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Shalini Verma · AI Marketing Engineer · Toronto, Canada

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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.

  1. 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%.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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%.
  7. 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.
  8. 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?

  1. The psychologist: Why people act.AI illustration

    2018

    The psychologist

    Continua Kids

    Why people act.

    Assessments and parent counselling: the behavioural frameworks behind every hook since.

  2. The teacher: Turn a craft into a method others can run.AI illustration

    2019

    The teacher

    JIMS Rohini

    Turn a craft into a method others can run.

    ~180 students · project grades ~18% higher

  3. The jeweller: Desire, then proof, then urgency.AI illustration

    2021

    The jeweller

    Tola and Carat Jewellers

    Desire, then proof, then urgency.

    Meta click-through ~0.9% → ~2.4% · CPC −38%

  4. Enterprise: Systems at scale, with brand and legal intact.AI illustration

    2023

    Enterprise

    Nestlé

    Systems at scale, with brand and legal intact.

    CRM click-through +35% · consented signups +40%

  5. Prove the lift: Every journey against a control.AI illustration

    2024

    Prove the lift

    Klaviyo · Customer.io

    Every journey against a control.

    CPA −31% at Klaviyo · +22% vs a 10% holdout at Customer.io

  6. Signal to pipeline: From a cold list to a booked meeting.AI illustration

    2024

    Signal to pipeline

    Attio

    From a cold list to a booked meeting.

    200 target accounts · 14 meetings in 6 weeks

  7. The agent era: Agents that work, and a gate that keeps them honest.AI illustration

    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.

What would we explore?

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