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Nick Hayes

With 15+ years leading global marketing at scale, I've worked at leading brands and major advertising agencies. I've led global brand planning, integrated marketing, brand campaigns; repositioned Hotels.com across 17 markets; worked with major technology and health brands like Microsoft and GSK and earned Cannes Lions and Effie Awards along the way.

I help ambitious brands grow by creating marketing that wins hearts and grows revenue. Whether you need to define your audience, gather insights, create a new campaign or simply get teams working off the same play sheet, I'm here to help. 

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Brands I've worked with

For Profit

I've helped brands of all sizes, from big global brands to smaller CPG brands across a full range of categories. Tech, e-Commerce and marketplace, health and CPG all face similar challenges, the need to communicate a clear and compeling story. There are nuances but learnings and best practices can be applied across categories. 

Non-Profit

Non-Profit world is unique, stakeholder management is so important. Ensuring donors, activists and messaging are aligned is an essential requirement for growth. 

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Services

Brand Strategy & Positioning

I help you figure out who you are, who you want to be and why your customers should care. Developing competitive and industry analysis, audience insights, brand and messaging architecture. 

I work with you to ensure a unified vision of the brand. Ensure alignment across the org through playbooks and messaging guidance to unlock the brand potential. 

 

Go-To-Market Planning,  Execution & Measurement

A brand is only as good as how you go to market. If no one knows you, do you exist? I can or work with you to create your annual/quarterly plans to grow your business in the short and long term. 

I work with agencies and creative partners to develop the creative briefs to allow the teams to make truly cut-through work.

 

Plans are only as good as the inputs and ensuring clear measurement and optimization are essential.  

Marketing Leadership & Scale

Every organization has unique challenges, and if you are expanding nationally or globally I can help design and setup a marketing organization at scale. 

I ensure that marketing is done holistically avoiding silos while focusing teams on their strengths.

Awards 

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Cannes Lion

Hotels.com "Captain Obvious"

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Effies

Pup-Peroni

Hotels.com "Captain Obvious"

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Travel Category
"2016 Brand of the Year"

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