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Farah Al-Hassan

Chief Marketing Officer
Chicago, IL, United States

Professional Summary

Chief Marketing Officer with 13+ years building high-growth consumer, retail technology, and SaaS brands from strategy through measurable demand generation. Leads integrated brand, performance, lifecycle, product marketing, creative, and analytics teams; delivered 3x pipeline growth, 42% revenue expansion, and stronger customer retention through disciplined experimentation and customer insight. Known for translating complex products into compelling stories while owning budgets, operating cadence, and executive alignment.

Employment History

Chief Marketing Officer
Prairie Peak Commerce · Chicago, IL
2021 · Present
• Repositioned B2C marketplace brand across 4 customer segments, lifting aided awareness 28% and organic traffic 64% in 18 months. • Built integrated demand engine across paid social, search, affiliates, CRM, and partnerships, growing qualified demand 3.1x and revenue 42% YoY. • Led 32-person brand, growth, creative, lifecycle, product marketing, and marketing operations organization with 96% retention. • Owned $18M annual budget; reallocated 22% toward incrementality-tested channels, improving blended ROAS 37%. • Launched experimentation and analytics operating model with 150+ quarterly tests, lifting conversion 19% and repeat purchase 14%. • Partnered with product and merchandising to launch 11 retail-tech capabilities, contributing $26M in annualized GMV.
VP Marketing
Lakeview SaaS Group · Chicago, IL
2017 · 2021
• Scaled marketing from 6 to 24 employees across demand gen, product marketing, content, and customer advocacy while tripling sourced pipeline. • Rebuilt positioning and ICP segmentation for a vertical SaaS portfolio, increasing win rate 21% and average contract value 34%. • Introduced lifecycle programs across onboarding, expansion, and churn prevention, lifting net revenue retention from 104% to 118%. • Directed $7.5M budget and global integrated campaigns that generated $48M in influenced pipeline across North America and Europe. • Partnered with sales leadership on account-based marketing for 200 strategic accounts, shortening sales cycle 18%. • Established weekly funnel analytics and attribution governance, reducing cost per opportunity 29%.
Marketing Director
Midwest Consumer Brands · Milwaukee, WI
2013 · 2017
• Led brand and integrated marketing for a $220M consumer portfolio spanning retail, ecommerce, and wholesale channels. • Delivered 26% three-year revenue growth through shopper insights, category strategy, seasonal campaigns, and retailer media. • Built first owned CRM and loyalty program to 480,000 members, increasing repeat purchase 17% and email revenue 2.4x. • Managed $4.2M budget and agency roster of five partners, improving campaign on-time delivery from 71% to 96%. • Launched packaging and ecommerce refresh across 14 product lines, lifting shelf conversion 12% and online conversion 18%. • Developed two associate marketers into managers and instituted quarterly brand health and customer research reviews.

Education

MBA, Marketing & Strategy
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University · Evanston, IL
2011 · 2013
Dean's List; Zell Fellows venture accelerator; marketing analytics concentration.
BA, Communications
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL
2007 · 2011
James Scholar Honors Program; student brand strategist for Illinois Business Consulting.

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