Where things come together · Strategic brand, marketing & program leadership
Senior marketing leadership before you’re ready to hire a full-time executive.
The method
Fast-growing companies often need senior marketing leadership before they can justify the hire. The work is strategic leadership, operational rigor and execution oversight — building programs that scale, accelerating launches, and aligning brand, growth and product teams. Seed to Series C.
Stage one
Read the position as it stands: audience, platform mix, what performs, and what the market already believes about you.
Stage two
Set positioning, pillars and cadence against a defined audience, so every program works toward one outcome.
Stage three
Run the calendar, measure what moves, and keep relationships warm so the growth holds after the campaign ends.
Recent engagements. Sandbar (Series A) · Valka AI (pre-seed) · NOX Media · Retrospect Studios · Untold, U.S. · The Trenches.
The bench
CØNVERGENCE is backed by a highly trusted, talent-dense network: the brand designers, paid leads, producers and PR operators Ritz has worked alongside throughout his career. Every engagement draws on it, so the people on your problem have solved it before.
Capabilities
Across everything growth touches — strategy, brand, programs, systems, leadership and the numbers underneath.
01
Build the marketing engine that drives acquisition and adoption.
DeliversStrategy roadmap (90–180 days) · campaign architecture · messaging framework · GTM playbook · KPI dashboards
02
Build the operational infrastructure for marketing and brand teams to execute at scale.
DeliversBrand governance framework · design ops playbook · creative workflow system · intake and prioritization model
03
Lead the delivery of high-impact initiatives, start to finish.
DeliversWorkback schedules · program management frameworks · launch plans · campaign performance reporting
04
Build scalable marketing infrastructure that reports on itself.
DeliversMarketing ops architecture · reporting dashboards · data infrastructure · attribution model
05
Keep product, sales, marketing and leadership pointed at the same outcome.
DeliversExecutive marketing reports · alignment frameworks · operational cadences · governance models
06
Continuously improve marketing ROI against a real baseline.
DeliversGrowth experiment backlog · marketing performance reports · optimization plans
To launch a new product/To scale marketing from 0 to 1/To prepare for Series A or B growth/To build the first marketing team/To fix broken marketing operations/To reposition the brand narrative/To prepare for IPO or acquisition
Engagement
Starter
Best for early-stage companies that need strategic guidance and a direction to run in.
Scope on request
Growth
Best for Series A and B companies scaling execution past what the founder can carry.
Scope on request
Scale
Best for companies preparing for major growth, a raise, or an exit.
Scope on request
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