Top Talent like Coltrane are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Coltrane Kubo

Growth Marketing Manager •
Growth Marketing
Digital Advertising
Data Analysis
Copywriting
Lead Generation
Economics
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Growth Marketing Expert | Digital Strategist
With a B.A. in Economics from UC San Diego, I have built a robust career in growth marketing and digital advertising. As the founder of my own web publishing business, using SEO I scaled a new domain to over 75,000 monthly page views within 12 months. I additionally converted 3,000+ newsletter subscribers while maintaining a 56.5% open rate. In my most recent agency role, I executed full-funnel campaigns for DTC clients, managed budgets up to $600k, and notably grew ROAS by 85% through creative revamps. In-house at MarketerHire, I helped scale to $800k in monthly ad spend and managed growth strategies for talent acquisition. Proficient in data-driven strategy, I excel in optimizing digital marketing efforts and driving measurable results.

Work History

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Founder, Content Creator, and Chief Growth Marketer

Self-employedFounded a web publishing business, authoring over 500,000 words of content to scale a new domain's traffic to over 75,000 organic monthly page views within its first 12 months. Wrote or collaborated in over 250 researched articles and videos to implement a multi-channel SEO strategy focused on interlinking, lead capture, and audience relationship building. Partnered with reputable brands as an affiliate to share helpful, relevant products with my audience. Created helpful eBooks, lead magnets, videos, and digital products to encourage visitors to join my weekly newsletter and continue receiving useful content. Gained over 2,000 newsletter subscribers and maintained a weekly average email open rate of 56.5% (industry average is below 20%) by testing innovative email marketing strategies. Built a passive funnel to connect with potential coaching clientele. Worked remotely with numerous clients on a recurring basis to help them gain clarity, create actionable plans, and accomplish their goals.
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Growth Marketing Associate

SuperboltOct 2023 - Jul 2024 • 10 mosExecuted full-funnel campaigns across Meta, Google, TikTok, and Pinterest for 7 DTC clients in the beauty, skincare, supplement, apparel, and financial services verticals. Managed monthly advertising budgets ranging from $40k to over $600k, optimizing for different objectives, including Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), Cost Per Acquisition (CPA), and Cost Per Lead (CPL). Spearheaded creative revamps for multiple clients, in one case resulting in an 85% improvement in ROAS by auditing messaging approaches to identify the highest-converting value propositions and implementing User-Generated Content (UGC) recuts to enhance the returns of existing creative assets. Automated reporting processes using Google Sheets, Metabase, Rollstack, and custom-built GPT models to streamline campaign analysis, daily budget tracking, and monthly forecasting. Developed multiple Google Sheets reporting templates that were adopted by other teams, significantly improving reporting efficiency. Built and presented weekly client decks and documents, reporting on performance, identifying full-funnel insights, and proposing new initiatives to improve metrics. Gained advanced proficiency in Google Analytics, Shopify, Metabase, and Klaviyo, as well as project management tools like Monday, Picter, and Asana.
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Digital Marketing Consultant And Freelancer

ColtraneKubo.comDigital marketing consultant specializing in web traffic, lead generation, and new customer acquisition. Traffic: Search, PPC, Social Media, Content. CRO: Copywriting, Email, Funnel Design, Remarketing.
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Growth Marketing Manager, Advertising

MarketerHireMar 2022 - Jun 2022 • 4 mosManaged a team of freelancers and agencies in conducting advertising initiatives across Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Google ads, and other platforms, investing roughly $800k ad spend/mo. Developed and implemented a growth strategy for paid marketer supply talent acquisition (using Linkedin, Indeed, AngelList, etc), securing buy-in with key internal stakeholders & partners. Helped lead the execution of projects designed to improve conversion rates of paid traffic through landing page optimization.
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Digital Advertising Specialist

MarketerHireMar 2021 - Mar 2022 • 1 yr 1 moBuilt, measured, and optimized reporting for advertising campaigns, A/B testing high-yield variables and gathering insights to further improve performance. Collaborating with numerous stakeholders and agencies, led the briefing, media buy, and iteration of 50+ creative assets for paid social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Google Ads). Proposed and built a multi-platform process (Asana/Agency Portal, Airtable, Slack) for creative development, iteration, approval, and deployment. Spearheaded new marketer talent acquisition efforts through paid advertising methods such as sponsored job listings, LinkedIn ads, newsletter partnership proposals, and creative development. Conducted cross-departmental surveys among the sales team to identify new opportunities and trends in lead behavior. Succeeded in regularly finding effective concepts to evolve our advertising positioning.

Education

U

UC San Diego

Economics B.A, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics2016 - 2019
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Ecole d' Humanite

High School Diploma2013 - 2016
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Certifications

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
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Growth Marketing Expert | Digital Strategist
With a B.A. in Economics from UC San Diego, I have built a robust career in growth marketing and digital advertising. As the founder of my own web publishing business, using SEO I scaled a new domain to over 75,000 monthly page views within 12 months. I additionally converted 3,000+ newsletter subscribers while maintaining a 56.5% open rate. In my most recent agency role, I executed full-funnel campaigns for DTC clients, managed budgets up to $600k, and notably grew ROAS by 85% through creative revamps. In-house at MarketerHire, I helped scale to $800k in monthly ad spend and managed growth strategies for talent acquisition. Proficient in data-driven strategy, I excel in optimizing digital marketing efforts and driving measurable results.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
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Top Talent like Coltrane are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Coltrane Kubo

Growth Marketing Manager •
Growth Marketing
Digital Advertising
Data Analysis
Copywriting
Lead Generation
Economics
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Work History

S

Founder, Content Creator, and Chief Growth Marketer

Self-employedFounded a web publishing business, authoring over 500,000 words of content to scale a new domain's traffic to over 75,000 organic monthly page views within its first 12 months. Wrote or collaborated in over 250 researched articles and videos to implement a multi-channel SEO strategy focused on interlinking, lead capture, and audience relationship building. Partnered with reputable brands as an affiliate to share helpful, relevant products with my audience. Created helpful eBooks, lead magnets, videos, and digital products to encourage visitors to join my weekly newsletter and continue receiving useful content. Gained over 2,000 newsletter subscribers and maintained a weekly average email open rate of 56.5% (industry average is below 20%) by testing innovative email marketing strategies. Built a passive funnel to connect with potential coaching clientele. Worked remotely with numerous clients on a recurring basis to help them gain clarity, create actionable plans, and accomplish their goals.
S

Growth Marketing Associate

SuperboltOct 2023 - Jul 2024 • 10 mosExecuted full-funnel campaigns across Meta, Google, TikTok, and Pinterest for 7 DTC clients in the beauty, skincare, supplement, apparel, and financial services verticals. Managed monthly advertising budgets ranging from $40k to over $600k, optimizing for different objectives, including Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), Cost Per Acquisition (CPA), and Cost Per Lead (CPL). Spearheaded creative revamps for multiple clients, in one case resulting in an 85% improvement in ROAS by auditing messaging approaches to identify the highest-converting value propositions and implementing User-Generated Content (UGC) recuts to enhance the returns of existing creative assets. Automated reporting processes using Google Sheets, Metabase, Rollstack, and custom-built GPT models to streamline campaign analysis, daily budget tracking, and monthly forecasting. Developed multiple Google Sheets reporting templates that were adopted by other teams, significantly improving reporting efficiency. Built and presented weekly client decks and documents, reporting on performance, identifying full-funnel insights, and proposing new initiatives to improve metrics. Gained advanced proficiency in Google Analytics, Shopify, Metabase, and Klaviyo, as well as project management tools like Monday, Picter, and Asana.
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Digital Marketing Consultant And Freelancer

ColtraneKubo.comDigital marketing consultant specializing in web traffic, lead generation, and new customer acquisition. Traffic: Search, PPC, Social Media, Content. CRO: Copywriting, Email, Funnel Design, Remarketing.
M

Growth Marketing Manager, Advertising

MarketerHireMar 2022 - Jun 2022 • 4 mosManaged a team of freelancers and agencies in conducting advertising initiatives across Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Google ads, and other platforms, investing roughly $800k ad spend/mo. Developed and implemented a growth strategy for paid marketer supply talent acquisition (using Linkedin, Indeed, AngelList, etc), securing buy-in with key internal stakeholders & partners. Helped lead the execution of projects designed to improve conversion rates of paid traffic through landing page optimization.
M

Digital Advertising Specialist

MarketerHireMar 2021 - Mar 2022 • 1 yr 1 moBuilt, measured, and optimized reporting for advertising campaigns, A/B testing high-yield variables and gathering insights to further improve performance. Collaborating with numerous stakeholders and agencies, led the briefing, media buy, and iteration of 50+ creative assets for paid social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Google Ads). Proposed and built a multi-platform process (Asana/Agency Portal, Airtable, Slack) for creative development, iteration, approval, and deployment. Spearheaded new marketer talent acquisition efforts through paid advertising methods such as sponsored job listings, LinkedIn ads, newsletter partnership proposals, and creative development. Conducted cross-departmental surveys among the sales team to identify new opportunities and trends in lead behavior. Succeeded in regularly finding effective concepts to evolve our advertising positioning.

Education

U

UC San Diego

Economics B.A, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics2016 - 2019
E

Ecole d' Humanite

High School Diploma2013 - 2016
C

Certifications

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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