Marketing
My broad generalist skills are complemented by deep experience in digital and content marketing. Branding and marketing are not one-size-fits-all, so my approach centers on building content and campaigns that prove the legitimacy of each company’s offerings and build loyalty with their specific audiences. Good marketing is a balance between style and substance: it can look and sound slick, but is must be authentic and actually valuable.
Project Samples
Girls Garage | 2019-2020
Girls Garage is a nonprofit design and building workspace that uses carpentry, welding, architecture, engineering, and activist art to expand girls’ sense of power and agency. After serving as a consultant, I joined the team as the full-time Creative Director focused on visual design, content creation, and brand storytelling.
Owned marketing strategy and execution, both for day-to-day and special projects/events
Designed and wrote outbound communications for website, social media, and email
Planned and executed marketing and PR for book launch and promotion
Supported development with collateral design, copy editing, and highly-effective fundraising campaigns across our marketing channels
Increased website visits by 66%, visitors by 72%, and pageviews by 48% year-over-year
Used analytics and creativity to boost Instagram engagement by 138%
Created 2019 annual impact report
Helped expand printmaking and art programming through the risograph printshop and first wave of artists-in-residence
Limn Colors | 2016-2020
Limn Colors (closed) creates artist-grade watercolor paints that emphasize the unique properties of each pigment. Paints are made from scratch with high pigment loads and no fillers, and packaged in half pans with lids that are 3d printed in-house with compostable PLA. As the founder of Limn Colors, I wore all the hats, including operations, finance, customer service, administration, and of course, marketing.
Developed product, packaging, and company identity, built an engaging, inimitable brand from the ground up
Created website, social media, and email content to share company story, work, and process and to connect with customers about painting
Taught watercolor classes: created curriculum and student outreach materials, researched and wrote watercolor book for participants, provided individualized and group instruction
Presented watercolor paintmaking demonstration and pigment overview at Exploratorium, Maker Faire Bay Area, and Flax Art & Design
The Crucible | 2016-2017
The Crucible is a nonprofit organization and art school dedicated to making the fine and industrial arts accessible for all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. During my tenure as the senior marketing executive at the country’s largest industrial arts makerspace, marketing capabilities and sophistication grew significantly, in both customer-facing and backend process / tooling, resulting in hitting ambitious revenue, enrollment, and community engagement targets.
Produced print and digital ad campaigns, social media content, postal mail campaigns, and weekly email newsletter
Led a complete overhaul of the website and online store, with significant contributions to content strategy, copywriting, information architecture, and user experience
Collaborated with development team on assets and campaigns for donations, memberships, and grants
Improved presence, collateral, and effectiveness at open houses and events
GT Nexus | 2013-2016
GT Nexus (acquired) is a B2B cloud supply chain company for manufacturers, retailers, and logistics providers. For GT Nexus, I led the digital marketing team that increased site visitors 25% and resource library pageviews 176%, grew social media audience 75% and engagement 150%, and accrued 600,000+ YouTube video views.
Grew presence and engagement across all online channels and continually adjusted approach according to digital analytics and best practices
Led technical and design projects (project management, wireframing, content, debugging, liaising with DevOps, launch, and team training) with digital agency and collaborated with in-house creative team to produce multimedia assets, websites, digital campaigns, and social media ad campaigns
Owned, optimized for search, and constantly improved corporate websites, including interactive library of ~450 thought leadership assets, a trio of interactive and beautifully designed “why” pages to express the heart of the company, and an intuitively structured portfolio of product offerings
Established editorial calendar and worked with industry segment leaders, subject matter experts, writers, and designers to produce premium content marketing assets including papers, podcast episodes, infographics, articles, and blog posts
IAS | 2011-2013
IAS (acquired) was a SaaS supply chain solution for container shipping and intermodal transportation. For IAS, I managed day-to-day marketing activity, working across departments with product, sales, hr, and client services.
Owned complete marketing plan and execution, including strategy, budget, concept and content creation, project management, and identity
Built entirely new set of print and digital assets to make the large product family cohesive and comprehensible
Managed collateral, presentations, sales tools, press, events, online communities, social media, and new product launches
Handled relationship with graphic design firm, PR agency, videographer, photographer, and consultants
Engaged, inspired, and galvanized the organization around the brand so all could bring it to life in their area of functional expertise
Publications
Writing samples available at amandahinton.com/publications
Composition Art Lab book
Other Marketing Projects
Advertising campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, and Google for TRY Studio Composition Art Lab
Volunteer work for SF Polis website, print material, and outreach
Marketing plan for launch of Knoxville Force, a team joining the National Premier Soccer League
Research and marketing strategy for the East Tennessee Foundation community fund
Informal marketing consulting and mentorship for friends, entrepreneurs, and others in my network
Campaigns led by Amanda Hinton
Imagery and technical development by various artists, agencies, and designers attributed (hover over image) in captions