Dino Delic

About Dino Delic

I\'ve spent 15+ years inside Meltwater watching brilliant comms teams get sidelined for one reason: they couldn’t connect their work to business outcomes in a way leadership could trust.Most comms teams end up reporting activity instead of proving impact. I help comms leaders change that.As the creator of the Data-Driven Communications (DDC) Framework, I help Fortune comms teams become strategic partners (not order-takers) by building three capabilities most teams never get trained on:→ Strategic Alignment — connect comms work to business priorities and decision-makers→ Actionable Intel — create intelligence leaders can act on, not just dashboards→ Demonstrated Impact — show outcomes and influence, not just outputsProof (from DDC-trained teams):→ 500+ communicators across 300+ organizations have taken the DDC Maturity Assessment→ $2.1M in pipeline influenced by DDC-trained teams across enterprise accounts→ 7-point higher retention among DDC customersI also host Earning Your Seat, a podcast featuring comms leaders who made the leap from order-taker to trusted advisor.I run workshops globally (London, NYC, Tokyo, Sydney, and more), and I lead free weekly sessions for the Data-Driven Communicators Club.If you run a conference, summit, or leadership offsite (or you lead a comms team that wants to level up measurement fast), message me with “speaker” or “workshop” and I’ll send topics + formats.Take the free DDC Maturity Assessment: the free weekly DDC Club sessions:

Experience

1. Head of the Data-driven Communications Research Lab

   Meltwater

   Jan 2025 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   I created the Data-Driven Communications (DDC) Framework to help comms teams stop being seen as order-takers and start earning C-suite credibility.The DDC Framework builds three capabilities:→ Strategic Alignment — connect comms to business priorities→ Actionable Intel — create intelligence, not dashboards→ Demonstrate Impact — prove outcomes, not outputsResults so far:→ 500+ communicators have taken the DDC Maturity Assessment→ $2.1M pipeline influenced by DDC-trained teams→ 7-point higher retention among DDC customersI also host workshops worldwide and lead the free weekly Data-Driven Communicators Run Club.

Education

• Swinburne University of Technology

  Bachelor, Business (Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources Management)

  2004 — 2007

• Glen Eira College

  Victorian Certificate of Education

  1996 — 2001

Skills

• Market Research
• Team Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Public Relations
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation
• Social Media
• Account Management
• Training
• New Business Development
• Social Media Marketing
• Mentoring
• Sales Process
• Saas
• Management
• Marketing Communications
• Sales Management
• Leadership
• Corporate Communications
• Sales