Moonshot

STRATEGIC MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS

Collaborating with diverse and project teams to shape marketing and communication strategies, leading to the successful launch of 110+ startups, generating thousands of pieces of earned media worth millions of dollars in advertising equivalent.

AWARD WINNING BRAND DEVELOPMENT + MANAGEMENT

Crafting breakthrough categories and strategic narratives, enhancing brand positioning, culminating in prestigious client awards, including "Best State Court Research and Analytics Platform 2023," "Fast Company Innovative By Design 2021,"  and " Central Banking Finnovator of the Year Award 2021".

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS + THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Devising and implemented marketing and comms plans with project leads, coordinating w/ subject matter experts to drive national and industry-specific media messaging. Successfully prepared an executive client for testimony before the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and Task Force on Financial Technology.

Orchestrating speaker and influencer programs featuring high-profile figures such as Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan.

CREATIVE CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT

Utilizing a range of storytelling mediums (short-form video, image carousels, social audio events, podcasting, and online courses) to engage key audiences and convey compelling project narratives.


Staying ahead of digital and traditional marketing trends, executing integrated marketing initiatives like a street marketing campaign at SXSW involving a 10-person team, and art directing out-of-home advertisements in Times Sq.

Proactively exploring new technologies and trends, venturing into diverse fields such as remote sensing, hyper spectral imaging, agricultural water rights management, and legaltech.

EVENTS AND INFLUENCER PROGRAMS

Masterminding notable events, including the private hedge fund investor summit Compound:Thesis, and a high-profile launch event for 300+ Atrium stakeholders, raising over $35,000 in event sponsorship.

Founder | Global Director of Marketing and Public Relations

First Round Fast Track

Working 1:1 with First Round network founders to identify opportunities to share their stories and build personal and professional brands that deliver on business objectives such as fundraising, recruiting and customer development. First Round Fast Track mentors meet bi-weekly for 12 weeks per cohort.

Mentor - Public Relations 

Alchemist Accelerator

Founder pitch practice, message crafting and PR roundtables with leading technology industry reporters from The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch.

Mentor - Public Relations

StartX.

Empowered early-stage startups with strategic insight into marcomms, effectively positioning their unique stories to reach key audiences, including mainstream media, and key stakeholders. Leveraging my 10+ years of experience in PR, marketing, and branding, I've developed and implemented repeatable frameworks spanning content, social media, and events to elevate early stage founders and teams. My deep understanding of the innovation ecosystem and climate sustainability has resulted in notable brand growth and industry awareness for StartX companies.

500 Startups

Supporting multiple cohorts of portfolio companies with public relations training and hands-on growth communications and go-to-market mentorship  with global early stage founders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, Nigeria Poland Mexico, South Korea, etc.

Mentor - Marketing and Communications 

SparkPR

Senior Communications Manager

Cleantech Law Partners

VP Business Development

Google

Intern, Google News

Viacom

Marketing Intern - MTV

Strategic storyteller and publicist driving scalable marketing outcomes for Silicon Valley executives and brands. I craft category-defining narratives that have helped companies raise $1.5 billion in new investment

Every great company is actually a social movement.

Bring me a highly-technical founder with a muddy storyline, and I will deliver a movement leader with a sparkling new narrative that dominates headlines, and drives business results. 

I’m a media storyteller, community-builder, and thought partner to high-performing executives, investors and visionary founders. 

Together we activate audiences to tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges with ingenuity, passion and deep expertise.  

Everyone says they’re result-driven, but over the past decade I’ve consistently transformed high-growth technology founders into category leaders, launching more than 80 startups that have earned thousands of media features. 

Collectively my clients have raised more than $1.5 billion from the top venture capital funds and private equity groups. 

Leveraging my extensive network of investors, operators and media, I curate unforgettable events that lead to strategic relationships and unlock opportunities that propel my clients to the head of the line. 

I don’t win awards, but my clients do. 

Whether it's being recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company, Central Banking Magazine’s Finnovator of the Year, or receiving the Core77 Design Sustainability Award, the founders I support stand out among their peers year after year.

After 14 years in the heart of Silicon Valley, I remain fired up about technologies that tackle humanity’s greatest challenges, including food security, global warming, and how the rise of artificial intelligence will impact small business owners, knowledge workers, creative professionals and educators.

When I’m not working you can find me coaching my son’s soccer team, nerding out about all things Arsenal Football Club, or exploring San Francisco’s bounty of mysterious nooks and crannies on two legs. 

I’m a lover of spicy food, black coffee and true crime documentaries. 

Lifetime learner.

I only work with clients I know I can help. 

Reach me at: chikodi@moonshotpr.com

Chikodi Chima

Fluent

Fluent is the product marketing studio for startups looking to cut through the noise, stand out, and accelerate growth. We identify and implement persuasion strategies that communicate your unique value in clear, crisp, and compelling ways.

Our approach combines strategic positioning, compelling messaging, and unique branding to help you turn prospects into customers. 

Fluent is how fast-growing startups get ahead, build pipeline, and close more deals.

Vendia

🥇 First product marketing leader 
🎯 Drove positioning exercise and workshop with executive team
📣 Launched new positioning and messaging including new sales and technical decks
🔭 Led category creation and analyst relation efforts

Head of Product Marketing

Hiya Inc.

🥇  First product marketer
🎁  Established clear structure and definition for product offering and value proposition
 🎯 Launched new messaging, positioning, and website
📱 Led go-to-market strategy for mobile ecosystem business worldwide
🏷 Collaborated with senior leadership on pricing strategy
💰 Helped renew and close deals with Samsung, AT&T, Telenor, Rogers, and Ericsson

Sr. Product Marketing Manager

Textio

🥇 First marketing hire
🗺 Created LinkedIn ad with the 6th highest Click-Through-Rate in the tech industry worldwide
🛠 Built the foundation for marketing infrastructure and programs
📥 Built out paid lead generation from scratch to become the main driver of leads
📈 Growth Team Lead responsible for acquiring and converting paid and organic leads
🙏 Collaborated with engineering, operations, design, and sales teams on campaign execution  
💡 Led quarterly innovation summits to seed ideas and concepts across the company

Senior Marketing Manager

LiveStories

🥇 First marketing hire
💯 Helped scale the business from a handful to over 100 organizations in 18 months.
🏗 Built out marketing strategy, messaging, processes, team, and assets from scratch
🤙 Established, tested, and optimized inbound and outbound marketing tactics and processes

Marketing Manager

Techstars Seattle

💵 Assessed 600 company pitches with the goal of identifying the top 10 investments
🖼 Developed assessment framework to facilitate the selection of investment candidates
🔥Advised selected companies on messaging, positioning, and branding

Associate

Yes Lab

🔥 Advised businesses on branding, marketing strategy, and customer experience
🏆 Won the People’s Award at Danish Social Innovation Club’s annual conference in 2013
🔍Completed UX research at retail shops, music festivals, and Copenhagen Airports

Co-founder

NNE Pharmaplan A/S

📊 Led budgeting and reporting process for the largest business area ($100m+)
💻 Analyzed business performance data and reported to executive management
⚖️ Developed new corporate business performance measurement system

Junior Business Controller

🎊 Managed implementation of new corporate brand and visual identity
📝 Created business performance report for local management team and trained staff
💸 Designed and implemented initiatives for improving performance measurement

Novo Nordisk A/S

💥Developed and executed internal marketing and branding campaign for new department
🎥 Designed storytelling concept praised by corporate HQ and adopted by other subsidiaries

Marketing Intern

Assistant Controller

Fluent is the product marketing studio for startups looking to cut through the noise, stand out, and accelerate growth. We identify and implement persuasion strategies that communicate your unique value in clear, crisp, and compelling ways. 

Our approach combines strategic positioning, differentiated messaging, and unique branding to help your company turn prospects into customers. With Fluent, you not only get the strategic foundation for your marketing and sales motions, we also help you implement the strategy wherever you show up. 

Fluent is how fast-growing startups get ahead, build pipeline, and close more deals.

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