SHAUNA MARIE

Shauna Smith is a global marketing leader with a proven track record in strategic planning, influential leadership, and driving results. She possesses experience across a variety of marketing expertises including demand generation, field marketing, event marketing, and most recently B2B marketing. Additionally, she has experience in driving top of funnel marketing programs and scaling marketing activities to help drive growth and pipeline. She has led teams in large enterprises like T-Mobile and Amazon Web Services where she built a high performing team from the ground up and helped build the Americas Demand Center, and most recently worked with mid size tech companies like Elastic and now The Knot Worldwide and is working to revamp and build high performing demand generation and B2B structures. She enjoys leading and developing high performing teams (including leading distributed teams) and has had the unique experience of building a high performing team from the ground up. She is a results driven leader focused on cultivating a positive team environment, sustainable team output, and empowering teams to be data driven. Her passions included driving efficiencies, creating an appetite for innovation, and leveraging data to solve challenges.

“Shauna is one of the most talented marketing professionals I’ve had the pleasure to work with over the last 3 years. She is known as a customer focused, strategic thinker who effectively grasps the big picture and skillfully builds strategies aligned with business goals. Shauna brings exemplary leadership. As a manager she understands the strengths of her team, provides opportunities for growth, is the first to shine the light on her team's wins and consistently checked-in on career goals and aspirations. Her management style fostered strong team dynamics and focus that allowed us to deliver optimal customer experiences with on-target outcomes. Shauna is an invaluable addition to any marketing organization who is lucky enough to have her.”

-Tabitha Scatena, Senior Director Global Campaigns Yext (worked under Shauna at Elastic)