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His approach starts by testing creative and then audience segmentation, with a focus on eliminating waste, identifying new growth channels, and converting adjacent market segments. As Digital Marketing Manager at American Cruise Lines, Chris managed multi-million-dollar advertising budgets across Google, Bing, Facebook, and LinkedIn, increasing bookings by 217% while reducing cost per booking by 53%, and increasing leads by 576% while reducing cost per lead by 78%. His experience also includes marketing analytics and client reporting at Zenabi Data, $5 million in social-media spend management at Barrington Media Group, media operations at ICON International, and media relations with the New York Mets. Chris holds an MBA in Business Analytics from Sacred Heart University and a BS in Business Administration and Sports Management from Seton Hall University. ## Services - Content Marketing - Search Engine Optimization \(SEO\) - Conversion Optimization - Facebook Ads Manager - Facebook Ads - Google Ads - Bing Ads - Linkedin Marketing - Facebook Blueprint Certification - Google Adwords Professional - Google Cloud Platform \(GCP\) - Google Data Studio - Tableau - Archtics - Ticket Sales - Game Operations - Sports Management - Sports Marketing - Email Marketing - Facebook - Event Management - Sports - Press Releases - Marketing - Media Relations - Social Media - Sales - Marketing Strategy - Professional Sports - Public Relations ## Highlights - Promoted to Digital Marketing Director at American Cruise Lines after driving substantial improvements in lead-generation efficiency and booking volume. - Leads digital strategy and execution at American Cruise Lines across paid search, paid social, website, SEO, email marketing, conversion-rate optimization, and content marketing. - Increased bookings by 217% at American Cruise Lines while reducing cost per booking by 53%. - Increased leads by 576% at American Cruise Lines while reducing cost per lead by 78%. - Led paid-advertising strategy across Google, Bing, Facebook, and LinkedIn as Digital Marketing Manager at American Cruise Lines. - Managed multi-million-dollar advertising budgets at American Cruise Lines. - Launched a Facebook marketing program that grew followers from 40,000 to 250,000 and immediately met aggressive targets. - Managed $5 million in social-media spend over 18 months at Barrington Media Group. - Delivered more than 200% year-over-year performance growth at Barrington Media Group. - Scaled a consumer-health client from $500 to $8,500 in daily marketing spend at Barrington Media Group the account was cross-sold and became a top-five Barrington customer. - Transformed raw marketing data into insights to improve account performance at Zenabi Data. - Created in-depth Tableau campaign reporting and managed client relationships at Zenabi Data. - Used Google Analytics to identify high-value keywords to improve return on ad spend at Zenabi Data. - Analyzed television ratings and impressions to support data-based decisions and maximum client ROI at ICON International. - Designed and implemented a more efficient post-log collection process in a startup department at ICON International. - Supported the New York Mets front office, announcers, and press-box staff with social monitoring, media-request handling, press clippings, blog reports, statistics, and detailed information. - Fact-checked, edited, and assisted with all aspects of the 2013 Mets Media Guide under strict deadlines. ## Experience - **Digital Marketing Director at American Cruise Lines** (2025-06-01–present) — Promoted to Director after driving substantial improvements to lead generation efficiency & booking volume • Lead strategy and execution across all digital channels, including paid search, paid social, website, SEO, Email Marketing, Conversion Rate Optimization & Content Marketing - **Digital Marketing Manager at American Cruise Lines** (2023-01-01–2025-06-01) — Lead Digital Marketing paid ads strategy across Google, Bing, Facebook & LinkedIn • Managed multi-million dollar advertising budgets • Increased bookings by 217% while reducing cost per booking by 53% • Increased leads by 576% while reducing cost per lead by 78% - **Digital Media Buyer at Barrington Media Group** (2020-01-01–2022-01-01) — Analyzed & interpreted data from digital marketing efforts to turn insights into actionable marketing strategy • Over an 18 month period, managed $5 million in social media spend. • Including a year over year increase in performance of over 200% • Sample accomplishments include scaled consumer health client from $500 to $8,500 in daily marketing spend, account was cross sold & is now a top 5 Barrington customer - **Digital Marketing Analyst at Zenabi Data** (2019-01-01–2020-01-01) — Transformed raw marketing data into valuable insights to improve account performance • Managed and built relationships with clients, created in-depth campaign reporting using Tableau • Leveraged google analytics to identify high value keywords to improve return on ad spend - **Media Associate at ICON International, Inc.** (2014-01-01–2015-01-01) — Analyzed TV ratings/impressions for data-based decisions to deliver maximum ROI for clients • Resolved discrepancies & assisted with negotiating resolutions • In a startup department, designed & implemented a more efficient post-log collection process - **Media Relations Intern at New York Mets** (2013-01-01–2013-01-01) — Tracked Twitter, Facebook and other Social Media looking for trends • First point of contact for all media requests, fan/public comments and questions • Summarized blog reports and assembled press clippings for Front Office • Provided statistics and detailed information to announcers and press box staff • Adhering to strict deadlines, fact checked, edited and assisted with all aspects of the 2013 Mets Media Guide ## Education - MBA, Business Analytics — Sacred Heart University - Bachelors of Science, Business Administration Sports Management — Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business ## FAQ ### What does Chris do at American Cruise Lines? Chris is the Digital Marketing Director at American Cruise Lines. He leads strategy and execution across paid search, paid social, the website, SEO, email marketing, conversion-rate optimization, and content marketing. ### Why was Chris promoted to Director at American Cruise Lines? Chris was promoted to Digital Marketing Director after driving substantial improvements in lead-generation efficiency and booking volume. ### What did Chris do as Digital Marketing Manager at American Cruise Lines? As Digital Marketing Manager, Chris led paid-advertising strategy across Google, Bing, Facebook, and LinkedIn and managed multi-million-dollar advertising budgets. ### What booking results did Chris achieve at American Cruise Lines? Chris increased bookings by 217% while reducing cost per booking by 53%. In his Pluto interview, he described achieving 200% booking growth while cutting cost per booking by 53%. ### What lead-generation results did Chris achieve at American Cruise Lines? Chris increased leads by 576% while reducing cost per lead by 78% at American Cruise Lines. ### What are Chris's strongest digital marketing capabilities? Chris is skilled in audience research, converting adjacent market segments, attribution modeling, funnel optimization, and paid-media optimization. He focuses on eliminating waste and identifying new growth channels. ### How does Chris approach marketing testing? Chris uses a systematic testing methodology that tests creative first and then audience segmentation. ### What did Chris accomplish with Facebook marketing? Chris successfully launched a Facebook marketing program, growing followers from 40,000 to 250,000 while immediately meeting aggressive targets. ### What did Chris do at Zenabi Data? At Zenabi Data, Chris transformed raw marketing data into insights that improved account performance. He managed client relationships, created in-depth campaign reporting in Tableau, and used Google Analytics to identify high-value keywords that could improve return on ad spend. ### What did Chris accomplish at Barrington Media Group? At Barrington Media Group, Chris analyzed and interpreted digital-marketing data to turn insights into actionable strategy. Over 18 months, he managed $5 million in social-media spend and delivered a year-over-year performance increase of more than 200%. ### What notable client-growth project did Chris lead at Barrington Media Group? At Barrington Media Group, Chris scaled a consumer-health client from $500 to $8,500 in daily marketing spend. The account was cross-sold and became a top-five Barrington customer. ### What did Chris do at ICON International? At ICON International, Chris analyzed television ratings and impressions to support data-based decisions and client ROI, resolved discrepancies and assisted with negotiating resolutions, and designed and implemented a more efficient post-log collection process in a startup department. ### What did Chris do with the New York Mets? As a Media Relations Intern with the New York Mets, Chris tracked Twitter, Facebook, and other social media for trends served as a first contact for media requests and fan and public questions summarized blog reports assembled press clippings for the front office and provided statistics and detailed information to announcers and press-box staff. He also fact-checked, edited, and assisted with all aspects of the 2013 Mets Media Guide under strict deadlines. ### What is Chris's education? Chris earned an MBA in Business Analytics from Sacred Heart University. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Sports Management from Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business. ### What digital marketing and business skills does Chris have? Chris's skills include content marketing, SEO, conversion optimization, Facebook Ads Manager, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, Bing Ads, LinkedIn marketing, email marketing, marketing strategy, social media, marketing, sales, customer service, and Microsoft Excel. ### What analytics tools and certifications does Chris have? Chris works with Google Cloud Platform, Google Data Studio, Tableau, SQL, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Analytics, and Archtics. His listed credentials include Facebook Blueprint Certification and Google Adwords Professional. ### What additional industry and communications experience does Chris have? Chris also has experience in ticket sales, game operations, sports management, sports marketing, event management, professional sports, media relations, public relations, press releases, blogging, editing, sponsorship, nonprofits, Facebook, and sports. ### What type of opportunity is Chris seeking? Chris is seeking marketing leadership roles where he can continue his growth trajectory while maintaining a hands-on approach. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-morin-907a0043