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    Jared Graf

    Jared Graf

    Growth marketing leader and entrepreneur with 15 years' experience developing, launching and scaling consumer brands.

    Entrepreneur New York City University of Michiga...
    semisupervised.com
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    Experience
    Ursa Major Skincare
    Ursa Major Skincare
    Employee
    Semisupervised
    Semisupervised
    Founder 2019 - Present (over 7 years)
    Growth consultancy for consumer brands

    Recent Insights:
    State of Direct-to-Consumer Brands: http://bit.ly/2021DTC
    55 Page Guide to winning DTC (eBook): https://payhip.com/b/Hn9N
    Top... more 10 DTC Brands of 2020: http://bit.ly/TOPDTC2020
    Banshee Wines
    Banshee Wines
    Advisor 2010 - Present (over 16 years)
    Very Great
    Very Great
    VP New Ventures 2022 - 2023 (about 1 year)
    • Own process to surface and validate powerful new brand development opportunities for Very Great, a digitally-native consumer product platform of over $50M omnichannel brands... more • Achieved board level approval on the development of a new flagship CPG subscription wellness brand • Owning incubation of new brand from end-to-end including all marketing, PD, ops, leadership and team building • Developed GTM strategy, customer acquisition and retention strategy, channel mix and 5-year P&L projections • Brand is currently in prelaunch with a waiting list of over 3,000 founding subs
    Interim Head of Growth 2020 - 2022 (over 1 year)
    Interim head of growth for three omnichannel, digitally native brands: Wild One, Courant and W&P Design
    • Achieved 70% YoY revenue growth from ’20 to ’21 across entire... more brand platform
    • W&P Design named top 25 fastest growing DTC brands in 2021
    • Broad growth scope across Paid Acquisition, Organic Acquisition, CRO, Retention and Data
    • Built data processes, technology and hiring roadmap for co-CEO’s, recruited first F/T growth hire
    Reckitt
    Reckitt
    Growth & Innovation Consultant 2020 (5 months)
    • Developed DTC innovation pipeline for New Ventures department
    • Concepted and tested two brands in the sleep category, one greenlit to launch in UK
    • Exceeded testing... more CPA and ROAS targets for the first time in company history
    Founders Factory
    Founders Factory
    Interim Head of Growth 2020 (5 months)
    • In partnership with Johnson & Johnson, accelerated a portfolio of early-stage consumer healthcare startups • Scope included full-funnel growth marketing strategy, data... more and analytics strategy and setup and GTM • Brands included women’s health CPG company Stix (grew 100%+ YoY), mental health startup Frame (acquired), women’s pelvic health co. Origin, fertility app Expectful (acquired) and PoC doula co., Mae.
    Resident
    Resident
    GM, VP of Marketing 2019 - 2020 (8 months)
    • Managed $70M P&L for DreamCloud, Resident’s second largest mattress brand
    • Achieved 40%+ YoY growth in revenue and 25% in contribution margin
    • Achieved profitability... more for the brand for the first time in company history
    Ursa Major Skincare
    Ursa Major Skincare
    Interim VP, Marketing 2019 (6 months)
    • Led marketing and eCommerce team to achieve 50%+ growth during 6-month engagement
    • Worked closely with CEO to pitch and land Series A investment from leading CPG firm
    •... more Established all new marketing processed and helped to recruit and hire first eCommerce leader
    Fluent City
    Fluent City
    Head of Marketing 2016 - 2019 (about 3 years)
    • Achieved 80% consumer and 200% enterprise bookings growth before brand was acquired
    • Recruited and led team of five marketing and eCommerce specialists
    • Led full... more company rebrand and launched first digital subscription product
    Hipcamp
    Hipcamp
    Head of Marketing 2014 - 2016 (over 1 year)
    • Established GTM strategy and plan leading to brand’s first revenue stream (a16z later invested)
    • Employed a scalable longtail SEO strategy plus referral program to achieve... more 22x traffic growth
    • Struck national brand partnerships with The North Face, Backcountry.com and Mountain Hardwear
    Betabrand
    Betabrand
    Marketing 2009 - 2014 (almost 5 years)
    • Launched and scaled innovative DTC crowdfunding platform in the apparel category (peaked at $70M before acquired)
    • Established brand’s paid acquisition, retention, influencer... more and partnerships programs
    • Managed early PD and digital product, later grew into roles in brand management and marketing
    Founder
     
    Employee
    Hipcamp, Fluent City, Betabrand, Ursa Major Skincare, Resident, Founders Factory, Reckitt, Very Great, Semisupervised, Ursa Major Skincare
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Banshee Wines
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    Land Share: Where Camping Meets Conservation
    LandShare: Marketplace where landowners connect with campers
    Land Share is a marketplace where private landowners can earn money by opening their property to people looking to connect with nature through unique camping experiences.
    Alex Johnson
    Andy Zinsser
    Pierre Alvan
    Julian Bialowas
    Jacqueline Tanzella
    Eric Bach
    Alyssa Ravasio
    With Alyssa Ravasio, Eric Bach, Jacqueline Tanzella, Julian Bialowas, Pierre Alvan, Andy Zinsser, Alex Johnson
     
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    About
    Achievements

    Growth marketing leader and entrepreneur with 15 years' experience developing, launching and scaling consumer brands. Have seen first-hand all stages of consumer growth across a variety of categories including wellness CPG, home goods, pet, beauty, fashion, travel, education and more. Sold over $500M in consumer products online and have helped many hyper growth startups as well as large multinational holdco's level up their digital programs.

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    Social Media Digital Strategy Art Direction E-Commerce Writing Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Expert Online Marketing Brand Development Social Media Marketing Strategic Partnerships Influencer Marketing Email Marketing Lifecycle Marketing Product Management SEO/SEM Content Strategy Content Management Content Marketing Growth Hacking Customer Acquisition Email Digital Marketing Blogging Marketing Communications Branding Messaging Press Outreach Google Analytics Analytics & Reporting Multi-channel Attribution Brand Design and Strategy Brand Management Revenue Growth Revenue Management Developing Revenue Models Product Development Product Marketing Product and Marketing Strategy User Research User Experience Research User Research & Interviews Customer Development Competitive Analysis Competitor Analysis Personas Buyer persona development Demand Generation User Acquisition Inbound Marketing SEO Public Relations PR Ecommerce Ecommerce Marketing Experiential Marketing Events Marketing Field Marketing Direct Marketing Direct Mail Sales/Marketing and Strategic Partnerships Viral Marketing Referral marketing Affiliate Marketing Analytics Business Intelligence BI Contract Negotiations Vendor Management Budgeting Budget Creation and Management Managing Marketing Program Budgets Innovation & Growth Growth Strategy and Execution Marketing and Growth Strategy
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    San Francisco Los Angeles
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