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Ava Sinclair

Chief Marketing Officer
Boston, MA, United States

Professional Summary

Chief Marketing Officer with 13+ years of experience building category-leading brands, translating customer insight into profitable growth, and aligning creative, digital, and commercial teams around measurable goals. Scaled omnichannel demand programs across consumer and retail portfolios, delivering sustained revenue lift, stronger retention, and disciplined marketing operations. Known for pairing sharp positioning with pragmatic experimentation, executive storytelling, and high-performing team development.

Employment History

Chief Marketing Officer
Harborline Consumer Brands · Boston, MA
2021 · Present
• Set enterprise marketing strategy for a $480M portfolio of household and personal-care brands, connecting consumer insight, innovation, and commercial planning across retail and direct channels. • Repositioned flagship lines around wellness and everyday value; refreshed architecture and creative platform lifted aided consideration 18% and grew repeat purchase 22% in two years. • Built an integrated demand engine spanning brand, performance, CRM, retail media, and partnerships, increasing qualified pipeline 41% while reducing blended acquisition cost 16%. • Led annual planning, agency ecosystem, and $38M budget governance; introduced test-and-learn measurement that redirected 12% of spend toward higher-return programs. • Hired and coached a 34-person team across brand, digital, insights, content, and marketing operations; partnered with CEO and board on growth narratives and quarterly performance reviews.
VP Brand Marketing
North Atlantic Retail Group · Boston, MA
2017 · 2021
• Owned brand strategy and integrated campaigns for a 120-store specialty retail network, partnering with merchandising and e-commerce leaders on seasonal growth plans. • Unified customer segmentation, loyalty, and creative standards across five banners; improved campaign conversion 27% and increased loyalty enrollment 35% year over year. • Launched an always-on content and influencer program that delivered 8.4M incremental qualified impressions and lifted organic traffic 44%. • Negotiated agency and production roster, consolidating vendors to save $2.1M annually while expanding testing capacity and speed to market. • Presented portfolio performance, market trends, and investment scenarios to executive leadership; mentored 11 marketers into expanded roles.
Director of Digital Marketing
Beacon Street Media · Boston, MA
2013 · 2017
• Directed digital acquisition, lifecycle marketing, and analytics for a multi-brand media business serving 9M monthly readers and subscribers. • Rebuilt SEO, paid media, and conversion programs around audience intent; grew qualified traffic 68% and digital subscriptions 31% over four years. • Introduced marketing automation, lead scoring, and behavioral cohorts that improved trial-to-paid conversion 24% and reduced churn 14%. • Managed a $9M channel budget and cross-functional roadmap spanning product, editorial, sales, and data science; created dashboards adopted in weekly operating reviews. • Developed partnership campaigns with regional publishers and cultural institutions, creating $4.6M in attributed revenue and a repeatable launch playbook.

Education

Master of Business Administration, Marketing & Strategy
Boston University Questrom School of Business · Boston, MA
2011 · 2013
Concentration in marketing analytics and strategy; Dean’s Leadership Fellow; consulting practicum for a regional consumer brand.
Bachelor of Arts, Communications & Economics
Northeastern University · Boston, MA
2007 · 2011
Magna cum laude; student marketing association president; co-op placements in consumer research and media planning.

Skills

Brand Strategy
Omnichannel Marketing
Marketing Analytics
Lifecycle Marketing
Go-to-Market Strategy