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Elmer Tabby Taboada

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 6, 2022

Elmer is a hands-on strategist and a digital marketing leader with 18 years of experience in eCommerce and online marketing. His multidisciplinary marketing experience has resulted in solid knowledge of people leadership, branding, Google Analytics, and Google Ads. Elmer specializes in email and affiliate marketing, search engine optimization, Facebook advertising, website management, paid and organic media strategies, and online lead generation.

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Zara Baker

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since June 10, 2024

Zara is an MIT-trained interdisciplinary marketer and a former scientist with 16+ years of experience across industries in the US and internationally. Her expertise includes digital and AI transformation, customer experience personalization, brand planning, product launch, and commercial strategy. Zara is the chief digital innovation officer at VUE Health, where she launched the generative AI platform VUEVO.

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Andre N. Walker

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since April 3, 2024

Andre is a digital performance marketer and project manager with eight years of extensive experience in digital marketing project management, web management, brand strategy, and digital strategy. His expertise extends across brands such as Uber, Nestle Purina, HubSpot, and Acorns, where he has managed full-project lifecycles for 5+ years. Andre has led multiple initiatives where his projects with brands have increased open rates and CTR by 17%, driven leads by 40%, and grown revenue by 33%.

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Alex Frates

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since September 3, 2024

Alex blends unique skills that connect business, technology, and people to create engaging and transformative digital experiences. He brings leadership and vision to global digital engagement teams, integrating marketing, sales, technology, and business development assets into new business value. Alex has delivered excellence in B2B and B2C initiatives, from small businesses to Fortune 500 clients.

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Chandler Diggs

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC-04:00
United States
Toptal Member Since June 5, 2023

Chandler is an experienced digital strategist with a track record of creating and executing successful worldwide strategies for diverse global audiences at Google and IBM, as well as developing and executing GTM strategies from scratch on the startup and SMB levels. His expertise lies in bringing together integrated experiences across owned, earned, and paid media to increase engagement, leads, and sales.

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Justine Stanley

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since August 16, 2023

Justine is a brand and marketing expert with 15+ years of experience leading brand development, positioning, and refreshes and brand and digital marketing for B2B and B2C iconic and startup brands. This includes brand strategy, architecture, identity, tone of voice guides, and guidelines. With solid experience across the breadth of marketing, Justine operates strategically and operationally, translating strategy into tactical-level plans to deliver impactful campaigns.

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Grigor Tomov Yovov

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC+02:00
Bulgaria
Toptal Member Since June 27, 2024

Grigor has experience creating professional digital marketing strategies for businesses in various niches. He leverages HubSpot with search engine optimization (SEO) and conversion rate optimization (CRO) and has improved digital performance for multiple clients, including Pepsi, Hover, Adam Lane Smith, and Future Health. Grigor has a strong background as a lead media buyer in almost all paid ads platforms, including Google Ads, Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn Ads, TikTok Ads, and Twitter Ads.

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Anna Shcherbakova

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC+04:00
Georgia
Toptal Member Since September 4, 2024

Anna is an innovative, award-winning marketing and product manager with 15 years of experience in the food and beverage sector, including PepsiCo and Mars. After starting her career in brand management, she shifted to product management for FMCG, food production, restaurants, delivery, and retail. Anna has an MBA in international economics and a professional product management education. She achieves big goals, negotiates well, learns fast, and speaks four languages.

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Muhammed Ali Jamadar

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC+04:00
United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since October 17, 2022

Mali is a savvy digital and operations marketing manager with 12+ years of experience dealing with the agency, publisher, and client perspectives. Mali had the privilege of leading digital and content marketing, product strategy, and go-to-market operations across the FNB, FMCG, automotive, entertainment, banking, and pharmaceutical industries for well-known brands like McDonald's, Henkel, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Nissan, Disney, WarnerMedia, ADCB, CitiBank, and Boehringer Ingelheim.

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Emiliano Giovannoni

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC+10:00
Australia
Toptal Member Since September 5, 2024

Emiliano is a global-minded marketing executive and former APAC region head of Microsoft's social media marketing (SCC). With over twenty years of experience running marketing functions in leading organizations ranging from Fortune 100 multinationals to VC-funded start-ups in the technology and eCommerce sectors, Emiliano is excited about his next challenge.

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Astrid Tjahja

Freelance Digital Strategist
UTC+10:00
Australia
Toptal Member Since August 21, 2023

Astrid is a passionate problem solver dedicated to bridging the customer-solution gap. With 10+ years of experience in B2B marketing, she has worked in both agency and client-side roles, thriving in creating integrated marketing programs that fuel business growth and foster customer loyalty. With a knack for creative storytelling and analytical thinking, Astrid bridges the customer-solution gap by combining the art and science of marketing, delivering impactful campaigns and meaningful results.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a Digital strategist with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your Digital strategist, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right Digital strategist, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Digital strategists for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Digital strategists to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Digital strategists ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Digital strategists on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Digital strategists can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Digital strategist begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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