James Botha

Summary

James Botha is a marketing professional with a track record of shipping high-impact work. Known for clear written communication and a bias toward measurable outcomes. Comfortable working across product, engineering, and design in fast-moving environments.

Experience

• Marketing Managerat Acme2015–now

  • Shipped a marketing initiative that improved retention by 21%.
  • Built a data pipeline adopted by 24 teammates.
  • Mentored 2 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Marketing Managerat Pied Piper2012–2016

  • Shipped a marketing initiative that improved latency by 24%.
  • Built a design system adopted by 25 teammates.
  • Mentored 3 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Senior Growth Leadat Vodacom2009–2013

  • Shipped a marketing initiative that improved NPS by 27%.
  • Built a tooling framework adopted by 26 teammates.
  • Mentored 4 engineers; ran the interview loop.

Education

• BA · Marketing

  University of Pretoria · 2009–2013

Communication log

Recent comms

• outboundemail8/4/2026, 11:02:59 PMby Elle
  Following up on the brief

  Touching base on the Computer Vision Engineer · mid · axdemo #051 search. Happy to share more context when useful.