Columbia Business School Executive Education

Led the development and execution of a direct marketing plan. Created various SOPs for the product management team, and introduced & implemented new platforms for generative AI, analytics, email, image design, and project management, resulting in an incremental increase in productivity and faster go-to-market. 

Directed SEO strategy, planning, and execution. Conducted in-depth analysis, developed strategies and detailed action plans, and trained the product management team on SEO best practices, resulting in significant increases in website traffic and conversions. 

Product managed a portfolio of executive education programs in Digital Business, Strategy & Innovation, Marketing, Negotiation and Decision Making, leading development, go-to-market, and adjustment of the next iterations. 

Led website management and UX optimization initiatives, resulting in a substantial increase in website engagement and conversions. 

Supported marketing campaigns for the Executive MBA program, resulting in increased lead generation, applications, and enrollments. 

Mentored a digital marketing manager at Africa Business School, resulting in the adoption and integration of digital marketing strategy best practices.

Senior Associate Director, Digital Marketing

WinWinStrategy.org

Provide digital marketing, generative AI, and digital transformation consulting services for select clients in education, non-profits, election campaigns and for personal brands.

We create value for companies by creating value for people. It’s always a Win-Win. 
Let's create something worth remembering!

Founder & Director of Digital Strategy

ASA College

Built and implemented digital marketing roadmaps, driving paid media campaigns and social media activations. Increased student enrollment and retention through cohesive strategies and effective cross-functional team management. Transitioned in-person ceremonies to online formats during the pandemic. Drove record-breaking traffic, engagement, and conversions through an integrated digital marketing strategy and the use of marketing automation tools in a CRM.

Key Achievements:
- Increased student enrollments by 30% through digital marketing during the pandemic
- Hired and mentored digital marketing teams, reducing hiring and training costs by over 45%
- Successfully transitioned Commencement and Nursing Pinning ceremonies to the online format 
- Earned Silver Excellence Award for a high-converting video commercial

Director of Digital Marketing

Developed and optimized digital marketing campaigns, improving conversion rates and lead quality. Led website redesign projects, resulting in enhanced student enrollment and retention. Directed lead nurture strategy and campaign execution. Trained and mentored junior marketing specialists. Initiated research and cost/benefit analysis of CRM solutions.

Key Achievements:
- Increased conversion rates by 46% through campaign optimization
- Saved over $500K in campaign costs through efficient targeting strategies
- Generated 48% more leads YoY, leading to AMA Higher Education Marketer of the Year nomination

Senior Digital Marketing Strategist

Measured, analyzed, and forecasted the impact of marketing campaigns on opportunity creation and lead generation. Developed interactive real-time reporting to track marketing campaigns and produced weekly reports and monthly dashboards with KPIs to demonstrate campaign progress and success. Defined and documented campaign tracking strategies across all marketing efforts and executed A/B and multivariate tests for landing pages, paid search, and social media campaigns, resulting in a substantial increase in lead generation quality.

Key Achievements:
- Conducted testing of marketing campaigns, resulting in increased lead generation quality by 38%
- Designed laser-focused digital strategies, boosting student enrollments by 25%
- Developed interactive real-time campaign reporting with KPIs across the entire marketing funnel

Digital Marketing Analyst

Eric Adams 2021

Helped with social media content creation, field campaign operations including canvassing, phone banking, visibility activities and fundraising events.

Key Achievements
- Eric Adams became the next NYC Mayor.
- Awarded the 2021 IFFM Best Upcoming Digital Filmmaker of Film Festival Director Award for developing and producing a 3-minute short documentary of fundraising events.
- New Yorkers elected the right person at the right time to make the right changes for the greatest city in the world.

Social Media and Field Campaign Operations

VSA Partners

Implemented a Web Analytics system for a large-scale website, including tags implementation, campaign tracking, and reporting setup.

Key Achievements:
- Successfully implemented and configured Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics 
- Set up real-time dashboards and reporting across all marketing functions
- Identified and implemented goal conversions and digital events tracking

Senior Web Analyst

Built and optimized online presence for small businesses and personal brands. Developed hypothesis and conducted A/B testing. Developed measurement plans, and defined KPIs based on business objectives. Performed campaign planning, keyword research, data analysis, and recommended campaign optimization opportunities.

Key Achievements: 
- Coordinated Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube ads testing and optimization efforts
- Developed measurement plans, defined KPI’s based on business objectives, implemented website analytics tagging, produced multivariate and A|B tests from scratch to execution
- Performed data visualization and insights presentations for clients using the Hubspot CRM system
- Coordinated the design and development team to make on-site and creative improvements

Digital Marketing Strategist

New York Client Solutions

Developed and enhanced marketing and sales capabilities of new Account Executives. Responsible for leading comprehensive training programs, conducting second-round interviews to assess potential hires, managing business trips to ensure on-the-job learning, and facilitating workshops aimed at refining sales and marketing skills across the team.

Key Achievements: 
- Developed and delivered training modules that significantly improved the skills and performance of new Account Executives, resulting in enhanced sales outcomes.
- Successfully conducted over 70 second-round interviews, identifying and helping to hire top talent who contributed positively to the company's growth.
- Designed and taught specialized workshops that addressed key areas of development, leading to measurable improvements in team performance.

Corporate Trainer

Played a pivotal role in a team dedicated to a D2C Energy supplier. Responsible for prospecting new clients, nurturing relationships, delivering persuasive customer presentations, and closing sales. Excelled in aligning sales acumen with effective time and money management, consistently meeting and often exceeding weekly sales targets. Proactive participated in a sales field trip to Syracuse, NY, highlighted his ability to surpass expectations, leading to his rapid promotion to the Corporate Trainer position.

Key Achievements:
- Consistently achieved and surpassed weekly sales targets through strategic prospecting and client relationship management
- Played a crucial role in a team that significantly boosted the client base for the D2C Energy supplier.
- Led a successful sales field trip to Syracuse, NY, overachieving the sales targets and contributing to team excellence
- Recognized for outstanding sales performance and leadership potential, culminating in a promotion to a Corporate Training role

Markering Account Executive

Award-winning, AI-powered digital marketing executive with over a decade of experience in developing and implementing successful digital marketing strategies. Known for his strategic acumen in driving substantial increases across all stages of the marketing funnel, Denys excels at leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including AI, to optimize and grow marketing outcomes. He has a robust track record in leading cross-functional teams, executing high-impact marketing campaigns, and enhancing user experience through meticulous research, strategy, execution and optimization.

As a Digital Marketing Director, Denys has extensive experience in managing relationships with marketing partners, coordinating B2C and D2B efforts, and utilizing a comprehensive suite of digital tools to align sales and marketing team efforts, increasing productivity, and driving business growth through automation of workflows via CRM systems like Salesforce, Hubspot, CareerConext, and NationBuilder.

Denys is also a creative thinker and an innovative problem-solver who values a collaborative approach, working effectively both independently and within team settings. His excellent analytical skills, confident communication style, and exceptional storytelling ability make him a technologically savvy professional, adept at navigating and mastering new tools and software to stay at the forefront of digital marketing tech.

Denys Kapush

Lustik Ink

Senior brand strategist who can mastermind your copy to create a meaningful connection with your audience. 

Delivering creative, high-impact, and compelling copy quickly and efficiently. Whether it’s writing branded licensing copy, cybersecurity content, location-based event scripts, email marketing, packaging copy, blog posts, articles, white papers, web content, activity kits, consumer product descriptions, style guide copy, taglines, creative strategy guides, or even brainstorming ideas that can elevate an idea or product, adding that spark of creativity to a business strategy is a puzzle I love solving. 

Adept at handling confidential information including movie scripts, television scripts, and visual assets.

Current and former clients include Fortune 500 companies, cybersecurity companies, licensors, licensees, and licensing agents. Have written copy for a broad spectrum of properties like Nickelodeon, Columbia Business School Executive Education, GRCIE, Vertilocity (an HBK Company), The Walking Dead™, Scholastic, Thomas the Tank Engine™, DC Comics, and more!

If you’re interested in having a few words, let’s connect!
Contact: cara@lustikink.com
www.LUSTIKINK.com

Senior Brand Strategist & Copywriter with Fortune 500 companies 

HIT Entertainment

Coordinated and managed global brand initiatives with Consumer Products, Production, Home Entertainment, Creative, Live Events, Broadcast, and Digital teams.  Assumed responsibility of on-staff copywriter, contributing significantly to brand growth.  Composed scripts, marketing materials and packaging to ensure brand compliance and overall business support.  Oversaw product development, including audio records, for master toy line.

Senior Manager, Thomas Global Brand

Categories included: video games, new technology, puzzles & games, arts & crafts, party goods, and more.

Senior Licensing Manager

Licensing Manager

Brandgenuity

Categories included: video games, mobile, toys, apparel, food, health & beauty, and more!

DC Comics

Assistant Manger, Business Affairs Representative, Licensing Coordinator

Showtime Networks, Inc.

Administrative Assistant PR Operations and Photographic Services

DDB Needham Worldwide Inc.

Group Assistant

Crafting stories has come naturally to me since sofa cushions were rocks protecting me from the bubbling lava that was my childhood living room carpet. Whether making up rhymes based on my nightgown picture or seeing “what happens next” after the Lincoln Log fort was built, I’ve always loved finding new ways to tell a story.

My approach to storytelling varies based on the client and, more importantly, the target audience. When copy speaks to its intended audience, magic happens. A connection is made that can do anything from evoking a memory to encouraging a purchase to bringing a smile. For me, magic happens whenever I put pen to paper or fingertips to keyboard (yes, I still do both). I embrace ChatGPT prompt engineering, as needed, to infuse AI interactions with targeted effectiveness. This adds a unique dimension to my work in writing branded copy, cybersecurity content, marketing copy, location-based experiences, style guides, and more. 
	
Fun Facts: 
• Reviewed by the NY Times twice! 
• Appeared in the pages of MAD Magazine...well, my photo has.

A Few Current & Former Clients:
• Nickelodeon: LBE scripts, creative strategy guides, blog posts, & more
• Columbia Business School Executive Education: marketing copy
• Walking Dead webstore: Higher-priced guitars weren’t selling. Wrote new slogan & product descriptions. All 3 guitars sold out.
• HIT Entertainment: Brand content & marketing including 8-sentence story from 75-page screenplay
• GRCIE: Advisor & Teacher, focusing on inclusive cybersecurity education

Words Really Do Matter:
When it comes to your brand, words truly make the difference. 

Me, I LOVE words. So many words from flowery words to creaky words to funny words & more. As a copywriter, here are a few words I love:
• BUTTERY. A delicious word that can describe food, wine, or a feeling. Even skateboarders use it to describe a smooth execution of a trick. That’s pretty buttery.
• OH. Two letters. So many possibilities. Happiness, frustration, surprise. A simple word, more like a sound, that quickly conveys your innermost thoughts. Oh, what a feeling.
• YES. Yes brings joy & possibility. Yes is the answer that can change lives. From the small business loan that starts your business to that cute person who’s agreed to a first date to purchasing that product you’ve wanted to a company taking a chance on a copywriter they’ve just met. 

If you’re interested in having a few words, let’s connect!
Contact: cara@lustikink.com
www.LUSTIKINK.com

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