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Senior marketing input

Build what’s next.
Take it to market.

I help businesses navigate uncharted territory, whether that means entering a new market, reaching an unfamiliar audience or creating a proposition from the ground up. From strategic direction to hands-on early execution, I turn strategy into traction, using content and social media to build visibility, earn trust and reach the right people.

L’Oréal
Geely
Zeekr
Farizon
Cirque du Soleil
Greater Share
Founders Space
Florasis
SheUp
Vercelli
Trendy Adventurer
Global Startup Hub
Xiacheng Global Talent Station

International work spanning beauty, automotive, technology, education, social impact and entrepreneurship.

You see the opportunity.
The way to realise it is less clear.

Business owners are making decisions in a world that refuses to stand still. AI is changing how people discover, evaluate and buy. Markets shift quickly, familiar channels become less reliable, and yesterday’s playbook may no longer produce tomorrow’s growth.

The opportunity may be clear, but the route forward is not. Your team may already be at capacity, the strategic marketing capability may be missing, or the business may be too close to the idea to make the hard choices about audience, proposition and priorities.

This is where senior marketing input creates leverage. I help you interpret what is changing, decide what matters for your business and turn uncertainty into focused action.

Not just advised from the sidelines.

Much of my work starts before there is a proven playbook: a new product, an unfamiliar market, an emerging audience or an ambitious idea that still needs a route into the real world.

I help shape the proposition, identify the audience, build the go-to-market approach and create the foundations for sustainable growth.

01

Product launch

Taking a new product from an emerging proposition to a focused launch and market story.

02

Community building

Helping an early-stage idea become a bootstrapped international community.

03

Market entry

Building go-to-market approaches for brands entering unfamiliar markets, with clear positioning and launch priorities.

04

Proposition development

Creating new offers and propositions from early idea to a focused, workable route to market.

Bring me in when something new needs a route forward.

I work independently as a senior, hands-on marketing partner: shaping the direction, building the first foundations and helping your people carry the work forward.

01

Launching something new

Clarify the proposition, audience, positioning, channels and priorities behind a product, service or venture.

02

Entering a new market

Turn market intelligence into a practical entry plan spanning localisation, partnerships, routes to market and launch priorities.

03

Reaching a new audience

Find a credible way in through sharper messaging, community, content, campaigns and the right routes to trust.

04

Building internal capability

Bring senior challenge, mentoring and practical systems that help your existing people make stronger marketing decisions.

Strategy when you need direction. Execution when it creates momentum.

Start with the unknowns, not a list of tactics.

What must be true for this idea to earn traction?

01Define the opportunity and the commercial outcome

02Identify the audience and the assumptions worth testing

03Shape a proposition people can understand and choose

04Build a focused route to market

05Learn from the first signals and strengthen what works

The goal is not a perfect strategy deck. It is enough clarity to make strong decisions, test the right things and build momentum without wasting effort.

Nadia BukinaOutside perspective.
Inside capability.

Strategic thinking, grounded in business reality.

I’m Nadia, an independent marketing strategist with more than 10 years’ international B2B and B2C experience across education, technology, automotive and beauty.

I have worked on new products, propositions, markets and communities, often when there was no established playbook and the first route forward still had to be built.

I also understand what happens behind the plan: competing stakeholders, limited resources, commercial targets, last-minute requests and good ideas stranded in the backlog.

I bring an outside perspective, senior challenge and enough hands-on involvement to turn a direction into something real, useful and ready to grow.

Trusted to turn direction into momentum.

“Nadia played a key role in shaping our brand voice, setting measurable objectives for our social strategy and implementing a clear, structured content calendar.”

+73% members reached · +69% page views
Dorothea Arndt · Greater Share

“By thoroughly analysing the competitive activity, she created a plan and engaged the whole organisation in it.”

The brand grew ahead of the market
Andrey Konnikov · L’Oréal

“She was incredibly thorough in her research and thoughtful in her views on where we should direct the strategy.”

Go-to-market · research · prioritisation
Manshu Agarwal · Payment platform start-up

What are you trying to build, launch or take somewhere new?

I do not start by selling you a predetermined package. We start with a 30-minute conversation about the opportunity, the unknowns and where senior marketing input could make the biggest difference.

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