1:1 Coaching for Lean Marketers in Scaling Businesses

Build confidence, clarity, and momentum as a modern marketer. This is practical, no-fluff coaching for marketers who are expected to deliver growth with limited time, lean teams, and real commercial pressure.

Work directly with me, Dom O’Brien, CMO, operator, and author of The Startup Marketing Playbook.

Who this is for:

  • Heads of Marketing, Growth Leads, and Senior Marketers

  • Marketers stepping into leadership for the first time

  • Solo or small-team marketers in scaleups and high-growth businesses

  • Marketers feeling stuck between execution and strategy

Who this is not for:

  • Large, slow-moving corporate teams

  • Theory-first marketers looking for frameworks without application

What This Coaching Focuses On

This is not generic career coaching. It is hands-on training and coaching grounded in real operating experience.

We will work on:

  • Building a lean, high-impact marketing system

  • Prioritisation. Knowing what not to do

  • Moving from busy execution to commercial outcomes

  • Operating as a senior marketer with credibility at exec level

  • Leading agencies and partners effectively

  • Applying AI and automation responsibly and practically

  • Confidence in decision-making under pressure

Every session is anchored in your real challenges, not hypotheticals.

How the Coaching Works

  • Format: 1:1 sessions with Dom O’Brien

  • Cadence: Weekly or fortnightly

  • Session length: 60 minutes

  • Style: Direct, practical, challenging, supportive

Sessions typically include:

  • Live problem solving on current priorities

  • Reviewing decisions, plans, or work-in-progress

  • Pressure-testing strategy and execution

  • Clear actions to apply immediately

Optional support between sessions may include async feedback or resource sharing.

Why Work With Me?

I am not a 'paper' coach who left marketing years ago. I am a practicing CMO who:

  • Has scaled brands with small teams

  • Has managed performance, brand, CX, product, and growth together

  • Understands the tension between speed, quality, and resources

  • Has built and led lean marketing teams in real businesses

This coaching is grounded in lived experience, not theory.

Apply for Coaching

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If you aren't sure its right for you, apply anyway and lets have an informal chat!