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SoundHound AI Director of Marketing | Experience scaling B2B brands | Former experience: McAfee/Verizon/RGA/Droga5/Ogilvy and more

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

As Director of Marketing at SoundHound AI, I oversee integrated marketing initiatives, including event marketing, advertising, sales enablement, and social media projects. With a focus on voice and conversational AI, I contribute to advancing innovative solutions that enhance communication across various business verticals: enterprise businesses, automotive, restaurants and smart devices. With extensive experience gained over multiple roles in marketing and management, I have developed expertise in advertising, partner marketing, channel marketing, content marketing, event marketing and account management selling. My approach emphasizes cross-team collaboration and data-driven strategies to support business goals and deliver impactful campaigns. At SoundHound AI, I work to empower teams, strengthen internal department collaboration, and drive results through creative marketing campaigns.

Experience

  • SoundHound AI (2 yrs 2 mos)
    • Director of Marketing
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Director, Product Marketing - Automotive & Restaurants
      Aug 2025 - Jan 2026 · 6 mos

    • Senior Product Marketing Manager, Automotive
      May 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Senior OEM Partner Marketing Manager at McAfee
    Dec 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Senior Manager Creative Strategy, B2B at Verizon
    Apr 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Channel lead for Verizon Business Group .com product pages, managing 250+ projects annually partnering with CX, creative resources, external agencies, digital operations and VBG business unit stakeholders. Was the DCO (Dynamic Creative Optimization) lead for Fios Business Internet, Business Unlimited Plans and Phone Device promotions. I'm credited with driving baseline CTR performance. I partnered with marketing stakeholders to co-develop .com and digital creative briefs for completeness and actionable content that will enable in-house and external agency creative teams to develop on-target deliverables for the business. Responsible for integrating above-the-line key B2B messaging across .com, DCO, Programmatic and Paid Social.

  • New Business Pitch Business Lead at StrawberryFrog
    Feb 2021 - Apr 2021 · 3 mos

    Freelance consultant pitch lead, resulting in the agency winning the Prudential account. https://www-adweek-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.adweek.com/agencies/prudential-names-strawberryfrog-as-creative-agency/amp/

  • Acting Managing Director at FRED & FARID
    Aug 2020 - Jan 2021 · 6 mos

    Fred & Farid is a global creative boutique network with offices in Paris, Shanghai, Los Angeles and New York. Account lead of Stella Artois, Remy Martin, La Compagnie Airlines and JPMorganChase accounts. I was a contractor for the Managing Director who was on maternity leave.