Marketing Leader · Creative Strategist · Seattle, WA

Laura
Merrett

Building consumer brands people love through culturally fluent marketing, performance-led creative, and strategic partnerships.

I'm a senior marketing leader and creative strategist with 8+ years driving growth for wellness and consumer lifestyle brands — through integrated campaigns, performance-led creative, and culturally relevant storytelling across DTC, retail, and ecommerce.

I'm equally at home developing a brand's creative platform as I am owning the media strategy, managing agency partners, or building creator and brand partnerships from the ground up. I lead cross-functional teams across creative, media, PR, social, and sales — and I care deeply about the culture and lifestyle context that makes a brand genuinely resonate.

My foundation: launching $50MM global campaigns for Meta at Mindshare — across every channel imaginable. Today I bring that rigor to Nestlé Health Science, leading integrated lifestyle campaigns, brand communications, and strategic partnerships across paid and owned channels.

Core Expertise
Marketing Leadership Creative Strategy Brand Communications Brand & Creator Partnerships Cultural & Lifestyle Marketing Performance Media Content Strategy Influencer Strategy DTC & Ecommerce Consumer Insights Agency Management Omnichannel Campaigns
01
HigherDOSE campaign creative
HigherDOSE
Overhauling Paid Media & Creative Strategy

Joined as the brand's first dedicated strategist and rebuilt an inherited, unstructured account from the ground up. Refocused messaging around problem/solution storytelling, redefined consumer segments, and developed creative spanning wellness beginners to biohackers.

+122% ROAS
Premium Rebrand
Full Account Rebuild
02
Nuun brand campaign creative
Nuun Hydration — Brand Campaign
Biggest Brand Launch Since Inception

Re-launched Nuun's flagship brand campaign across Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Search, and OTT — with 3 platforms entirely new to the brand. Led $8MM awareness and performance strategy spanning paid social, influencer, display, Amazon, retail, and podcasts. Achieved near-total net new user traffic and dramatically expanded social presence.

+111% QoQ Search Revenue
+14% Brand Awareness
56% New User Revenue
03
Nuun product launch creative
Nuun Hydration — Product Launch
Expanding Beyond Athletes to Everyday Consumers

Led multi-platform launch for a new Nuun SKU, broadening the brand's reach from athletes to everyday consumers. Built a cross-channel strategy across Search, YouTube, Meta, Pinterest, DSP, Amazon, Walmart, and Target — developing actionable briefs with deep audience insights that converted new consumers into repeat buyers.

+40% Paid Search Revenue
Top 3 SKU Status
Expanded Retail Reach
04
Carnation creative refresh
Carnation Breakfast Essentials · Nestlé
Full-Funnel Creative Refresh for a Legacy Brand

Led a full creative system overhaul for a legacy brand in a highly competitive breakfast category. Addressed dated creative with inclusive, insight-driven messaging and built a testing roadmap centered on taste, time of day, and functional benefits — rolled out across paid social, display, video, and retail media channels.

+620% ROAS ($2.50→$18)
Full Visual Rebrand
Omni-Channel Rollout
05
Instagram Stories launch creative
Mindshare × Instagram
Instagram Stories Global Launch (USA & EMEA)

Developed global recommendation strategies with tailored insights for Meta across USA and EMEA, closing the engagement gap with Snapchat in key markets. Built fit-for-platform, localized creative across OLV, programmatic, paid social, OOH, and custom content.

Significant DAP/MAP Lift
USA + EMEA Markets
Platform Positioning Win
06
Facebook Watch launch creative
Mindshare × Facebook Watch
Facebook Watch Platform Launch

Re-launched the Facebook Watch platform via TV, digital, OOH, and audio streaming — balancing DR and brand objectives across segmented audiences and KPIs. Drove the largest premiere audience for "Queen America" with measurable lifts in brand awareness and app downloads.

Largest Premiere Audience
Brand + DR Balance
Multi-channel Launch

Seed Health

Science-led storytelling that makes complex health concepts feel desirable and approachable

Dieux Skin

Radical transparency and community-first brand building that turned skepticism into loyalty

ARMRA

Cutting-edge ingredient storytelling with an editorial aesthetic that punches above its weight

Hero Cosmetics

Performance-first product with a warm, inclusive voice that built a cult following from scratch

Ritual

Proof that a supplement brand can lead with design and values as powerfully as efficacy

Experience & Expertise

Jan 2025 — Present
Nestlé Health Science
Brand Communications Manager

Lead large-scale, integrated lifestyle campaigns across paid media, creators, retail, Amazon, and owned channels — driving brand equity and conversion. Operate at the intersection of brand, culture, and performance, translating cultural trends and consumer insights into modern, high-impact campaign ideas. Cross-functional lead across creative, media, PR, social, partnerships, and sales. Own communications PFME and agency management.

+27% QoQ NB · +18% NTB on Amazon · +33% audience penetration vs. goal · +5.3pt lift in consideration
Apr 2024 — Jan 2025
Nestlé Health Science
Content Strategy Lead

Developed and implemented content strategy frameworks across all channels: paid, owned, creator, CRM, influencer, retail media, and Amazon. Pioneered creative messaging strategies that elevated brand narratives across the NHS portfolio. Initiated and led a performance-driven creator video program pilot. Conducted A/B testing and creative iteration in collaboration with internal and external partners.

Performance-led creator program · Multi-channel content frameworks
May 2022 — Apr 2024
Nestlé Health Science
Performance Media Strategist

Led performance media and content strategy programs for NHS portfolio across creator, DTC, Amazon, omni, and retail. Developed actionable briefs with detailed media and audience insights. Enhanced audience targeting and optimized creative across channels.

$20MM budget · +66% ROAS increase
Nov 2021 — Apr 2022
Nuun Hydration
Senior Digital Marketing Manager

Led $8MM awareness and performance media strategy across paid social, influencer, display, Amazon, retail, and podcasts. Launched Nuun's first-ever brand campaign across new platforms (Twitch, OLV, Pinterest, TikTok). Increased CVR by 5% despite significant budget cuts. Managed influencer programs, direct reports, and relationships with 3+ agencies.

$8MM budget · +111% QoQ search revenue · 56% of site-wide new user revenue
Jul 2019 — Nov 2021
PitchBook Data
Media Strategy / Project Manager

Managed in-house creative agency and project managed workflow from brief to delivery. Partnered cross-functionally to provide media insight and education, inspire creative ideas, and deliver campaign collateral aligned with business goals.

Jan 2016 — Jun 2019
Mindshare
Senior Media Strategist

One of the first hires on the Mindshare global strategy team for Meta. Launched integrated global media campaigns end-to-end across digital, social, OOH, TV, audio, streaming/OTT, partnerships, and custom content. Developed global recommendation strategies with tailored insights across USA and EMEA markets.

$50MM global Meta campaigns · Instagram Stories + FB Watch launches