Ben Sottek

Ben Sottek

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Head of Paid Marketing
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

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  • Growth Marketing Pro
    Head of Paid Marketing
    Growth Marketing Pro
    Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 7 months)
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    Digital Marketing Consultant
    Jun 2019 - Current (7 years 4 months)
    I work with businesses to plan, build, launch, and support digital marketing initiatives that support their business goals.

    Services include:
    - Search Engine Marketing
    - Social Media Advertising
    - Display Advertising
    - Analytics implementation and audit
    - Conversion rate optimization
  • vFairs
    Director of Performance Marketing & Rev Ops
    vFairs
    Jul 2023 - Mar 2025 (1 year 9 months)
    Lead performance marketing, marketing operations, revenue operations, and sales enablement in strategy and execution in order to drive pipeline and revenue growth.
  • Directive
    Associate Director of Paid Media
    Directive
    Oct 2022 - Jul 2023 (10 months)
    Manage a team of strategists and specialists - supporting the development of advertising strategies for high-growth clients, collaborating with multiple departments, and facilitating crucial client-facing moments.

    Responsibilities include: client retention, employee training and development, strategic
    oversight, team profitability and utilization, and process development and management.

    -Oversee strategy development and relationships with clients like Calendly, Uber Freight,
    Linux Foundation and others.

    -Train team of direct reports in technical skills, industry best-practices, and client
    management soft skills. Also QA deliverables and client communications to ensure SLAs
    and standards
  • Directive
    Senior Paid Media Account Strategist
    Directive
    Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 1 month)
    Elevate client’s results across search, programmatic, and social via innovation, ownership, financial optimization, attribution, and overall expertise in digital marketing. Responsibilities include:

    - Strategy Development
    - Strategy Execution
    - Client Communications
    - Reporting
  • Directive
    Paid Media Account Strategist
    Directive
    Aug 2021 - Oct 2021 (3 months)
    Elevate client’s results across search, programmatic, and social via innovation, ownership, financial optimization, attribution, and overall expertise in digital marketing. Responsibilities include:

    - Strategy Development
    - Strategy Execution
    - Client Communications
    - Reporting
  • Silverback Strategies
    Paid Media Account Manager
    Silverback Strategies
    Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 (6 months)
    Provide paid media strategy, implementation, communication, and reporting for a book of clients across various verticals.

    Responsibilities include:
    - Learn business needs and goals of clients in book
    - Provide strategic recommendations
    - Build, launch, monitor, and optimize all paid media efforts
    - Provide reporting and communication on regular basis for clients
  • Ramsey Solutions A Dave Ramsey Company
    Paid Media Specialist
    Ramsey Solutions A Dave Ramsey Company
    Jun 2018 - Jun 2020 (2 years 1 month)
    Plan and execute all digital advertising efforts across search, social, and programmatic channels for the Tax and Insurance Endorsed Local Providers programs as well as for the SmartVestor program.

    Responsibilities include:
    - Strategy development
    - Execution and ongoing management
    - Testing and optimization
    - Reporting
    - R&D for new opportunities.
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  • Vanderbilt University Boot Camps
    Full Stack Web Development
    Vanderbilt University Boot Camps
    Jan 2021
    HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Express.js, React.js, Node.js, progressive web apps, agile methodology, computer science, database theory, MongoDB, MySQL, Git, Python, Java, C#, and Amazon Web Services
  • Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee
    Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A, Business Analytics
    Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2018 (4 years 1 month)
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    • Boy Scouts of America
      Eagle Scout
      Boy Scouts of America
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