Eli Pakier is the founder of Field Trip Department and has served as a fractional Chief Marketing Officer since 2019, leading strategy and execution across the full stack of marketing disciplines. He embeds within organizations, curating and managing blended in-house and external teams tailored to each companies’ needs, skill gaps, and stage of growth. After two decades spanning Fortune 500 brands and fast-growing challengers at agencies, media companies, and global brands including 3M, P&G, and PepsiCo, he set out to bring the same performance-minded brand building and strategic marketing discipline to financial services businesses of all sizes. He leads brand and marketing foundations, transformations, and implementations from the inside out, designing strategies and systems that scale. His work spans branding, go-to-market planning, demand generation, lifecycle marketing, and PR and communications. He executes across the full digital suite: websites, content marketing, CRM and automation, SEO, paid search, paid social, and performance marketing. Earlier in his career, Eli founded Bloomberg’s in-house brand consultancy, created documentaries for Netflix, led strategy for the highest-spending brand in China, and helped elevate Visa to become one of the world’s top five most valuable brands.

Eli Pakier

Eli Pakier is the founder of Field Trip Department and has served as a fractional Chief Marketing Officer since 2019, leading strategy and execution across the full stack of marketing disciplines. He embeds within organizations, curating and managing blended in-house and external teams tailored to each companies’ needs, skill gaps, and stage of growth. After two decades spanning Fortune 500 brands and fast-growing challengers at agencies, media companies, and global brands including 3M, P&G, and PepsiCo, he set out to bring the same performance-minded brand building and strategic marketing discipline to financial services businesses of all sizes. He leads brand and marketing foundations, transformations, and implementations from the inside out, designing strategies and systems that scale. His work spans branding, go-to-market planning, demand generation, lifecycle marketing, and PR and communications. He executes across the full digital suite: websites, content marketing, CRM and automation, SEO, paid search, paid social, and performance marketing. Earlier in his career, Eli founded Bloomberg’s in-house brand consultancy, created documentaries for Netflix, led strategy for the highest-spending brand in China, and helped elevate Visa to become one of the world’s top five most valuable brands.

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Eli Pakier is the founder of Field Trip Department and has served as a fractional Chief Marketing Officer since 2019, leading strategy and execution across the full stack of marketing disciplines. He embeds within organizations, curating and managing blended in-house and external teams tailored to each companies’ needs, skill gaps, and stage of growth.

After two decades spanning Fortune 500 brands and fast-growing challengers at agencies, media companies, and global brands including 3M, P&G, and PepsiCo, he set out to bring the same performance-minded brand building and strategic marketing discipline to financial services businesses of all sizes.

He leads brand and marketing foundations, transformations, and implementations from the inside out, designing strategies and systems that scale. His work spans branding, go-to-market planning, demand generation, lifecycle marketing, and PR and communications. He executes across the full digital suite: websites, content marketing, CRM and automation, SEO, paid search, paid social, and performance marketing.

Earlier in his career, Eli founded Bloomberg’s in-house brand consultancy, created documentaries for Netflix, led strategy for the highest-spending brand in China, and helped elevate Visa to become one of the world’s top five most valuable brands.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Founder, Fractional Chief Marketing Officer at Field Trip Department
January 1, 2019 - November 13, 2025
Lead 4–6 concurrent client engagements as Fractional CMO, driving brand transformation, growth strategy, and demand generation to create enterprise value. Directed lifecycle marketing, brand modernization, digital enablement, and CRM migration (HubSpot → Salesforce).
Executive Strategy Director at Bloomberg Media
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Led in-house brand strategy and partner marketing, growing revenue 15% YoY and directly generating $100M+, by founding a brand consultancy and creative studio and launching marquee media franchises. Built a marketing services team of 18 strategists and client marketers. Ran brand strategy and marketing for Bloomberg Media brand, product, and platform launches: QuickTake, Business of Equality, and Good Business. Launched the inaugural New Economy Forum, a $20M global initiative, summit, and media platform leading corporate campaigns (3M, Hyundai, Mastercard, HSBC, Microsoft) resulting in a 25% lift in brand perception.
Head of Strategy and Creative Services at Electus
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
Founded the Electus Creative Services division, leading business development, brand partnerships, creative ideation, and production services for brand-owned content and CollegeHumor distributed branded comedy. Netflix: created a documentary for the brand’s pivot into original feature films, 'What makes a movie a movie,' further growing subscribers and customer loyalty with a series of brand truth videos.
VP, Head of Strategy at MRY (formerly Mr. Youth)
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Defined the agency philosophy on social, cultural, and data-driven marketing, leading to a 300+ person, globally recognized growth; promoted to VP, Head of Strategy, managing a team of strategists, social managers, and planners. Led Visa brand and comms strategy, and Hulu social campaigns, lifting brand equity and acquisition.
Account Planner at TBWA / Chiat / Day
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2009
Evolved the Disruption framework as a method for solving problems creatively; led campaigns for Skittles (Taste the Rainbow to Experience the Rainbow) and Nissan launches, including global strategy for GT-R and Maxima.
Regional Planning Director, Greater China at Saatchi & Saatchi Guangzhou
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011
Led regional planning for Greater China; oversaw campaigns for multiple brands, deep ethnographic research and insight development to guide Chinese market marketing.
Consumer Context Planner at GM Planworks, Starcom MediaVest Group
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2006
Gained foundation in marketing as a consumer context planner; guided GM brands to invest in sports, entertainment, and emerging digital platforms; conducted research on consumer behavior to conceptualize 'media as the message.'

Education

Double Major: Psychology and Zoology at University of Wisconsin – Madison
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2002

Qualifications

HubSpot Certification
January 11, 2030 - November 13, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Financial Services, Manufacturing