Evan Achiron

Experience

• 

  Luke's Toy Factory

  Co-Founder

  Jan 2014 - Present

  Award-winning manufacturer of educational, sustainable, American-Made preschool toys.

  • Built brand from scratch in to an industry recognized company.
  • Developed and maintain all digital and social media properties including Shopify website.
  • Responsible for $100k+ in wholesale sales to toy and gift stores.
  • Represented the company to media outlets including Fox Business, New York Times, and the ToyBook.
• 

  GovPilot

  Director of Marketing and Communications

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2023

  GovPilot is a SaaS platform for local governments, designed to digitize and automate constituent services and government operations across 130+ processes. Used by municipalities and counties across the U.S.

  • Tripled annual marketing attributed revenue through comprehensive brand management and the development of a comprehensive growth strategy including sales enablement content, marketing collateral, video, and conferences.
  • Generated 1,051% increase in organic website traffic by redesigning HubSpot website focused on SEO, implemented a keyword optimized content strategy with written web content a resource for government officials.
  • Collaborated with CEO, COO, Product, Sales, and Account Management teams to improve internal processes and align on OKRs, KPIs, content creation, and paid search for demand generation of specific local government personas.
  • Managed a cross-functional team of designers, writers, and marketing agencies to maintain brand guidelines and generate impactful account based marketing, organic, and paid content, trade show, and email nurture campaigns.
  • Led strategic initiatives to identify business development opportunities, build new product offerings, recruit advisory board members, manage lobbyists, and develop new collateral and resources for customers and leads.
• 

  Handshake Partners

  Corporate Reputation Consultant

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

  Corporate strategy firm advising companies on reputation management, corporate responsibility initiatives, and thought leadership on topics such as CSR, ESG, and sustainability.

  • Advised multi-billion-dollar institutional investment firm on establishing thought leadership in ESG policy and Sustainable Infrastructure investment.
  • Developed a strategic communications roadmap to position the billionaire founder of a nonprofit focused on women’s entrepreneurship.
  • Authored in-depth strategic reports and strategy briefs utilizing AI and big data (Quid) research to identify best-fit corporate / nonprofit partner marketing opportunities for clients.
• 

  SBP

  Director of Marketing and Communications

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  SBP is a national resilience and disaster recovery nonprofit focused on shrinking time between disaster and recovery through efficient rebuilding and government advisory services.

  • Led rebrand of national disaster recovery nonprofit, grew brand awareness, generated corporate support.
  • Represented $50M non-profit as spokesperson to media, and at high-level conferences including the Clinton Global Initiative, NYT Cities for Tomorrow, Atlantic Katrina 10 Conference, and as a panelist speaker at Google’s headquarters.
  • Rebranded the organization; led brand agency, worked with CEO/Founders and Board of Directors to implement a go-to-market strategy, which contributed to $34M in growth.
  • Enhanced SBP’s advocacy and executive thought leadership through web, social media, blog content, op-eds, PR, and media pitches including human interest stories and policy positions to share with stakeholders via national outlets.
  • Spearheaded partner marketing initiatives with executives from corporate partners including, Toyota, Zurich, Farmers, Palantir, and Google to publicize SBP’s use of corporate technologies and business practices to rebuild disaster impacted homes.
• 

  GLG (Formerly Gerson Lehrman Group)

  Marketing Manager

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  Global "Expert Network". We bring the power of insight to every great professional decision.

  • Implemented global rebrand across print, digital, and physical properties, updated website copy, and marketing collateral.
  • Collaborated with CMO and Head of Public Affairs to develop a comprehensive corporate rebrand and marketing strategy including messaging, visual identity, digital properties, and the opening of a new global headquarters.
  • Implemented corporate rebrand across all digital and physical properties in 22 offices around the world; collaborated with sales teams to craft updated business development collateral reflective of the new brand identity and messaging.
  • Crafted messaging for the launch of GLG Social Impact, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program to support high-impact social entrepreneurs, and introduced SBP CEO to the program.
• 

  FGS Global (Formerly The Glover Park Group)

  Associate

  Sep 2010 - Dec 2013

  Global public affairs & strategic communications firm. The stakeholder economy is complex and difficult to navigate. Winning support across audiences in a fast-moving, interconnected world is more important than ever. What, how, and when you communicate — and to whom — can mean the difference between success and failure. Seeing around corners, anticipating issues, managing risk, and moving quickly to solve problems is critical. To succeed, you need sound strategic advice, deep experience, a 360º perspective, real-time intelligence, and flawless execution. With the right people and the right tools, you can seize opportunities and confront challenges — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere in the world.

  • Conducted research, analyzed client market trends, drafted op-eds and memos, and ensured on time project delivery.
  • Wrote strategy briefs, memos, press releases, and op-eds for several Fortune-500 clients in the financial, technology, and defense sectors as well as a foreign government, and a domestic non-profit.
  • Advised JPMorgan Chase on the expansion of its 100,000 Veterans hiring initiative, providing research on potential corporate partners, and presented a CSR initiative to enable intergenerational veterans to share transition stories.
  • Provided Research and media outreach on behalf of pro-bono non-profit client, the St. Bernard Project (SBP), to raise the organization’s profile as it continued rebuilding efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.
  • Produced social media analysis for Egyptian Government during Arab Spring utilizing social listening software.