Lavita T.
Consumer Insights, Associate Marketing Manager @ PepsiCo
About
Strategic Marketing Manager & Data Storyteller with 7+ years of experience fusing deep User Research with advanced Marketing Sciences to drive growth for Fortune 50 portfolios. Currently at PepsiCo, she bridges the gap between complex data and executive strategy, optimizing a $150M+ media portfolio through rigorous creative validation and technical measurement.
United States
New York
Marketing & Advertising
Customer Journey Mapping, Brand Growth Strategy, Project Management, DCO, Dynamic Creative Optimization, Google Data Studio, Looker Studio, Data Integration, API integration, Integrated Marketing, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Conversion Optimization, Conversion Tracking, CM360, Attribution Modeling, Data Storytelling, Digital Media, Marketing Mix Modeling, Taxonomy, YouTube Marketing
Experience

Consumer Insights, Associate Marketing Manager
• Managed E2E design and execution of research initiatives—including qualitative and quantitative studies, syndicated data analysis (Circana, iBev, Kantar BBE), and budget/vendor management—to deliver actionable, insight-driven recommendations that inform business decisions. Translated complex data into strategic narratives that guided C-suite/XFN decision-making on marketing strategy, product innovation, and go-to-market plans. • Notably, executed iterative user research loops using Zappi to validate brand assets—ranging from Super Bowl commercials and packaging redesigns to logo architecture. De-risked the $150M+ media portfolio by securing quantitative validation on key assets prior to launch, ensuring consumer resonance. • Led the data-driven repositioning for the Pepsi Trademark, managing the strategic mix between "Legacy" volume drivers (Pepsi Regular/Diet) and "High-Growth" bets (Pepsi Zero Sugar). • Spearheaded the market validation and Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy for Pepsi Prebiotic Cola (Innovation), defining the entry strategy for a high-potential functional beverage category.

Marketing Sciences, Associate Marketing Manager
• Supported the development and launch of Canvas, Pepsi’s proprietary media planning platform, leading North American training to drive 80% adoption in Year 1 and democratize access to performance KPIs and earning the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Genius Award for Innovation. • Scaled PepsiCo’s Digital Real-Time Optimization (RTO) practice, establishing standardized frameworks that drove 20MM incremental viewed impressions and saved $4MM in waste across the US. • Led the migration from Salesforce Datorama to Microsoft Power BI, training a team of 9 to enhance proficiency, efficiency, and collaboration across Marketing Sciences. • Operationalized Marketing Mix Models (MMM), Lift Studies, and a cross-sector KPI framework to quantify incrementality and isolate the causal impact of spend, validating ROI and enabling meta-learning. • Consulted brand teams on "Personalization at Scale," ROI analysis, and audience segmentation, utilizing marketing science to align media investments with long-term brand growth strategies. • Constructed strategic audience personas rooted in Pepsi’s long-term Brand Growth Strategy, translating consumer insights into actionable segments that focused media investment on high-value future growth drivers.

Senior Associate
• Spearheaded end-to-end programmatic strategies across DV360 and YouTube, aligning with Search/Social teams to create a cohesive, cross-channel narrative that consistently exceeded KPI benchmarks. • Managed full-cycle campaign trafficking, QA, and troubleshooting, while mentoring junior team members on platform capabilities and delivering weekly client-facing performance reports. • Onboarded net-new client Cox Communications, architecting a standardized data taxonomy from scratch to establish the foundation for Multi-Touch Attribution (MTA) and advanced audience segmentation (SQL). • Guided the transition to MTA by analyzing Path to Conversion reports to value upper-funnel touch points, while future-proofing media buying strategies against signal loss and Walled Garden restrictions. • Led a roadmap of A/B tests and Brand/Sales Lift experiments to quantify impact, utilizing insights to refine audience segmentation strategies and maximize ROAS.

Senior Performance Media Analyst
• Collaborated on planning, budgeting, and execution for 15+ Fortune 500 clients across Search, Social, and Programmatic platforms, facilitating cross-functional alignment to streamline delivery and optimize performance against KPI benchmarks. • Notably, spearheaded a dynamic creative strategy for UPS’s peak season, utilizing Google Studio’s API to automate localized ad delivery for 87,000 roles; reduced production costs by $350k and saved 4,000+ hours while driving higher CTR through hyper-local messaging. • Leveraged advanced pixel tracking to identify drop-off points and steer retargeting experiments, optimizing the candidate journey to increase application volume while lowering Cost Per Application (CPA). • Mentored new analysts on platform capabilities, best practices during implementation, and optimizations for multi-million-dollar projects.

Brand Strategy Intern
Chicago
• Helped create reports based on primary and secondary research, in order to identify unique co-branding opportunities. • Supported the implementation of a national advertising campaign by providing insights on data and trends. • Developed a marketing tool for Blue Plans to implement correct utilization of the Blue Cross Blue Shield's brand, trademark symbols, and derivatives. • Collaborated alongside international co-branding partners to review and revise joint communication material.

Marketing and Communications Intern
Chicago, IL
• Used effective utilization of marketing intelligence to successfully communicate with supporters, raising funds, planning logistics of events, and soliciting donations. • Created and maintained social media presence through Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms to engage with active and potential new volunteers. • Recorded and searched for reports of the organization's media presence through bi-weekly press releases, using public relations analytic software, Trendkite.

Business Development and Sales Intern
St.Thomas, VI/ Ketchikan, AK
• Assisted in building, maintaining, and evolving strong relationships with clients and suppliers. • Helped identify and close new marketplace opportunities and clientele for revenue growth. • Implemented use of CRM database to improve the overall experience of tracking customer activity, reporting daily sales performance, and customer service relations. • Migrated data from existing solutions into LogicMate’s Jewel 2000 and repaired inaccurate and/or missing information. • Updated inventory items for the entire store and trained relevant employees on how to use the new system.

Intern
Virgin Islands Medical Foundation
VI Medical Foundation Building - St Thomas, VI
• Greeted patients kindly and ascertained the nature of their visits • Obtained confidential medical files of patients regarding past health and/or health insurance • Maintained records of patients by updating personal and financial information regarding weight, height, blood pressure, vision, immunization health insurance. • Comforted and helped patients cope with stress of any sort.
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