Jackie Dunning

SVP, Managing Director

New York, New York, United States

About

Award-winning brand marketing and strategy leader with a passion for advanced personalization and driving relevance via storytelling throughout the customer experience journey. Email Marketing | Lifecycle Marketing | Customer Journeys | Brand Strategy | Content Design | Writing & Brand Narrative | Creative Direction | Leadership & Coaching

Experience

  • SVP, Managing Director at Shift Paradigm
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

    I'm pleased to share that ERGO was acquired by Shift Paradigm in October 2022. I continue to lead the charge for our client partners driving strategy, creative content design, data and insights, and operations. Here's to our continued partnership and growing teams!

  • Member at Chief
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for women executives to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and pave the way to bring others with them.

  • ERGO (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Chief Strategy Officer
      Jan 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

      ERGO is an independent digital marketing and SaaS firm specializing in 1:1 email personalization for clients like American Express, AmexTravel, Delta, BlackRock, and J.P. Morgan Private Bank.  I partner with the CEO and Founder, overseeing Client Growth, Strategy & Operations, Data & Insights, and the Creative Studio. - Lead a cross-functional team to retain and grow ongoing business and revenue. - Launched a new loyalty program for AmexTravel using predictive and behavioral content targeting resulting in 10X more bookings, a 62% lift in engagement and 3 industry awards. - Own a 6+ year ARR relationship with American Express Global Commercial Services and an award-winning CRM program that drives $1.2 billion of incremental revenue annually from 1.7 million small business customers. - Drive continuous innovation for all clients by leading executive-level annual planning, QBRs, and test and learn. - Provide thought leadership on Smart Content™ and 1:1 personalization strategies for stakeholders, clients and at public speaking engagements. - Leverage multi-source customer-level data in Tableau, Amazon Quicksight and Salesforce Marketing Cloud to glean consumer insights, analyze effectiveness, and optimize engagement. - Conduct retina tracking analysis and in-depth customer research to develop best practices for UX / CX and data-driven content. - Lead with empathy to grow and mentor the careers of multi-level talent. - Built and distributed company-wide short-term incentive profit share plan to encourage employee retention via performance-based reward.

    • Vice President of Strategy
      Jun 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Director of Content Design
      Jun 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Marketing Consultant / Brand Creative Strategist at Freelance
    Dec 2010 - Mar 2015 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Consultant / freelance strategist and writer for fashion, hospitality, lifestyle, music and beauty brands in both the U.S. and Europe. Clients include: Starwood Hotels, Perry Ellis, Selfridges, Eastpak, FitFlop, Red Lion Hotels, Primark, Bagatelle, Manhattan Make-Up, Wine Country Gift Baskets, Blundstone Boots, Love Wellness, Four Points Hotels, and more.

  • CRM Content Director at dELiA*s
    Aug 2012 - Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Delia’s was an omnichannel teen retailer with 100 stores and a fun, cult-like status. I reported to the SVP of Creative. - Wrote for 12 catalogs/year, weekly direct and retail emails, bi-weekly store marketing, daily website and social content. - Owned and executed on an integrated content marketing calendar, focused on youth culture and lifestyle content. - Launched in-store mobile and omni-channel programs generating $1.9 million and over 3.5K new-to-file customers in 6 months. - Led marketing, brand and creative strategies, contests, events and influencer programs to grow social presence from a few thousand to 2+ million fans on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest. - Collaborated with buying and merchandising teams to prioritize key product stories for go-to-market launches. - Hired, managed and mentored writers, editors and social strategists.