I help dynamic businesses and high-potential team members grow faster

Practical guidance and actions that generate quantifiable results

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Leveraging know-how gained from two+ decades of expanding brands and increasing revenue, I help:

Businesses improve marketing capabilities and marketing impact, increasing their rates of growth

Team members increase their marketing & leadership skills

About Josh Cole

Award-winning, entrepreneurial marketing leader who's generated significant, measurable growth in every role.

▪️ Led marketing for three growing companies, including Sky Zone which expanded over 3x while Global CMO. Led all of Universal Studios Hollywood’s digital initiatives, growing annual ecommerce sales +$125M

▪️ Published & quoted in Adweek, Forbes, Marketing Brew, etc. Presented about data-driven marketing at Brandweek and Adweek Outlook

▪️ Skilled at building and leading high-performing teams that grow businesses and have fun while doing so

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Services

Marketing consulting:

I work with a range of businesses, from tech startups to retailers, with particular expertise in multi-unit consumer businesses (hospitality, entertainment, services).

Leadership coaching:

With great outcomes, I’ve mentored team members in industries including retailers, agencies, tech, consumer products and entertainment. My speciality is coaching early and mid-career marketers as they take on (or prepare for) greater levels of responsibility including people management.

Engagement Types

For when you need senior executive level knowledge, acumen & team leadership, but you’re not ready to make a full-time senior-level hire.
Previously the full-time CMO or equivalent for 3 companies (and Chief Digital Officer for one), I bring true C-Level experience into organizations in need of marketing leadership for a given number of hours per week.
I provide strategic guidance, sounding-board feedback, and new ideas to founders, executives and marketing team leaders.
My strength as an advisor comes from the knowledge and insight gained from 20 years of executive-level experience in growing companies, both large & small.
I help clients achieve needed outcomes.

I successfully deliver results across a wide range of needs and scenarios: from hands-on project oversight, to filling a role on a cross-functional team, to leading the sourcing and onboarding of new agencies & platforms.
I work with team leaders to help navigate work challenges, prioritize efforts, and set their teams up for success.
I specialize in helping managers improve their leadership skills and prepare themselves for larger roles.

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Succesful Outcomes, Happy Clients

✔️ Oversaw summer marketing campaign, including the brand’s first TikTok advertising. Sales +39% vs. PY

✔️ Led the search & onboarding of a new agency for media buying, creative and CRO. Secured more deliverables and better service with 28% annual cost savings

✔️ Recommended and launched client’s first CTV campaign, generating needed brand awareness in new markets while generating measured ROI. 2.6x Return On Ad Spend

✔️ Named interim CMO after morale had plummeted and key team members were planning exits. Quickly and significantly turned-around team spirit, preventing exits. 0% of likely turnover occurred

✔️ Initiated conversion rate optimization initiatives which significantly increased organic leads for a client’s key product, resulting in 27% lower cost per lead

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"I've had the opportunity to work with countless professionals in the corporate and consulting worlds... Without question, Josh is one of the best leaders and individuals I've encountered."

C. Nelson, CFO, Universal Studios Hollywood (former)
“Not many marketing executives can say they took a brand from little-known to globally recognized. This is what Josh did for Sky Zone. He is a dedicated, hard-working leader extremely knowledgeable about all facets of marketing.”

J. Platt, President, Sky Zone (former)
“Josh was amazing to work with! He was an advisor to my company and helped strengthen our leadership, strategy/vision, and comms. He helped me refine a very crucial strategy deck... I cannot recommend Josh enough!"

N. Gutterman, Marketing Director, VSCO (former)
“I have worked with many great marketing professionals over my 30 year career. Josh Cole is at the top of the list!! Not only is he a great marketer, but he is an exceptional leader."

B. Launsby, Founder & CEO, Slick City Action Park