Kelly Barrett

Marketing & Brand Strategist | 15+ Years Driving Scalable Growth for Global Brands | CX, Insight-Driven Strategy, Integrated Campaigns

Role
Growth Marketing Manager at Nordstrom
Location
Corona del Mar, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Kelly Barrett

Senior brand and marketing strategist with 16+ years of experience shaping brand direction, driving revenue, and leading high-performing teams across retail, automotive, entertainment, biotech, and digital-first industries. Expert at turning complex insights into simple, actionable strategies that accelerate growth, elevate customer engagement, and strengthen brand equity. Recognized for uniting cross-functional partners around clear business goals, balancing creativity with commercial impact, and delivering strategies that perform.CORE CAPABILITIES:• Brand Strategy & Marketing (Digital & Traditional)• Campaign Development• Consumer & Cultural Insights (Qualitative/Quantitative)• Account & Project Management• Cross-Functional Leadership • Executive, Client & Stakeholder Relationships• Personalization & AI-Driven CX• Measurement, KPIs & Reporting Analysis• Data-Driven Optimization & UX Testing• Partner Strategy, New Business DevelopmentTECHNICAL SKILLS:• CRM & Growth: Salesforce, Hubspot, Marketo, Optimizely, Active Campaign.• Paid Media: Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, SEO.• Project Mgmt: Asana, Jira, Trello, Monday, Airtable.• Data: Tableau, Google Analytics, Pixel, Amplitude, Power BI, Reporting Analysis.• UX: Figma, User & A/B Testing, Site Mapping.• eComm: Shopify, Magento, Zendesk. • Design: Figma, Invision, Adobe.• Communications: Corporate Messaging, B2B, B2C, Social, Email, Media Relations, PR.• Utility: MS Office, Keynote, Google Docs.

Experience

  1. Growth Marketing Manager

    Nordstrom

    Nov 2024 — Present

    Drive +12% YoY growth by transforming customer insights into actionable business strategies, event-driven activations, and cross-brand initiatives that elevate engagement and drive sustained incremental sales.• Build cross-functional GTM playbooks that unify sales, marketing, and product partners (Skims, Nike, beauty), improving funnel efficiency and category performance across regions.• Implement AI-driven personalization within CRM systems, enhancing conversation, retention, and CLV.• Partner with senior leadership to define regional strategy, leading activations that deepened brand loyalty and delivered measurable commercial returns.• Establish performance frameworks and executive dashboards to align marketing KPIs with business outcomes, improving agility and decision-making.

Education

  • University of Amsterdam

    Bachelor of Science, Communications and Media

    2009 — 2009

  • California State University, Fullerton

    Graduate Certificate, User Experience and Customer-Centered Design

    2015 — 2016

  • University of Southern California

    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies

    2006 — 2010

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