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Biz with Becs

Rebecca Cureton Vickers

Marketing Operations Leader

The operator whomakes 
marketing actually work.

"You can't create in chaos."

I build the infrastructure behind growth — the systems, teams, and operational architecture that turn marketing ambition into measurable, repeatable results.

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29.7%

YoY Revenue Growth

$150K+

Revenue Recovered

240+

Clients Led

98.5%

Team Retention

74%→47% Churn Reversed

50+ SOPs Built

40% Faster Edit Cycles

44-Person Team Led

200% Ad ROI at Arden Theatre

30% Agent Sales Lift at RE/MAX

The Through-Line

A career built on building what didn't exist yet.

The pattern has always been the same.

I walk into organizations where things run on instinct and tribal knowledge — and I build the infrastructure that makes them scalable.

Whether that was a theatre company at 24, a real estate brokerage at 30, or a nationwide media agency at 35, the work has been consistent: replace chaos with clarity, so the people inside can finally create.

That's not a resume arc. That's a point of view about how organizations actually grow.

2014–2016

Hedgerow Theatre & Villanova Marketing Fellowship

Philadelphia, PA

Built institutional fundraising infrastructure from scratch. Authored an $80K grant proposal. Led the theatre's first video-first digital marketing strategy while earning my M.A. in Theatre & Nonprofit Management with Honors. Here I developed my foundational lens: every audience has a journey, and design moves them through it.

2016–2018

Arden Theatre Company — Marketing Manager

Philadelphia, PA

Managed a $15K paid media budget producing $30K+ in ticket revenue — a 200% ROI. Grew pixel audiences from 14,000 to 21,000. Launched the company's first video content series. Created SOPs and process documentation for every marketing function. Marketing without operational discipline is just noise — I learned that here.

2018–2021

RE/MAX Main Line + Fractional COO Work

Fractional

Nationwide

Technology and marketing infrastructure lead for 100+ real estate agents — 30% sales performance lift through CRM adoption and digital training. Simultaneously served as Fractional COO for growth-stage fitness, real estate, and digital marketing clients: implemented CRM systems, authored first-ever SOPs, and achieved 100% adoption rates across organizations that had previously run on founders' memories.

2020–2021

FMO Media — Digital Marketing Manager 

promoted

Nationwide

Joined as Digital Marketing Manager and immediately began building: codified SOPs and internal processes, engineered storytelling-driven digital strategies, streamlined onboarding workflows, and led training standardization across the department. Promoted within 10 months.

2021–2022

FMO Media — Director of Client Services

Promoted

Nationwide

Elevated the Digital Marketing Team's operational structure, increasing departmental productivity 25% through AI and automation. Developed teams around servant-leadership principles. Prepared and won an RFP for a government contract, expanding the agency's footprint. Promoted again within 12 months.

2022–Present

FMO Media — VP of Operations

Executive

Nationwide — 240+ Clients, 44-Person Team

Rebuilt a founder-dependent, high-churn agency from the inside: 50+ SOPs, HubSpot and Asana overhauls, a predictive client health scoring system, and a culture of accountability. Result: 29.7% YoY revenue growth, churn reversed from 74% to 47%, $150K+ in recovered revenue, and 98.5% team retention across 44 people nationwide.

2023–Present

Eastern University + Alliance Practice 

Fractional / Adjunct

Adjunct Instructor & Fractional CMO

At Eastern University, improving program quality 25% in a 5-week operational audit. As Fractional CMO for Alliance Practice, repositioning their brand using StoryBrand, designing a podcast-driven content machine, building AEO strategy, and developing the operational onboarding infrastructure. The through-line: I build systems that help organizations grow with clarity.

Operational Case Studies

Problems I was built to solve.

Revenue Operations & Retention Strategy

Reversing a Churn Crisis at a Nationwide Media Agency

Industry: Media Fulfillment Agency · Scale: 240+ Clients, 44-Person Team

The problem: Client churn had spiked to 74% — a number that would end most businesses. The issue wasn't the product. It was that no infrastructure existed to catch clients before they walked out the door.

What I built: A "Performance ROI" client health scoring system that identified at-risk accounts before cancellation. Paired with a multi-year renewal tracking system (2023–2025) and proactive contract mitigation strategies, we shifted client success from reactive to predictive. I also redesigned QBRs from raw data dumps into story-driven presentations demonstrating marketing ROI.

The result: Churn dropped from 74% to 47%. Renewal performance restored above pre-crisis baseline. $150,000+ in at-risk revenue recovered. Revenue grew 29.7% year-over-year.

74%→47%

Churn Spike Reversed

$150K+

Revenue Recovered

29.7%

YoY Revenue Growth

Operational Architecture & MarTech Transformation

Transforming a Founder-Dependent Agency Into a Scalable Engine

Industry: Media Agency · Challenge: Tribal Knowledge, Year-Long Production Backlog

The problem: The agency ran on the founder's memory. No documented workflows, no standardized processes, a year-long production backlog. Every new hire started from zero.

What I built: 50+ SOPs under a formal "Operational Documentation Mandate," a full HubSpot and Asana overhaul eliminating the backlog, KPI/OKR dashboards for leadership visibility, a global workforce integration via Deel that cut onboarding costs by 30%, and the productization of Instant Social — transitioning content delivery from informal WhatsApp execution to a subscription-based model.

The result: Year-long backlog: gone. Founder dependency: replaced by systems. New hire onboarding: standardized. The agency could grow without the infrastructure cracking.

50+

SOPs & Frameworks Authored

40%

Edit Cycle Time Reduction

30%

Onboarding Cost Reduction

Change Management & Multi-Org Systems

Building Infrastructure Across Lean Organizations

Nonprofit Arts · Fitness · Real Estate · Consulting — Fractional & Early Career

The problem: A regional theatre company, a boutique fitness studio, a real estate brokerage, and a trauma-care consulting firm all shared the same challenge: operating on instinct, without systems to scale or documentation to train the next person.

What I built: At Arden Theatre, comprehensive process documentation and a paid media operation that doubled its ROI. At RE/MAX, CRM and digital tool training for 30+ agents with a 30% sales lift. At Level 1 Fitness, the gym's first-ever SOPs. At Alliance Practice, a full brand repositioning using the StoryBrand framework plus a podcast content machine converting founder interviews into multi-channel lead generation assets.

The result: 200% marketing ROI, 30% sales lift, 100% CRM adoption — and documented, replicable operational systems where there were none.

200%

Marketing ROI (Arden)

30%

Agent Sales Lift (RE/MAX)

100%

CRM Adoption Rate

Core Capabilities

What I actually do.

Revenue Operations (RevOps)

Aligning sales, marketing, and fulfillment under one operational model — so what gets promised gets delivered and delivery drives growth.

Operational Architecture

SOPs, SLAs, and documentation mandates that eliminate tribal knowledge and make organizations scalable, trainable, and acquirable.

Client Retention Strategy

Predictive health scoring, proactive renewal systems, and performance-based client success models that protect revenue before it's at risk.

MarTech & Systems Integration

HubSpot (12 certs), Asana, Deel, GA4, and workflow automation — implemented technically and adopted operationally across teams.

People Development & Retention

Radical Candor leadership, structured PDPs, and accountability frameworks sustaining 98.5% retention in high-output environments.

AI Fluency & Automation

Pioneered AI tools to produce 20 full client content plans in a single week. Built podcast content machines that automate multi-channel repurposing. Developed AEO strategy for generative AI search. Speaker at Podfest AI.

Fractional CMO

Executive marketing leadership on a fractional basis — brand repositioning, content strategy, AEO, and demand generation for growth-stage organizations that need strategic direction, not just execution.

Fractional COO

Operational infrastructure built on a fractional basis — SOPs, CRM implementation, workflow design, and capacity modeling that removes founders from the critical path and makes teams scalable.

Client Experience Architecture & CXO

Designing the end-to-end client and audience journey — from first touchpoint to renewal — using operational rigor and behavioral psychology rooted in a theatre background. The intersection where ops meets experience design.

Areas of Expertise

Keywords that match my work.

AI Fluency & Automation
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
AI Content Production at Scale
Podcast Content Machine
Podfest AI Speaker
Generative AI Strategy
Marketing Operations
Revenue Operations
Operational Strategy
Change Management
Client Retention & Renewal
Churn Mitigation
SOP / SLA Development
Agile Scaling Practitioner
HubSpot CRM (12 Certs)
Asana / Work Management
Workflow Automation
Capacity Planning
KPI & OKR Dashboard Development
Executive Reporting
Business Intelligence
MarTech Architecture
Demand Generation
Multi-Channel Strategy
Paid Media Management
Content Strategy
SEO / AEO
Email Marketing
AI-Driven Content Production
Brand Architecture
Organizational Scaling
Cross-Functional Leadership
Team Retention & Development
Radical Candor
Fractional CMO
Fractional COO
Service Delivery Operations
LTV Optimization
M&A Readiness
Predictive Health Scoring
MIT Sloan Digital Marketing Analytics
MBA — Organizational Management
MBA — Organizational Management
Agile OKRs
Trainual Admin
Global Hiring (Deel)
Nonprofit Management
Audience Development
Theatre & Behavioral Engagement

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In Their Words

What it's like to work with me.

Rebecca doesn't just manage operations — she architects them. She walked into a situation where we were running on gut instinct and built the kind of infrastructure I didn't even know we needed. The results speak for themselves, but what I remember most is how she kept the team together while doing it.

Lee [Last Name]

Colleague / Leadership Team

What sets Rebecca apart is that she sees the whole system. She doesn't fix one thing and walk away — she understands how every piece connects, and she builds solutions that hold up. I've worked with a lot of operators. Rebecca operates at a different level.

Tom [Last Name]

Colleague / Leadership Team

Rebecca has a rare combination of strategic thinking and practical execution. She can sit in the executive conversation and then go build what needs to be built. Her work on our systems and process documentation fundamentally changed how we operate — and we're still feeling the impact.

Bob [Last Name]

Colleague / Collaborator

Working alongside Rebecca means watching someone who genuinely cares about doing things right. She brought discipline and clarity to environments that desperately needed it, and she brought heart to the people in them. That combination is rare.

Rachel [Last Name]

Colleague / Collaborator

Education & Credentials

The foundation behind the work.

M.B.A.

Organizational Management
Project Management Concentration

Eastern University

M.A.

Theatre · Nonprofit Management
Completed with Honors
Villanova University

Certifications

HubSpot (12) · Agile Scaling Practitioner · MIT Sloan Digital Marketing Analytics · Agile OKRs · Trainual Admin

Recognition

Reelies Award Winner · Podfest AI Speaker · Women in Digital & Design (London & Online) · AMA Member · SHRM Member

let's work together

Ready to build the operations behind your next phase of growth?

Whether you're a growing team that's hit a scaling wall, or a company looking for an operator who's done this before — I'd love to talk.

© 2026 Rebecca Cureton Vickers · Smyrna, GA

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