Angus Wurth

Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Angus Wurth is a Fractional CMO for hire - CMO Index

Professional Overview:

In short, I drive company growth.

With over 20+ years of marketing experience I focus on delivering tailored strategies that grow profit and lower marketing costs.

When you hire me I excel at building and managing high-performing marketing teams and systems that drive growth.

I bring you access to my network of the world's top marketing talent to deliver global end-to-end marketing, including branding, content, digital, and PR.

My approach focuses on careful cost-optimisation through intelligent offshoring and vendor management and has saved millions for companies while driving massive ROI.

Professional Highlights

💡Key skills

Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing, Marketing Communications, Product Marketing, Marketing Campaigns, B2B Marketing, B2C Marketing

📜 Previous notable roles

20+ years of total experience in Marketing. Here are my previous notable roles and achievements:

Director of Marketing (Global)
Annalise.ai
Apr 2022 - Apr 2024 • 2 years 1 month

Developed and executed a global marketing strategy, propelling Annalise.ai's industry-leading medical imaging AI solutions to achieve 3 x order intake growth, 160% lead growth and significant growth in brand awareness. This was achieved through targeted events, lead gen digital campaigns, leadership profiling, and data driven PR campaigns, all while collaborating closely with sales for seamless lead conversion.

Moved away from generalist marketing agencies and reinvested savings of over $300,000
Rapid hire and mentoring of a high-performance multi-functional, global marketing team across APAC, USA and EU.

Developed an in-house PR agency model resulting in major global media exposure in media such as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, ITN as well as respected trade media. This was crucial to building out brand awareness while containing marketing costs.

Achieved an 80% submit-to-win strike rate on award submissions. (Good Design Awards, Medtech Awards, Interaction Awards, The Minnies).

Global Director Digital Performance
TIO International
Sep 2019 - Apr 2022 • 2 years 7 months

Massively improved client satisfaction in Australia and New Zealand within 6 months, I reversed the trend, achieving a remarkable 98% client retention rate through a dedicated client success program.

Member of the Senior Leadership Team (I was promoted to a Global leadership role within 6 months of joining the company).

Motivated, led and nurtured a high-performance marketing team across multiple time zones and marketing disciplines.

Strategic marketing and promotion of AI-driven remote medical monitoring and diagnostic tools Dental Monitoring & SmileMate.

Workshop facilitation and event management: I organised and presented at the Australia and New Zealand marketing roadshow educating doctors and practice managers on best practice patient acquisition techniques.


Digital Marketing Manage
Nucleus Network
Jul 2018 - Aug 2019 • 1 year 1 month

Implemented a PR strategy that resulted in significant national television exposure (channels 7, 9, 10 and ABC) and increased brand awareness. Importantly this activity could be directly linked back to increased website conversions.

Pioneered a data-driven approach ensuring all marketing spend was measurable against revenue. This was done using Facebook quiz that used lead scoring to dynamically improve lead and audience quality over time.

Group Digital Manager
Monash IVF Group
Aug 2016 - Jul 2018 • 1 year 11 months

Headhunted for the role by two-time CMO 50 marketer Everard Hunder to manage digital marketing across all nine medical imaging and IVF businesses in the group.

Achieved massive growth in all key paid search metrics including significant reductions in cost per acquisition metrics.

Finalist in the Google advertising awards (Search Innovation, APAC)

Handed back $500,000 to the business in the first year while also increasing lead volume and marketing collateral effectiveness.

Reduced the company's reliance on external marketing agencies by building an in-house, global creative marketing practice producing high-performance online and offline assets.

Founder / Director
Bonsai Media
Jan 2004 - Jan 2016 • 12 years 1 month

Bonsai Media is a multifunctional marketing agency based in Melbourne which I ran for 12+ years.

Consistently grew revenue year on year while leading and nurturing a team of 5 marketers as well as a team of international contractors.

Clients ranged from start-ups to Government as well as global brands like Johnson and Johnson Medical and B2B tech business Oracle Aconex.

Developed and managed the successful execution of hundreds of B2B and B2C marketing campaigns resulting in extremely high client retention rates.

Designed all business processes to ensure the highest standards of quality control.

🔧 Service types offered

Marketing Strategy, Brand Management, Product Marketing, Social Media, Copywriting, Public Relations, Paid Ads, SEO, Partnerships and Alliances, Market Research, Marketing Operation Audit, Team Management

🏭 Industry specializations

Technology, B2B AI Technology, Medical and Healthcare AI Tech

📅 Availability

Fractional, Part-time availability

🌎 Languages

English - native

💵 Rates

Indicative day rate - $1,800 AUD
Low end day rate(eg. NFP clients) - $1,250 AUD
Top end day rate(eg. specialist gigs) - $2,670 AUD

📝 Additional info

You can view my pitch deck here: https://pitch.com/v/gus-wurth-ikewax

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