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01 / For founder-led businesses

Senior marketing leadership for businesses that have grown on sales alone.

The strategy, systems and execution of a full marketing team, without the full-time hire.

Marketing + Sales
One commercial engine, not two silos
One senior lead
Direct and accountable, no agency churn
Systems you own
We build it, your team runs it
Where I've delivered
SouthcoForest GardenFilsLuxury ModulesRubix MEPRock Plumbing & Heating
The approach

I connect the dots between marketing and sales for industrial and technical businesses, so every activity is commercially aligned and actually delivers.

No fluff. No vanity metrics. A bespoke plan that unlocks your business, with AI multiplying the output of a lean team.

02 / What I do

How I make growth repeatable.

Not campaigns that spike and fade. Systems that compound.

Service 01

Fractional Marketing Leadership

Senior marketing leadership embedded in your team, without a full-time hire. Strategy, team and accountability from day one.

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Service 02

Marketing systems and ops

The processes, tooling, AI workflows and measurement that make growth predictable. Built with your team, documented to run without me.

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Service 03

Advisory and diagnostics

A clear read on what is working, what is not, and where to focus next. Sharp outside perspective on your growth engine.

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Charlie Barrett
Who you work with

You work with me, not a rotating team.

You have hired agencies before. Expensive retainers, rotating account managers, activity that never turns into results. When it stalls, the problem lands back on your desk.

With me it is different. One senior lead, accountable for the outcome, teaching your team to own the system. You end up sharper, in control, and no longer dependent on an agency.

Or you are about to hire your first marketing person and are not sure what they should actually do. Talk to me before you write the job ad.

03 / The operating system

Advise, then install.

Five steps. Strategy, systems and execution, with AI built in throughout.

01
Audit
Find the gaps, the leaks and the work slowing you down.
02
Strategy
A clear, connected plan built around your real resources and goals.
03
Setup
CRM, email, automation, analytics and AI, all wired together properly.
04
Execution
Consistent, measurable output. Plans that actually turn into work.
05
Optimisation
Review, refine and improve using data and AI-assisted analysis, not guesswork.
04 / Proof

Outcomes, not activity.

12.5x
Return on £1.75M of paid media for a UK garden products manufacturer
+41%
Orders in a year on a $30M ecommerce platform for a global manufacturer
+105%
Organic traffic over three years for a global manufacturer, in nine languages
+40%
Lead growth for a current fractional client

First three from in-house leadership roles at Forest Garden and Southco · Fourth from a current client · Full context shared on the call

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Charlie does not just build systems and hand them over. He worked alongside our team and made sure the knowledge stayed with us.
Anna Martinelli, Marketing Director · Fils

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