The receipts

Bumble. My job was to get college guys to care about a women-first dating app. Turns out you do that by showing up to their tailgates. The program went from 10 universities to 150 in 18 months, with 600+ partner organizations across the US, Canada, and Mexico. I also ran Bumble's Mardi Gras takeover from a house on Bourbon Street, which is a real thing I got paid to do.

Cotton Holdings. They restore buildings after floods and fires. I led the Central Texas rebrand and spent a lot of time at industry lunches being the most excited person in the room about disaster recovery. Contracts went from about 20 to 500+, which helped drive over $25M in annual revenue. When COVID killed every event on the calendar, we drove the company food truck to three Austin hospitals and served 1,500+ meals to frontline staff.

Good Weird. Senior brand manager at a beauty brand that grew through community, not ads. No paid media budget. Lots of creators, events, and group chats.

Julie. Built the brand's first college ambassador program, starting with 30 students at 10 schools, including Harvard, USC, and UT Austin. It doubled into the main campus growth channel. It's still running after I left, because I wrote everything down. Future me says you're welcome.

Goose. Joined before the app existed. Before launch I talked to 1,000+ gay men about what they actually want from a dating app. (They had notes.) We launched nationally in June 2026 and hit 150K signups and 35K followers in five weeks.

The art school part
I went to Miami Ad School for art direction, so I care how the work looks as much as how it performs. Yes, I will have opinions about your kerning.

Whats next?

I keep ending up at brands that are trying to fix something or start something. I've stopped pretending that's a coincidence.

I'm looking for my next team: a brand that wants people to belong, not just buy.

If that's you, say hi at hunter@mylocale.co or you can DM me on LinkedIn

hunter xx

Hi, I'm Hunter. I get people to show up.

Brand and community marketer in New York. Eight years of turning customers into regulars, and regulars into the people who recruit everyone else.

My whole approach fits on a sticky note: every customer is a person first. Treat them like one and they'll bring their friends.

I've tested that theory at dating apps, a beauty brand, a women's health company, and one disaster recovery firm. (That last one is a tougher sell at parties than you'd think. It worked anyway.)