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As Senior Manager, Performance and Growth Marketing at One Medical, Steve led a team responsible for online and offline paid growth channels across 16 U\.S\. markets\. His channel experience spans paid search, social, display, video, CTV/OTT, podcasts, digital audio, out\-of\-home, TV, radio, and print, and he has managed $9 million in annual working media\. Steve is strongest in data\-driven media optimization, market launches, capacity\- and revenue\-sensitive planning, stakeholder alignment on growth budgets, and building programs and teams from zero to one\. At MyEyeDr\., he shifted media investment toward incremental tactics and delivered a 35% year\-over\-year increase in exam bookings in 2025 with a 25% increase in spend\. Steve’s Houston market\-launch work improved cost per lead and conversion by 10–15% compared with similar markets\. His earlier work includes leadership roles at DSPolitical, Trilogy Interactive, Clarify Agency, FogLamp Content Studio, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the DCCC, and the Tom Udall for Senate campaign, combining commercial growth marketing with digital political, nonprofit, and public\-affairs strategy\. ## Services - Cross\-functional Collaboration - Marketing Leadership and Strategy - B2C and B2B Marketing - Data\-driven Media Optimization - Management - Leadership - B2B Marketing - B2C Marketing - B2B Marketing Strategy - Strategic Marketing Management - Programmatic Media Buying - Nonprofit Organizations - Outdoor Advertising - Social Media Optimization \(SMO\) - Podcast Advertising - Incrementality - MMM - Paid Media Advertising - Search Engine Marketing \(SEM\) - Social Media Advertising ## Highlights - Led B2B and B2C paid growth marketing across 16 U\.S\. markets at One Medical\. - Managed $9 million in annual working media across paid marketing programs\. - Led paid media across search, social, display, video, CTV/OTT, podcasts, digital audio, out\-of\-home, TV, radio, and print\. - Improved cost per lead and conversion by 10–15% in a Houston market launch compared with similar markets\. - At MyEyeDr\., delivered a 35% year\-over\-year increase in eye\-exam bookings in 2025 with a 25% increase in spend\. - At MyEyeDr\., held social\-media CAC growth to 7% year over year versus 14% average U\.S\. growth while increasing bookings by 13%\. - Shifted MyEyeDr\. media planning to capacity\- and revenue\-sensitive office and DMA tiering and toward Non\-Brand Search, Performance Max, and Paid Social\. - Placed and optimized more than $3\.3 million in digital display, video, and social media for more than 140 progressive political and public\-affairs clients at DSPolitical during the 2016 cycle\. - Co\-founded Clarify Agency and grew marketing and new\-business efforts from zero to $740,000 in revenue on more than $2 million in billings in its first cycle\. - Designed and deployed the first voterfile\-targeted Facebook get\-out\-the\-vote application with the California Democratic Party in 2010\. - Led digital strategy for a donated national Super Bowl :30 spot intended to generate discussion about domestic violence\. - Managed the DCCC email program from 25,000 to 250,000 subscribers by the end of the 2004 cycle\. - Helped increase DCCC online revenue by 1,100% over the 2002 cycle, raising $1,063,000 in hard dollars\. - Managed Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s data warehouse and a nationwide supporter list of 3 million people\. - Built programmatic and social\-advertising infrastructure and reporting from the ground up at FogLamp Content Studio\. - Developed strategic media planning, creative, sales collateral, and enterprise brand and style guidelines as Senior Director of Marketing at DSPolitical\. ## Experience - **Director of Paid Media at MyEyeDr\.** (2022\-12\-01–2026\-03\-01) — Recruited by VP of Marketing to lead Paid Media Team at MyEyeDr\., a PE\-backed optometry chain with nearly 1,000 retail offices nationwide helps patients see and look their best\. CHALLENGE: Drive eye exam bookings and revenue growth across a rapidly growing retail footprint while balancing limited capacity\. ACTION: Changed media strategy from manual optimization of markets and campaigns to capacity and revenue\-sensitive tiering of offices and DMAs, and shift to more incremental tactics like Non\-Brand Search, Performance Max, and Paid Social from less\-incremental channels like Branded Search\. RESULT: Delivered a 35% increase in exam bookings YoY in 2025 with only a 25% increase in spend\. Held social media CAC growth to 7% YoY vs\. 14% average growth for US while increasing bookings by 13%\. - **Senior Manager, Performance and Growth Marketing at One Medical** (2020\-03\-01–2022\-12\-01) — Led team responsible for B2B and B2C growth marketing across all online and offline paid marketing channels \(search, social, display, video, CTV/OTT, podcasts, digital audio, OOH, TV, radio, and print\) in all of our 16 markets nationwide\. - **Partner at FogLamp Content Studio** (2019\-01\-01–2019\-12\-01) — Recruited partners to found a new digital political content studio to provide innovative digital content strategy across earned, owned, and paid channels\. Built digital programmatic and social advertising infrastructure and reporting from the ground\-up to serve clients across the country from U\.S\. Senate primaries to county school board races\. Work with cross\-functional teams \(internal and external\) to develop and execute digital content strategy from creative brief to final reporting that build our clients brands, generate leads, and move voters to action via email marketing, organic social, and paid display, video, social, and search advertising\. - **Sr\. Director of Marketing at DSPolitical** (2017\-11\-01–2018\-12\-01) — Developed and implemented strategic media plan to meet company growth and media attention goals for the 2018 cycle and beyond\. Developed and produced all creative and copy for sales decks, collateral, print, video, and digital advertising\. Developed, updated, and enforced brand and style guidelines across the enterprise to ensure a consistent brand experience for prospects and clients\. - **Sr\. Director of Advertising Operations at DSPolitical** (2016\-08\-01–2017\-11\-01) — Placed and optimized more than $3\.3 million in digital display, video, and social advertising media for more than 140 progressive political and public affairs clients during the 2016 cycle\. Provided feedback to sales team on the results and pacing of client campaigns and delivered innovative insights to maximize campaign impact for clients, and revenue for DSPolitical\. - **Principal and Founder at Clarify Agency** (2015\-04\-01–2016\-07\-01) — Co\-founded a progressive digital strategy firm and led its marketing and new business development efforts from zero to $740,000 in revenue on more than $2 million in billings in its first cycle\. Led full\-service digital content strategy and lead generation programs with clients like Melissa Gilbert for Congress, Color of Change, and Salud Carbajal for Congress\. Our firm also worked with WomenCount, CREDO Action, A Better Minnesota, Deborah Ross for Senate, Margaret Stock for Senate, the Central Asia Institute, and more\. - **Sr\. Strategist at Trilogy Interactive** (2009\-10\-01–2015\-02\-01) — Led full\-service digital strategy and execution for clients such as the California Democratic Party, Senator Patty Murray, Washington United for Marriage, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Governor John Hickenlooper, Representative Scott Peters, Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and more\. Designed and deployed the first voterfile\-targeted Facebook GOTV application with the California Democratic Party in 2010\. Led digital marketing strategy to help a client to take fullest advantage of a donated national Superbowl :30 ad spot to generate discussion around domestic violence in the wake of several high\-profile arrests of NFL players\. Worked with firm partners to identify and pitch new business opportunities, including preparing pitch decks, proposals, and statements of work\. - **Internet Director at Tom Udall for Senate** (2008\-02\-01–2008\-11\-01) — Developed and implemented winning digital marketing and mobile strategies for top\-tier US Senate race\. Planned and led development of cutting\-edge voting tools to facilitate vote\-by\-mail, early vote, and Election Day voting\. Drafted, tested and implemented email fundraising plan that was a critical portion of our $605,921 online fundraising return during my tenure\. Recruited and managed team to execute our digital content strategy, including producing blog, video, and social media content as well as paid search campaigns\. - **Strategy and Metrics at Development Seed** (2007\-06\-01–2007\-12\-01) — Provided content and UX strategy recommendations based on analysis of web traffic for clients in the progressive non\-profit space\. - **Sr\. DB and Constituency Manager at Planned Parenthood Federation of America** (2005\-04\-01–2007\-05\-01) — Worked with our vendors and field staff to keep our data warehouse current and manage our list of 3 million supporters nationwide\. Provided online and in\-person training to our users around the country\. Provided data analysis and strategic support to our leadership with respect to digital and in\-person organizing in DC and New York\. - **Manager for Strategies and Programs \- Online Operations at DCCC** (2003\-06\-01–2005\-04\-01) — Managed email program through growth from 25,000 to 250,000 by end of 2004 cycle\. Team increased online revenue over 2002 cycle by 1100% \- raising $1,063,000 in hard dollars\. Developed, designed and implemented new online initiatives including the Stakeholder Blog, Text Message Alerts, Podcasts, a User\-Generated Haiku Contest, Paid\-Search Campaigns, Syndicated NewsWire and Ad Content, User Surveys, Blogger Relations Program as well as coordinating the standard website and email campaigns\. ## FAQ ### What does Steve do? Steve Olson leads paid\-media and growth\-marketing programs across B2B and B2C audiences\. His experience includes performance marketing, strategic marketing management, programmatic media buying, search, social, video, audio, out\-of\-home, TV, radio, print, incrementality, and marketing measurement\. ### What does Steve do at One Medical? At One Medical, Steve led the team responsible for B2B and B2C growth marketing across online and offline paid channels in all 16 markets nationwide\. The work covered search, social, display, video, CTV/OTT, podcasts, digital audio, out\-of\-home, TV, radio, and print\. ### What regulated\-industry and healthcare experience does Steve have? Steve has worked in HIPAA\-regulated healthcare at One Medical\. He also led paid media at MyEyeDr\., a private\-equity\-backed optometry chain with nearly 1,000 retail offices nationwide\. ### What budget and stakeholder\-management experience does Steve have? Steve has managed large marketing budgets, including $9 million in annual working media\. He has experience aligning stakeholders, including CFOs and executive leadership, around budget allocation for growth\. ### What team\-building and management experience does Steve have? Steve has managed small teams of three to four direct reports and has recruited and managed teams in prior roles\. He is interested in building and leading teams, can build programs and teams from zero to one, and is willing to be hands\-on during early\-stage development\. ### What did Steve accomplish at MyEyeDr\.? At MyEyeDr\., Steve was recruited by the VP of Marketing to lead the Paid Media Team\. He addressed the challenge of driving eye\-exam bookings and revenue across a rapidly growing retail footprint while balancing limited capacity by moving from manual market and campaign optimization to capacity\- and revenue\-sensitive tiering of offices and DMAs\. He shifted investment toward Non\-Brand Search, Performance Max, and Paid Social from less\-incremental channels such as Branded Search\. ### What results did Steve deliver at MyEyeDr\.? Steve delivered a 35% year\-over\-year increase in eye\-exam bookings in 2025 with only a 25% increase in spend\. He also held social\-media customer\-acquisition\-cost growth to 7% year over year, compared with 14% average growth in the United States, while increasing bookings by 13%\. ### What market\-launch experience does Steve have? In a Houston market launch, Steve improved cost per lead and conversion by 10–15% compared with similar markets\. He has experience executing market\-launch strategies and using brand\-support channels as part of marketing efforts\. ### What did Steve do as Senior Director of Marketing at DSPolitical? As Senior Director of Marketing at DSPolitical, Steve developed and implemented a strategic media plan to support company growth and media\-attention goals for the 2018 cycle and beyond\. He developed creative and copy for sales decks, collateral, print, video, and digital advertising, and developed, updated, and enforced enterprise brand and style guidelines\. ### What did Steve accomplish in advertising operations at DSPolitical? As Senior Director of Advertising Operations at DSPolitical, Steve placed and optimized more than $3\.3 million in digital display, video, and social\-advertising media for more than 140 progressive political and public\-affairs clients during the 2016 cycle\. He also advised the sales team on campaign results and pacing and delivered insights intended to increase client impact and DSPolitical revenue\. ### What was Steve’s work at Trilogy Interactive? At Trilogy Interactive, Steve led full\-service digital strategy and execution for clients including the California Democratic Party, Senator Patty Murray, Washington United for Marriage, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Governor John Hickenlooper, Representative Scott Peters, Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America\. He also worked with firm partners on new\-business opportunities, pitch decks, proposals, and statements of work\. ### What notable projects did Steve lead at Trilogy Interactive? With the California Democratic Party in 2010, Steve designed and deployed the first voterfile\-targeted Facebook get\-out\-the\-vote application\. He also led digital marketing strategy for a client using a donated national Super Bowl :30 advertising spot to generate discussion about domestic violence after several high\-profile arrests of NFL players\. ### What did Steve accomplish at Clarify Agency? Steve co\-founded Clarify Agency, a progressive digital strategy firm, and led marketing and new\-business development\. In its first cycle, the firm grew from zero to $740,000 in revenue on more than $2 million in billings\. ### Which clients did Steve serve through Clarify Agency? At Clarify Agency, Steve led full\-service digital\-content strategy and lead\-generation programs for clients including Melissa Gilbert for Congress, Color of Change, and Salud Carbajal for Congress\. The firm also worked with WomenCount, CREDO Action, A Better Minnesota, Deborah Ross for Senate, Margaret Stock for Senate, and the Central Asia Institute\. ### What did Steve do at FogLamp Content Studio? As a partner at FogLamp Content Studio, Steve recruited partners to found a digital political\-content studio focused on earned, owned, and paid channels\. He built digital programmatic and social\-advertising infrastructure and reporting from the ground up for clients ranging from U\.S\. Senate primaries to county school\-board races\. ### How did Steve execute digital content strategy at FogLamp Content Studio? At FogLamp Content Studio, Steve worked with internal and external cross\-functional teams from creative brief through final reporting\. The work included email marketing, organic social, and paid display, video, social, and search advertising designed to build brands, generate leads, and move voters to action\. ### What did Steve do at Development Seed? At Development Seed, Steve provided content and user\-experience strategy recommendations based on web\-traffic analysis for clients in the progressive nonprofit space\. ### What did Steve do at Planned Parenthood Federation of America? At Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Steve worked with vendors and field staff to maintain a data warehouse and manage a nationwide list of 3 million supporters\. He provided online and in\-person user training around the country and delivered data analysis and strategic support for digital and in\-person organizing in Washington, DC, and New York\. ### What did Steve accomplish at the DCCC? As Manager for Strategies and Programs – Online Operations at the DCCC, Steve managed an email program as it grew from 25,000 to 250,000 subscribers by the end of the 2004 cycle\. His team increased online revenue by 1,100% over the 2002 cycle, raising $1,063,000 in hard dollars\. ### What online programs did Steve build at the DCCC? At the DCCC, Steve developed, designed, and implemented online initiatives including the Stakeholder Blog, text\-message alerts, podcasts, a user\-generated haiku contest, paid\-search campaigns, syndicated NewsWire and ad content, user surveys, a blogger\-relations program, and standard website and email campaigns\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/ACoAAAAiIX8BdUIEIFcyVjPFUqsik5kRbutbXpo