Rodrigo Salazar

Rodrigo Salazar

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Agency + Client Side | Integrated Marketing & Brand Growth | VP Marketing & CMO | LATAM & US
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

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  • IAB Colombia
    Vice President
    IAB Colombia
    Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 4 months)
    VP, Agency Council - Industry voice for the agency community within Colombia's digital ecosystem. - Shaping standards, self-regulation and education initiatives across the industry.
  • Helios  Partners
    Managing Director
    Helios Partners
    Jun 2024 - Current (2 years 1 month)
    - Transformed LATAM regional operation from execution center to strategic, creative and commercial hub with regional commercial capacity and sustained profitability. - Leading integrated go-to-market, new business development and M&A strategy across Colombia, Mexico and ROLA. - Representing the company before Worldwide Partners and IAB.
  • Helios  Partners
    Growth & Expansion Director
    Helios Partners
    Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 (6 months)
    - Designed regional go-to market expansion strategy across LATAM markets. - Led complex global RFI and RFP engagements. - Built cross-functional collaboration model across media, creative, PR and technology teams.
  • Hylink Group
    Growth & Expansion Director | Latam
    Hylink Group
    Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 (6 months)
    - Designed regional go-to market expansion strategy across LATAM markets. - Led complex global RFI and RFP engagements. - Built cross-functional collaboration model across media, creative, PR and technology teams.
  • Hylink Group
    Marketing Director
    Hylink Group
    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 (1 year)
    Director, Marketing - Americas
  • Monks
    Marketing Director
    Monks
    Feb 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)
    - Led regional marketing strategy across Spanish-speaking LATAM markets through integrated demand generation, ABM and thought leadership programs. - Built regional integrated marketing framework later adopted as a global model by the organization. - Worked with C-level leaders across each market to establish commercial priorities and translate them into executable marketing strategy.
  • Zemoga
    Marketing Director
    Zemoga
    Nov 2018 - Feb 2022 (3 years 4 months)
    - Built the company's marketing function from scratch: brand positioning, channel architecture, B2B demand generation and sales enablement. - Scaled organic traffic significantly through SEO, content and performance marketing. - Generated consistent MQL pipeline through integrated marketing programs.
  • sancho bbdo
    Senior Account Director
    sancho bbdo
    May 2014 - Nov 2018 (4 years 7 months)
    - Led integrated communications strategy for PepsiCo across TV, OOH, digital and all relevant touchpoints. - Built and sold internally PepsiCo's digital transformation, growing digital investment from 2% to over 30% of total media spend. - Contributed to over 20 consecutive quarters of share of market growth against market leader. - Led brand initiatives for Pepsi, Gatorade, Twitter, Seguros Bolívar, Grupo VA, IGT, Grupo Winner and Grupo Éxito with multimillion dollar budgets.
  • sancho bbdo
    Digital Account Manager
    sancho bbdo
    Jul 2013 - May 2014 (11 months)
    - Developed digital strategy and campaign execution across social and digital channels.
  • Zemoga
    Digital Marketing Strategist
    Zemoga
    May 2013 - Jul 2013 (3 months)
    Early B2B digital strategy role at Zemoga, prior to rejoining full-time as Marketing Director.
  • Its Colombia NOT Columbia
    Co-Founder
    Its Colombia NOT Columbia
    Feb 2013 - Current (13 years 5 months)
    You've probably seen the hats, t-shirts and mugs at El Dorado Airport. That's us. A cultural movement built around national identity and pride, with organic global reach. Brand positioning, digital storytelling and community building to put Colombia on the map... spelled right!
  • Social Media Week
    Director General
    Social Media Week
    Sep 2011 - Jul 2013 (1 year 11 months)
    Brought one of the world's leading digital marketing events to Bogotá. Curated speakers, content, strategic partners and sponsors across two editions.
  • Compass Porter Novelli
    Director of Digital Media
    Compass Porter Novelli
    Aug 2011 - Apr 2013 (1 year 9 months)
    - Built the Digital and Social Media practice from scratch, growing the team from 1 to 4 people. - Transformed a tactical silo into a new business and organic growth engine. - Managed 8 client relationships across technology, media, government and energy, including Nintendo.
  • freelance
    Independent Consultant | Digital Marketing
    freelance
    Jan 2009 - Jul 2011 (2 years 7 months)