mikedemoya
Brand, Social & Marketing Director
No amount of paid media can turn bad creative into good content.
Ten years building brands, viral marketing funnels, and go-to-market strategy across SaaS, AI, web3, DTC, and fintech. The marketer companies bring in to take a complex or technical product and make it culturally relevant.
Currently founding marketer and Head of Brand & Marketing at Tarobase AI, taking Poof from $0 to $1M ARR in five months while designing the mascot, website, and full brand system in-house.
Previously built social and brand at Breakout, acquired by Kraken, turning an announcement-only feed into a live trading community that scaled from 6 posts a week to 40-60 across platforms and 5M+ weekly views.
As Head of Web3 Social at Karate Combat, grew Instagram 500K to 1.4M, TikTok 300K to 1.5M, and YouTube 450K to 720K, with 43% month-over-month active player growth and 400K+ app downloads.
Earlier, scaled Ready Player Me from 1M to 12M MAU and 2K to 10K developer partners ahead of its acquisition by Netflix Games.
Two acquisitions. $100M+ raised. 1B+ impressions. 2M+ followers.
Experience: 10 years
Yearly salary: $110,000
Hourly rate: $60
Nationality: 🇺🇸 United States
Residency: 🇺🇸 United States
Experience
Head of Brand & Marketing
Tarobase AI 2025 - 2026
Founding marketer leading brand, marketing, and growth. Took Poof from $0 to $1M ARR in five months. Designed the mascot, website, brand documentation, and graphics. Owned brand, growth, and go-to-market end to end.
Head of Social
Breakout Prop 2025 - 2025
Built the social engine that scaled a fintech prop trading platform into one of the most recognizable retail trading brands in the industry, contributing to its acquisition by Kraken. Drove 5M+ monthly organic views and 80M+ total impressions. Operated a content system producing 50-60 pieces weekly across X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, and Discord. Led a UGC creator network that consistently outperformed traditional fintech ad creative.
Head of Web3 Social
Karate Combat 2023 - 2025
43% Growth Month/Month for active and unique players. Over 20M impressions per month. Over 400K app downloads. Over 5 million views per event. Manage all web3 marketing communication. Manage, produce, edit and advise on all web3 social content. Manage international team of community managers.
Senior Social Media Manager
Ready Player Me 2022 - 2023
Owned social, community, and developer-facing product marketing during the platform's critical scale phase. Supported scale to 10M+ MAU and 10K+ partner integrations. Shifted positioning from B2B developer documentation to B2B2C cultural storytelling, fueling partner and developer growth. Worked cross-functionally with product, BD, and art on partner marketing for Valorant, Manchester City, Unity, and L'Oreal Paris.
Content Marketing Manager
Cognizer Inc 2021 - 2022
Led all content, social, and brand communications for a B2B AI company building corporate knowledge infrastructure. Owned the editorial pipeline, brand voice, and category positioning during the early growth phase.
Social Media Manager
MAS Holdings 2019 - 2021
Promoted to lead brand and social strategy across the MAS Holdings portfolio of consumer lifestyle brands. Led large-scale ambassador and athlete activations on Spryng featuring rookie NFL and NBA players in partnership with Wasserman Group. Designed and executed nationwide campaigns coordinating talent, content frameworks, and rollout.
Social Media Content Specialist
MAS Holdings 2017 - 2019
Owned brand voice, content strategy, and publishing for a portfolio apparel brand. Led influencer and creator partnerships across paid and organic campaigns that drove awareness and sales. Managed on-site photo and video shoots, product launches, and live events.
Fractional Growth Marketing Lead
The Introv3rts 2017 - 2023
Advised early and growth-stage companies on viral marketing, go-to-market strategy, demand generation, and launch execution. Select clients: MSCHF, Coinage, Forkast, ICR, Big Head Club, and dozens of NFT and crypto projects.
Social Media Coordinator
Soho International Film Festival 2015 - 2016
Managed social content and community for the festival across the event cycle, coordinating with talent and creative teams on-site.
Skills
business-development
communications
content-marketing
gtm
social-media
strategy
marketing
english