Alex Horton

Product Marketing Leader at Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Growth-Focused Leader | Product Marketing • Growth Strategy • Customer Experience • Brand Building

Experience

  • Amazon (Seattle, Washington, United States)
    • Head of Product Marketing - Deals and High Velocity Events
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      I lead the US marketing and merchandising strategy for Amazon’s most high-profile shopping events—including Big Spring Sale, Prime Day, and Holiday—creating marketing strategy that moves the needle. My team of 9 product marketers focuses on reinventing the customer experience through customer-obsessed content, iterative experimentation, and automation.

    • Head of Deals Marketing, North America Stores
      Jul 2024 - Feb 2025 · 8 mos

      In this fast-paced role, I orchestrated a 130% to-goal Q4 strategy that drove a 41% YoY lift in deals revenue. Impact spanned across B2C and B2B initiatives, bridging marketing and tech to bring new tools to life for 100K+ selling partners. I also founded NAS Marketing Operational Excellence committee to build systems that improved visibility, culture, and performance across the team.

    • Senior Product Marketing Manager, North American Stores
      Feb 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

      I built Amazon’s first centralized charter for deals experimentation, aligning 10+ global teams under a shared vision that delivered millions in incremental sales through optimized content and CX.

  • Head of Marketing at The Hatchery Chicago - Food Business Incubator
    Aug 2018 - Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    As this first marketing hire for this innovative CPG incubator, I supported the launch and go-to-market strategy for The Hatchery's entrepreneur membership program and commercial kitchen sales, owning end-to-end marketing strategy across a website redesign, CRM development, paid advertising, and events. I collaborated with +150 startups to increase their visibility and develop early-stage marketing strategies. As our team tripled in size, I co-led hiring strategy and built systems to scale our values along with our impact.

  • FSG (6 yrs)
    • B2B Content Marketing Manager
      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018 · 3 mos

      Over five years at this social impact consultancy, I built content and GTM strategies that supported new practice areas and thought leadership. I managed our blog, social media, and B2B marketing campaign strategy, growing our reach. I also founded our first young professionals group, helping build a stronger internal culture.

    • B2B Content Marketing Coordinator
      Jun 2015 - Jun 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Communications Assistant
      Jun 2013 - Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Marketing and Public Relations Intern at marlo marketing/communications
    May 2011 - Aug 2011 · 4 mos