MARKETER / STRATEGIST / COMMUNICATOR

Hi, I'm Chase.

I am a marketing and communications professional based in the southwestern United States with a passion for creating content and strategies that resonate with customers. With more than three years of experience working in corporate environments, I focus on turning ideas, research, and customer insights into clear, practical marketing strategies. I am especially interested in consumer behavior and understanding what drives people to engage with brands, products, and ideas. When I am not working, you can usually find me playing kickball or practicing guitar.

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EXPERIENCE

WHERE I'VE BEEN & WHAT I'VE LEARNED

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Amazon

Central Operations Logistics Coordinator
2021 – 2024 · Tempe, AZ

Supported large-scale operations across teams, improving processes, identifying operational risk, and maintaining consistency in high-volume workflows through auditing and stakeholder communication.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION AUDITING OPERATIONS
HighlightDeveloped an audit process that helped identify routing errors before they escalated into larger operational issues.
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Avalon

Founder / Marketing Lead
2025 – Present · Tempe, AZ

Built and operated a marketing business from the ground up, covering positioning, lead gen, sales, copywriting, and strategy, and learned to evaluate ideas by real customer response, not assumptions.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP POSITIONING COPYWRITING OUTBOUND MARKETING SALES
HighlightDesign and build full-funnel email/SMS systems aimed at growing lifecycle revenue contribution from roughly 10% to 35%+ for client brands.

EDUCATION

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Grand Canyon University

2024 – Expected 2027
Bachelor of Applied Science in Marketing and Advertising
MARKETING RESEARCH CONSUMER BEHAVIOR STRATEGY
CERTIFICATIONS
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Klaviyo Practitioner
2026
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Klaviyo Deliverability
2026
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Google Ads Search
2026
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HubSpot Content Marketing
2026
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Digital Marketing & Ecom
2025
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Shopify Certified Partner
 
BELIEFS

WHAT I BELIEVE

People Come Before Metrics

Every click, purchase, and conversion represents a real person making a decision, not just a number on a dashboard.

Curiosity Beats Assumptions

Good strategy starts with questions, not guesses. I'd rather research the customer than build a campaign around what I assume they want.

Strategy Should Be Tested

No strategy is a permanent answer. I test ideas, measure what happens, and adjust the plan based on real results.

Marketing Should Create Value

The best marketing helps the business and the customer. Trust and usefulness matter more than persuasion on its own.

STRATEGY

STRATEGY IN ACTION

GIFT EXPERIENCE RETAIL

Activity Superstore Retention Consultation

THE CHALLENGE

Email already drove about 10% of revenue, but leaned on discount-led messaging, competing CTAs, and broad segmentation that likely underused the emotional reason people buy gifts.

THE STRATEGY

Shift to emotion-first, occasion-led campaigns built around gifting intent, one clear CTA per send, and "best for" gift guides in place of generic product grids.

WHAT I WORKED ON

Full email audit and consultation: findings, solutions, a phased 90-day roadmap, and a revenue model projecting lift from ~10% toward 20–30% email-attributed revenue.

EMAIL AUDIT SEGMENTATION COPYWRITING CRO
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BOUTIQUE WINERY · HEALDSBURG, CA

Ketcham Estate Winery Lifecycle Strategy

THE CHALLENGE

A small, story-driven estate needed to turn five very different buyer types (collectors, wine-country tourists, gift buyers, local loyalists, casual drinkers) into repeat customers and club members without relying on discounts.

THE STRATEGY

Segment-specific messaging built on scarcity, story, and place instead of price, with the wine club positioned as the retention engine.

WHAT I WORKED ON

Designed 5 core lifecycle flows (tasting room follow-up, club nurture, post-purchase education, VIP, and a premium-positioned abandoned cart), plus 5 campaign themes built on estate storytelling.

LIFECYCLE FLOWS SEGMENTATION BRAND STORYTELLING KLAVIYO
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DTC · PRE-LAUNCH

SpinBrim Retention Marketing Plan

THE CHALLENGE

A pre-launch modular cap brand needed a full retention system live on day one, and needed customers to see a hat as a swappable identity system, not a single purchase.

THE STRATEGY

Built retention around three engines (list growth, automated flows, and weekly campaigns), anchored by the "one system, endless looks" identity hook.

WHAT I WORKED ON

Designed the signup popup and 7 lifecycle flows (welcome, abandoned cart/browse, onboarding, VIP, post-purchase, winback), plus 6 recurring campaign themes, all built before launch.

LIST GROWTH LIFECYCLE FLOWS POPUP CRO KLAVIYO
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WORK

MARKETING WORK

CONTACT

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