James Hamlin
CMO / Co-founder / Community Builder / Mentor & Advisor @ Here on Up / The CMO CircleJames Hamlin
CMO / Co-founder / Community Builder / Mentor & Advisor @ Here on Up / The CMO CircleServices
$340 / month
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MentorCruise summary
James is a CMO and co-founder at Here on Up and The CMO Circle, as well as a mentor and advisor. He has more than 20 years of experience building and scaling consumer tech businesses, including work at Match.com, TaskRabbit, and TrustedHousesitters. He helps marketers shape growth strategies, communicate marketing value to stakeholders, and lead teams through business challenges.
Based on 9 verified mentee reviews
- Reviewers often praise his clear, direct feedback on marketing work and business challenges.
- Several reviewers describe him as encouraging, responsive, supportive, and motivating.
- Two reviews point to his perspective on marketplace businesses and the challenges of scaling a company.
About
James is a CMO, Co-founder, Investor, Mentor and advisor & husband and father 4 children. based in the UK.
James has 20+ years experience in building, scaling and managing consumer facing global tech businesses.
James is incredibly passionate about growing business and developing people.
James is an innovative, hands-on and target driven CMO, GM & T-shaped Marketer with a diverse set of skills, from strategic planning through to tactical implementation.
James is also an active advisor to a number of community based online businesses in the Entertainment vertical as well as being an active coach and Mentor with over 50 5 Star reviews on Growth Mentor.
Some of James’s career highlights include:
Being Employee #8 of Udate.com which he helped grow into world’s 2nd largest Dating platform with over 15 million members leading to the acquisition of the business by IAC Corp in 2003
Leading Online Marketing for Match.com in 43 Markets outside of the US, Helping to build the #1 Dating platform & dominant brand globally w/ annual revenues in excess of $75m & Y-O-Y growth of 60%+
Employee Number 1 of Seatwave - Leading Marketing, Growth & Content for Europe’s largest & leading Ticket Exchange who Raised $53MM in VC from Accel, Atlas, Fidelity & Mangrove.
Growing to 11 Markets, Selling over 1.5 Million + Tickets w/ 2.1 Million MAUs. The Seatwave business was acquired by Ticketmaster/ Live Nation in 2014.
European MD of TaskRabbit, Building a community of over 1500 active Taskers across 40 Categories & growing Int Biz 300%+ during tenure making London TaskRabbit's fastest growing & 3rd largest city globally.
Launched & scaled a IKEA Partnership across 5 UK stores which Led to Acquisition by IKEA in 2017
Led all Marketing & Growth at Executive level for TrustedHousesitters in both a pre & post pandemic world. Drove double digit revenue growth on a quarterly basis following 5 negative quarters
What mentees say
5 out of 5 stars
James is very insightful, encouraging, and direct. I've learned a lot from him, and appreciate his unique perspectives on marketing, particularly with marketplace platforms.
Nolan
Standard Plan • 2 months
5 out of 5 stars
James has been an exceptional mentor for me. I originally reached out while navigating internal hierarchy and the politics that can come with being a marketing director—specifically, how to communicate value and outcomes clearly, align stakeholders, and ensure my team’s work stayed maximally impactful despite a lean budget. James went well beyond standard mentorship: he proactively connected me with other marketing leaders and industry professionals, introduced me to new tools and groups, and stayed engaged outside our calls to make sure I actually got the help and resources needed to execute. Those introductions and resources have been genuinely invaluable, and the progress that came from this mentorship has been meaningful and measurable. I’m very grateful for his support and would recommend him to anyone looking for a mentor who’s both strategic and hands-on.
Houston
Lite Plan • 5 months
5 out of 5 stars
Was very happy with James' mentorship, would recommend!
Paw
Standard Plan • 1 month
Get to know James
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What happens when you start
You tell James your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.
You meet within days. James reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.
You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.
