Stuart Aitken

Strategy Director, Partner US at Shadowboxer
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(386) 825-5501
Location
San Francisco, California, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Japanese Limited working proficiency
  • French Elementary proficiency

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Experience

    • Australia
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Strategy Director, Partner US
      • Nov 2020 - Present

      Product, business and brand strategist for pre- and seed-stage ventures in US & Australia. At Shadowboxer, I've led research, strategy development, validation, product design and development, recruitment and capital raises for a number of startups - many who continue to scale today, and a select few that have achieved significant exits. Today, I head up our San Francisco studio, predominantly building B2B SaaS ventures alongside their founding teams. Product, business and brand strategist for pre- and seed-stage ventures in US & Australia. At Shadowboxer, I've led research, strategy development, validation, product design and development, recruitment and capital raises for a number of startups - many who continue to scale today, and a select few that have achieved significant exits. Today, I head up our San Francisco studio, predominantly building B2B SaaS ventures alongside their founding teams.

    • Australia
    • Biotechnology
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director, Strategy
      • Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

      I helped form the foundational organisational strategy for CAA which continues to be executed upon and developed further to this day. I helped form the foundational organisational strategy for CAA which continues to be executed upon and developed further to this day.

    • Australia
    • Advertising Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Planner
      • Apr 2019 - Nov 2020

      At Clemenger BBDO, Australia's most awarded creative agency, I led brand, marketing and CX strategies for Ford, BMW, National Australia Bank, Telstra (Belong), SEEK and others alongside a team of talented creatives, data analysts, creative technologists and suits. At Clemenger BBDO, Australia's most awarded creative agency, I led brand, marketing and CX strategies for Ford, BMW, National Australia Bank, Telstra (Belong), SEEK and others alongside a team of talented creatives, data analysts, creative technologists and suits.

    • United Kingdom
    • Advertising Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Strategist / PM
      • Jul 2017 - Apr 2019

      During my time at Isobar, I worked across a number of brands including ANZ, PayPal and General Motors - for whom I worked closely with our data analysists and econometricians to plan, scope, pitch, and setup data warehousing as a global first proof-of-concept project for GM, paving the way for analytics using machine learning that unearthed critical new insight to GM's omni-channel CX. During my time at Isobar, I worked across a number of brands including ANZ, PayPal and General Motors - for whom I worked closely with our data analysists and econometricians to plan, scope, pitch, and setup data warehousing as a global first proof-of-concept project for GM, paving the way for analytics using machine learning that unearthed critical new insight to GM's omni-channel CX.

    • Australia
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Strategist / PM
      • Apr 2013 - Jul 2017

    • Australia
    • Retail
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Marketing Graduate, Sales Rep
      • May 2011 - Dec 2013

      Employee #12 at Kogan.com supporting marketing, sales & customer experience. By the time I finished university and decided to start my career in advertising, Kogan had scaled from 12 employees working out of the upper story of a townhouse in Melbourne to 300+ and one of Australia's most successful underdog stories, paving the way for eCommerce in the country. Employee #12 at Kogan.com supporting marketing, sales & customer experience. By the time I finished university and decided to start my career in advertising, Kogan had scaled from 12 employees working out of the upper story of a townhouse in Melbourne to 300+ and one of Australia's most successful underdog stories, paving the way for eCommerce in the country.

Education

  • Melbourne Business School
    Graduate Diploma, Applied Econometrics, Economics
    2019 - 2021
  • University of Melbourne
    Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Marketing and Management
    2011 - 2013
  • IPA
    Campaign Planning & Strategic Planning, Advertising
    2016 - 2016
  • Girton Grammar School
    Victorian Certificate of Education
    2003 - 2010

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