Ori Herschmann, Marketing Expert in Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Ori Herschmann

Verified Expert  in Marketing

Marketing Expert

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Toptal member since October 29, 2024

Bio

Ori is a marketing expert who has worked with some of the world's biggest brands across six industries, including autonomous driving with Waymo. At Tesla, he led growth performance marketing, achieving 4x ROAS. For brands like Robinhood, Uber, and Dapper Labs, Ori oversaw numerous channels, including lifecycle marketing and growth marketing testing. At Uber, he drove design and experimentation, increasing weekly driver rides and in-app engagement by 120%.

Project Highlights

Lifecycle Testing for Robinhood
Strategized and led all growth testing plans for Robinhood Gold and Robinhood's churned users across lifecycle marketing and paid marketing experimentation.
Leading Tesla's Advertising
Drove all performance marketing efforts across Tesla's global markets, including acquisition, engagement, and retention, achieving a 4x ROAS and scaling spend by 75% MoM.
Uber Lifecycle Marketing
Led the design and experimentation for driver-focused engagement testing, increasing weekly driver rides and in-app engagement by 120%.

Expertise

  • Crypto
  • Google Ads
  • Growth
  • Lifecycle Marketing
  • Marketing Mix
  • Meta Ads
  • Paid Media
  • Strategy

Work Experience

Senior Manager, Growth Performance Marketing

2023 - 2024
Tesla
  • Launched Meta, Google, and CTV at Tesla in the brand's return to advertising.
  • Achieved a 4x ROAS for Tesla on paid advertising campaigns.
  • Led incrementality testing, focusing on finding effective and scalable marketing channels.
  • Managed an in-house team, pioneering all performance marketing efforts.

Lifecycle Marketing

2023 - 2023
Robinhood
  • Launched multiple tests, increasing Robinhood Gold subscriptions.
  • Tested numerous content drip campaigns for Robinhood crypto product launches.
  • Experimented with paid and lifecycle marketing activations, focusing on effective spend.

Senior Growth Lead

2022 - 2023
Dapper Labs
  • Launched numerous features on NBA Top Shot, including the referral engine.
  • Increased daily engagement by 30% through lifecycle marketing campaigns.
  • Supported the NBA Top Shot app's release with product marketing communications.
  • Managed a team of engineers to lead the referral engine on NFL All Day, launch Super Bowl weekend, and drive engagement and activations.

Senior Growth Architect

2021 - 2022
BCG
  • Strategized with a $100+ million budget for a Fortune 100 client.
  • Achieved conversion boosts of 25% by optimizing multiple fintech clients' conversion funnels.
  • Awarded consultant of the month for my presentation to the C-suite of a major client on marketing transformation.

Senior Growth Marketing Manager

2020 - 2021
Ember Technologies
  • Generated $1+ million in revenue by launching lifecycle marketing.
  • Increased spend and conversions by 25% after managing our performance marketing agency.
  • Launched numerous new Ember products with multiple cross-functional teams.

Growth Marketing Manager

2018 - 2020
Ribbon Home
  • Launched multiple markets as Ribbon was growing at 100% MoM.
  • Increased the Ribbon user base by 100% after leading multiple paid marketing experiments.
  • Grew the Ribbon user base by 1,000% through paid, lifecycle, and strategic event marketing.

Growth Marketing Manager

2017 - 2018
Uber
  • Increased driver retention by 22% with lifecycle marketing testing.
  • Spearheaded promotion email marketing for peak hour drivers in NYC.
  • Supported the product with full-suite marketing throughout numerous experiments.

Project History

Lifecycle Testing for Robinhood

Strategized and led all growth testing plans for Robinhood Gold and Robinhood's churned users across lifecycle marketing and paid marketing experimentation.

Robinhood is one of the biggest stock trading apps in the world, with well over 100-150 million lifetime users. My work centered around growth lifecycle testing for tens of millions of consumers. It collaborated closely with data, product, design, and product marketing teams.

Leading Tesla's Advertising

Drove all performance marketing efforts across Tesla's global markets, including acquisition, engagement, and retention, achieving a 4x ROAS and scaling spend by 75% MoM.

I led all performance marketing efforts—from project conceptualization to strategic briefs and cross-functional alignment—especially ongoing acquisition marketing efforts, from creative generation to monitoring bidding and performance optimizations daily.

Uber Lifecycle Marketing

Led the design and experimentation for driver-focused engagement testing, increasing weekly driver rides and in-app engagement by 120%.

Through ongoing experimentation, I led a team focused on defining the Uber driver lifecycle. We experimented with emails, push notifications, and paid marketing. After conducting over 30 tests, we found the best-performing engagement strategies that led to sustained driver engagement and retention growth.

Education

2011 - 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Political Economy

University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA, USA

Skills

Core

Google Ads, Marketing Mix, Performance Marketing, Go-to-market Strategy

Platforms & Tools

HubSpot

Other

Braze, Meta Ads, Paid Media, Strategy, Growth, Email, Lifecycle Marketing, Crypto, Consulting, Growth Marketing

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