Zelio Freire
Zelio Freire

Head of Growth | Growth Marketing Executive

Open to offers · Member since 10 Nov 2026
Location
Southern California, United States
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I am a growth marketing executive with more than 16 years of experience leading full-funnel acquisition, lifecycle, and revenue growth for fintech, SaaS, AI, crypto, and B2B businesses.

I develop go-to-market strategies that connect marketing, sales, demand generation, and customer lifecycle programs around measurable revenue outcomes. My expertise includes paid acquisition, SEO, conversion optimization, CRM, marketing automation, lead generation, retention, and brand positioning.

I have managed marketing budgets exceeding $2M and delivered measurable commercial results, including growing revenue from $12M to $20M, achieving 11.5x ROAS, generating 140% ROI, and reducing CAC through automation and optimization.

I build AI-native growth systems and experimentation programs that improve campaign execution, prospect research, lead qualification, creative scoring, analytics, and forecasting. I use KPI dashboards, OKRs, and performance models to create alignment across teams.

I have built and led high-performing marketing organizations, scaling teams from one to twelve people and mentoring global marketers. I am open to remote opportunities and relocation.

Skills

40 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Collaboration

Design

Development

Marketing and Sales Tools

Experience

Career history

Head of Marketing Axcera

Led marketing for a B2B SaaS trading-infrastructure platform serving B2B, B2C, and B2B2C audiences. Built a five-year go-to-market and growth strategy to align sales, demand generation, and marketing around market-share expansion.

Built specialist AI-agent capabilities for content, SEO, social media, analytics, branding, and campaign execution with human approval gates. Reduced marketing operating costs by 65%, increased social media traffic by 109%, and increased website visitors by 13% while improving coordination across brand, communications, sales, and marketing operations.

Co-Founder & Head of Growth Lemonless AI

Co-founded an AI automation and growth services company serving B2B clients. Led full-funnel acquisition systems, AI-enabled prospect research, lead qualification, outreach workflows, paid media, and sales-marketing alignment.

Reduced CAC by 30% while increasing LTV and improved conversion by 15% through automated growth workflows. Increased brand awareness by 60% through Meta, Google, and LinkedIn campaigns, and led a website and brand redesign that increased time on site by 70% and improved retention.

Marketing Director AI Technologies Co

Owned omnichannel growth strategy and a marketing budget exceeding $2M for a fintech proprietary-trading platform. Contributed to revenue growth from $12M to $20M, representing 68% year-over-year growth, along with a 27% profit increase.

Achieved 11.5x ROAS and 140% ROI across Google paid search, Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and programmatic advertising. Built lifecycle, email, SMS, affiliate, loyalty, SEO, and thought-leadership programs; scaled the marketing team from 1 to 12; and implemented KPI dashboards, forecasting models, and OKRs.

Global Marketing Manager Be In Crypto

Managed global marketing for a crypto news and education publisher. Launched seven language editions, increasing monthly visitors by 40% and helping the publication achieve a top-five crypto news ranking.

Improved UX conversion by 20% through A/B testing and heat-map optimization. Drove 35% growth in global engagement through SEO, multilingual expansion, and content strategy, while hiring, leading, and mentoring more than 10 marketers.

Marketing Manager Trend Group

Managed a marketing budget exceeding $500K across the United States and Canada. Increased conversions by 43% through digital marketing and campaign optimization.

Expanded the organization's digital footprint tenfold through SEO, PPC, and paid social initiatives. Led a brand refresh that increased visibility by 30%.

Growth Consultant (Freelance) Zaafa Consulting

Advised more than 12 startups on growth strategy, funnel optimization, go-to-market planning, market positioning, and market research. Helped clients establish practical frameworks for scaling acquisition and conversion.

Reduced client advertising spend by 20% while tripling ROI. Delivered CRM implementations and marketing automation workflows to improve lead management and campaign effectiveness.

Media Director GMarketing

Progressed from Media Analyst to Media Director at a marketing organization in Fortaleza, Brazil. Managed media strategy across more than 10 client accounts.

Grew client revenue by 41% and profit by 13% through campaign strategy and media optimization. Received four state media awards for campaign strategy.

Education

Learning history

Saint Leo University

MBA, Management

Master of Business Administration in Management.

Estácio de Sá University

Bachelor of Marketing, Marketing

Bachelor's degree in Marketing.

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