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Associate Director of Digital Marketing at Cooley LLP | Brand, growth, web, analytics, and AI-enabled marketing leadership

Last updated · 2026-05-31

About

I lead digital marketing for a global law firm, with accountability across brand, growth, web, analytics, and the systems that make marketing compound over time. My work sits at the intersection of strategy and execution: the brief has to be sharp, and the delivery has to be real.

Before Cooley, I built programs across legal, education technology, B2B, and hospitality. That range taught me how the same playbook fails in different industries, and how to adapt without losing standards.

I also build products and media on the side (GoYou, Make It Factory, One Love News). Shipping keeps my marketing honest. AI compresses the loop from idea to prototype, but judgment still decides what ships.

For endorsements, recommendations, and the full role history: linkedin.com/in/jamesedwardhall

Core competencies

  • Marketing strategy and executive communication
  • Brand positioning and narrative development
  • Digital experience, web, and content operations
  • SEO, discovery, and organic growth programs
  • Marketing analytics, reporting, and measurement design
  • Email, lifecycle, and cross-channel campaign leadership
  • AI workflow design for marketing and creative teams
  • Team leadership, vendor management, and operating rhythm

Experience

Associate Director of Digital Marketing

Cooley LLP

2024 to Present

New York, NY · Hybrid

Lead digital marketing for a top global law firm. Partner with firm leadership, practice groups, and innovation teams on programs that protect brand trust while improving reach, relevance, and measurable performance.

  • Own the digital marketing roadmap across web, content, email, SEO, and analytics for a complex, multi-practice organization.
  • Stand up measurement frameworks and reporting rhythms that help leaders prioritize spend, capacity, and impact.
  • Lead high-visibility web and content initiatives, including AI-powered client-facing experiences and innovation-adjacent programs.
  • Translate firm strategy into executable campaigns with clear owners, timelines, and quality bars.
  • Partner with IT, creative, and practice stakeholders to ship faster without weakening brand or compliance standards.
  • Integrate AI into day-to-day marketing operations: research, drafting, synthesis, and workflow design with human review built in.
  • Coach teams and vendors on standards for voice, accessibility, performance, and maintainability across digital properties.

Senior Marketing Leadership (Legal)

AmLaw and global legal marketing environments

2018 to 2024

New York, NY

Led brand, digital, and growth programs in high-trust, high-scrutiny environments where accuracy, tone, and stakeholder alignment matter as much as metrics.

  • Directed multi-channel programs spanning brand, content, SEO, paid and organic social, and lifecycle marketing.
  • Built web and content operating models that balanced editorial quality with publishing velocity.
  • Partnered with business development and practice leaders on campaigns tied to revenue and relationship outcomes.
  • Improved analytics maturity: clearer KPIs, cleaner dashboards, and fewer debates about what the numbers actually mean.
  • Managed agencies and cross-functional teams across creative, web, and martech.

Marketing Leadership (EdTech and B2B)

Growth-stage and enterprise technology companies

2014 to 2018

New York, NY · Remote

Built marketing engines for companies that needed to explain complex products to skeptical buyers.

  • Launched and scaled demand programs across content, SEO, email, and product marketing.
  • Developed positioning and messaging for products with long sales cycles and multiple decision makers.
  • Partnered with product and sales on launch playbooks, enablement, and feedback loops.
  • Introduced marketing operations discipline: templates, QA, and handoffs that reduced rework.

Brand and Digital Marketing

Hospitality and consumer-facing brands

2012 to 2014

New York, NY

Early career foundation in brand storytelling, campaigns, and digital channels for experience-driven businesses.

  • Executed integrated campaigns across social, email, web, and on-property touchpoints.
  • Learned how local context, seasonality, and operations reality shape what marketing can promise.
  • Built instincts for creative that performs: clear offers, honest claims, and fast iteration.

Founder and Builder (Parallel Work)

Independent ventures and product experiments

Ongoing

Georgia and New York

Side builds that keep technical fluency current and test ideas outside enterprise constraints.

  • GoYou: AI-assisted goal-setting and life-planning platform (product, community, and go-to-market experiments).
  • Make It Factory and One Love News: media and venture projects spanning content, community, and product.
  • Use Cursor, Claude, and modern web stacks to move from concept to working software in days, not quarters.
  • Document learnings publicly on this site and in essays on marketing, AI, and building.

Education

Media and entertainment studies (details on request)

Full Sail University · Winter Park, FL · Completed