Laila McDonald

Marketing Communications Lead @ MongoDB

Ireland

About

Experienced marketing and communications professional with a demonstrated history of working in the tech and financial services industries. Experience in digital marketing and brand campaigns, corporate communications, public relations, employee communications, programme management, and content management.

Experience

  • MongoDB (Full-time · 4 yrs 9 mos)
    • Global Customer Marketing Lead
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      Leading the global customer marketing team within the global corporate marketing function aligning with MongoDB's strategic vision to implement our 'customers everywhere' strategy. Innovating content outputs for effective campaigns that demonstrate customer success while building meaningful and impactful co-marketing engagements and activations that showcase the innovations of our customers.

    • Senior Customer Marketing Manager, EMEA
      Oct 2021 - Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Leading EMEA customer marketing within the global communications team, helping to sustain MongoDB’s brand, reputation and influence across the world. Managing, planning and executing customer reference and initiatives across EMEA and driving the strategic direction of the advocacy programme.

  • EMEA Marketing Communications Lead (via CBRE GWS) at Google
    Dec 2019 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Lead strategy, development and deployment of all Marketing Communications content, activities and programmes on the Google account in EMEA supporting global Communications and Engagement projects and initiatives.

  • Marketing Communications Manager, EMEA at Facebook
    Apr 2015 - Sep 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Developed inspiring and result-driven B2B marketing content, campaigns and programmes to support sales enablement, drive online business, increase positive brand sentiment and influence policy-makers in EMEA.

  • Salesforce.org Programme Manager at Salesforce
    Sep 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Managed Salesforce.com’s integrated philanthropy programs in Ireland. Through Internal Communications, Employee Engagement and Public Relations, built relationships with not-for-profit organisations through the development of educational and volunteering programmes, grants and funding as well as community engagement activities.

  • Campaign and Event Manager at Children's Health Foundation
    Jan 2013 - Sep 2013 · 9 mos

    Managed Temple Street’s Children's Hospital new and established fundraising events and end-to-end campaigns including print and digital marketing content, collateral design and management, PR, media relations and communications. Coordinated individual and corporate fundraisers relating to campaigns managed by me.