Fractional CMO
Executive marketing leadership part-time — most often for organizations between hires or past their first growth ceiling.
Start a conversationYou're growing, the mission is resonating, donors are engaged — and marketing still feels reactive.
This is a seat at the leadership table, not a consulting engagement that ends with a deck.
You may not need a full-time CMO. You do need someone senior setting direction, making the calls, and standing behind them in front of the board.
I set the strategy, lead the team and report on it. In practice that means weekly check-ins with your marketers, leadership through annual appeals and program launches, and the operational scaffolding — budget, structure, process — a growing function needs before it breaks.
I've done this at foundations and grassroots organizations, from six-figure to eight-figure annual support, including teams built from one open role.
What you'll receive
A marketing roadmap tied to organizational goals, with quarterly milestones and the metrics you'll be judged on.
Direction, weekly check-ins and coaching that leave your staff more capable than they were.
Hands on the major moments: annual appeals, program launches, donor acquisition pushes.
Monthly performance dashboards and quarterly summaries written for people who don't do marketing.
Operations, team structure, budgets and process designed for the size you're becoming.
Ongoing counsel on positioning, the competitive landscape and where the next opportunity is.
Ready for strategic marketing leadership?
Engagements usually run two days a week for two or three quarters.
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