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Kim B
@canural
MARKETING & MEDIA DIRECTOR Growth Strategy | Integrated Media & Demand Generation | AI-Enabled Marketing Operations
What I'm looking for
Marketing and media leader with 16+ years driving growth across SaaS, healthcare, life sciences, fintech, CPG, and consumer brands. Proven track record directing $100M+ in annual media investment, leading cross-functional and agency teams, and building AI-enabled workflows that turn data and audience insight into full-funnel strategy. Fluent in both B2B and B2C, with deep expertise across paid media, programmatic, analytics, and marketing operations.
CORE EXPERTISE
Integrated Media Strategy • Paid Media & Programmatic Advertising • Marketing Operations • $100M+ Budget Management • AI & Workflow Automation • Cross-Functional & Agency Leadership • Full-Funnel Demand Generation • Analytics & Attribution • B2B + B2C • Audience & Consumer Insights
Certifications: The Trade Desk Edge Academy (Certified: Data-Driven Planning) • TikTok Ads Academy • AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
PLATFORMS & TECHNOLOGY
Media: Google Ads • Meta Ads • LinkedIn Ads • Reddit Ads • TikTok Ads • The Trade Desk • DV360 • CM360 • Amazon DSP/Ads • YouTube
Analytics & Consumer Intelligence: GA4 • Looker Studio • Tableau • GWI • eMarketer • ZoomInfo
Marketing Technology: Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) • Marketing Automation Platforms • Audience Segmentation • Measurement & Attribution
AI & Automation: ChatGPT • Claude • Gemini • Perplexity • Copilot • Prompt Engineering • AI-Assisted Research • Workflow Automation
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Direct paid media strategy and execution for enterprise B2B SaaS and consumer brands, managing budgets from $500K–$20M per quarter. Drove +38% CTR vs. benchmark on VMware LinkedIn campaigns and +276% QoQ spend efficiency on Elastic search campaigns.
Create social-first content and authentic product storytelling for a leading pet technology brand across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Translate firsthand consumer experience into product feedback and user-generated content strategy.
Advise brands, agencies, and growth-stage companies on growth strategy, paid media, marketing operations, and AI adoption. Design AI-assisted workflows to streamline research, reporting, content development, and strategic planning.
Directed U.S. media strategy for Elanco's animal health brands, managing a $65M annual budget. Launched campaigns in emerging retail media networks, contributing $8.75M in product-driven revenue.
Managed media strategy and buying teams across five agency accounts with combined budgets exceeding $100M annually. Spearheaded programmatic expansion and built workflow efficiencies that reduced administrative time by 40%.
Managed media strategy and buying teams across five agency accounts with combined budgets exceeding $100M annually. Spearheaded programmatic expansion and built workflow efficiencies that reduced administrative time by 40%.
Associate Media Buyer
Big Communications
May 2016 - Mar 2019 (2 years 10 months)
Planned, bought, and optimized integrated campaigns across digital, social, broadcast, print, and OOH with annual spends up to $23M. Managed an $11M media budget with a focus on attribution and data-driven optimization.
Media Planner/Buyer
Luckie & Company
Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 (4 years 11 months)
Planned and negotiated integrated media campaigns up to $23M annually across broadcast, digital, and print for clients including Alabama Power, McKee Foods, and Vanderbilt Athletics.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bachelor of Science, Marketing & Mass Communications
2005 - 2010
Grade: 3.8
Activities and societies: Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society – Dean’s List – 3.5 Major GPA; American Marketing Association-Vice President of Communications
Graduated with BS in Marketing and Mass Communications
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Google AdSense
Facebook Ads
Taboola
Twitter Ads
Google Tag Manager
Tableau
Salesforce
Google Docs
Microsoft SharePoint
Shopify
Mailchimp
Dropbox
Box
Google Analytics
Facebook Pixel
Facebook Analytics
Slack
Microsoft Teams
HubSpot
Microsoft Office 365
Trello
Quora
Google Sheets
Microsoft Excel
Zoom
GoToWebinar
Google Campaign Manager
ZoomInfo
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Canva
Microsoft Power BI
Google Ads
LinkedIn Recruiter
SurveyMonkey
Airtable
Hootsuite
Sprout Social
LinkedIn Ads
Anthropic Claude API
ChatGPT
Looker Studio
Microsoft PowerPoint
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