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Camila Chen

Chief Marketing Officer
Camila Chen

Summary

A visionary marketing leader with over 20 years of expertise in integrated marketing communications, driving transformative strategies that deliver measurable growth. As a Chief Marketing Officer, I have successfully managed six key marketing pillars - Digital, Events, Product Development, Channel, Content/Brand/PR, and Tech & Data, while leading cross-functional teams to achieve organisational excellence. My proven track record spans industries such as FinTech, Tech, Advertising & Media, Advisory Consultancy, and SMBs, where I've spearheaded revenue growth, elevated brand equity, and delivered customer-centric innovations. A dynamic strategist with a deep understanding of both digital and traditional marketing, I am passionate about aligning impactful campaigns with business objectives to build brands and lead teams toward success.

Overview

22
years of professional experience
2
Language

Work History

PIF Capital Pte Ltd

Chief Marketing Officer
11.2023 - 12.2024

Job overview

  • Manage 6 marketing pillars namely Digital, Events, Product & Content Development, Branding & PR, Channel Marketing, and Tech & Data
  • Design strategies and set goals for growth, 360 marketing
  • Spearheading the development of fully customised ERP platform - Odoo17
  • Spearheading the development and launch of 4 Tech Apps (EduTech, BDTech, ConsulTech and InvesTech)
  • Part of the IPO team in the growth story for the company's IPO process
  • Spearheading the re-branding exercise for the company
  • Spearheading Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for the company across SEA
  • Spearheaded the annual SME Capital Entrepreneurship Summit with great success
  • Organisation management and overall business management and key driver of sales & business development
  • Lead the events team for the running of weekly, monthly and bi-annual events
  • Develop and manage the marketing budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources to maximise ROI
  • Ensure growth and productivity of employees
  • Key Achievement - Achieved more than 300 registrations for the annual SME Capital Entrepreneurship Summit 2024 with special guests from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, investors and Entrepreneurs from across Southeast Asia
  • Involved from the logistics to all marketing initiatives, registrations and event day operations

Brown Cow Asia (Subsidiary of Now Comms Asia)

General Manager
03.2020 - 09.2023

Job overview

  • Manage an online marketing agency to plan and execute end-to-end marketing strategy and plans for clients
  • Design strategies and set goals for growth
  • Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for clients as well as internal marketing for SMBs across SEA
  • Industry Focus - Tech, Financial Services, FMCG, Telco, F&B, etc
  • Organisation management and overall business management and key driver as sales & business development
  • To lead a team of free-lance vendors and individual to execute on clients' project requirements
  • Leading a team of Events team members to execute clients' events plans
  • Successfully built up a pool of satisfied clients and re-sold
  • Control budgets and Optimise expenses
  • Ensure growth and productivity of employees
  • Experience in launching and growing exciting brands in Singapore
  • Key Achievement - Acquired several new brand logos across several industries and helped launch campaigns within SEA, and successfully executed the branding campaign of a telco with high sign-ups of more than 300%
  • Reason for Leaving: Want to explore the client side after 20 years in the media industry

Now Communications Group

Head of Digital/ Head of Marketing
01.2019 - 09.2023

Job overview

  • Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for clients
  • Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies for inbound and outbound marketing (internal marketing)
  • Develop digital initiatives and social content to improve brand engagement and drive desirability (both internal (agency) and external (clients))
  • Manage marketing communications and digital campaigns for industry giants such as VMware, Palo Alto, AWS, OKTA, Oracle, SAP, Veeam, Zoom across APAC/ APJ
  • Industry Focus - Tech, FinTech, Financial Services, FMCG, Telco, etc
  • Research and Data Analysis on campaigns/ reporting
  • Lead the dev team on management of SEO, SEM and SEMrush
  • Organisation management and overall business management and key driver as sales & business development
  • To lead a team of free-lance vendors and individual to execute on clients' project requirements
  • Successfully built up a pool of satisfied clients and re-sold
  • Key Achievement - Launched several successful campaigns and high number of RSVPs for our corporate clients with Record Revenue of $500k and beyond
  • Reason for Leaving: Want to explore the client side after 20 years in the media industry

INCWEB (S) PTE LTD

Founder, Director
01.2011 - 01.2018

Job overview

  • Start up a local Digital Marketing agency to plan and execute end-to-end marketing strategy and plans for clients
  • Managed the ad space inventories of 5 portals (lifestyle, home improvement and baby)
  • Organisation management and overall business management and key driver as sales & business development
  • Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for clients
  • Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies for inbound and outbound marketing (internal marketing)
  • Develop digital initiatives and social content to improve brand engagement and drive desirability (both internal (agency) and external (clients))
  • Research and Data Analysis on campaigns/ reporting
  • Lead the dev team on management of SEO, SEM and SEMrush
  • To lead a team of free-lance vendors and individual to execute on clients' project requirements
  • Successfully built up a pool of satisfied clients and re-sold (FMCG and Retail Industries)
  • Experience in launching and growing exciting brands in Singapore
  • Key Achievement - Record Revenue generation of more than S$1M annual revenue
  • Reason for Leaving: Sold the business

ACE WOODCRAFTS

Founder, Director
01.2015 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Start up a local carpentry workshop to drive opportunities with clientele for interior designers
  • Organisation management and key driver as sales & business development for carpentry business both direct homeowners and interior designers
  • Take the lead role in hiring of skilled carpenters, and the daily operations of the carpentry firm
  • Secure carpentry projects from the Interior Designers
  • Oversee and Project Manage each residential/ commercial project from the initial stage of design to measurement to fabrication and installation
  • Responsibility for the sales process from initial point of contact (lead generation), presentations, pitching and execution
  • Ensure good quality and after installation service projecting our values of new modern carpentry business
  • Reason for Leaving: Sold the business

MEDIACORP PTE LTD

Account Director
01.2008 - 01.2011

Job overview

  • Responsible to drive corporate accounts sales monthly and quarterly targets for MediaCorp
  • Plan & execute clients' event & product launches
  • Align client's media planning with marketing plans to optimize budget and achieve ROI
  • Worked with industries across Automotive, F&B, Petroleum, Telco, etc
  • Key Achievement - Top Salesperson Award with more than S$3M Revenue generated
  • Reason for Leaving: Decided to move on and start my own Digital Agency

BAIN & MERCER GROUP (Google Partner)

Marketing & Sales Senior Manager
01.2006 - 01.2008

Job overview

  • To drive business development on digital media acquisition for Google
  • Manage client SEM/SEO and social media campaigns on platforms
  • Key Achievement - Won Top Sales Award Monthly
  • Reason for Leaving: Had difference in business model and ethics within the business

POSTERSCOPE SE ASIA

Manager, Marketing and Sales
01.2005 - 01.2006

Job overview

  • Responsible for regional sales and marketing activities that includes Outdoor Advertising - Façade Banner, Lightbox Display, Large Format/ Transit/ Ambience Advertising
  • Managing the editorial content and design for the relevant print magazine
  • Assistance to the Marketing Manager and General Manager
  • Service and manage the key accounts within the agency, managing all their branding cum marketing collaterals, campaigns and events
  • Liaise between our counterparts in the overseas marketing as well as the personnel from the Media Agency for the buying and allocation of ad space with the allocated ad budget
  • Successfully launch several new product lines within our clients' business
  • Delivered timely and creative marketing campaigns with the budget allocated
  • Responded all emails within turn-around time of 24hrs
  • Best Performance Award
  • Reason for Leaving: Moved on to further studies

MEDIA VISION PTE LTD (Creative Agency)

Assistant Manager, Marketing Department
01.2003 - 01.2005

Job overview

  • Responsible for account servicing, managing several key accounts and assisting General Manager for the business development and planning of clients' marketing campaign and launches
  • In charge of organizing events for clients
  • Planning of strategic marketing campaign for clients
  • Assisting General Manager in all business development opportunities for the company
  • Manage company's outdoor ad space
  • Developing and designing all marketing collaterals
  • Reason for Leaving: Business wind up due to management decision/ change in business model

Education

NATIONAL UNIVERISTY OF IRELAND (Kaplan)

Bachelor of Science from Marketing
01.2006 - 1 2008

University Overview

  • First Class Honors
  • GPA: 3.94

TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC

Diploma from Marketing
01.2002 - 1 2004

University Overview

  • Distinction in Public Relations
  • Distinction in Principal of Management
  • Good Credits in Management Accounting, Economics, International Law, International Finance, Business Communications, Retail Management and Marketing Communications, Consumer Behavior, Research Methodology and Product and Service Quality

SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY SCHOOL

GCE 'O' Levels
01.1996 - 1 2000

University Overview

  • Distinctions in Elementary Mathematics
  • GPA: L1R5 Score: 13

Skills

Team Leadership and Development

Executivesummary - Summary

A visionary marketing leader with over 20 years of expertise in integrated marketing communications, driving transformative strategies that deliver measurable growth. As a Chief Marketing Officer, I have successfully managed six key marketing pillars - Digital, Events, Product Development, Channel, Content/Brand/PR, and Tech & Data, while leading cross-functional teams to achieve organisational excellence. My proven track record spans industries such as FinTech, Tech, Advertising & Media, Advisory Consultancy, and SMBs, where I've spearheaded revenue growth, elevated brand equity, and delivered customer-centric innovations. A dynamic strategist with a deep understanding of both digital and traditional marketing, I am passionate about aligning impactful campaigns with business objectives to build brands and lead teams toward success.

Coreexpertise

  • Team Leadership and Development
  • Strategic Management
  • Strategic Marketing Planning
  • Brand Management and Positioning
  • Digital Marketing and Analytics
  • Business Development
  • Event Planning and Execution
  • Relationship Management
  • Team Management
  • Events Management
  • Key Accounts Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Sales & Marketing Operations

Professionalmilestones

  • PIF Capital Pte Ltd, Chief Marketing Officer, 11/01/23, 12/01/24, Manage 6 marketing pillars namely Digital, Events, Product & Content Development, Branding & PR, Channel Marketing, and Tech & Data., Design strategies and set goals for growth, 360 marketing., Spearheading the development of fully customised ERP platform - Odoo17., Spearheading the development and launch of 4 Tech Apps (EduTech, BDTech, ConsulTech and InvesTech)., Part of the IPO team in the growth story for the company's IPO process., Spearheading the re-branding exercise for the company., Spearheading Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for the company across SEA., Spearheaded the annual SME Capital Entrepreneurship Summit with great success., Organisation management and overall business management and key driver of sales & business development., Lead the events team for the running of weekly, monthly and bi-annual events., Develop and manage the marketing budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources to maximise ROI., Ensure growth and productivity of employees., Achieved more than 300 registrations for the annual SME Capital Entrepreneurship Summit 2024 with special guests from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, investors and Entrepreneurs from across Southeast Asia.
  • Brown Cow Asia (Subsidiary of Now Comms Asia), General Manager, 03/01/20, 09/01/23, Manage an online marketing agency to plan and execute end-to-end marketing strategy and plans for clients., Design strategies and set goals for growth., Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for clients as well as internal marketing for SMBs across SEA., Industry Focus - Tech, Financial Services, FMCG, Telco, F&B, etc., Organisation management and overall business management and key driver as sales & business development., To lead a team of free-lance vendors and individual to execute on clients' project requirements., Leading a team of Events team members to execute clients' events plans., Successfully built up a pool of satisfied clients and re-sold., Control budgets and Optimise expenses., Ensure growth and productivity of employees., Experience in launching and growing exciting brands in Singapore., Acquired several new brand logos across several industries and helped launch campaigns within SEA, and successfully executed the branding campaign of a telco with high sign-ups of more than 300%.
  • Now Communications Group, Head of Digital/ Head of Marketing, 01/01/19, 09/01/23, Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for clients., Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies for inbound and outbound marketing (internal marketing)., Develop digital initiatives and social content to improve brand engagement and drive desirability (both internal (agency) and external (clients))., Manage marketing communications and digital campaigns for industry giants such as VMware, Palo Alto, AWS, OKTA, Oracle, SAP, Veeam, Zoom across APAC/ APJ., Industry Focus - Tech, FinTech, Financial Services, FMCG, Telco, etc., Research and Data Analysis on campaigns/ reporting., Lead the dev team on management of SEO, SEM and SEMrush., Organisation management and overall business management and key driver as sales & business development., To lead a team of free-lance vendors and individual to execute on clients' project requirements., Successfully built up a pool of satisfied clients and re-sold., Launched several successful campaigns and high number of RSVPs for our corporate clients with Record Revenue of $500k and beyond.
  • INCWEB (S) PTE LTD, Founder, Director, 01/01/11, 12/31/18, Start up a local Digital Marketing agency to plan and execute end-to-end marketing strategy and plans for clients., Managed the ad space inventories of 5 portals (lifestyle, home improvement and baby)., Organisation management and overall business management and key driver as sales & business development., Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies and plans for clients., Spearheading the Marketing and Digital departments to develop and execute end-to-end marketing strategies for inbound and outbound marketing (internal marketing)., Develop digital initiatives and social content to improve brand engagement and drive desirability (both internal (agency) and external (clients))., Research and Data Analysis on campaigns/ reporting., Lead the dev team on management of SEO, SEM and SEMrush., To lead a team of free-lance vendors and individual to execute on clients' project requirements., Successfully built up a pool of satisfied clients and re-sold (FMCG and Retail Industries)., Experience in launching and growing exciting brands in Singapore., Record Revenue generation of more than S$1M annual revenue.
  • ACE WOODCRAFTS, Founder, Director, 01/01/15, 12/31/17, Start up a local carpentry workshop to drive opportunities with clientele for interior designers., Organisation management and key driver as sales & business development for carpentry business both direct homeowners and interior designers., Take the lead role in hiring of skilled carpenters, and the daily operations of the carpentry firm., Secure carpentry projects from the Interior Designers., Oversee and Project Manage each residential/ commercial project from the initial stage of design to measurement to fabrication and installation., Responsibility for the sales process from initial point of contact (lead generation), presentations, pitching and execution., Ensure good quality and after installation service projecting our values of new modern carpentry business., Sold the business.
  • MEDIACORP PTE LTD, Account Director, 01/01/08, 12/31/11, Responsible to drive corporate accounts sales monthly and quarterly targets for MediaCorp., Plan & execute clients' event & product launches., Align client's media planning with marketing plans to optimize budget and achieve ROI., Worked with industries across Automotive, F&B, Petroleum, Telco, etc., Top Salesperson Award with more than S$3M Revenue generated.
  • BAIN & MERCER GROUP (Google Partner), Marketing & Sales Senior Manager, 01/01/06, 12/31/08, To drive business development on digital media acquisition for Google., Manage client SEM/SEO and social media campaigns on platforms., Won Top Sales Award Monthly.
  • POSTERSCOPE SE ASIA, Manager, Marketing and Sales, 01/01/05, 12/31/06, Responsible for regional sales and marketing activities that includes Outdoor Advertising - Façade Banner, Lightbox Display, Large Format/ Transit/ Ambience Advertising., Managing the editorial content and design for the relevant print magazine., Assistance to the Marketing Manager and General Manager., Service and manage the key accounts within the agency, managing all their branding cum marketing collaterals, campaigns and events., Liaise between our counterparts in the overseas marketing as well as the personnel from the Media Agency for the buying and allocation of ad space with the allocated ad budget., Successfully launch several new product lines within our clients' business., Delivered timely and creative marketing campaigns with the budget allocated., Responded all emails within turn-around time of 24hrs., Best Performance Award.
  • MEDIA VISION PTE LTD (Creative Agency), Assistant Manager, Marketing Department, 01/01/03, 12/31/05, Responsible for account servicing, managing several key accounts and assisting General Manager for the business development and planning of clients' marketing campaign and launches., In charge of organizing events for clients., Planning of strategic marketing campaign for clients., Assisting General Manager in all business development opportunities for the company., Manage company's outdoor ad space., Developing and designing all marketing collaterals., Business wind up due to management decision/ change in business model.

Remunerationexpectation

SGD16,500, Guaranteed SGD200,000, Happy to discuss, negotiable

Availabilitytostart

Immediate

Professional Development

  • Course for Content Marketing for Social Media Platforms
  • Tom Hopkins Sales Course
  • Trained to do corporate business tie up/ networking sessions

Timeline

Chief Marketing Officer

PIF Capital Pte Ltd
11.2023 - 12.2024

General Manager

Brown Cow Asia (Subsidiary of Now Comms Asia)
03.2020 - 09.2023

Head of Digital/ Head of Marketing

Now Communications Group
01.2019 - 09.2023

Founder, Director

ACE WOODCRAFTS
01.2015 - 01.2017

Founder, Director

INCWEB (S) PTE LTD
01.2011 - 01.2018

Account Director

MEDIACORP PTE LTD
01.2008 - 01.2011

Marketing & Sales Senior Manager

BAIN & MERCER GROUP (Google Partner)
01.2006 - 01.2008

NATIONAL UNIVERISTY OF IRELAND (Kaplan)

Bachelor of Science from Marketing
01.2006 - 1 2008

Manager, Marketing and Sales

POSTERSCOPE SE ASIA
01.2005 - 01.2006

Assistant Manager, Marketing Department

MEDIA VISION PTE LTD (Creative Agency)
01.2003 - 01.2005

TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC

Diploma from Marketing
01.2002 - 1 2004

SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY SCHOOL

GCE 'O' Levels
01.1996 - 1 2000
Camila ChenChief Marketing Officer