HAMISH ELIOT MAXWELL RUSSELL
* ****** *****, ********* *-10C. New York, NY 10001
**********@*****.*** 561-***-****
STRATEGY, FINANCE & MARKETING EXPERIENCE
Tough Mudder - New York, Manager - Digital Acquisition May
2014 - Present
. Allocated 2014 Advertising Budget of $13+m and managed day-to-day
execution of digital advertising through agency partners and client
account teams from Facebook and Google
. Worked across departments to reconcile agency and vendor invoices
against actual spends for 65 events and 6 National campaigns.
. Designed and implemented creative refresh schedule with Creative team
that lead to increase in CTRs of 25% and decrease in CPCs of 30% on
Facebook.
. Developed Paid Media Performance report across all channels for weekly
analysis between paid media and actual sales. Report is distributed to
executives and worldwide stakeholders
Tough Mudder - New York, Senior Business Analyst April 2013
- April 2014
. Worked on team of 3 to develop new event series Mudderella from
inception through scale
. Developed operational blueprint and worked across departments for
logistics, construction, course, and event delivery for prototype
event and year 1 event series
. Produced scale recommendation of prototype event to 8 event series
globally and projected $8+m in revenue (from $0) by end of 2014 FY
. Developed customer segmentation for advertising practices and executed
all paid media operations for $1.4m budget across 6 advertising
channels
Landmark Ventures -New York, Associate (8/10- 1/12) & Senior Associate
(1/12- 4/13)
. Retained as consultant by senior leadership of emerging companies to
help formulate go-to-market, product positioning and new customer
partnership strategies.
. Identified and opened new sales opportunities/issuance of RFPs
totaling over $10mm that resulted in closing of sales of over $1mm
Turner Broadcasting, Inc.-New York, Account Service Representative
June 2008-August 2010
. Assist Account Executive and Sales Planner on Enterprise Accounts such
as Burger King, Mattel, Take2Interactive, and Unilever for
distribution of media budgets totaling over $7mm
ACTIVITIES/LEADERSHIP
Tough Mudder Business Plan Competition Lead Winter
2014 - Present
. Organized Annual Internal Business Plan Competition for Tough Mudder
Employees. Responsible for team and judge recruitment as well as
event execution.
Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee Winter
2010 - Winter 2013
. Conducted interviews and provided recommendations of prospective
students for admission
EDUCATION
Duke University, Durham, NC
May, 2008 Major: B.S. Economics/Certificate: Markets and
Management Certificate Program
Relevant Coursework: Decision Making in Business, Econometrics,
Intermediate Macro and Micro
Economics, Managerial Finance, Financial Accounting, Multivariable
Calculus
Temple University in Rome, Rome, Italy
Fall 2006
Relevant Coursework: International Marketing, Global Strategic Management
SKILLS
Computer: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Dynamics; Google Apps
for Business
Marketing & Advertising: Facebook Power Editor, FBX Retargeting, Google
Adwords, Google Display Network, Google Analytics