work experience
HEad of digital roles
Head of Digital (luxury marketing)
Head of Digital Marketing for luxury B2C fitness brand (FitnGlam). Digital transformation and growth for Dubai & Abu Dhabi based premium fitness destination.
Head of Marketing roles (internationally)
Head of Marketing roles for Ringover (French telecoms SaaS), Bathroom Butler (retail eCommerce brand), & Visionect (B2B tech company in Slovenia).
Digital Strategy
Digital strategy work both agency side (lead digital strategist at Serviceplan Middle East working with BMW & MINI) along with in-house for corporates, NGOs and startups.
Health Tech Marketing
Consulted startup brands in the health tech sector. ProReal (UK mental health startup) + Wismed (Urology medical devices brand) + X-Lab (diagnostic tech SaaS, test & trace in the UK) - two of the organizations were UK health technology startups & the third one was a South African based med tech business targeting the UK & Europe regions.
“From when we first started working with Marianna, we immediately saw positive results from her digital marketing strategies. Extremely organised and results driven, Marianna is always bringing new ideas to the table and keeping us informed of the latest digital marketing trends.
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BLockship - Cybertech startup (co-founder)
Project involved developing the prototype architecture, solution functionalities, technology requirements & ultimately build the MVP solution for a CyberTech supply chain startup aimed at the UK market.
*BlockShip chosen as one of the participants for the New Frontiers Ireland entrepreneur development programme
*BlockShip endorsed by Level39 for both UK Startup and Innovator visa - UK's largest technology accelerator
*BlockShip MVP built - a transparent solution utilising FlutterFlow, Firebase, SendGrid tech stack
CUrating the first THREE YEAR digital marketing degree for A SOUTH African private university
Contracted to conceptualize and compile the framework and modules for South Africa's first three year digital marketing degree to be offered by an accredited university.
Speaker at meTa cinema forum conference
Moderating a panel of talented speakers on the topic of marketing strategies, data, and analytics for the film industry at the 7th META Cinema Forum Conference in Dubai.