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HIGHLIGHTS FROM RYAN PRATT’S Résumé

  • Managed end-to-end sales & marketing operations that increased new business revenue and renewal rates

  • ​Helped small businesses grow to $10M+ in annual recurring revenue

  • Developed plans that increased ARR by 40% YOY, doubled MAUs, and tripled online orders

  • Grew start-up website traffic from 0 to 3.2MM annual unique visitors

  • Engaged over 250,000 MAU in SaaS platform

  • Optimized SEO to 1st-page search results and #1 organic listings for multiple keywords for multiple businesses

  • Developed social networks from 0 to 130,000 followers

  • Recruited and managed diverse teams of interns and professionals

  • Experienced at change management, mergers & acquisitions

  • Developed new companies' go-to-market strategies & rebranding efforts

  • Consulted on various other marketing projects for multiple small businesses & nonprofits

  • 3x Nominee for TechColumbus Innovation Awards

  • American Business Award Finalist for Marketer of the Year

  • Columbus Business First Startup to Watch

  • Certified IQ Test Scores of 144

WORK EXPERIENCE

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CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER @ PRESCRIBE FIT

2022-PRESENT

  • Developed marketing & sales plans that helped the healthcare tech startup grow 3x in a single year

  • Launched a patient outreach program to educate and engage candidates in our mobile app and virtual health coaching program that was 8x more effective than traditional in-office referrals

  • Designed a health coaching playbook and user retention strategies that resulted in +71 "Excellent" NPS scores and helped retain 80% of patients for 9+ months

  • Created inbound and outbound marketing campaigns to generate interest in an all-new ancillary service category that resulted in 1 new orthopedic physician client per day

  • Implemented a new CRM that immediately doubled productivity and results

  • Developed a recruitment marketing campaign to attract hundreds of medical assistants each month as right-fit candidates for our virtual health coaching roles


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VICE PRESIDENT, SALES & MARKETING @ GRADLEADERS

2015-2022

  • Increased SaaS ARR by 40% YOY in first year in new role

  • Developed business development playbook that shortened sales cycle by 62%

  • Created inbound lead-gen programs that resulted in 75% of total new business revenue

  • Launched best practices program resulting in 40% increase in user engagement and +70 NPS

  • Lead company's rebranding efforts and name transition

  • Performed critical roles during merger & acquisition (M&A) processes 

  • Launched new brand with 6 of top 10 first page organic Google search results

  • Covered in multiple notable publications including: The Columbus Dispatch; Columbus Business First, Columbus CEO, The Columbus Region, Silicon Hills News, and by Governor John R. Kasich


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MARKETING DIRECTOR @ MBA FOCUS

2008-2015

  • Implemented marketing strategies to increase online orders YOY for 5 years

  • Generated thousands of new qualified sales leads based on behavioral scoring

  • Optimized search engine marketing (SEM) ads to 5% click-through rate (CTR)

  • Automated email marketing campaigns to database of over 500,000 active contacts

  • Managed launch of successful new e-commerce product: MultiPost

  • Organized dozens of user conferences resulting in 95%+ satisfaction ratings

  • Created various other marketing and sales materials including: emails, white papers, surveys, reports, guides, brochures, sell sheets, blog posts, press releases, invitations, flyers, direct mail, advertisements, exhibit materials, web graphics, and more


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VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING @ LISTAFTERLIST.COM

  • Promoted website traffic growth from 0 to 300,000 monthly visitors

  • Optimized traffic sources to 75% organic search, 7% referral, and 17% direct traffic

  • Developed viral marketing plans that lead to thousands of social network referrals each month

  • Submitted more than 5,000 lists and reviewed over 20,000 other lists published on website

  • Recruited and managed in-house teams and outside contractors

  • Created scalable tools for teams of on- and off-site employees/interns

  • Developed a gain share and incentive pay system to promote an increase in advertising revenue

  • Created key performance measures (KPM) to analyze weekly traffic, revenue, and growth

  • Optimized content, layout and ads to increase eCPM

  • Wrote popular monthly e-newsletter which was read by more than 3,000 subscribers

2006-2008


OTHER CONSULTING EXPERIENCE & MARKETING PROJECTS

  • Produced marketing campaigns that helped Moby Dick 3PL reach maximum capacity in their original fulfillment and distribution center 

  • Developed go-to-market strategy for innovative new structured on-the-job training (S-OJT) platform SiTUATE

  • Created sales & marketing plan that generated 2x the number of new customers YOY for Minuteman Press in Lewis Center

  • Pro bono consulting for the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization School Rocks Party Box

  • Optimized e-commerce website and recommended content to improve SEO for start-up small business Mighty Petunia

  • Developed website and inbound marketing strategy to generate leads at Work Focused Improvement®

  • Marketed fitness product to promote online B2C e-commerce sales of the Resistance Wear weight vest

  • SEO, Social, Copywriting, and UI/UX website updates to increase leads generated through the GPS Yacht Deliveries website

  • Promoted the adoption of the Blu-ray format via social media and blogs as a member of the Warner Bros. Entertainment Group's Blu-ray Elite Team

  • Wrote and virally marketed 973 movie reviews which generated thousands of followers, fans and subscribers as the National Movie Critic for Examiner.com

EDUCATION

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  • National Scholars Honor Society

  • Sports Beat Writer for “The Lantern” University Paper

  • Two years in Architecture Living and Learning Program on Academic Scholarship

  • Special Olympics Basketball Coach

  • 32 ACT Score

  • 1480 SAT Score

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN JOURNALISM @ THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

2002-2007