PJ Roustan

Location: San Diego, CA, USA.
PJ Roustan is a Fractional CMO for hire - CMO Index

Professional Overview:

For the past 15-years, I’ve helped scale founder-led emerging startup brands into category defining leaders. During that time there’s been one constant—an ever-evolving digital landscape presenting challenges and opportunities to adapt and stand out or get lost trying. Under my leadership brands thrive, amassing $28M+ in venture capital to date and industry accolades including:

• Top 1% in Store Traffic • Shopify • 2022
• Best-in-Class User Experience • Recharge • 2020
• Growth Award Winner ($10M-$50M) • Nutrition Biz Journal • 2016
• NEXTY Award Finalist • NewHope Natural Media • 2014
• 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in the US • Inc • 4x Winner

Day by day, brick by brick, I strive to transform actionable ideas into profitable growth strategies that challenge the status quo, and in turn, humankind, to think different and dream bigger.

For me, it’s not about the awards or next big job title—it’s about growing, learning, and building. It’s about making your own personal impact on the world, fulfilling our highest potential each and everyday.

Simply put, I love creating awesome things with folks I admire and respect so we can share them with the world and help tons of people live happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives—even for just a moment. It’s with a hopeful spirit and servants heart, that together we'll get to do just that.

Professional Highlights

💡Key skills

Analytics & Attribution [SPINS • Nielsen • Triple Whale] Shipment Tracking [Malomo • Shipstation] SEO & Link Building [SEM Rush • Modzilla • Ahrefs], E-commerce [Shopify • Amazon • Thrive Market] Email+SMS Marketing [Klaviyo • Attentive] CRO & A/B Testing [VWO • Hotjar • AB Tasty] Team Collaboration [Notion • Slack • Airtable] Customer Experience [Gorgias • Zendesk] Graphic & Visual Design [Canva • Photoshop] AI & Machine Learning [Chat GPT4 • BART]

📜 Previous notable roles

Former Head of Growth at MOSH, The Brain Brand • Employee #2 recruited by Co-founders Maria Shriver + Patrick Schwarzenegger to lead the growth vision execution & GTM brand positioning for their mission-driven brain health startup. Implemented a high-octane full-funnel e-commerce ecosystem in 2-months to debut Your Mind Our Mission, the official brand launch and waitlist campaign awarded Top 1% in Store Traffic by Shopify that sold inventory out-of-stock in less than a week generating $500K in DTC revenue and acquired 65K opt-in email & SMS subscribers ($0.35 cost per lead).

Former Head of Growth at Atlas Protein Bar • Employee #2 hired by Founder James Oliver to lead growth strategy as the brand’s sole CPG subject matter expert. Launched a cutting-edge digital “Build-A-Box” experience and user-friendly subscription management portal awarded "Best-in-Class User Experience" by Recharge resulting in 33% drop in subscriber churn rates from 9% to 6% year-over-year driving 2X increase in MRR.S

Former Marketing DIrector at Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company • Deployed $6M marketing budget across 42 countries worldwide to deliver on target sales volume forecasts + built 3-year innovation roadmap to scale annual omni-channel revenue to $100M+. Formulated and developed Natalie's Holistics, a 6-SKU line of adaptogenic functional juice blends launched in partnership with legacy national retailers Publix + Sprouts catapulting the brand’s retail dollar sales 126% year-over-year.

Former Marketing Director at Country Archer Jerky Co • Marketing hire #1 recruited by Co-founder & CEO Eugene Kang to activate Amazon + DTC as revenue channels. Introduced 9 new SKUs across 3 meat snack segments, and led nationwide rollouts of geo-targeted digital and shopper marketing campaigns that opened 15K+ new Tier-1 retail doors including Starbucks, Costco, Whole Foods Market + Target. Executed high-impact omni-channel activations and harnessed $2.5M budget harmonizing wellness, lifestyle, and gourmet food culture across all brand touch points—scaling annual revenue 150% year-over-year, from $9M to $22.5M—surpassing KRAVE as the Natural Channel’s #1 top-selling premium jerky brand.

Former Director of Marketing at Perfect Snacks. • Marketing hire #1 recruited by Co-founder & CEO Bill Keith to pioneer the now $7B+ “fresh snacking” category and construct an agile in-house marketing function. Built 35-member tablet-based field team, 6-member growth team that oversaw omni-channel marketing, DTC e-commerce, digital + innovation—launched 8 new products, forged high-profile brand partnerships with Reebok CrossFit and Nike Running and scaled annual revenue from $3.2M to $38M in less than 4-yrs.


🔧 Service types offered

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

🏭 Industry specializations

Natural Food and Beverages, Supplements and Health and Wellness

📅 Availability

Available for immediate hire on retainer.

🌎 Languages

English • Native Speaker, Spanish • Conversational

💵 Rates

Available on Retainer $8,000-$10,000/month @ 40 hrs billable hours

📝 Additional info

Awarded $28M+ in venture funding leveraging an iterative playbook of advanced growth strategies and CPG best practices to help build a distinctive portfolio of pioneering + founder-led wellness brands. Passionately curious, battle- hardened and recognized as a high-EQ servant leader overseeing key business units including omni-channel marketing, e-commerce, customer support, and new product development.

Snapshot Portfolio •. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSfOey3jWKaRzrYBpNUMGgJ03AdIRpskLN6O4J12BhpBtPj0lS_HmR-zHqMrocRo7T84Bz2XzNNuSHU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=15000

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