ERIC TODA

Work

Seven companies, one thread: building brands and business lines from the ground up, then proving they work with revenue.

Meta 2020 to 2025

Global Director, Business Marketing & Communications / Executive Director, Meta Prosper

Led digital brand, executive social communications, and social B2B marketing strategy at Meta for five years, including the company's highest-stakes rebrand and its first business engine built for a specific community.

  • The rebrand. Led the enterprise-wide deployment of Facebook's $80M rebrand to Meta, coordinating rollout across 100+ global channels. See the announcement →
  • Performance integration. Led Performance Marketing integration across the full 3,000-person marketing organization, growing revenue by $100M+ in the first year.
  • Global B2B. Owned marketing strategy, P&L, and operations for the world's largest B2B social footprint across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Twitter, and WhatsApp, driving $10M+ in incremental revenue and $5M in directly attributed revenue.
  • Crisis strategy. Served as a core advisor to the C-suite and liaison to the White House. Built and ran a $3M crisis communications strategy that neutralized 100+ brand-damaging moments, turning what would have been a 27% year-over-year sentiment decline into a 5% gain.
  • Executive communications. Served as an ongoing communications advisor to senior Meta leaders, including Joel Kaplan, Naomi Gleit, and Alex Schultz, counseling on media strategy, crisis response, and public-facing positioning.
  • Meta Prosper. Built and scaled Meta's first revenue engine created to support AAPI small businesses, creators, and nonprofits, a $300B market opportunity. Reached 600K entrepreneurs and generated $1M in net profit in the first 12 months. Visit Meta Prosper →

Channels: @metaforbusiness, @instagramforbusiness, @whatsappforbusiness, @metaprosper

Stitch Fix 2019 to 2020

Director of Brand Marketing (Contract)

Brought in to sharpen Stitch Fix's brand strategy and stand up a dedicated go-to-market for its menswear line.

  • Brand strategy. Defined Stitch Fix's brand strategy and campaign framework, including the go-to-market strategy for Stitch Fix Men.
  • Social team. Uplevelled the social team's structure and creative execution.

Channels: @stitchfix, @stitchfixmen

Hill City, Gap Inc. 2017 to 2019

Global Head of Marketing / CMO

Built Gap's first new direct-to-consumer brand in a decade from the ground up, and used it to pressure-test digital transformation for the rest of the company.

  • Created and led the $10M go-to-market strategy for Hill City's launch. See the launch announcement →
  • Directed a $3.7M marketing mix across digital (55%), content creation (24%), and print/direct mail (13%), running the full-funnel customer journey from awareness to conversion across web, email, search, and social.
  • Managed an $8M+ P&L and a $3M OPEX budget across a cross-functional marketing team.
  • Drove $4M in net profit within the first four months.
  • Launch contributed to a 15% increase in Gap Inc.'s market cap.

Channels: @wearehillcity

Press: Adweek, CMO Moves, Digiday, Advertising Week Briefing, Fast Company, CNBC

Airbnb 2015 to 2017

Global Head of Social Marketing & Editorial Content

Ran social, editorial, and product marketing input during Airbnb's highest-growth years, connecting brand storytelling directly to bookings and host growth.

  • Led the global brand marketing strategy across 20+ markets in North America, APAC, and EMEA, managing a $7M budget that drove 40% revenue growth in digital channels and a 15% lift in lead generation.
  • Recommended and helped ship the mandatory "Instant Book" feature to reduce host bias, boosting bookings 15% month over month. More on Instant Book →
  • Built digital attribution models that delivered a 20% surge in bookings and 11% year-over-year host growth.
  • Ran a $2M editorial strategy built on social listening, growing social channels 388% and lifting site traffic 5 to 8% quarter over quarter. See how the strategy played out →
  • National Parks "slow TV" livestream campaign: 2.5M impressions in 12 hours, 98% positive sentiment, Shorty Awards finalist, Facebook Live Gold Distinction. See the Shorty Awards entry →

Channels: @airbnb

More from this era: "Live There" campaign case study, "Don't Go There, Live There," Effie Gold winner, "#LiveInTheMovies," Cannes Lions, "We Are Here", "We Accept" campaign, Best Brand on Instagram, Shorty Awards

Snapchat 2014 to 2015

Global Director, Marketing & Partnerships

Joined as one of Snapchat's early marketing leads and built the go-to-market for its first monetization products.

  • Launched the inaugural product marketing strategy for Snapchat's core revenue features (Brand Stories, Our Stories, Discover), driving a 200% month-over-month revenue surge. See the Discover launch coverage →
  • Ran Creative Strategy and Product Marketing simultaneously, managing a $4M OPEX budget for global experiential partnerships.
Nike 2013 to 2014

Global Director, Digital Brand Marketing (Football, Baseball, Men's Athletic Training)

Directed digital marketing (social, web, email, influencers) infrastructure for four multi-billion-dollar categories: Football (NFL/NCAA), Baseball (MLB/NCAA/Little League), and Men's Athletic Training.

Channels: @usnikefootball, @nikebaseball, @niketraining

Sites: nike.com/us-football, nike.com/baseball, nike.com/training

Facebook 2008 to 2013

Lead, Tech / Social Commerce / Travel, Global Marketing Solutions

Joined during Facebook's early hyper-growth years and helped build the advertising products and marketing infrastructure that turned the platform into a global commercial engine.

  • Ad product incubation. Partnered directly with product engineering to launch and scale Facebook's foundational advertising ecosystem, including Sponsored Stories, Ads Manager, and Power Editor, generating a combined $310M in new revenue in the first year. More on Power Editor →
  • Team building. Built and led the North America Media Solutions team through Facebook's hyper-growth phase, running marketing strategy and deployment for the platform's largest global commercial partnerships.
  • The 1 billion milestone. Created and executed the media plan for Facebook's first global brand campaign, "Chairs," which anchored the narrative for the platform's historic milestone of 1 billion active users. See the campaign coverage →