Jeff Lesser

Product (and) Marketing Leader

About me

He/him.

In addition to solving complex problems in product and marketing, I love:

  • food 🍜

  • beer 🍻

  • bikes 🚴

  • music 🎧

  • tattoos πŸ”

  • reading πŸ“š

  • whiskey πŸ₯ƒ

  • investing πŸ“ˆ

  • fly fishing 🎣

  • technology πŸ’»

  • snowboarding πŸ‚

Experience

Director of Product Marketing; 2021-Present

Building the product marketing function and team as the first product marketing hire.

Product Marketing Lead; 2020-2021

Leading marketing strategy including product marketing, brand marketing content marketing and more across multiple products with a 2 person team and content/design freelancers.

Implemented jobs-to-be-done framework for how we build for and communicate to various personas.

Director of Marketing; 2019-2020

In charge of all marketing strategy, operations, and execution across 2 product categories and 5 products with B2B and B2C customers.

Lead a 3 person team doing product marketing, brand marketing, content marketing, demand generation, comms/PR, events, insights/analytics, and more.

CEO and Co-Founder; 2018-2019

Overseeing the creation of a new business and product that helps people investing in diversified portfolios of stocks that align with their values.

Responsible for the operations, product, marketing, design, investment strategy, and compliance for an SEC registered investment advisor.

Working closely with Co-Founder and development team to implement agile methods and new technologies to create a personalized, mobile first investing product.

Senior Product Marketing Manager; 2014-2018

Developed and executed comprehensive product marketing strategy, including opportunity assessment, business strategy, product positioning, go-to-market strategy, messaging, customer feedback and sales enablement aimed at both brands and developers.

Responsible for creating strategy and execution of a partner marketing program for customer engagement, customer service, and chatbot partners.

Partnered with product, engineering, design, sales, business development, comms, services and more to create and deliver effective strategies, positioning, and messaging.

Created a new, start-up-esque, organization within Twitter focused on the opportunity to connect businesses and people on the platform. Responsible for understanding new customer segments to create new business.

Marketing Manager; 2012-2014

Developed and implemented a growth strategy focused on customer acquisition including paid marketing, SEO, email, automation, social marketing, and content marketing in addition to developing a new website and positioning to drive new customer growth and an increase in revenue from in key products.

Marketing Manager; 2008-2011, 2012

Oversaw business related to marketing, merchandising, content, fulfillment, and customer service. Drove double digit revenue growth while reducing the marketing costs by leveraging optimizations on existing channels and opening new channels for improved ROI.

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Education

University of colorado, boulder

Bachelors of Arts in Economics, 2008

During my time at CU I took every economics class the school allowed me to focusing primarily on microeconomics. Getting my degree in economics has enabled me to have a unique analytical and strategic approach to marketing. It also gave me a strong foundation for understanding financial and competitive markets.

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