I build the strategy, the systems, and the teams behind measurable growth.

Senior marketing leadership without the full-time hire. 9+ years leading go-to-market launches, demand programs, and paid media at $25M+ scale, for Fortune 100 brands and B2B tech companies alike.

NPS 57

across a B2B tech client portfolio

$25M+

media portfolio led across 60+ enterprise accounts

$105M

national public health campaign co-directed, 17B+ impressions

6x

client growth: a $20K scope to a $120K+ retainer in six months

9+

years in digital marketing strategy and team leadership

About me

Strategist first. Operator when it counts.

I’m Anne. I’ve spent the last nine years on both sides of growth: running paid media for Fortune 100 consumer brands like Starbucks, The Home Depot, and Honda, then building go-to-market engines for B2B tech companies selling into the AWS ecosystem.

That range is the point. I can sit with your leadership team and shape the positioning, then walk down the hall and fix why 1,600 landing page visits produced zero form fills. Strategy that never reaches execution doesn’t move pipeline, and execution without strategy just spends money faster.

I lead the way I’d want to be led: clear the path, give direct feedback, and make the team’s work possible. I’ve managed account teams, coached creative teams, and trained more than 150 professionals through CRM rollouts and onboarding.

I hold a Master of Science in Digital Marketing and a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, both earned as valedictorian while working full time. I’m based in Fort Collins, Colorado, and work with teams anywhere.

What I do

A marketing leader on your team, scoped to what you need now.

01

Go-to-market strategy and launches

Positioning, messaging frameworks, and launch plans that sales actually uses. I’ve taken a product line from brand and logo to live AWS Marketplace listings in about four months.

02

Demand generation architecture

Always-on lead gen across paid search, LinkedIn, and Meta, wired into HubSpot with lead scoring, nurture tracks, and a clear handoff to your BDRs.

03

Sales enablement

Battlecards, pitch decks, case studies, and BDR playbooks. Built so your sellers tell one story, and tell it well.

04

Paid media at scale

Media strategy across paid social, programmatic, CTV, and search, with the measurement to prove what’s working and the discipline to move budget when it isn’t.

05

Team leadership and process

Coaching for your marketers, repeatable frameworks for planning and reporting, and the operating rhythm that keeps work shipping after I step back.

06

AI in marketing operations

Practical AI workflows for analysis, reporting, and content. I’ve used them to cut reporting cycles by 40% and spot performance trends across multiple accounts at once.

Proof points

Results I’ve driven, and the thinking behind them.

$120K+

Retainer grown from a $20K project in six months

Account expansion for an enterprise loyalty platform

Started with post-RFP pursuit strategy and earned the next scope each time, including a 12-week launch that expanded into a second vertical. The launch messaging and battlecards became the sales team’s sole standard talk track, and my account-based personalization strategy supported 4 RFP pursuits, 3 of them closed won.

$320K

Partner incentive on a $9M AWS Marketplace sale

New product line, brand to Marketplace in four months

Built strategy, brand, website, AWS Marketplace listings, PR, and paid search end to end for a cloud services company’s new product line. It helped the client cross five Marketplace transactions and remains the lowest-cost, most measurable paid program in their portfolio.

3.40%

Search CTR on a first always-on demand engine

An always-on demand engine, built from scratch

Built a cloud services company’s first always-on lead gen motion across landing pages, paid search, retargeting, and nurture: 190K+ impressions at a $3.93 blended CPC.

20 to 30%

ROAS improvement across a $25M+ portfolio

Enterprise performance for Fortune 100 brands

Led strategy for 60+ accounts at iHeartMedia, including Starbucks, The Home Depot, and Honda. Grew client budgets at every renewal, averaging 8 to 14%, with one client’s spend up 60%. A CTV and retargeting strategy lifted one client’s organic search 22%.

170%

Conversion lift on a $105M national campaign

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Co-directed the HHS COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign. It delivered 17B+ impressions and a 170% conversion lift, and contributed to preventing 2.6 million COVID-19 cases.

80%

Adoption in month one across 50+ client teams

Product rollout and change management

Owned the end-to-end rollout of a client-facing forecasting and performance dashboard: sequencing, enablement materials, and training for 50+ client teams. Separately, training I built for my team cut operational errors 25%.

Brands and organizations I’ve driven results for

Starbucks · The Home Depot · Honda · U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Plus B2B tech companies across cloud services, SaaS, and tech products.

Career

From small business to enterprise scale.

Each step widened the scope: coaching small business owners, then running national media, then owning B2B go-to-market end to end.

2026 to present

Senior Client Strategist, Forrest Co.

Strategy and team leadership for a portfolio of 8 B2B tech clients, with a portfolio NPS of 57. Contributed to 18 new deals worth $1.08M in pipeline for one cloud client.

2024 to 2026

Account Strategy Manager, Social & Digital, iHeartMedia

Strategic lead for a $25M+ portfolio of 60+ enterprise accounts. Managed a team of 5 account managers.

2022 to 2024

Paid Media Account Manager, iHeartMedia

Managed a portfolio of about 10 enterprise clients and helped grow the agency arm to 20+ relationships.

2022

Paid Media Account Coordinator, iHeartMedia

Analysis and QA that improved ROI 25%+ and cut campaign errors 18%.

2020 to 2022

Business Development Strategist, Coldwell Banker

Coached 150+ small business owners on brand, marketing, and growth. Managed a 6-person team.

2018 to 2020

Marketing Specialist, Coldwell Banker

Managed digital presence for 17+ clients, driving 140%+ follower growth and 30% better client retention.

Skills and toolkit

The skills behind the results.

Go-to-market and positioning

Go-to-market strategy for launches

Competitive positioning and messaging

Sales enablement: battlecards and talk tracks

Account-based personalization

Market research and personas

Customer journey mapping

Demand and growth

Full-funnel demand architecture

Integrated multi-channel campaigns

Lead scoring and segmentation

Paid social and programmatic

CTV strategy

Event program strategy

Website design and build

Analytics and optimization

Campaign analysis and reporting

Conversion tracking QA

Budget and ROI optimization

AI-powered analytics and reporting

Audience testing and experimentation

Leadership and client growth

Cross-functional team leadership

Executive advisory

Retainer and account expansion

Agency and vendor management

Workshop facilitation

Training and mentorship

Tools I work in

Paid social and search

Meta

LinkedIn Ads

Google Ads

YouTube

TikTok

Snapchat

Pinterest

Reddit

X

Nextdoor

Programmatic and CTV

The Trade Desk

Amazon DSP

Beeswax

Xandr

GroundTruth

Magnite

SpringServe

LiveRamp

Measurement and tracking

Google Analytics

Google Tag Manager

Looker Studio

Meta Pixel

LinkedIn Insight Tag

Reddit Conversions API

Semrush

CRM and automation

HubSpot

Salesforce

Mailchimp

Clay

Zapier

Creative, content, and web

Figma

Framer

Adobe Creative Cloud

Canva

Final Cut Pro

Hootsuite

Later

AI and workflow

Claude

ChatGPT

Windsor.ai

Asana

Notion

Slack

Google Workspace

Microsoft 365

How we’d work together

Three ways to start.

01

Marketing audit

A focused review of your positioning, funnel, and channels, with a prioritized 90-day plan.

02

Fractional CMO retainer

You get a senior marketing leader without the full-time hire. I build the plan, lead your team through it, and keep leadership clear on what’s working.

03

Launch plan

Positioning, messaging, and a go-to-market plan for one product or market, ready for your team to run.

Need senior marketing leadership without the full-time hire?

Tell me where growth is stuck. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.

Anne Sternberg-Rainwater, M.S. · Fort Collins, Colorado