A Fractional Marketing Director is a senior marketing leader who works inside your business on a part-time basis.
You get executive-level leadership.
You do not take on a full-time salary.
You do not add long-term risk.
This role owns marketing as a business function.
Strategy. Execution. Accountability. Revenue alignment.
A full-time hire at this level costs $175K to $250K plus benefits.
It also takes months to recruit and onboard.
A fractional model gives you immediate leadership.
You pay for impact, not headcount.
You scale involvement as your business evolves.
At $3M to $50M, marketing breaks in predictable ways.
• Vendors execute without context
• Strategy lives in slide decks, not operations
• Sales and marketing drift apart
• Tools multiply, clarity disappears
• Spend increases but results flatten
This is not a tactics problem.
It is a leadership problem.
I step in as your marketing owner.
I work with your leadership team.
I align marketing with revenue goals.
I manage vendors and execution.
I build systems that scale.
Most importantly, I take responsibility for outcomes.
Own the marketing strategy and roadmap
Translate business goals into execution priorities
Align sales and marketing around pipeline and revenue
Manage agencies, freelancers, and internal resources
Implement systems, automation, and AI where it makes sense
Establish KPIs, dashboards, and reporting
A Fractional Marketing Director is a senior marketing leader who works inside your business on a part-time basis.
Driven by a single accountable marketing leader. .
Driven by decisions tied to revenue, not activity.
Driven by smarter systems and fewer disconnected tools.
A Fractional CMO often operates at board level.
Vision. Brand. Long-term positioning.
A Fractional Marketing Director operates closer to execution.
Strategy plus hands-on leadership.
Daily decisions. Real accountability.
For most $3M to $50M companies, this role delivers faster impact.
If marketing feels busy but not productive, this role exists for a reason.
You do not need more tactics.
You need ownership.