Curriculum vitae

The full record - roles, education, certifications and selected campaigns.

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Erin Castillo

Senior Marketing Manager - consumer and DTC brands

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Eleven years of launches, rebrands and lifecycle programs for consumer brands, every one planned against a written target and reported against the same target. I brief creative with the unit economics attached, build teams that keep shipping after I leave, and keep a swipe file two thousand ads deep. Open to senior marketing roles from November 2026.

Experience

Senior Marketing Manager

Copper & Pine · Chicago, IL

Own brand, lifecycle and campaign planning for a specialty coffee company; $2.1M annual media, six direct reports. Launched The Slow Roast Club subscription (12,400 members in six months) and turned a summer slump into The Porch Sale, a ten-day event worth $1.9M.

Marketing Manager

Verra Home · Chicago, IL (hybrid)

Ran the rebrand (+47% branded search in two quarters), launched the First Light bedding line to a pre-built waitlist, and rebuilt the email program from six monthly blasts into a lifecycle engine carrying 31% of revenue (+212% email revenue in a year).

Marketing Specialist

Fieldstone Outfitters · Chicago, IL

Planned seasonal campaigns for forty stores. The Weather Anything fall campaign lifted store traffic 31% year over year on a budget cut by more than a third, and ran for three seasons after handover.

Marketing Coordinator

Harvest Lane Foods · Chicago, IL

First job in marketing: regional product launches, in-store campaigns and coupon reconciliation for a grocery brand. Learned to check the number before admiring the creative.

Education

BA, Communications

Lakeshore University · Chicago, IL

Minor in statistics. Ran the student radio station's ad desk, which was the real education.

Skills

  • Campaign planning and budgeting
  • Lifecycle and email marketing
  • Paid media (search and social)
  • Brand and positioning
  • Marketing analytics and testing
  • Team leadership and hiring

Certifications

Certified Performance Marketer

Meridian Institute

Lifecycle Messaging Certification

Signalcraft Academy

Marketing Analytics Certificate

Lakeshore University Extension

Selected campaigns

The Slow Roast Club (2025)

Subscription launch for Copper & Pine: 12,400 members in six months against a 10,000 target, media paid back in month seven.

One-Percent Better (2023)

Email program rebuild at Verra Home: +212% email revenue in twelve months, now 31% of company revenue.

The Verra rebrand (2021)

Positioning, identity, packaging and relaunch in two quarters: +47% branded search with no added media.

The Porch Sale (2024)

Ten-day event-led seasonal campaign: $1.9M in sales and 1,800 new members, mostly on email and string lights.

Languages

  • English Native
  • Spanish Professional working

Awards and talks

Campaign of the Year shortlist

Midwest Marketing Awards, The Slow Roast Club

Best integrated campaign

Lakefront Ad Club, The Porch Sale

Briefing creative with the P&L attached

Talk, Brand Camp Chicago

Retention is a media channel

Talk, DTC Roundtable