategy agency based in San Jose, California. They partner with B2B tech companies at key inflection points — launch, fundraise, or market expansion — to help them define and own the categories they compete in. Their client portfolio includes companies like Docusign, Qualtrics, and Cloudflare, having helped generate over $50B in combined market cap.

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    My Objective

    Following my engagement as Growth Marketing Specialist, Play Bigger brought me on in an advisory capacity to provide ongoing strategic support to their internal marketing team. In bi-weekly sessions, I act as a senior growth marketing resource — helping the team make better decisions, sharpen their marketing execution, and build the knowledge and processes needed to grow more effectively.

    NSM: Internal Team Growth Capability

    Results

    Bi-weekly
    Advisory Cadence
    Owned
    Strategic Guidance
    Owned
    Initiative Review
    Owned
    Data-Driven Decisions
    Owned
    Team Upskilling

    Tasks & Responsibilities

    Tasks

    1. 1Provide strategic growth marketing guidance to Play Bigger's internal team through structured bi-weekly advisory sessions, covering paid media, analytics, CRO and campaign strategy.
    2. 2Review and give feedback on ongoing marketing initiatives — identifying gaps, opportunities and areas for optimisation across channels and tactics.
    3. 3Support the team in translating data and insights into clear, actionable decisions — building a culture of data-driven marketing within the organisation.
    4. 4Advise on growth experimentation, channel prioritisation and campaign planning to ensure marketing efforts are aligned to business goals and measurable outcomes.
    5. 5Share knowledge, frameworks and best practices to upskill the internal team and increase their autonomy and confidence in executing growth marketing activities.

    Responsibilities

    1. 1Responsible for senior growth marketing guidance across paid media, analytics, CRO and campaign strategy.
    2. 2Responsible for reviewing ongoing initiatives and identifying optimisation opportunities across channels.
    3. 3Responsible for advising on growth experimentation, channel prioritisation and campaign planning.
    4. 4Responsible for upskilling the internal team through frameworks, best practices and knowledge transfer.

    Successes & Failures

    Successes

      Failures

        Areas at Play Bigger

        Strategic Advisory

        Bi-weekly growth marketing guidance covering paid media, analytics, CRO and campaign strategy.

        Initiative Review

        Feedback on ongoing campaigns and tactics — gaps, opportunities and channel-level optimisation.

        Data-Driven Culture

        Translating data and insights into clear, actionable marketing decisions within the team.

        Growth Experimentation

        Advising on experimentation, channel prioritisation and campaign planning aligned to business goals.

        Team Enablement

        Knowledge transfer, frameworks and best practices to upskill the internal team.

        Tools at Play Bigger

        GA4
        Google Data Studio
        LinkedIn Ads
        Google Workspace
        Notion

        Time at Play Bigger

        Ongoing remote advisory engagement supporting Play Bigger's internal marketing team in San Jose. Structured bi-weekly sessions with async follow-up between cadences.

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