
Timeline
About me
Customer Data Enthusiast
Education

Ordrup gymnasium
-Social science, english & mathematicsAktiviteter og foreninger:Orientation Week Leader

Copenhagen business school
-Bachelor of science (bsc) ha(kom) - business administration and organisational communication final thesis: dumb ways to die - smart ways to communicate?Aktiviteter og foreninger:Social Activity Board

University of technology, sydney
-Master of arts (ma) communication managementAktiviteter og foreninger:UTS International Students, UTS Tennis, UTS Sailing Integrated Communication Major

Bond university
-Study abroad, 5th semester business math, finance, advertising, political philosophy distinctionAktiviteter og foreninger:EDU representative for Danish students Gold Coast, Australia
Experience

New republique
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015Junior strategy planner
Co+høgh
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014Strategy intern
Ideosphere media
Sept 2014 - Mar 2015Social media planner
Whybin tbwa
Sept 2015 - Nov 2015Digital & social media strategy intern- Creating and executing content for MasterCard Australia & New Zealand's social media platforms- Assisting in research, analysis, and reporting

Event workforce
Sept 2015 - Mar 2016Team leader- Leading EW staff at multiple big brand events interstate, AU- Building strong time- and people management skills- Dealing with all ad hoc requests as the direct contact on site- Debriefing event fulfilment and staff engagement to management

Accordant
Mar 2016 - Dec 2017Optimisation manager- Leading a team of two- Delivering personalised user journeys cross channel and cross device- Building audience centric campaigns to improve conversions- Project managing Adobe Marketing Cloud integrations- Enabling team and client across paid and owned media strategy and execution- Growing clients by delivering solid, date-led results

Iprospect
Feb 2018 - Apr 2019Paid media account manager & team leadLeading a team of four towards creating true omni-channel strategies to our 30+ clients, with a specialist focus on executing and optimizing on paid and organic search. Highlights include doubling revenue on both search channels YoY for Denmark's largest eCommerce with only 23% additional budget.I worked across a broad range of industries including finance, insurance, eCommerce, physical retail, luxury, medical, fitness and governmentChosen for Dentsu Aegis Network's Top Talent 15 program 2019. Vis mindre

Pandora
Apr 2019 - Dec 2022Managing an awesome team of three specialising in consumer data activation across paid and owned channels, as well as visualisation and reporting hereof. Additionally to enabling audiences resulting in ROAS improvements up to +400%, highlights include:- Launching Pandora's first interactive Global Master Consumer View in Power BI- Driving and owning Pandora's process of Customer Data Platform (CDP) choice and implementation- Owning and creating Pandora's Consumer Data Strategy- Making relevant consumer data audience available in all eComm markets' key paid and owned media platforms (Google, Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, Monetate, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign)- Onboarding all Pandora's markets and agencies in the opportunities and best practice usage of 1st party data- Leading role in Data Capture initiatives with focus on data privacy and data ethics- Initiating and owning Pandora's Data Sharing Collaboration initiative (2nd party data)- Owning budgets (+$10 million), invoicing and financing for entire Advanced Analytics team of 20- Contributing to close relationship with BI and IT via shared project collaborations and networking- Participating in and influencing loyalty workshops- Key member and contributor of Pandora's Conversion Rate Optimisation/Personalisation initiatives- CEO Award winner 2020 (1 out of 9 of the entire global organisation)- Co-founder and co-host of Pandora Wine Club Vis mindre
Customer Data Strategy Manager, CX Management & Analytics, Global Marketing
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022Audience Manager, Consumer Data & Insights, Global Marketing
Apr 2019 - Jun 2022
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Accrease (adobe partner of the year)
Jan 2023 - nowSenior Director
Jan 2024 - nowSenior Manager Data Intelligence & Activation
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024
Licenses & Certifications

Bing ads accredited professional
MicrosoftJun 2017
Adobe real-time cdp business practitioner professional
AdobeJan 2023- View certificate

Certified safe® 5 agilist
Scaled agile, inc.Feb 2020 
Adobe media optimizer business practitioner expert
AdobeNov 2016
Analytics
GoogleApr 2017
Search advertising
GoogleJun 2016
Mobile advertising
GoogleApr 2017
Adwords fundamentals
GoogleJan 2016
Video advertising
GoogleApr 2017
Display advertising
GoogleApr 2017- View certificate

Google ads search certification
GoogleAug 2018 - View certificate

Search ads 360 certification exam
GoogleSept 2018 
Shopping advertising
GoogleApr 2017
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Maria AagaardCEO Award Pandora jun. 2020
- Awarded to Maria AagaardGoogle Partners Specialist Google maj 2017
- Awarded to Maria AagaardMost Innovative Programmatic Advertising Adobe feb. 2017
Volunteer Experience
Home Tutor
Issued by Mission Australia on Feb 2016
Associated with Maria AagaardPlanning Idol Participant
Issued by ReachOut Australia on Sept 2015
Associated with Maria AagaardInternational Student Buddy
Issued by Copenhagen Business School on Feb 2012
Associated with Maria AagaardSailing Instructor
Issued by Royal Danish Yacht Club on Jan 2004
Associated with Maria Aagaard
Languages
- enEnglish
- daDanish
- noNorwegian
- swSwedish
- frFrench
- geGerman
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