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Fractional marketing

A head of marketing, a few days a week.

The problem

The roadmap exists. Nobody owns it.

Growth and AI work stalls between meetings when no senior person runs it week to week, and a full-time hire is still months away.

Who it is forPost-seed to Series B companies that need a marketing leader before they can afford one full time. Established companies between leaders. Any company whose plan for AI is "someone should own this."

The solution

A senior leader who owns your roadmap, runs the weekly rhythm, and sits in your leadership meetings, for less than a full-time hire.

Time
1 or 2 days a week
Price
$9,500 a month for 1 day a week, $17,500 for 2, with a 3-month minimum
Deliverable
One owner for growth and AI
How it works

What we do

01Own the roadmap

Growth, marketing, and AI adoption as one plan with one owner, reviewed monthly with leadership.

02Run the week

A weekly operating meeting, priorities, and the follow-through most teams lose between meetings.

03Manage the outside

Agencies, freelancers, and vendors held to the plan and the numbers.

04Build the team

Hiring plans, job descriptions, interviewing, and onboarding for the full-time hire who eventually replaces us.

05Do the work when it matters

Board materials, a launch, a replatform, a campaign that cannot wait for a hire.

How it feels from inside

You get a person in the room, not a report. Decisions get made on Tuesday instead of at the offsite. The AI conversation moves from "we should look at this" to a list of builds with dates.

Proof
The next decision

A plan first, or someone to run it?

If there is no roadmap yet, start with the AI Readiness Audit. If there is one and it is not moving, start here. We help you hire the full-timer and stay for the handoff, or step down to a lighter advisory cadence. Retainers end when the job is done.

Request a callMost engagements start after an audit, once there is a roadmap to run.
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