Jessica Bultman
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Open to VP & Head of Marketing roles · Seattle area
VP of Marketing  /  Demand Generation  /  Revenue Marketing

Marketing built to move revenue,
not just leads.

Fifteen years building the teams and the systems that make marketing accountable to revenue, across B2B SaaS, sports and media, and real estate. Placed equity, pipeline, and retention, measured all the way down.

$41M
Placed equity from paid search, 2025
85%
YoY paying-customer growth
46%
Paid CPL reduction at RETS
15+
Years leading marketing
Jessica Bultman, marketing and growth executive
MBA, Keller Graduate School
BS Marketing & Intl Business, USC
BrightEdge Certified
15+ Years
$100M+ Client Media Managed
The Thesis

Marketing is a revenue function, or it is overhead.

For most of the funnel's history, marketing got graded on leads and brand lift, numbers that rarely reached a board deck. The work that matters now runs the other direction: from placed equity and closed revenue back up through pipeline, so every channel answers to a dollar figure a CFO can read.

That is the system worth building, and the one that keeps a marketing team funded when budgets tighten. Small teams, clear ICPs, and a funnel measured end to end tend to be the common thread.

The Engine

From paid media to placed equity.

The RETS demand engine reframed from lead counting to placed-equity accountability. Every stage below is measured in Salesforce, top to bottom, so spend follows the dollars it returns.

Paid MediaSearch, social, ABMTraffic & DemandFull-funnel programsMQLScored, ICP-qualifiedPipeline~60% company sourcedPlaced Equity$41M from paid search
~60%
Share of company pipeline the marketing engine sources, measured in Salesforce, not a lead count.
2x
Year-over-year growth in placed equity from paid media, with paid search alone at $41M in 2025.
MQL to equity
The reframe: full-funnel measurement that ties every channel to a dollar figure a CFO can read.
About

Fifteen years turning marketing into a number the business can bank.

Fifteen years in, my throughline is simple: build the team and the system that make marketing accountable to revenue. That path ran through agency media for Fortune 500 brands, then into SaaS demand generation, a climb from digital marketing to VP of Revenue at Volt Athletics, and now a seat on the executive team at a real estate advisory firm.

Along the way the work has owned real numbers: a $3M ARR revenue function, 85% year-over-year growth in paying customers, net dollar retention lifted from about 90% to 100%, and a paid-media engine now generating $41M in placed equity from search alone. Clear ICPs, small high-output teams, and a funnel measured to closed revenue are the constants.

Jessica Bultman
The best marketing teams stop arguing about attribution. They tie the number to placed equity and let the pipeline settle the debate.
On building revenue-accountable marketing
Career

Experience

2025 to Present
Head of Marketing
Real Estate Transition Solutions
Marketing leader and member of the executive team at a real estate investment advisory firm, leading a team of 7 and owning the marketing budget. Shifted the function from lead generation to pipeline and placed-equity accountability, with full-funnel measurement from MQL to placed equity that now steers channel strategy and spend. The engine now produces virtually all lead volume and about 60% of pipeline per Salesforce.
60% OF PIPELINECPL -46%$41M PLACED EQUITY
2022 to 2025
Senior Director of Marketing
Data Skrive
Led brand and marketing for a sports and media content-automation platform, running a three-person team. Launched a tiered ABM motion built on a 37+ data-point ICP model that generated about $500K in marketing-sourced revenue, closed by sales. A rebrand and site launch lifted traffic about 60% and doubled form-fill conversion from about 3% to 6%.
$500K SOURCED2X CONVERSIONTIERED ABM
2020 to 2025
Fractional CMO & Advisor
Switchback Marketing
Advised founders and led go-to-market as a fractional marketing leader, concurrent with full-time roles. For GoodRoots, ran the Seattle GTM launch of its resident product across positioning, personas, messaging, channel, and demand generation. Beat the first-month lead goal by 2x, with the primary landing page converting at 13%.
2X LEAD GOAL13% LP CONVERSION
2019 to 2022
VP of Revenue
Volt Athletics
Owned the full revenue function across marketing, sales, and customer success for a $3M ARR fitness-technology company, expanding from a marketing leadership role. Built go-to-market for the V3 product across B2B and consumer, driving 85% year-over-year growth in paying customers. Improved net dollar retention from about 90% to 100%, held logo retention at 98%, and scaled a three-function revenue team to a peak of 11 with no pandemic layoffs.
85% YOY GROWTH98% LOGO RETENTION$3M ARR
2018 to 2019
Director of Marketing
BrandVerity
Led brand positioning and content for a SaaS brand-protection platform. SEO and UX work lifted site traffic 153% year over year and doubled form completions, on a $750K budget spanning demand generation and thought-leadership content.
153% TRAFFIC$750K BUDGET
2011 to 2018
Digital, Content & Performance Marketing
BrightEdge, CDK Global, Webtrends, iProspect
Led digital, content, and performance marketing for Fortune 500 and high-growth brands across eCommerce, retail, finance, automotive, and hospitality. Directly managed major client media budgets, including about $30M for Chevrolet, $15M for Volvo, $12M for Sears, and $10M for Holden, lifted organic traffic 70% at BrightEdge, and cut CPCs 28% at iProspect for a $380K saving.
$100M+ CLIENT MEDIA70% ORGANIC LIFT
Proficiency

Core Skills

Demand Generation
96%
Team Building & Leadership
92%
Go-to-Market Strategy
94%
Revenue Marketing
93%
Brand & Positioning
90%
Account-Based Marketing
89%
Marketing Ops & Analytics
88%
Lifecycle & Retention
86%
Selected companies & clients
Real Estate Transition SolutionsData SkriveVolt AthleticsBrandVerityBrightEdgeCDK GlobalWebtrendsiProspect
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