
Hillary Alexandre
Verified Expert in Marketing
Marketing Expert
New York, United States
Toptal member since October 6, 2026
Hillary is a senior brand architect and integrated marketing leader with 10+ years of experience building culture-first consumer brands. Her work connects brand, audience, community, and commercial growth across GTM strategy, storytelling, creators, partnerships, experiential, PR, social, and digital. She builds the systems, narratives, and ecosystems that turn attention into participation, cultural relevance, and long-term consumer value.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Brand Strategy
- Branding
- Creative Strategy
- Events
- Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy
- Integrated Marketing Strategy
- Marketing Communications (MarCom)
- Partnership Marketing
Work Experience
Founder and Principal, Brand and Growth Strategy
ALCHMY Consulting + Management
- Advised consumer brands and founders on brand strategy, audience definition, go-to-market planning, growth priorities, and marketing operating models.
- Diagnosed brand and growth constraints across positioning, acquisition, conversion, retention, content, and customer journey to identify the highest-leverage opportunities.
- Built integrated GTM frameworks defining audience priorities, messaging, channel roles, campaign sequencing, measurement principles, and cross-functional responsibilities.
- Developed lightweight planning systems and AI-enabled workflows that improved decision-making, organizational clarity, and speed-to-market.
Associate Director, Integrated Marketing Communications
Keys Soulcare at e.l.f. Beauty
- Led integrated brand and demand strategy, translating business priorities into a connected marketing ecosystem spanning communications, creators, community, partnerships, experiential, and commerce.
- Reframed IMC around full-funnel demand creation, establishing how owned, earned, creator-led, and paid-supported activity could strengthen brand equity while supporting downstream performance.
- Built strategic frameworks connecting audience insight, cultural signals, creator strategy, campaign planning, and performance intelligence to improve prioritization and speed-to-market.
- Rebuilt the creator ecosystem using cultural signals, AI-assisted trend analysis, and performance insights, driving over 48% EMV, over 98% engagement, and over 96% impressions YoY.
- Repositioned the affiliate strategy around new creator archetypes, tone of voice, and messaging hierarchy, giving the influencer team a stronger framework for activation and increasing creator content output by an average of 73% month-over.
- Established executive measurement frameworks connecting brand-building, audience growth, creator performance, and affiliate contribution to leadership decision-making.
- Directed agency partners across PR, creative, experiential, and influencer marketing, aligning external capabilities around shared brand and business priorities.
Director, Brand Marketing and Public Relations
Billionaire Boys Club / ICECREAM
- Led the US brand repositioning following founder reacquisition, rebuilding narrative, cultural positioning, and consumer relevance with Gen Z and Millennial audiences.
- Re-architected the marketing model around an integrated consumer journey, connecting cultural storytelling, content, community, CRM, partnerships, retail, and commerce.
- Translated brand strategy into significant audience and revenue growth, strengthening the relationship between cultural relevance, consumer engagement, and commercial performance.
- Built the brand’s long-term content strategy, substantially expanding video reach and establishing content as a sustained engine for cultural relevance and audience growth.
- Led CRM and lifecycle transformation, including Klaviyo implementation and a redesigned email strategy that materially grew engagement site traffic and email-attributed revenue.
- Oversaw digital experience and UX optimization, strengthening the path from brand storytelling to discovery and commerce while driving meaningful growth in site traffic.
- Architected global partnerships with Moncler, adidas, Reebok, Timberland, Clarks, the New York Yankees, Warner Bros., Complex, IBM, and others, aligning cultural relevance with brand and commercial objectives.
- Directed agency and external partners across PR, creative, experiential, and influencer marketing to ensure cohesive execution across consumer touchpoints.
PR and Social Media Coordinator
MOSCOT
- Supported PR social product launches, content, and experiential programming for a global heritage eyewear brand.
- Developed digital storytelling around MOSCOT’s music and cultural platform, helping extend the brand beyond product into community and lifestyle.
- Scaled the retail store's awareness and foot traffic by expanding the strategy for strategic in-store events that created awareness and new customer acquisition at the store level.
Project History
Moncler x Billionaire Boys Club
https://alchmy-labs.squarespace.com/monclerxbillionaireboysclubThe challenge was to mark BBC’s 20th anniversary with a tentpole partnership that elevated the brand from streetwear into prestige. We also had to acquire and educate a luxury audience through a distinct campaign POV that balanced the BBC’s cultural identity with Moncler’s luxury ethos, while driving customers toward products priced at 3x the BBC’s average.
I built a unified messaging and visual system across global distribution, digital commerce, OOH, motion, and an elevated preview experience. I strengthened cultural authority through music and entertainment talent, layered brand and product storytelling, and sustained visibility through paid media and creator-led content.
We beat brand lift benchmarks, drove 10 million impressions, 10% ER, and over 45% new site traffic. We sold out key items in 2 weeks and built new luxury KOL relationships.
The Skin Deep x Keys Soulcare
https://alchmy-labs.squarespace.com/skin-deep-keys-soulcareKeys Soulcare needed an ownable cultural moment that deepened emotional relevance while driving consideration. The opportunity was to enter an established platform without disrupting its intimacy, using authentic conversation, episodic content, creators, and owned channels to move audiences from discovery to participation and commerce.
I let conversation carry the brand, with commerce as a natural extension. I built a three-part creator conversation series, amplified through social, CRM, and owned channels, then connected the experience to a limited eCommerce bundle featuring Keys Soulcare and partner products.
We drove 4 million impressions, exceeded engagement rate benchmarks by 10%, increased new site traffic by 25%, and grew the brand’s audience by 35% during the campaign period.
The New York Yankees x Billionaire Boys Club
https://alchmy-labs.squarespace.com/yankees-bbcThe opportunity was to move beyond product and logo recognition by defining the cultural territory the Yankees and BBC could credibly share. The launch needed to connect sport, fashion, and culture in a way that felt meaningful, while staying authentic to each brand’s distinct identity and audience.
The goal was to make New York the connective idea, not simply the backdrop. We positioned the collaboration as a cultural story rooted in the city, then scaled it through locally resonant content, talent, community, and retail moments, with mass awareness driven by DOOH, OOH, and paid social.
The campaign transformed shared New York equity into a cultural platform spanning sport, style, and community. We connected storytelling across content, PR, social, retail, and commerce, expanded discovery, and drove over 50% sell-through in 2 weeks.
Education
Master's Degree in Branding and Integrated Communications
City University of New York - New York, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations
Hofstra University - New York, USA
Skills
Core
Marketing Communications (MarCom), Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, Branding, Brand Strategy, Influencer Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Content Marketing, Content Strategy, Social Media, Marketing Operations, Public Relations (PR)
Platforms & Tools
Asana, Klaviyo
Other
Social, Instagram, Integrated Marketing Strategy, Event Strategy, Storytelling, Creative Problem Solving, Creative Strategy, Direct to Consumer (D2C), System Design, Brand Partnership, Partnership Marketing, Events, Figma, CRM, 360 Campaigns, Launch Strategy, Product Launch, Campaigns, Brand Positioning, Influencers, Global Digital Marketing Strategy, Advertising, Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC), Brand Repositioning, Project Management, Positioning, Integrated Marketing, Partnerships, Lifecycle Marketing, Performance Measurement, Digital, Communication, Content Writing, Messaging
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