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Shahid BilalSB

Shahid Bilal

Director Growth Marketing ( Ex VP @ The Economist)

€289/day
London, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Shahid

Result-driven marketing leader with 17+ years’ experience accelerating growth, shaping GTM strategy, and driving digital transformation across global markets. Combines deep
expertise in AI, marketing automation, and data-led decision making with a track record of building high-performing teams and delivering measurable commercial impact. Adept at
translating complex technology into customer value, scaling early-stage propositions, and leading marketing functions that elevate brand, drive demand, and support long-term business growth.

Career Highlights
  • Headed UK’s international trade campaigns to deliver £1.2 B direct return.
  • Increased in-app subscriptions for The Economist by 400% within 6 months.
  • 50% subscriptions increase from the US market for the Economist.
  • Data-driven approach to deliver growth for The Economist's less profitable markets.
  • Implemented marketing automation for LHH, delivering 15% revenue increase ($45M).
  • Launched UK Government’s export marketplace, registering 80K exporters.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Olepsa AI
    Director Growth Marketing
    TECH
    April 2025 - May 2026 (1 year and 1 month)
    Londonderry, United Kingdom
    • • Led development and go-to-market for an enterprise AI governance platform, translating technical capabilities into differentiated value propositions and adoption strategies.
    • • Defined and executed AI-driven growth strategies using marketing automation, data insights, and experimentation to drive pipeline, engagement, and scalable demand.
    • • Built and aligned cross-functional teams across product, engineering, and commercial functions to deliver cohesive product-marketing execution and revenue impact.
    • • Designed the marketing technology and automation ecosystem, enabling advanced segmentation, lifecycle orchestration, and full-funnel optimisation.
    • • Shaped the category narrative and thought-leadership agenda, establishing Olepsa as a trusted voice in responsible AI and elevating enterprise brand credibility.
    • • Partnered with product and engineering to influence roadmap and ensure market fit, customer alignment, and clear commercial pathways for new AI capabilities.
    • • Drove early-stage commercialisation, including pricing, positioning, messaging, and sales enablement to support enterprise acquisition and growth.
    Performance Marketing AI Marketing Automation Growth hacking Growth Marketing Conversion rate optimisation
  • The Economist Group
    VP Growth Marketing & AI Innovations
    PUBLISHING
    November 2022 - April 2025 (2 years and 5 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    • • Delivering full-funnel marketing strategy to drive awareness, demand, and conversions.
    • • Developing and executing growth strategies to achieve growth targets, focusing on customer acquisition, engagement and retention globally.
    • • End-to-end management of digital campaigns and performance optimisation.
    • • Spearheaded the development and deployment of enterprise-grade AI models to enhance customer segmentation, predictive analytics, and campaign optimisation.
    • • Drove adoption of advanced NLP and led cross-functional teams in integrating machine learning solutions into marketing workflows, reducing manual workload and improving decision accuracy.
    • • Established an AI-driven marketing automation roadmap that increased lead conversion rates and reduced acquisition costs
    Full funnel Marketing AI Marketing Automation Performance Marketing Conversion rate optimisation Growth Marketing
  • Adecco Group (LHH)
    SVP Global Digital Marketing
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    September 2018 - October 2021 (3 years and 1 month)
    New York, United States
    Working for LHH (part of Adecco a Fortune 500 company) my responsibilities included
    • • Constantly driving UX improvements ensuring that data and user insights are at the heart of creation, development, and evolution of our digital channels.
    • • Optimising 18 country websites in 11 languages for the best SEO and UX possible.
    • • Leading and implementing digital marketing strategy globally for all digital channels including social media, content, PPC, SEO, email, website, and automation platform.
    • • Overseeing demand generation and lead generation campaigns across all owned and paid digital channels including website, social media, PPC, SEO, and email.
    • • Leading digital transformation, measuring, tracking, and optimising engagement from the top of the funnel throughout the customer journey.
    • • Developing, and implementing a cohesive account-based marketing (ABM) plan that aligned with business goals.
    • • Delivering end-to-end implementation of our marketing automation platform (Pardot). Increased LinkedIn page followers from 80K to 2M Lead generation campaigns delivered CPL of $17 benchmark was $150 Doubled our organic web traffic within 6 months of the website Global implementation of marketing automation resulted in 15% revenue increase
    Account Based Marketing Digital Marketing User Experience Performance Marketing Conversion rate optimisation

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Education

  • Professional Diploma in Marketing
    Chartered Institute of Marketing, CIM
    2013
    Professional Diploma in Marketing
  • BA
    Glasgow Caledonian University
    2010
    BA

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