Altec Lansing

Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Digital Officer | 2011 – 2012

For over 75 years, Altec Lansing has been an industry leader globally in consumer electronics and professional audio.

THE GOAL

Altec Lansing underwent a complete brand and product restart in 2011, after being purchased by a PE firm. With a new up-market, digital product strategy competing with Sonos, the leadership team saw great opportunity to shift consumer sales and marketing to digital.

THE SOLUTION

As global head of eCommerce and Digital Marketing, I led the strategy and full execution of the following:

  • Strategy – Led rebranding ideation, definition of brand messaging and repositioning within the consumer electronics market. Designed global go-to-market strategy across Retail, DTC and customer service.
  • Operations – Created detailed P&L management process with clear gross sales, margin and EBITDA targets. Managed US and European operations across eCommerce, branding, messaging, advertising, creative, photography, video, social media, POS displays, packaging, and consumer-facing customer service teams. Established and aligned on KPIs across all marketing, eCommerce and Customer Service efforts.
  • Acquisition – Optimized display and search media spend and audience targeting. Activated consumer engagement via social channels and direct-response email programs. Drove new online partner relationships that drove significant consumer acquisition, expanded brand awareness and net new sales.
  • Conversion – Introduced promotional bundles, up-sells, cross-sells, helping to drive conversion rates.
  • Retention – Revamped all internal customer service processes and systems.

THE RESULTS

  • Increased YOY DTC sales by 150%
  • Reduced DTC operational costs by ~50%
  • Improving customer satisfaction scores from 50% to 90%