The record
Shalini Verma. AI Marketing Engineer, 7+ years.
AI Marketing Engineer. I replace manual marketing work with agents and automations, then prove it in pipeline, revenue, CAC and hours saved.
Currently leading AI marketing at Imagera AI. Open to a select full-time role leading AI marketing or GTM engineering. Advisory and contract work by arrangement.
In numbers
The results. Each one is a project below.
- 8Agents in productionClaude Code agents with golden-set evals and a human review gate
- ~19%AI-answer citationsUp from ~8%, tracked through to signups
- 14Meetings in 6 weeksFrom 200 target accounts: 72% data match, 9% reply
- 88%First-pass approvalUp from 55% on a golden set; drafting 45 → 8 minutes
- −31%CPA vs controlWinning variants; creative batches 3 hours → 25 minutes
- +22%Engagement vs holdoutAgainst a 10% holdout; nurture days → minutes
- +35%CRM click-throughNestlé; consented signups +40%, assets ~10 → ~4 days
- 7+YearsStartup, mid-tier and enterprise; led pods of 4–8
Experience
Roles and results. Startup, mid-tier and enterprise.
Jan 2025 – now
Imagera AI
AI Marketing Lead · Contract, full-time · Canada · remote
A growth-stage AI product. Led a pod of 5.
- Built 8 production marketing agents (Claude Code, Agent Skills, MCP) with golden-set evals and a human review gate: drafting 45 → 8 minutes, first-pass approval 55% → 88%, creative output 4×.
- Automated social and paid publishing with n8n across Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube and Google Ads, for consistent daily revenue.
- Raised AI-answer citation share (AEO / GEO) from ~8% to ~19% with structured data, tracked through to signups.
- Built spend-to-revenue measurement tying signups to revenue, LTV and payback; a Meridian incrementality read replaced last-click.
- Lead executive meetings and ROI showcases: spend, revenue, payback and hours saved per system, with budget reallocation recommendations.
- Every agent has an owner, an eval set and a rollback path; a weekly golden-set review keeps first-pass quality above 85%.
Sep 2024 – Jan 2025
Attio
GTM & Marketing Automation Lead · Contract, part-time · Remote
Led 3–4 contractors per build.
- Built an outbound engine (Clay, Apollo, n8n, Slack approval, SPF / DKIM / DMARC): 200 target accounts, 72% data match, 9% reply rate, 14 meetings in 6 weeks.
- Ran stakeholder meetings with sales and support leaders to scope each build and present pipeline and ROI results.
- Ran 3–5 campaigns a month; new segments and languages became settings, not rebuilds.
May – Dec 2024
Customer.io
Lifecycle & Marketing Automation Lead · Contract, part-time · Remote
Worked with RevOps and two specialists.
- Rebuilt event-triggered nurture (Customer.io, Liquid, SQL, webhooks): response time days → minutes; email engagement +22% vs a 10% holdout.
- Built onboarding, expansion and win-back journeys to reduce churn and lift retention and net revenue.
- Moved journey reporting from clicks to LTV, payback and cohort quality; AI-personalised copy kept behind human review.
Jan – Apr 2024
Klaviyo
Growth Marketing Lead · Contract, part-time · Remote
A creative and SDR pod of 4.
- Cut ad and email creative batches from 3 hours to 25 minutes (Claude, Figma); winning variants cut CPA 31% and improved ROAS and CAC vs control.
- Built ad-click-to-revenue tracking (GA4, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, CAPI, Klaviyo events) and an experiment log for Performance Max and Smart Bidding tests.
Mar – Dec 2023
Nestlé
Digital Marketing Lead, CRM & Content · Contract · Remote
Enterprise CPG. Led an agency and freelance pod of 6–8.
- Lifted CRM click-through 35% and consented signups 40% on key campaigns (Salesforce Marketing Cloud, SQL segmentation).
- Cut campaign asset production from ~10 to ~4 days with a brief-approve-publish workflow, keeping brand and legal review.
- Presented campaign ROI to brand and marketing leadership to guide CRM and media budget decisions.
Jul 2021 – Feb 2023
Tola and Carat Jewellers
Brand & Creative Lead · Full-time · Delhi, India · on-site
Luxury retail. A team of 5.
- Owned brand, Meta and Instagram ads, organic social and in-store creative; hired and briefed freelance photographers, editors and designers.
- Psychology-led ad creative: Meta click-through ~0.9% → ~2.4%, CPC −38%, save and share rate ~2.1×.
- Social-attributed walk-ins ~+45% in festive peaks; average ticket on campaign pieces +22%.
- Creative turnaround ~7 days → ~48 hours; 3× asset volume with the same headcount; engagement +60%.
Feb 2019 – Aug 2021
JIMS Rohini
Guest Assistant Professor · Part-time
- Taught design, manufacturing, quality and merchandising to ~180 students; a new curriculum lifted project grades ~18% and cut incomplete submissions ~40%; mentored 25+ portfolios into placements.
2016 – 2019
Earlier
Psychology, merchandising and design
- Assistant Psychologist, Continua Kids · Jewellery Merchandiser & Designer, Viney Gems and Niaj by Shradha · Design Intern, Woven Gold · Marketing & Design Intern, boutique jewellery brands.
The story
Seven years. One question.
Why do people act, and how do you build the system that makes it happen again?
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2018
The psychologist
Continua Kids
Why people act.
Assessments and parent counselling: the behavioural frameworks behind every hook since.
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2019
The teacher
JIMS Rohini
Turn a craft into a method others can run.
~180 students · project grades ~18% higher
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2021
The jeweller
Tola and Carat Jewellers
Desire, then proof, then urgency.
Meta click-through ~0.9% → ~2.4% · CPC −38%
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2023
Enterprise
Nestlé
Systems at scale, with brand and legal intact.
CRM click-through +35% · consented signups +40%
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2024
Prove the lift
Klaviyo · Customer.io
Every journey against a control.
CPA −31% at Klaviyo · +22% vs a 10% holdout at Customer.io
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2024
Signal to pipeline
Attio
From a cold list to a booked meeting.
200 target accounts · 14 meetings in 6 weeks
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2025
The agent era
Imagera AI
Agents that work, and a gate that keeps them honest.
Drafting 45 → 8 minutes · AI-answer citations ~8% → ~19%
Introductions
By appointment. Full-time, contract or advisory.
Currently leading AI marketing at Imagera AI.Open to a select full-time role leading AI marketing or GTM engineering.Advisory and contract work by arrangement.
Roles considered: AI Marketing Engineer · Lead · Head of Growth · AI products · GTM Engineering Lead
shaliniworks24@gmail.com · Toronto, Canada · Remote or hybrid across Canada and the US