Jessica Kamada

Managing Partner

2023 - Current

Funding & growing startups empowering women through pivotal life stages at the intersections of Care, Health & Wealth. Swizzle: a foundational figure skating move, made up of curves and pivots and looks like a lemon carved into the ice; fun and whimsical to execute.

Growth Consultant & Advisor

2022

I build and improve the growth programs of consumer pre-seed or seed stage companies as a Fractional Growth Exec or Advisor. Goal: scale sustainably to Series A and beyond.

Growth Advisor

2023

Red Drop helps tweens navigate their first period journey with education and right-sized period products.

Board of Directors

2019 - 2023

COO

2021 - 2022

Led the growing revenue driving teams & programs at Bamboo, including client services, sales, marketing, partnerships & go-to-market for net new service lines.

VP, Growth Marketing

2019 - 2021

Senior Account Director

2018 - 2019

Launched our Seattle office in Feb 2018.

Account Director

2016 - 2018

Sr. Growth Marketing Manager

2015 - 2016

Growth Marketing Manager

2015 - 2015

Online Marketing Associate - SEM

2014 - 2015

Increased revenue via paid search & display channels and CRO landing page optimization. : Google, Bing paid search & shopping, premium display and CRO.

Founding Team

2011 - 2013

Zaarly (Acq by Airtasker) was a pioneer peer to peer mobile marketplace. I served on the city launch team, operationalizing 5 city markets in 3 months and onboarding 200+ supply side small businesses to the platform. Later, I served as the Zaarly Seattle Marketplace Manager. I advised small business owners to help them create or grow their business on Zaarly, making money doing what they are passionate about. In addition to account management, I planned/marketed events and created local community partnerships. Main KPIs: Gross revenue, % completion of lifecycle stages, NPS score.

Communications, Integrations & Events Coordinator

2010 - 2011

Evangelist of thought leadership & innovative ideation to Michigan State University students. Organized & executed event on campus.

Career Services Communication Assistant

2010 - 2011

Created a career related content via blog posts & interviews to bring value to MSU Alumni.

President, MSU Marketing Association

2010 - 2011

Grew membership base by 50% over tenure. Connected our members with recruiters to gain employment post-graduation.

Study Abroad & Marketing Teaching Assistant

2009 - 2010

Program Assistant to Dr. Gil Harrell on Marketing and International Comparative Dimensions of Business Study Abroad trip in France, Spain, Italy and Belgium. Summer 2010. Teaching Assistant to Dr. Gil Harrell in Marketing 300 & 301 lecture courses. Fall 2010.

Marketing Consultant Intern

2010 - 2010

Assisted Dr. Gil Harrell and Dr. Dave Frayer in their consulting engagement with the Michigan State Police Department to create a strategic plan for improvement of the department.

Creative Consultant- Writing marketing textbook content

2009 - 2010

Research, development & content writing for Concepts of Marketing textbook, authored by senior faculty, Dr. Gil Harrell, printed for use fall 2010.