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Theo Marsh for Northwind

Lifecycle & growth marketer applying for the Growth Marketing Lead role. I help B2B field-service teams turn trial sign-ups into activated, paying accounts.

Cover letter

01 Why I'm applying

Northwind's work on field-service software stands out because it solves a genuinely operational problem — coordinating work that happens outside the office, where most tools fall apart. I'm drawn to the Growth Marketing Lead role specifically because activation and onboarding are the parts of B2B products I've spent the last six years inside, and field-service is a category where getting a crew live in week one is the whole ballgame.

02 Why I think I fit

At Cohort Labs I owned trial-to-paid for a scheduling platform and moved activation from 31% to 44% in three quarters. The work was equal parts funnel analysis, lifecycle email, customer interviews, and close collaboration with product and sales — the same blend Northwind's job description asks for.

03 How I'd start

In the first 30 days I'd map your current onboarding funnel end-to-end, find the two or three steps where new crews stall, and ship a measurable activation experiment against the biggest one — rather than redesigning everything at once.

Tailored for this role

How I can help Northwind

Specific to the Growth Marketing Lead posting and what I could read from your product, pricing, and customer stories.

01

Audit the onboarding funnel and find the drop-off

Instrument the path from sign-up to first scheduled job, then rank the stalls — usually crew invites, calendar import, or the first dispatch.

02

Build lifecycle email for teams that start but don't finish setup

Behaviour-triggered sequences that get an admin to invite their crew and book the first job in week one, not week four.

03

Turn customer outcomes into sales-ready proof

Lightweight case studies and ROI one-pagers from your existing happy accounts, so the sales team stops rebuilding decks from scratch.

04

Tighten trial-to-demo conversion with clearer messaging

Rewrite the activation moments and pricing page around the job-to-be-done, then A/B test against the current flow.

Relevant experience

Where I've done this before

The two roles closest to what Northwind is hiring for. Full history is in the resume.

Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager · Cohort Labs (B2B scheduling SaaS)

2022 — Present
  • Owned trial-to-paid activation; raised it from 31% to 44% across three quarters through onboarding email and in-app guidance.
  • Ran 40+ user interviews and rebuilt the first-session experience around the first booked job, cutting time-to-activation by 9 days.
  • Shipped a lifecycle program (welcome, setup nudges, win-back) that added $610K in net-new ARR in its first year.

Growth Marketing Manager · Tilt (field-ops mobile app)

2019 — 2022
  • Built the demand and activation funnel from scratch for a field-ops product, taking it from 0 to 4,200 active teams.
  • Launched a self-serve onboarding track that let 62% of new accounts reach value without a sales call.
  • Partnered weekly with product and sales on funnel reviews — the cross-functional rhythm Northwind's role describes.

Selected proof

Numbers I'm able to share

Metrics from shipped work, chosen because they map to what this role is measured on.

+13pts

Trial-to-paid activation

31% → 44% on a B2B scheduling product through onboarding email and in-app guidance.

$610K

Net-new ARR

From a single lifecycle program in its first year — welcome, setup nudges, and win-back.

−9days

Time to first value

Rebuilt the first-run experience around the first booked job for field crews.

Resume details

Skills, tools & background

Lifecycle & growth

Activation & onboarding Lifecycle email Funnel analysis A/B testing Positioning & messaging Customer interviews

Tools

Customer.io Amplitude HubSpot Segment Looker Figma SQL (intermediate)

BSc, Marketing & Statistics

University of Washington · 2015

Reforge — Growth Series

Retention + Engagement and Activation programs · 2021

Earlier roles

Marketing Associate, Brightpath (2016–2019). Full history available on request or in the downloadable resume.

Location

Seattle, WA · open to remote and hybrid · authorized to work in the US.

Let's talk about the Growth Marketing Lead role.

I made this page just for the Northwind application. Email is the fastest way to reach me — or grab the resume as a PDF.