What actually moves the needle when you’re searching for a role: building the portfolio that almost no marketing ops professional bothers to save, navigating the AI experience question, knowing when to take a contract role instead of holding out, and skipping the AI job-search tools that make you look like everyone else.More
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215: How to find hidden job opportunities (The Martech job hunt survival guide, part 1)
This episode is a guide for martech and marketing ops professionals navigating one of the toughest job markets in years. Phil and Darrell cover the tactical mechanics of finding roles most candidates never see. From the Ashby Google search hack to VC job boards, staffing firm pipelines, and stealth startup cold outreach, the counterintuitive moves are the most useful ones here.More
197: Anna Leary: The Art of saying no and other mental health strategies in marketing ops
Anna built systems to keep marketing running smoothly, but the real lesson came when those same systems failed to protect her. In this episode, she shares how saying no became her survival skill, why visibility is the antidote to burnout, and how calm structure (not constant hustle) keeps teams sharp and human.More
156: Chris Golec: The Godfather of ABM is on his 3rd company and he’s solving attribution for B2B marketers with AI
The Godfather of ABM takes us through his humble beginnings in Detroit’s industrial trenches to category creation and entrepreneurial expeditions. His journey spans building magnetic company cultures, cracking the code on remote work, sharing candid hiring wisdom, and transforming marketing failures into fuel for growth. Now building Channel99, he’s rewriting attribution with a touch of AI engineering, predicting marketing ROI, using a white box approach.More
147: Nataly Kelly: Making global feel local through the power of marketing localization
Global expansion is a wild process that connects brands to the unique vibe of each market, it’s not just creating a website or translating content. Moving into international territories means showing up prepared, with a localization strategy that’s flexible and has a ton of local insight. Marketing Ops and RevOps both play a key role in localization as a strategic partner, organizing data and decision-making to fuel growth across departments.More
115: Amrita Mathur: ClickUp’s VP of Marketing on optimizing for velocity of learning and balancing analytics with intuition
Amrita digs into building a brand from scratch and blending hard data with your gut in order to spot what truly connects. It’s not about the immediate wins; it’s hunting for those less obvious cues that hint you’re on to something and always optimizing for velocity of learning over number of tests launched.More
114: Mauro Figueiredo: Interview tips for finding martech talent and the risks of adopting AI as a learning substitute
Mauro walked us through his blueprint for identifying martech talent through self-awareness and curiosity, and how these traits play a crucial role in navigating the integration of martech with analytics and AI. We also focused on leveraging AI in marketing and the dangerous messaging of Co-Pilot’s Superbowl ad.More
37: Shannon McCluskey: Searching for remote martech pros
Shannon McCluskey is an analytical marketing leader at the top of her game counting 10+ years of martech experience. She’s currently Marketing Ops Manager at Clio and she’s building an awesome team with interesting open roles right now.More
25: Naomi Liu: How to ace your first marketing job
Naomi runs Marketing Operations at EFI and recently added a new Marketing Operations Specialist to her team. She joins to the show to share how marketers can stand out in their first job, the attributes that allow you to succeed and the 3 things that all marketing ops pros have in common.More
02: The right questions can get you a job
The most important part of an interview is making sure you ask the right questions to determine if you’ll be happy. Too many people change jobs and realize quickly that the grass isn’t always greener. There are ways to evaluate this and limit it’s chance of happening. More