Colin Rickard
AI, marketing, and operations. Creative problem solver who builds the systems that make growth repeatable.
+60% more signed clients, with less total time on client calls.
Drove the AI integration that made a boutique firm a Legalweek "Best Use of AI" finalist, alongside Baker McKenzie, King & Spalding, and Reed Smith.
Experience
Director of Growth & Operations
2021–2026Frontier Law Center, employment law firm
- Moved AI from side project to daily practice across intake, content, and paid media.
- Owned the whole front door: site relaunch, conversion copy, a daily content engine, a YouTube channel, and Google Ads on AI Max and Performance Max.
- Built the operating system behind growth: monday.com, Claude, HubSpot, and Box wired into one workflow, plus an in-house AI platform that keeps client data under firm control.
- Led marketing, intake, and onboarding teams with cost per acquisition and ROI as the scoreboard.
Director of Marketing
2021–2026The Law Office of Robert L. Starr, consumer protection firm
- Ran the same playbook for a second firm, at the same time. Two pipelines, two teams, neither one dropped.
Marketing & Graphics Coordinator
2017–2021Donaldson + Partners, architecture, formerly ShubinDonaldson
- Marketing, PR, and the model shop for an LA architecture studio, including the models and materials behind key client milestones.
Marketing Manager
2017UpKeep (YC W17), maintenance software startup
- Executional and advisory marketing for a Y Combinator startup, growing web traffic through paid, content, and SEO/SEM.
Content Marketing Manager
2016–2017LeEco US, consumer electronics
- Built the U.S. brand voice and led a team of four, growing the social audience from 250K to 1.4M+.
Digital Marketing & Ad Ops Manager
2015–2016Verlocal, local experiences marketplace
- Grew monthly sign-ups from 500 to 12,000+ and led a five-person ad ops team to a 300%+ KPI lift.
Building something that needs to grow without breaking?
I'm looking for a director-level role in marketing, growth, or operations at a company that wants AI doing real work. I'm based in Thousand Oaks and open to hybrid or on-site roles from Ventura County to Calabasas and the San Fernando Valley, or remote.
