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Scott Murphy

Digital Marketing & Events Manager

10+ Years of Marketing Strategy.

Measurable Results. Ready to Lead.

Available for freelance work

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I’m Scott Murphy — a marketing strategist with a decade of experience leading campaigns, building brands, managing events, and driving revenue across pharma, e-commerce, and consumer goods. I bring senior-level thinking, hands-on execution, and a track record that speaks for itself.

I don’t specialize in one lane. I’ve built the kind of cross-functional marketing experience that lets me step into a leadership role, assess what’s working, identify what isn’t, and build a plan that moves the business forward — fast.

What I do

Tailored services

for every need.

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Brand Strategy & Positioning

I bring your business to life through striking design and strategic insight by creating visual identities that stand out.
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Web Design & Development

I design with purpose. Blending user-focused research and modern design to create intuitive digital experiences.
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Email & SMS Marketing

I design websites that not only look great but also work hard, building brand credibility and keeping users engaged.
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Corporate Events & Tradeshows

I create content that’s not only memorable but true to your brand, striking the perfect balance between boldness and authenticity.
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Who Am I

I craft with purpose and passion.

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My career started in journalism — which gave me something most marketers don’t have from day one: a instinct for storytelling and a respect for the audience.

 That foundation has shaped everything I’ve done since, from writing the first email in a nurture sequence to standing in front of a leadership team presenting a $56M media plan.

I’ve worked in-house, I’ve consulted, and I’ve led from both seats. I know what it takes to build marketing programs that perform, and I know how to do it alongside teams, not just for them. Fort Lauderdale-based, nationally experienced, and ready for the next challenge.

Location

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Languages

English, French and German (with accent)

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Experience
May 2025 – Present
Lead Consultant
Axis Creative Consulting
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Current
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Axis Creative Consulting is a Fort Lauderdale-based marketing and brand consultancy serving South Florida businesses and clients nationwide across digital marketing, brand strategy, and event management.

Built the agency from the ground up — developing the consulting framework, service model, client delivery workflows, and account management systems that now support a growing B2B and B2C client portfolio. Full ownership of strategy, execution, and client relationships across every engagement.

What I Own
  • Directed strategic brand transformations for a diverse portfolio of B2B and B2C clients — serving as both strategic lead and hands-on execution partner
  • Architected the agency's core consulting framework and project delivery workflows from the ground up, including intake, discovery, strategy, execution, and reporting phases
  • Elevated client retention to 98% through a proactive account health auditing process, identifying upsell opportunities before clients recognized the need
  • Directed two high-impact brand transformations driving an average 25% increase in digital lead generation within the first 90 days post-engagement
Services Delivered
  • Brand strategy, positioning, and messaging architecture
  • Digital marketing — SEO, content, email, and paid channels
  • Event management and tradeshow marketing
  • Website strategy, design direction, and optimization
  • Performance reporting and campaign analytics
98%
Client Retention
+25%
Avg Lead Gen Lift
2
Brand Transformations
90
Days to First Results
Dec 2021 – Jan 2025
Digital Marketing Manager
Tri-Source Pharma
Pompano Beach, FL
Pharmaceutical
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Tri-Source Pharma is a parent pharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, sedation, anesthesia, and pain management across human and animal healthcare markets.

Led strategic planning and execution of full-funnel, multi-channel marketing initiatives across all pharmaceutical brands — driving customer acquisition, engagement, and revenue performance in a regulated environment where credibility and precision are non-negotiable.

Digital & Campaign
  • Spearheaded integrated campaigns leveraging automated email journeys, personalized content, and trigger-based workflows — reducing bounce rates 32% and growing YoY traffic 36%
  • Directed SEO-driven content strategies and continuous campaign optimization, resulting in a 62% increase in site visits and significant engagement lift
  • Led website redesigns for trisourcepharma.com, nextsourcepharma.com, and ivaoes.com — improving UX, SEO performance, and conversion paths across all three brands
Events & Operations
  • Oversaw conference and event marketing for ACVIM, VCS, AVMA, and Fetch360 — executing under budget while increasing brand exposure and lead capture at every event
  • Developed SOPs and best-practice playbooks for all key marketing functions, mentoring team members and serving as internal subject matter expert
  • Created print-ready product packaging and marketing collateral aligned to regulatory and branding guidelines
+62%
Site Visit Increase
+36%
YoY Traffic Growth
−32%
Bounce Rate Drop
4
National Events
Apr 2019 – Feb 2020
Email Marketing Manager
DiscountMugs
Miami, FL
E-Commerce
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DiscountMugs is one of the largest suppliers of promotional products in the United States — serving businesses and individuals looking to build brand recognition through custom branded merchandise.

Owned lifecycle email and SMS marketing strategy for a subscriber base exceeding one million double opt-in contacts. Full program ownership — from platform management and campaign execution through A/B testing, deliverability management, and the ground-up launch of a new SMS channel.

Email Program
  • Planned and executed automated campaigns including welcome series, triggered workflows, newsletters, and transactional messaging using Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Increased open rates from 14.8% to 22.6% and achieved 9% CTR through behavioral segmentation and systematic A/B testing
  • Maintained 94-98% inbox placement through authentication protocols (SPF, DKIM), bounce monitoring, and CAN-SPAM compliance
SMS Launch
  • Launched SMS channel from zero — platform selection, subscriber acquisition flows, compliance framework, and campaign execution all within 90 days
  • Grew SMS subscribers 22% and generated $126,000+ in new revenue within the first three months of operation
  • Partnered with creative and merchandising on seasonal landing pages, content strategy, and product promotions — overseeing full QA before every deploy
$126K
SMS Revenue / 90 Days
22.6%
Email Open Rate
+22%
SMS Subscriber Growth
1M+
Subscribers Managed
Apr 2016 – Feb 2019
Marketing & Project Manager
Sunshine Bouquet Company
Miami, FL
Consumer Goods
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Sunshine Bouquet Company is a privately held, international company that manufactures and sells fresh-cut flowers through various mass-market channels throughout the United States.

Led brand marketing initiatives across print, digital, social, and experiential channels for a national floral manufacturer. Full ownership of collateral production, tradeshow logistics, social media strategy, and a product development contribution that generated $2.5M+ in its debut year.

Brand & Content
  • Developed marketing collateral including catalogs, brochures, trade show displays, web content, and product launch materials from concept through final delivery
  • Increased branded social media engagement 12-15% monthly through a photography-driven content strategy
  • Designed the Venice Collection bouquet line — a top-selling product that generated $2.5M+ in sales in its debut year (2018)
Events & Operations
  • Managed trade show budgets, logistics, and cross-functional coordination for national industry events and corporate meetings
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams across sales, marketing, and senior management to develop strategy and execute events on time and under budget
  • Conducted competitive research to guide marketing strategy and ensure alignment with industry best practices
$2.5M+
Product Line Sales
+15%
Monthly Social Growth
3
Years · Full Ownership
Earlier Career
Jan 2015 – Mar 2016
Business Development Coordinator
The Gems Group, Inc.
Miami, FL · Lifestyle / Floral
B2B
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The Gems Group is a lifestyle brand creating demand for fresh flowers in everyday life — inspiring Americans to purchase flowers through marketing and product development within the supermarket channel and fostering partnerships with leading retailers throughout North America.

Supported product development, client programs, and marketing initiatives within the retail floral channel — coordinating across development, operations, and fulfillment teams while managing client relationships and delivering business development presentations.

Key Contributions
  • Coordinated cross-functional workflows between development, operations, and fulfillment teams to execute client programs on schedule
  • Planned, prepared, and executed all business development events, meetings, presentations, and Product Development Forums
  • Managed client portals and supported relationship growth through customized marketing and promotional initiatives
Apr 2013 – Dec 2014
Marketing Consultant
Freelance — Independent Practice
Miami, FL · Hospitality · Property · Media
Consulting
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Delivered digital marketing services for clients including Triangle Hospitality Group, Le Soleil Property Management of Florida, and Worth International Media Group — publishers of Recommend (travel agents) and Prevue (meetings and incentive travel).

Provided full-service digital marketing across web design, email, SEO, social media, and performance reporting — tailored to each client's specific business needs and audience.

Services Delivered
  • Executed web design, SEO, email marketing, social media campaigns, and performance reporting for hospitality and media clients
  • Conducted market research and competitive analysis to guide campaign strategy across three distinct industries
  • Coordinated marketing of renewals, new acquisitions, and audience development programs for B2B media clients
Jan 2012 – Mar 2013
Online Content / Social Media Director
Newvue
Miami, FL · Technology / IPTV
Technology
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Newvue is a pioneering technology company specializing in Channel Development for content owners and IPTV Consulting for government and private sector organizations.

Led digital marketing strategy across all company brands — managing online media initiatives, social growth programs, email marketing, and analytics reporting to increase visibility, membership, and site traffic.

Key Results
  • Increased website traffic 200% through branded social media growth initiatives and content strategy
  • Boosted email engagement 1,000% within six months through A/B testing, content optimization, and design improvements
  • Managed PPC, affiliate marketing, SEO, and analytics reporting — optimizing ROI across all digital channels
Jan 2006 – Jan 2012
Marketing & Development Specialist · Catalog Merchandising Manager
Everglades Direct / ComplyRight, Inc.
Sunrise, FL · B2B Direct Marketing
Enterprise B2B
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Everglades Direct/ComplyRight, Inc. is a privately held company specializing in B2B direct marketing, sales, service, and fulfillment — managing employment law, workplace safety, and training products with key retail partners including Office Depot, Staples, Intuit, and Deluxe Business Forms.

Managed multi-channel marketing campaigns and product merchandising for major B2B brands — with full accountability for campaign execution, catalog production, product lifecycle management, and performance across a $56M annual marketing budget.

Key Contributions
  • Executed integrated campaigns across email, direct mail, PPC, webinars, and digital channels within a $56M annual marketing budget
  • Reduced catalog production timelines by 30 days through process optimization and cross-functional workflow improvements
  • Managed product lifecycle, vendor negotiations, pricing, forecasting, and distribution to enhance sales and profitability
  • Contributed to development and launch of HRdirect.com, improving functionality, user experience, and digital performance
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Principle 01 🎯

Strategy Before Tactics

Every campaign, every event, and every decision starts with a clear understanding of the objective — because execution without strategy is just expensive activity.

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Strategy Before Tactics
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Before a single asset is designed, a vendor is called, or an email is sent, I ask the question that separates good marketers from great ones: what are we actually trying to accomplish? Goals get defined. Audiences get identified. Success gets measured. Only then does the work begin.

Why This Matters to Employers

This is the trait that separates senior marketers from junior ones — the instinct to resist the urge to start executing and invest the time upfront that makes everything downstream faster, sharper, and more effective.

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Principle 02 👥

The Audience Is Always First

Every message and every experience is built around one question: what does this person need to feel, know, or do — and what's the most effective way to get them there?

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Marketing fails when it's built around what a company wants to say instead of what the audience needs to hear. Events fail when designed for the brand instead of the attendee. The audience-first mindset requires setting aside internal assumptions and building every program around the real human being on the other end of it.

Why This Matters to Employers

This principle is what produces campaigns that convert, events that get talked about, and brands that earn loyalty — not just awareness.

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Principle 03

Execution Is the Strategy

A flawless plan means nothing if the delivery breaks down. The gap between strategy and result is always filled — or lost — in the details of how the work actually gets done.

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Execution Is the Strategy

I've seen brilliant strategies collapse because someone didn't confirm the AV setup. I've seen mediocre ideas punch above their weight because the execution was relentless. The way work gets done is inseparable from the outcomes it produces. Quality control isn't a final step — it's a mindset that runs through every phase.

Why This Matters to Employers

This is the principle that clients and employers remember most. Not the deck. The delivery.

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Principle 04 📊

Data Informs.
Instinct Leads.

Numbers tell you what happened. Experience tells you why — and what to do next. The best marketing decisions live at the intersection of both.

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Data Informs. Instinct Leads.
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Every campaign I run has tracking in place before it launches. But data without context is just noise — and over-reliance on metrics causes organizations to optimize the wrong things with increasing precision. The craft of marketing requires knowing when to let the data lead and when to trust the instinct built from years of pattern recognition.

Why This Matters to Employers

This balance — analytical rigor and creative conviction — is what separates marketing leaders who can grow a brand from those who can only report on one.

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Principle 05 🔍

Details Are the Experience

In marketing and in live events, the difference between good and exceptional lives in the details most people never notice — and that every person feels.

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Details Are the Experience
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The attendee doesn't consciously notice that the booth lighting was positioned to eliminate shadows, or that lead capture was designed to take under 30 seconds. But they feel all of it. The same is true in marketing — the CTA rewritten six times, the email that arrived Thursday instead of Monday. Details are invisible when they're right. They're everything when they're wrong.

Why This Matters to Employers

This is what clients mean when they say they trust someone. It's not a natural talent. It's a discipline.

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Principle 06 🏆

Accountability Is Non-Negotiable

I don't measure success by activity, effort, or intent. I measure it by results — and I hold myself to that standard regardless of the circumstances.

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Accountability Is Non-Negotiable
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Marketing is one of the few functions where it's possible to stay very busy for a very long time without moving the needle. Every engagement I take on starts with a clear definition of what success looks like — and ends with an honest assessment of whether we got there. When results fall short, the answer isn't to spin the narrative. It's to figure out what happened and fix it.

Why This Matters to Employers

Candidates who talk about effort are common. Candidates who own outcomes are rare.

Tools & Platforms

The Tech Stack

30+ platforms across the full marketing technology spectrum — from CRM and marketing automation through analytics, CMS, and project management.

CRM & Marketing
Platforms
HubSpot Salesforce Marketo Braze Iterable Microsoft Dynamics
Email & SMS
Marketing
Mailchimp Klaviyo Salesforce Marketing Cloud Constant Contact Attentive DynamicMail Mailgun
📊 Analytics &
Optimization
Google Analytics SEMrush MOZ Tableau Cognos MySQL A/B Testing
🌐 CMS &
E-Commerce
WordPress Shopify Magento WooCommerce Wix Drupal Joomla
📢 Advertising
& Social
Google Ads Facebook Ads Manager LinkedIn Ads Instagram Hootsuite Google Display Network
📋 Project
Management
Asana monday.com Basecamp Microsoft Dynamics Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft Office Suite
Leadership & Soft Skills

How I Work

The professional qualities that make the technical skills actually useful.

Strategic Thinking Clarity on the objective before anything gets built
Verbal & Written Communication Journalism background — clear, direct, purposeful
Leadership & Mentoring Building teams and systems that outlast any one project
Attention to Detail The details are the experience — always
Problem Solving Diagnosing what's broken before proposing what's next
Accountability Results-focused — owns the number, not just the effort
Cross-Functional Collaboration Bridging sales, creative, operations, and executive teams
Adaptability Comfortable in startups, agencies, and enterprise environments
Client Process

How Every
Engagement Works.

Seven stages. Every client. No shortcuts. Click each stage to see exactly what happens and why it's part of the process.

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Stage 01 Discovery & Intake Understand the business before proposing anything.
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Goal: Understand the client, their business, and what success actually looks like — before a single deliverable is discussed or a single dollar is committed.

Every engagement starts here. Before strategy, before proposals, before timelines — I need to understand your business from the inside out. What's working, what's broken, what's been tried, and what matters most. This stage is about listening, not selling.

What Happens in This Stage
Initial Inquiry & Screening
Discovery Call
Client Intake Form
Internal Assessment
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You leave with: a clear sense of whether we're the right fit. I leave with: everything I need to build a proposal that actually addresses your real situation — not a generic one.

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Stage 02 Proposal & Agreement Scope, timeline, and investment defined in writing.
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Goal: Align on scope, deliverables, timeline, and investment in writing before any work begins. No ambiguity, no assumptions, no surprises.

The proposal isn't a sales document — it's a shared agreement about what success looks like and how we'll get there. I walk you through every line item, answer every question, and don't start work until we're fully aligned. The contract protects both of us.

What Happens in This Stage
Proposal Development
Proposal Walkthrough Call
Revisions & Q&A
Contract Signing & Deposit

You leave with: a signed agreement, a clear timeline, and full confidence in what you're getting. I leave with: the mandate to do the work right.

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Stage 03 Project Kickoff Establish the working rhythm before execution begins.
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Goal: Establish the working rhythm, communication protocols, tool access, and shared success benchmarks before the first deliverable is touched.

This is where the engagement transitions from agreement to action. We align every stakeholder, set up the systems we'll work in, and establish the communication cadence that keeps the project moving and you informed at every stage. No one gets surprised mid-project.

What Happens in This Stage
Kickoff Meeting
Stakeholder Alignment
Tool & Access Setup
Timeline Confirmation
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You leave with: a shared project view, confirmed milestones, and clarity on exactly how we'll communicate. I leave with: everything I need to move fast without asking unnecessary questions.

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Stage 04 Strategy Development Build the complete plan before execution begins.
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Goal: Build the complete strategic framework — every key decision made, every channel mapped, every message defined — before a single piece of execution begins.

Strategy before tactics. Always. This is the stage where research informs positioning, data drives channel selection, and the creative brief gets written before the creative work begins. Rushing this stage is how good execution produces bad results. I don't skip it.

What Happens in This Stage
Market & Audience Research
Competitive Landscape Audit
Brand Positioning & Messaging
Campaign & Channel Architecture
Content & Creative Brief
Strategy Presentation & Sign-Off
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You leave with: a documented strategy you own — not a presentation deck that lives on my computer. I leave with: approval to execute.

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Stage 05 Execution & Delivery Implement the strategy with precision and accountability.
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Goal: Implement the agreed strategy with precision, full accountability, and complete transparency on what's being done and why.

This is where the plan meets reality. Creative production, campaign builds, content publishing, platform setup, event execution — whatever the engagement calls for, this is where it gets done. Every deliverable reviewed before it goes live. Every launch tracked from day one.

What Happens in This Stage
Creative & Content Production
Platform & Campaign Setup
QA & Pre-Launch Review
Campaign or Program Launch
Progress Check-Ins
Milestone Delivery & Review

You leave with: work that's live, trackable, and doing its job. I leave with: data to optimize in the next stage.

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Stage 06 Review & Optimization Measure, analyze, and improve before the next cycle.
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Goal: Measure what's working, identify what isn't, and make data-driven adjustments — before locking in the next phase of work.

Marketing doesn't end at launch — it begins there. Every campaign, every program, and every channel gets evaluated against the benchmarks set in Stage 4. What the data says gets shared plainly, without spin. If something isn't working, we fix it. If something is exceeding expectations, we scale it.

What Happens in This Stage
Performance Data Pull
KPI vs Benchmark Analysis
A/B Test Results Review
Strategy Refinement
Client Review Session
Next-Phase Recommendations
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You leave with: a clear view of what the work is producing and what happens next. I leave with: a refined approach that improves on everything learned so far.

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Stage 07 Reporting & Handoff Document results and establish what comes next.
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Goal: Document what was done, what it produced, and what it means for the next chapter — so the value of the engagement doesn't leave when I do.

The final stage is about leaving things better than I found them — and leaving you with the knowledge to sustain what we built. A full performance report, a documented playbook of what worked, and a clear recommendation for what comes next. Whether that's a continued engagement or a confident handoff to an internal team.

What Happens in This Stage
Final Performance Report
Results Summary & Storytelling
Process & Playbook Documentation
Knowledge Transfer Session
Engagement Close & Feedback
Next Engagement Planning
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You leave with: a documented record of everything built and every result achieved — and the roadmap for what comes next. That's the standard every engagement is held to.

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