Chris Bruno. Fractional CMO · Marketing + AI

Independent since 2008 · London → New York

I have spent the last nine years as a fractional CMO across tech, fintech, media and financial services, most recently with a startup that went on to be acquired.

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  • 15+ Years in marketing
  • 9 Years as a fractional CMO
  • ~$30m Raised by companies I've worked with
  • 1,083 Campaigns created to date

Selected clients and brands

  • Adaptive ML
  • H Company
  • Improbable
  • The Metaverse Society
  • All About Digital Marketing

01 / Who I work with

Startups, scale-ups, agencies and established businesses that want to be worth more.

If you run a business, lead a team or own an agency, the conversation usually starts with one of these problems.

01

Growth has stalled, and nobody can say why.

Sales climbed, then flattened. The channels that got you here have hit their limits, and pushing harder on them is not the answer.

02

Marketing is busy, but revenue is not moving.

Campaigns ship and content goes out, yet none of it connects clearly to pipeline or sales. Activity is not the same as progress.

03

You need senior leadership, not a full-time CMO.

The team is capable but needs direction, and the board wants a plan. A full-time CMO salary is not the right spend at this stage.

04

You want AI in your marketing properly, not superficially.

Most teams have the same tools. Very few have rebuilt how their marketing actually works around them. That gap is a real advantage, for now.

02 / How we work together

Two ways to work with me.

Most engagements start with the audit. Some move straight to ongoing leadership when the fit is clear.

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Marketing & AI Audit

Fixed fee · 2 weeks

A two-week diagnostic of your marketing, positioning and AI opportunity. I look at what you are doing, what it costs and what it returns, then tell you plainly what to change and in what order.

  • Full review of positioning, channels, funnel, team and tooling
  • A clear view of where AI can do real work in your marketing
  • A prioritised action plan you can execute with or without me
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Ongoing

Fractional CMO

1 to 2 days a week · 3-month minimum

Embedded senior marketing leadership without the full-time cost. I join your leadership team, own the marketing strategy and stay accountable for what it delivers.

  • Strategy, budget and team leadership, reported at board level
  • Hands-on where it matters: positioning, growth, hiring, AI adoption
  • Success measured in revenue and company value
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03 / About

Who you would be working with.

Chris Bruno, fractional CMO

I have worked in marketing for over 15 years and for myself since 2008, the last nine as a fractional CMO and consultant. My most recent client, a startup, went on to be acquired.

  • Founded and sold a media business, then built and ran a marketing agency
  • Senior marketing roles across startups, tech, Web3, media and financial services
  • Responsible for millions in marketing spend, and for what it returned
  • Focused now on the intersection of marketing and AI
Near London · Working globally

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