Alex Shamy

Brooklyn, NY ยท alexshamy@gmail.com

Marketing professional with 13 years of experience in tech spanning both enterprises to start-ups. Proven leader with experience managing and driving growth, demand generation, and supporting significant revenue goals.


Professional Experience

Growth Advisor

Pearson

January 2024 - Current

Manager, B2B Marketing

May 2019 - Feb 2021

Senior Manager, B2B Marketing

Feb 2021 - June 2022

Senior Manager, Growth

June 2022 - October 2024

Vimeo

Owned customer acquisition through paid, owned and earned channels for the Vimeo B2B products. Managed relationships with outside agencies for performance marketing and front-end web development. Responsible for campaign management end-to-end; from audience development, channel strategy and sales follow up. Leader in all website testing initiatives to optimize for both self-serve (B2C) and sales-assisted (B2B) inbound inquiries and bookings. Developed the product led growth strategy designed to leverage the full lifecycle of a user to drive higher ROI for the organization.

Manager, Demand Generation

March 2018 - May 2019

Senior Marketing Associate

June 2017 - March 2018

Namely

Worked with the sales and go-to-market organization to set demand targets to meet business pipeline and ARR needs. Manage budget to drive maximum lead volume without sacrificing quality. Oversee paid search and PPC strategy both internally and with vendors. Responsible for all inbound lead generation efforts through content and partnerships.

  • Responsible for driving over 50% of all new business opportunities through marketing
  • Built a first + recent touch attribution model to measure success of programs
  • Held accountabile for all demand generation by CRO and SVP Sales

Head of Growth

Kisi

Aug 2015 - May 2017

Responsible for all product marketing, inbound acquisition, and lead nurturing activities. Built an inbound lead funnel via content marketing and SEO optimization which honed product market fit. Developed a self-service model which drastically decreased customer acquisition cost. Responsible for identifying and developing marketing partnerships to strategically drive business growth.

  • Grew monthly website traffic 300% through unpaid digital marketing initiatives.
  • Overhauled inbound funnel, driving hundreds of qualified B2B leads to sales each month.
  • Coordinated all product launch activities including pre-launch material, in-person events, and sales enablement material.

Director, Product & Marketing

March 2014 - July 2015

Content & Community Manager

May 2012 - March 2014

Customer Experience Associate

February 2011 - May 2012

Heyo

Worked directly with customers to identify and optimize for product-market fit. Owned new user activation funnel from free trial signups, through in-app experience, to purchase decision. Tested pricing strategy to encourage high growth and low churn. Overhauled all paid acquisition and retargeting creative. Scoped, designed, and ushered new products and user experience flows from design to implementation. Managed custom lifecycle email structure to drive higher rate of free trial app engagement and upsells.

  • Increased website conversion rate from below 5% to over 10% through on-page optimization.
  • Exceeded goals for free and paid account signups by optimizing the discovery and activation process.
  • Final decision maker on all product user experience and marketing distribution projects.

Education

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

BA: Public & Urban Affairs

August 2008 - May 2012

Patrick Henry High School

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke Valley Governer's School for Math and Science

August 2004 - June 2008


Skills

Software Expertise

Extensive experience working with industry standard products ranging from CRM, CMS, design, and analysis tools.

Marketing Skills
  • Demand generation
  • Inbound lead generation
  • Performance marketing & paid acquisition
  • Conversion rate optimization
  • Product led growth
  • Team building and management
  • Data analysis

Interests

Currently located in Brooklyn, NY. In my free time I'm probably tinkering with film photography, listening to records, skateboarding or hiking through Prospect Park with my dog.