Twenty years of commercial marketing. One clear purpose — growth.
Stephanie Smith is the Founder of stephanie smith, an independent consultancy helping ambitious UK businesses grow through commercial marketing strategy. She brings two decades of experience across FMCG, B2B, professional services and scale-ups to founders and leadership teams who want marketing to deliver on the commercial plan — not sit alongside it.
Manchester · United Kingdom
A career built at the intersection of marketing and commercial strategy.
Grounded in FMCG and industry.
Stephanie's career began inside major FMCG and industrial brands — PPG Industries, Maggi Electronics and Supreme Imports. These formative years taught her how marketing performs when it's held to the same standard as commercial operations: measurable, disciplined and margin-aware.
Integrated campaigns at national scale.
Progressing into senior leadership roles, Stephanie led integrated marketing, national advertising and commercial growth strategies across FMCG, B2B, retail, hospitality, professional services and technology.
Founder — stephanie smith.
Today, Stephanie works directly with founders, CEOs and leadership teams as a strategic growth partner. stephanie smith exists to solve commercial marketing challenges — not to fill the role of an outsourced marketing manager.
A strategic growth partner — not an outsourced marketing manager.
Stephanie is known for combining strategic thinking with practical execution. Every engagement is anchored to commercial objectives: revenue, margin, market position and long-term brand equity. Ambitious ideas are welcome — provided they can be built, measured and defended.
- Scalable growth strategies
- Predictable lead generation
- Improved customer acquisition
- Market authority & founder brand
- High-performing marketing functions
- Marketing aligned with commercial objectives
Cross-sector experience.
- FMCG
- B2B
- B2C
- Professional Services
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Hospitality
- Property
- Technology
- Recruitment
Campaigns and capabilities delivered.
- Brand strategy
- Growth marketing
- OOH advertising
- Social media
- Paid advertising
- Digital marketing
- Content strategy
- Lead generation
- Customer acquisition
- Commercial marketing
- Business growth
- Marketing transformation
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