Jonathan Aufray — CEO

Growth is the mission. Do you want to grow your business or startup? I will help you drive traffic, generate leads, improve conversions & increase your revenue with data-driven / cutting-edge growth strategies. ----------------------------------- Hi, I am Jonathan, an enthusiastic entrepreneur/growth hacker/consultant helping startups, fellow entrepreneurs & SMBs grow with digital marketing & growth hacking. I will help your business succeed by: - Building your online brand - Growing your community exponentially - Helping you generate leads - Expanding your customer base (Acquisition & Retention) I have worked with businesses from 90+ countries and I lived in 7 countries. I am originally from France but I consider myself as a 'global guy'. I love traveling, discovering new cultures and hanging out with people. Skills: - International Business / Business Development - Marketing & Growth Hacking: --> Digital & Inbound Marketing (SEO / SEM / SMO / SMM / ASO / Web Optimization / Content Marketing / PR-Public Relations) --> A/B Testing, data analytics, product optimization... --> Event Organisation --> Public Speaking --> Branding Education: Master's degree in Marketing and Management, specialisation in International Business Languages: English, French, Spanish, Chinese Personal Qualities: Creativity / Adaptation / Dynamism / Sociability / Efficiency

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Growth Marketing Specialist with expertise in SaaS and International Business Development.

Location: Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Experience: 20 yrs 1 mo

Skills

Growth Hacking
Business Development
Public Speaking
International Business Development
International Business
Sales
Digital Marketing

Career Highlights

Expert in driving startup growth through innovative strategies.
Multilingual professional with global business experience.
Proven track record in securing funding and partnerships.

Work Experience

Growth Hackers

Co-founder & CEO (10 yrs 2 mos)

Chief Executive Officer (10 yrs 3 mos)

Chief Executive Officer (11 yrs)

Linqapp

Marketing Specialist & International Business Expert (1 yr 1 mo)

Peanuts Daily

Co-founder and CEO (6 mos)

Fon-Star International Technology Inc.

International Sales and Marketing Manager (2 yrs 8 mos)

Strawberry Fields

Weight station supervisor (1 yr 3 mos)

Fare Auto

International Business Development and Marketing manager (1 yr 4 mos)

Croke Park Hotel - Jurys Inn

Food and beverages employee (6 mos)

IDRAC Lyon Business School

Marketing Communication and International Department assistant (6 mos)

Headland Hotel - managed by Swire Hotels

Food and beverages employee (5 mos)

Horizon Nightclub

Event Organizer (2 mos)

McDonald's

Kitchen Team Member (3 mos)

Angelo's Pizzeria

Food Server (1 mo)

Gilamco Inc.t/a Gillian's Wonderland Pier

Ride Operator (3 mos)

Neopost

Sales and Marketing assistant (4 mos)

Swiss Life

Temporary office jobs (1 yr 5 mos)

Education

Master's degree at IDRAC Business school

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Dublin Business School

Baccalaureat at Lycée Édouard Herriot

Jonathan Aufray

CEO

Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan20 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in driving startup growth through innovative strategies.
Multilingual professional with global business experience.
Proven track record in securing funding and partnerships.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Growth Marketing Specialist with expertise in SaaS and International Business Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Growth HackingBusiness DevelopmentPublic SpeakingInternational Business DevelopmentInternational BusinessSalesDigital Marketing

Other Skills

MarketingInternational MarketingMarket analysisA/B testingData analysisUser feedback analysisPublic RelationsAdvertisingSocial Media MarketingNetworkingReferral MarketingInternational SalesManagementNegotiationContent Marketing

About

Experience

20 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs

Current Experience

Growth hackers

3 roles

Co-founder & CEO

Apr 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

Growth Hackers brings fast and sustainable growth to startups and established businesses via growth hacking and inbound marketing tactics.
Driving qualified & targeted traffic, generating leads, automating processes, optimizing conversion rate and increasing revenue is what we do.
We work closely with startup founders and small business owners to offer them custom growth plans by defining:
Their budget
The metrics (KPIs) to focus on
The growth goals
> We study the market, the target, the buyer's persona and the competition
> We growth hack customer acquisition by A/B testing numerous channels to put the product/service in the hand of target users
> We analyze data and users' feedbacks
> We accompany businesses' product development and give them recommendations to make the product more user-centric. Through our network of partners, we can accompany product development with web or mobile app development.
Then, we optimize the acquisition channels, we prioritize, we work on retention, we improve the revenue model and we scale.
We also help startups with fundraising by finding the right angel investors or VC (Venture Capitalists).

Growth HackingBusiness DevelopmentInternational BusinessMarketingInternational Marketing

Chief Executive Officer

Mar 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

Chief Executive Officer

Jun 2015 – Present · 11 yrs

Public Speaking / Conference Speaking at:
Google Startup EYE Program
Taipei Startup Talks
TSS Big Camp Event: won award as 'Best Networker'
Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS)
Hacking House by SigFox
CCIFT (Chamber of Commerce & Industry France Taiwan) Workshop "How to shape your Digital Marketing Strategy"
...

Linqapp

Marketing Specialist & International Business Expert

Feb 2015 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Taipei City, Taiwan

Growth Hacker at Linqapp, a British startup originally from Taiwan. Free app helping people understand each other through languages. Native speakers from all around the world are connected on a crowd-sourced platform for language services.
Marketing:
> Digital & Inbound Marketing:
o SEO [Search Engine Optimization]
o SMO [Social Media Optimization]
o SMM [Social Media Marketing]
o ASO [App Store Optimization]
o Web Optimization
o Content Marketing
> Growth Hacking
> Referral Marketing
> Email Marketing
> Market Analysis
> Users' engagement
> International Business Development
> Communications:
o PR (Public Relations)
o Promotion
o Event Organization
o Public Speaking
Others: Company Culture / Company Organisation / App Testing / Writing content
Achievements: Startup Growth. Within a year working at Linqapp, the startup got from working from home to
Finding first offices
Was accepted to the pre-accelerator Taiwan Startup Stadium (TSS)
Won multiple awards
Won seats to participate to tech conferences in Taiwan, Singapore, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong-Kong and San Francisco
Got published in 40+ tech publications
Received first funding
Was accepted to the accelerator Emerge Education (First EdTech accelerator in Europe)
Number of users increased by more than 500%.

Public RelationsGrowth HackingAdvertisingSocial Media MarketingBusiness DevelopmentPublic Speaking

Peanuts daily

Co-founder and CEO

Oct 2014 – Apr 2015 · 6 mos · Taipei City, Taiwan

Startup description: 1st Taiwan satire news website.
Wordpress Web Design
Writing articles
Web Optimization
SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
SMO (Social Media Optimization)
Achievement: average of 100,000 page views per month from the 1st month.

Public RelationsGrowth HackingAdvertisingSocial Media MarketingBusiness DevelopmentInternational Business Development

Fon-star international technology inc.

International Sales and Marketing Manager

May 2012 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Taiwan

Fon-Star offers a total solution in plastic injection (tooling, molding, decoration, assembly…)
Manage team of 15 purchasers, designers, engineers, R&D, logistic and assistants (2 people in marketing, 3 people in sales and 10 people in project management)
Responsabilities and achievements --> Company growth
Marketing:
> Digital Marketing / Inbound Marketing:
o Website Optimization
o SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
o SEM (Search Engine Marketing)
o SMO (Social Media Optimization)
> Market Analysis (Competitor analysis, audit new processes, technologies, pricing analysis, market research…)
> Creation of Marketing campaign: Event organization (organization of trade-shows as visitors and exhibitors) / Creation of brochures in 3 languages.
> Design: design brochures, company presentations (PPT, PDF, Prezi...), creation corporate movie, rebranding (Brand Marketing)
Business Development / International Sales:
> Manage existing customers from Europe, Australia and North America
> Building partnerships and finding new customers from Europe, Australia, North America, South America and APAC
Project Management:
> Work with my team to handle new projects of customers including all aspects of the project (Technical, design, manufacturing, R&D, financial planning, lead-time delivery…)
Names of clients:
Automotive: Faurecia, Preh, Maier S Coop, Meca Plast, Injectoplast, Delphi, IAC, VMI
Consumer electronics: Siemens, Axis, Dog&Bone, Pure-Gear, Bosch, Netgem, Grammer, Metronic
Medical: Thermo Fisher, Life Technologies, Hospira
Optical: Adaptive Lighting, Philips
Sport: Oxylane

International BusinessInternational MarketingInternational SalesSalesDigital Marketing

Strawberry fields

Weight station supervisor

Sep 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos · Palmview, Queensland (Australia)

Logistics, quality control...

Management

Fare auto

International Business Development and Marketing manager

Feb 2009 – Jun 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos · Barcelona Area, Spain

Fare is a manufacturer and distributor of rubber spare parts for cars. More than 10,000 references. Exportation in 60 countries.
Manage team of 10 sales, engineers, logistic and assistants (2 people in marketing, 5 people in sales and 3 people in logistics)
Responsabilities and Achievements --> Company Growth
Marketing:
o Digital marketing / Inbound Marketing: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) / Web Optimization / SEM (Search Engine Marketing)
o Growth hacking
o Communication
o Creation and design new brochures, creation corporate movie, creation catalogues of products
o Developing the Internet website (New ideas, designing, positioning, translating…)
o Event Organization (Preparation trade-shows)
o Strategy development: find new families of products
o Market study (Competitor analysis, market research, marketing matrices)
International Sales / Business Development:
o Manage Wurth International account (Most important client with presence in 86 countries) and build new partnerships
o Responsible of all exportations except South America
o Manage existing customers to Europe, Africa, North and South America and also find new customers in the same regions.
o New contracts in Lebanon, United States, England, France, Ireland, Morocco, Algeria, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Kenya, Cyprus, Greece, Malta
Project Management: supply chain, logistic and payment verification

International BusinessInternational MarketingInternational SalesBusiness DevelopmentDigital Marketing

Croke park hotel - jurys inn

Food and beverages employee

Oct 2007 – Apr 2008 · 6 mos · Dublin (Ireland)

Luxury Hotel

International BusinessInternational MarketingInternational SalesBusiness DevelopmentDigital Marketing

Idrac lyon business school

Marketing Communication and International Department assistant

Feb 2007 – Aug 2007 · 6 mos · Lyon Area, France

IDRAC Lyon (France) is an International Business School.
Responsabilities and achievements:
Marketing: Advertising, Designing (Brochures, posters…), PR (Public Relations), Event Organization (Student fairs, welcoming International students...), Digital Marketing / Inbound Marketing (SEO, SEM), Corporate movie
Improve International recognition: contact university partners, work on international accreditations

ManagementNegotiation

Headland hotel - managed by swire hotels

Food and beverages employee

Mar 2006 – Aug 2006 · 5 mos · Newquay (England)

4 star Hotel

International BusinessInternational MarketingBusiness DevelopmentDigital MarketingContent Marketing

Horizon nightclub

Event Organizer

Jan 2006 – Mar 2006 · 2 mos · Brighton, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Organizing events and handling signups.

Management

Mcdonald's

Kitchen Team Member

Sep 2005 – Dec 2005 · 3 mos · Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · On-site

Preparing food.

Angelo's pizzeria

Food Server

Jul 2005 – Aug 2005 · 1 mo · Ocean City, New Jersey, United States · On-site

Ordering and serving food and beverages.

Gilamco inc.t/a gillian's wonderland pier

Ride Operator

Jun 2005 – Sep 2005 · 3 mos · Ocean City, New Jersey, United States · On-site

Ride operations at pier's amusement park

Neopost

Sales and Marketing assistant

Jan 2005 – May 2005 · 4 mos · Lyon Area, France

Company quick description: Mailing Management Solutions
Responsabilities and achievements:
Marketing: improving customer’s files, improve local image
Sales: taking appointments with customers, negotiation with prospects (type of products, quantities, prices, time of delivery, after-sale services…) and going to visit clients.