
Frances Onyiuke
Senior Business Growth Consultant
Salary / Daily rate
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Wellness Architect & Business Growth Advisor with 15+ years driving multi-million dollar marketing strategies for major brands including Rockstar Games (GTAV $1B launch). Currently consulting startups while founding fitness brand, specializing in digital marketing, brand development, and operational growth strategies.
Work experience
Business Growth Consultant
Oct 2018 - Present
8 years 1 month
New York, NY, USA
*Not taking new clients* Developing & implementing marketing strategies and operations to drive performance and growth for start-ups and small organizations. Recruiting and managing agencies ensuring successful and efficient strategy execution. Building and supporting internal marketing teams to promote long term success. Current Clients: - Vaster Capital: Real estate mortgage lender in Miami, Fl Past Clients: - WTHN: Acupuncture & wellness start-up in NYC - Plank Fitness: Fitness Brand in NYC
Founder and Chief Marketing Officer
The Fit In Bedford Stuyvesant
Mar 2018 - Present
8 years 8 months
Brooklyn, NL A0C 0B7, Canada
Found and oversee operations for a start-up health, wellness and fitness brand and boutique. Develop and execute media and marketing initiatives to drive brand strategy through the studio, digital and social media ensuring optimal audience development, customer retention, and loyalty. Recruit, evaluate, and manage experienced instructors to facilitate signature group fitness classes. Develop relationships with relevant brands to partner, source, and cross-promote products to target audiences. Conduct primary and secondary research to develop pricing and promotions strategies, ensuring a competitive launch. Build relationships with journalists and other public relations professionals to ensure optimal exposure.
Digital Marketing Consultant, MoPub @ Twitter
Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
8 months
New York, NY, USA
Contracted through February 2020.
Rockstar Games
Oct 2008 - Jul 2018
9 years 10 months
New York, NY, USA
Marketing Strategy Director
Jan 2017 - Jul 2018
1 year 7 months
New York, NY, USA
Led, implemented and oversaw development of all marketing strategies, campaigns, media plans, partnerships and marketing technology integrations. Partnered with cross functional teams and agencies including Sales, Promotion, and Media to effectively launch products on time, in budget and with maximum impact. Analyze consumer data and industry trends to develop and deliver innovative campaigns targeting relevant audiences. Establish KPIs and review campaign performance, budget, forecast, and revenue to ensure targets are met. Analyze and revamp active marketing campaigns to deliver stronger results when required. Built and maintained collaborative relationships with external partners including Sony, Apple, Microsoft, FaceBook, Twitter and more to execute dynamic and impactful initiatives. Managed career development and project deliverables for team of marketing professionals. - Developed and managed multimillion-dollar global marketing budgets for all product releases and corporate branding programs. - Led sales and advertising strategy for Grand Theft Auto Five (GTAV) which sold over 95M units and counting, positioning it to earn and maintain its ranking as the best-selling premium game of all time. - Generated double digit year over year increases in game sales by building cross-functional marketing and advertising strategies centered on acquisition, retention, and conversion in partnership with select retailers. - Oversaw implementation of integrated sales and marketing technologies and analyzed output to influence campaign strategies across media and sales enabling operational efficiencies. - Propelled GTAV to maintain top sales ranking positions in 42 of NPD Group’s monthly Top 10 charts, the most appearances of any single game on the NPD's rankings.
Senior Marketing Manager
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years
New York, NY, USA
Revamped the digital product sales function and led the creation and implementation of a newly developed strategy that enabled a seamless transition to mass digital adoption. Collaborated with client partners such as Apple, Sony and Xbox among others to develop targeted promotional strategies that optimized new product visibility and sales. - Adjusted and refocused promotional strategies and created new marketing solutions to adapt to an evolving market from a physical products business model to digital consoles, which enabled the business to remain relevant and competitive while directly influencing growth of the game and digital content sales year over year. - Collaborated with cross functional teams to release GTAV for PC and achieved strong digitally-delivered sales, as well as the highest number of concurrent users (300K+) for a non-Valve title in the history of Steam.
Marketing Manager
Aug 2012 - Dec 2014
2 years 5 months
Planned and executed the media campaign and retail sales plan for GTAV. - Partnered with various teams to strategize, plan and execute campaign for GTAV, which generated $1 Billion in gross revenue in 3 days, breaking 6 sales world records in 2013 for entertainment releases. - Developed advertising strategies including GTAV’s Gameplay Trailer which became recognized as one of the most viral ads of 2013, propelling GTAV to the #2 top trending gaming video on YouTube.
Associate Marketing Manager
Sep 2010 - Jul 2012
1 year 11 months
Built promotional plans for product releases with various retail partners to ensure consistent brand messaging. Oversaw channel marketing campaigns and reviewed post launch results to ensure optimal sales performance. - Developed an extensive retail campaign for Red Dead Redemption, a game release that ultimately won over 160 game of the year awards.
Marketing Coordinator
Oct 2008 - Aug 2010
1 year 11 months
Partnered with internal team members to develop and execute marketing campaigns on all game releases including Grand Theft Auto 4, Red Dead Redemption, and more. Provided day-to-day project and marketing administrative support for various products.
Marketing Coordinator
Atari, Inc
Aug 2007 - Oct 2008
1 year 3 months
Collaborate with external creative agencies and product teams to create and implement marketing campaigns to promote the launch of various products on time and in budget with optimal impact. Created sales and marketing presentations/briefs, which were distributed to retailers, developers, licensors, and console manufacturers to communicate marketing plans for product releases. Maintained marketing budget for all releases in scope.
Project Manager/ Marketing Manager
Blacksmith Music/ Warner Bros. Records
Jan 2006 - Aug 2007
1 year 8 months
Partnered with various artists to understand the creative direction and develop both strategic and tactical marketing plans to deliver on the client’s vision. Provided project management support on partnership programs from proposal to launch with phases beginning with pitch development to delivery, as well as production, logistics support, budget oversight and other responsibilities.
Intern/Rep
Cornerstone Promotion
Jan 2005 - Dec 2006
2 years
• Assisted with marketing and promotion efforts for some of the largest known music artists, films, fashion, and technology • Secured events in the New York City area to promote artists and products
Education
Fashion Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science
2004 - 2006
3 years
City University of New York- New York City College of Technology
Associate in Applied Science-Honors
2001 - 2003
3 years