Strategic Marketing & Digital Leader

AshleyWandishin.

13+ Years driving brand growth, digital transformation & audience engagement across global tech & entertainment.

73%
YoY advertising
value increase
13+
Years of
experience
$80M+
Media operation
directed
Selected experience
Google WNBA World Surf League Amazon Studios Fox Sports
Brand Strategy  ·  GTM Leadership  ·  Digital Transformation  ·  Social & Digital Strategy  ·  People Leadership  ·  Global Marketing  ·  Data-Driven Growth  ·  Fractional CMO  ·  Content Innovation  ·  Paid Media  ·  Brand Strategy  ·  GTM Leadership  ·  Digital Transformation  ·  Social & Digital Strategy  ·  People Leadership  ·  Global Marketing  · 
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Ashley Wandishin
Ashley Wandishin
Strategic Marketing Leader

Strategic Marketing & Digital Leader with 13+ years driving brand growth, digital transformation, and audience engagement across global tech and entertainment brands — including Google, WNBA, World Surf League, and Amazon Studios.

Proven success leading high-impact go-to-market strategies, brand repositioning, and content innovation that deliver measurable results — including a 73% YoY increase in advertising value and multi-million dollar revenue gains. With 6+ years of people leadership, I build high-performing, cross-functional teams that blend creative vision with data-driven execution.

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Professional Experience
Strategic Marketing Advisor, VP of Digital/Marketing
2025 – Present
Freelance
  • Partner with executive stakeholders to support marketing strategy, sales enablement, and digital operating model development across B2B and eCommerce environments.
  • Contribute to the development of a Sales Enablement & Signal Orchestration approach, helping identify gaps in customer data, attribution, and pipeline visibility.
  • Support discovery, analysis, and roadmap development by identifying process inefficiencies across demand generation, conversion, and fulfillment — translating findings into actionable recommendations.
Global Director, Social/Digital Strategy
2023 – 2025
World Surf League · Integrated Marketing
  • Led the global revamp of social strategy, go-to-market initiatives, and content marketing framework for a community of over 15 million, focusing on key markets in the USA, Brazil, and Australia.
  • Developed measurement and guidelines for partnership marketing content that boosted a 73% YoY increase in advertising value and increased organic engagement.
  • Collaborated on a renewed Brand Voice & Tonality framework and Enterprise Social KPI development to strengthen and measure the league's larger brand identity, perception, and equity.
  • Managed a Social Creative Agency and additional partners to develop digital properties centered around English & Portuguese speaking markets, enhancing audience engagement and expanding market reach.
  • Initiated new digital marketing content tests and measurements to enhance first-party data collection, analytics, and social listening, resulting in improved cross-functional learning and substantial cost savings.
Head of Marketing & Brand, Senior Director
2022 – 2023
WNBA / Los Angeles Sparks
  • Led revamped brand repositioning and market narrative strategies, overseeing all Marketing and Creative efforts. Surpassed Single Game Ticket revenue goals within less than 50% of the '23 season via integrated marketing strategies.
  • Developed a strategic multi-year marketing business plan outlining activities, positioning, roadmap, advertising, and staffing — aimed at returning the franchise to top-valued status.
  • Managed P&L budgets and external media and creative agencies. Revitalized website design and functionality, developed brand strategy guidelines, and re-architected social media strategy to enhance media planning and buying effectiveness.
Director, Media Strategy & Planning
2020 – 2022
Media.Monks / Google
  • Directed a $80M+M annual global GTM media operation for Google; scaled team 140% and developed the agency model now used across multiple markets.
  • Delivered media innovation frameworks, testing agendas, and MMM integration linking media investment to product KPIs and OKRs.
  • Co-led agency and vendor relationships, optimizing cross-platform collaboration and performance. Spearheaded training programs to upskill 25+ marketers in strategy, analytics, and acquisition best practices.
Paid Media Supervisor
2019 – 2020
Mullenlowe Mediahub / Fox Broadcast & Sports
  • Onboarded and led the paid social strategy team to plan and execute over $20 million in media, forming partnerships and testing new platform betas/alphas — strengthening Fox Broadcast + Sports' market position.
Notable Projects
Theatrical First-to-Market Chatbot Activation on Reddit — platform's highest organic engagements (+42K) with Operam, Inc. + Orion Pictures.
Social Valuation Strategy Framework — increases $10M+ revenue YoY with World Surf League.
Optimized Operational Prototype Agency Framework for Global Media Best Practices for Google with Media.Monks.
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Google · Media Strategy & Planning
$80M+ Global GTM Media Operation
Built and scaled a $80M+M annual global media operation for Google — growing the team 140% and creating an agency framework now used across multiple international markets.
$80M+
Annual media
operation
140%
Team
scale
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WNBA / LA Sparks · Brand & Marketing
Brand Repositioning at League Level
Led a full brand repositioning and integrated marketing strategy for the LA Sparks, surpassing single game ticket revenue goals ahead of schedule and developing a multi-year franchise growth plan.
Multi-yr
Strategic
roadmap
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Senior
strategic
leadership
on demand.

Whether you need a Fractional CMO to guide long-term brand strategy or a consultant to execute a specific GTM initiative, I bring 13+ years of proven results at Google, WNBA, World Surf League, and beyond — without the overhead of a full-time hire.

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What I offer
  • 01
    Fractional CMO
    Embedded senior marketing leadership, strategy, and team direction on a part-time or interim basis.
  • 02
    Brand Strategy
    Positioning, repositioning, messaging architecture, and brand playbook development for growth-stage or enterprise brands.
  • 03
    Go-To-Market Planning
    End-to-end launch strategy, audience mapping, channel planning, and cross-functional execution frameworks.
  • 04
    Digital & Social Strategy
    Global social strategy, content frameworks, partnership marketing measurement, and first-party data infrastructure.
  • 05
    Paid Media Strategy
    Media planning, agency management, MMM integration, testing agendas, and performance optimization at scale.
  • 06
    Sales Enablement
    Signal orchestration, customer data strategy, pipeline visibility, and B2B demand generation operating models.

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