Thomas M.
Growth Marketing & Merchandise Expert
Experience
Feb 2025 - Present
11 monthsLeipzig, Germany
HybridGrowth Marketing & Strategy Consultant
Self-Employment
- Marketing consulting for small & medium teams
- Merchandise consulting and industry contact facilitation for agencies & companies
- Facilitation of industry contacts (media, merchandising, agencies)
- Interim PR manager for MACHN Festival (tech, business & art festival, Leipzig)
- Mentoring, interviews, presentations, podcasting
Apr 2023 - Feb 2025
1 year 11 monthsLeipzig, Germany
HybridHead of Acquisition Marketing & Partnerships (EU)
spreadshop (Spread Group)
- Leading 6–12 employees and supporting service departments
- Marketing budgeting, annual & quarterly planning (OKR)
- Weekly/monthly reporting, risk assessment, stakeholder management
- Developing digital marketing strategies for user acquisition
- Managing sales & outsourcing processes
- Contract negotiation & management
- Agency management (paid social marketing, content production, sales outsourcing, etc.)
- Referral deal contract management
- Business & partnership development with external brands, agencies & platforms
- Partnership relations with external brands, agencies & platforms (focus on creators & artists)
Key highlights:
- Repositioning of the Spreadshop brand, including relaunch of all branding & communication channels for EU & US markets
- Exclusive merch partnership for festivals: Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, plus managing VIP areas, concept, B2B & guest services
- Major sponsoring partner for Gary Vaynerchuk's "VeeCon" conference 2024
- Partnership with YouTube DACH to promote YT shopping features
- Outsourcing & onboarding of lead gen in collaboration with external sales providers
- OMR Reviews, OMR Education: content production, user acquisition, masterclasses
Jun 2021 - Mar 2023
1 year 10 monthsLeipzig, Germany
Head of E-Commerce Operations (EU)
spreadshop (Spread Group)
- Central project management for B2B2C unit and product marketing
- Managing integrations and interfaces
- Business unit stakeholder for product development teams
- Personnel responsibility, contract management & outsourcing
- Operational leadership of external sales teams, including reporting
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
3 monthsLeipzig, Germany
Interim Team Lead – Central Operations
spreadshop (Spread Group)
- Central project management
- Business unit stakeholder for frontend/backend product development teams
- Personnel responsibility, contract management & outsourcing
- Onboarding of external sales teams
Jan 2017 - Feb 2021
4 years 2 monthsLeipzig, Germany
Project Manager – Merchandising Services
spreadshop (Spread Group)
- Project management of the B2B2C business unit
- Business stakeholder & jack of all trades
Summary
Ex-corporate Millennial with B2B2C experience in a globally operating SaaS and merchandise fulfillment company (DACH/USA).
Solid DACH network & experience in the German creator economy and music industry.
Strong people leader & motivator – with a touch of entrepreneurship.
Volunteer marketing mentor at spinlab Leipzig – one of Germany’s top 3 start-up accelerators.
Fascination for business models & pragmatic execution of growth initiatives. Strong enthusiasm for strategic partnerships and personal branding.
Key professional principle: Business with a Smile!
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedCertifications & licenses
Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leadership
SCRUM Alliance · Leipzig, Germany
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