Marketing thatcloses business.

I build the commercial engine behind B2B growth: CRM and pipeline, lead generation, campaigns and the events that fill the funnel, then the follow-up that closes it.

Jose Ojeda, Digital Marketing & Communications

Commercial track record

1.2M

CHF revenue supported

1K+

Qualified B2B leads

20+

International trade shows

100+

Campaigns & events delivered

3+

Languages spoken

3

Continents collaborated across

  • Messe Berlin
  • WeTravel
  • Everton
  • Adidas
  • New Balance
  • Sherwin Williams
  • World Economic Forum
  • RAI Amsterdam

About me

I'm a former NCAA champion athlete who traded the playing field for marketing and events. Born in Colombia and raised in Switzerland, I studied marketing in the United States, where I won a national championship as a sophomore. After playing professional football in Colombia and Guatemala, I came back to Switzerland with a particular perspective on performance, teamwork, and resilience.

At InterSoccer I coordinated over 100 sporting events, learning the logistics and people management that keep large-scale experiences running smoothly. As Digital Marketing Manager at Vivent, I supported international expansion through trade-show strategy, CRM optimization, and lead-generation systems that drove measurable growth.

In 2026, I launched PTO, Switzerland's first intercompany running league, where companies compete across a nine-month season and a personalized score lets a first-time runner and a seasoned athlete race on equal terms. Trilingual in English, Spanish, and French, I work across cultures and industries to design events that land, CRM systems that flow, and campaigns that are both human and data-driven.

My approach blends the discipline of professional sport with creative marketing. I do my best work where structure meets invention, and where a campaign or an event is a chance to connect people with something that matters.

Education
DAS Business Management, UNIGE – BSc Economics, USMB – BSc Marketing, Wingate University (USA)
Certifications
PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner – Digital Marketing & Social Media
Languages
Spanish (native) – English (fluent) – French (fluent) – German (B2)
Athletics
NCAA national champion – Professional football, Colombia & Guatemala

Core competencies

Sales & Client-Facing

I sit in front of prospects: discovery calls, trade show floor, proposals and follow-up until the deal closes.

  • Prospecting & discovery calls
  • Proposals & negotiation support
  • Account follow-up & closing

CRM & Revenue Operations

HubSpot and Salesforce builds that turn scattered activity into a pipeline leadership can read at a glance.

  • System setup & onboarding
  • Pipeline & forecast reporting
  • Quote-to-payment automation

B2B Demand & Lead Generation

Positioning, campaigns and outbound follow-up measured in qualified conversations, not impressions.

  • ICP & market entry
  • Lead qualification & nurturing
  • Sales enablement material

Events & Brand Experiences

From 100+ sporting events to 20+ international trade shows: budget, suppliers, logistics, follow-up.

  • Event strategy
  • Logistics coordination
  • Brand activations

Digital Content & PR

Video, copy and social built to make complex products understandable and to earn coverage.

  • Video production
  • Copywriting & editorial
  • Social & media relations

Website Creation

Webflow and WordPress sites mapped to a digital strategy rather than a template.

  • Landing pages
  • Portfolio & product sites
  • Content architecture

What sets me apart

Curious by design

I explore new tools until they become second nature. Curiosity fuels the learning, structure makes it useful.

Organized under pressure

Sport taught me to juggle competing priorities and stay composed when the stakes are high.

Systems thinker

CRM or a nine-month league season, I build workflows that turn complexity into clarity.

Empathetic collaborator

I lead by listening first, then show each person how their work feeds the bigger picture.

Working experience

2023 – Present

Freelance Marketing & Web Consultant

Independent – Geneva / Remote

Built a Strava-integrated league app with personalized scoring, targeting 100+ B2B clients for the 2026 PTO launch.

2021 – 2023

Digital Marketing Manager

Vivent SA – Gland, Switzerland

Led the full HubSpot setup and payment API integration, driving a 500% increase in online payments with bad debt under 1%.

2018 – 2021

Regional Coordinator & Head Coach

InterSoccer Sàrl – Nyon, Switzerland

Recruited, trained and led 20+ coaches across 10+ sites, running 100+ events and improving margins.

2017 – 2018

Accounts Intern

AC&M Group LLC – Charlotte, USA

Brand activation, social media marketing and copywriting for US-market clients.

Flagship project
PTO runners gathering in a field before a race
PTO participants on a bench holding a to-do list of stress items
A runner carrying an office chair through a field during a PTO race
An office worker laughing at his desk before heading out to a PTO race
A team sitting in a circle on the grass with office props around them
A PTO participant smiling with a mug in a vineyard after the race
Runners heading through a field carrying office equipment
The Running League – Est. 2026

Public Time Off

Switzerland's first intercompany running league. Companies compete across a nine-month season, and a personalized PTO Score lets a first-time runner and a marathoner race on equal terms.

Season

Nine months

Region

Geneva & Lake Geneva

Format

Real public races

Scoring

Strava-integrated

What people say

Jose built and optimized our HubSpot CRM end to end, from sales pipeline and quotes to online payments, then ran the commercial reporting our weekly sales meetings depended on. He worked our B2B funnel directly: qualifying inbound, following up trade show leads and pushing deals to close.

Carrol Plummer

Founder, Vivent

As Regional Coordinator and Head Coach, Jose recruited, trained and led a team of coaches across more than ten sites, and carried full responsibility for the season on the ground. He sets standards, holds people to them and keeps a team motivated.

Steve Long

CEO, InterSoccer

FAQ

SME founders scaling their marketing operations, and organizations in sport, tech, and wellbeing. I'm drawn to projects where data-driven strategy meets real human connection.

Yes. I completed my final studies in Geneva while working full-time at Vivent as Digital Marketing Manager. Balancing a busy workweek with weekend classes strengthened my time management and prioritization skills, which I now apply to handling multiple client projects and tight deadlines.

I learned HubSpot hands-on at Vivent, where I built our entire CRM infrastructure from the ground up. Through certification courses and real-world problem-solving, I became proficient in workflows, pipeline management, and integration with payment and inventory systems.

I've always loved strategy. Marketing lets me channel that same competitive energy into storytelling and problem-solving.

Absolutely. The discipline, goal-oriented mindset, and ability to stay calm under pressure that I developed as an athlete are fundamental to how I approach every project.

Working in B2B marketing at Vivent, a B Corp, I saw that the social pillar of ESG was the hardest thing to report on with credible data. Companies wanted to show they invested in their people but had little solid evidence to point to. PTO started as a way to close that gap: get teams moving together and produce a measurable record of it.