Marketing strategy for growing direct to consumer brands- founder led, and ready for marketing support
I look at your channels, your funnel, and your operations to find what's actually holding you back. Then I build the growth engine that fixes it.
A Few Brands I’ve Worked With
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If you're a founder who knows your product but not marketing, this is where I come in. I'll tell you where to show up, when, and why — which channels are worth your time, what your budget should actually go toward, and what to prioritize first versus what can wait. No guessing, no spreading yourself thin across every platform at once. Just a clear plan, and messaging that sounds like a person once you're ready to execute it.
Good fit if you need: direction on where to start with marketing, a channel and budget plan that tells you what to prioritize, a go-to-market plan for a launch, or messaging and positioning work that gives your team a clear starting point.
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I've built creator and ambassador programs from the ground up — sourcing talent, writing briefs, managing partnerships, and running the community behind them. Sometimes that means outside creators; sometimes it means turning a brand's own customers into its best advocates. Either way, done well it isn't a media buy — it's a way for real people to vouch for you to other real people. I build programs that earn that kind of trust, not just impressions.
Good fit if you need: a creator or ambassador program built from scratch, brief development for existing partnerships, a program that activates your own customers as advocates, or a strategy for which creators (and what kind of content) will actually move your brand forward.
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Sometimes what a growing team needs isn't a project — it's a marketer who can operate like a team of one. I step in as embedded leadership: setting strategy, building the systems and workflows a scaling team needs, and keeping the brand's human side intact as everything else scales.
Good fit if you need: senior marketing support without a full-time hire, help building out team structure and process (RACI maps, onboarding, workflows), or someone to own the marketing function while you focus elsewhere.
I help brands build trust, not just attention.
Who should work with me?
You might need me if…
You're treating social media as your whole marketing plan and waiting for it to pay off
You've got a great product, but no real plan for how to bring it to market
You're spending on marketing and still not seeing the growth you need
You've been running on word of mouth, and it's time to build something more sustainable
Your infrastructure could be working a lot harder for you than it currently is
You assume marketing has to be expensive to work (it doesn't!)
You have a social media intern but no senior marketing support to make the strategy come together
Why work with me
I build for connection, not just conversion. A sale is the start of the relationship, not the finish line. I build the strategy and the touchpoints that keep customers coming back.
I've built this from the inside. Not just strategy decks — I've run the influencer program, managed the launch, led the team. I know what it takes to actually execute, not just plan.
I make even the most scientific brands feel human. I've spent years helping brands in high-stakes, emotional categories sound like people, not procedures or experiments- I’ll make sure your brand always feels like a place your customers want to be.
I build systems that outlast me. Programs, frameworks, and systems your team can run without me in the room.
Want to see the proof? Check out my selected work.
Let’s Connect
I’m excited to connect! Reach out to me at hello@ella-pennington.com for a free intro call.