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Fynlay Knight

Fynlay Knight

CMO
Bristol

Summary

Growth and marketing leader with 7+ years experience, including 4+ years in Web3, operating at CMO level across gaming and community-led platforms.

Experienced in building and scaling products from zero, owning acquisition and retention end to end, with a focus on high quality users, not just traffic.

Hands-on operator across Web3 gaming, Telegram ecosystems and community-driven products, including onboarding Web2 users into blockchain environments and scaling in fast-moving markets.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work history

CMO

SolPlex & Xertra
2025.01 - Current

Owned marketing and growth across two Web3 products, driving strategy, execution and commercial performance end to end.

SolPlex: Sci-fi strategy MMO game with Web3 integration
Xertra: Blockchain infrastructure and developer ecosystem platform

Key Impact

  • Scaled SolPlex from ~100 to 15,000+ users
  • Helped grow Xertra to 220,000+ across socials
  • Built SolPlex community to 5,000+ Discord and 4,000+ socials
  • Delivered 10,000+ referrals through structured growth system
  • Led Binance AMA, increasing visibility and credibility

Scope

• Owned full funnel growth across acquisition, retention and engagement
• Built community led growth systems including referrals and Discord activation
• Led positioning, messaging and go to market strategy
• Worked directly with product and dev teams to improve onboarding and retention
• Managed all marketing execution independently across channels and partnerships

CMO

Grindery
2024.07 - 2025.01

Core growth lead within a Telegram native platform connecting AI tools and gaming ecosystems, focused on large scale user acquisition and retention.

Key Impact

• Helped scale the platform to 4,000,000+ users and 1,000,000+ MAU within six months
• Scaled Telegram based game Zombi.io to 100,000 players in one month
• Contributed to growth across multiple Telegram based products and ecosystems

Scope

• Led user acquisition across Telegram channels, shoutouts and growth loops
• Built and tested campaigns focused on both scale and user retention
• Worked on onboarding flows and engagement systems to improve user quality
• Contributed to product positioning and user experience improvements
• Analysed performance and optimised channels based on real engagement

Marketing Lead

Kreation.io
2023.06 - 2024.06

Marketing lead responsible for building the marketing function and leading the launch of an NFT platform and governance token

Key Impact

• Sold out 2 x 10,000 NFT collections
• Generated strong early stage revenue through community and campaign driven growth
• Built entire social and community presence from zero to active user base

Scope

• Owned go to market strategy for NFT platform and token launch
• Built and scaled social channels through organic and paid growth
• Led influencer and KOL campaigns to drive acquisition and engagement
• Developed messaging, positioning and campaign strategy
• Managed community growth and activation across Discord and social platforms

Education

A-Levels -

SGS Berkeley Green UTC
Bristol

Skills

  • Growth systems and user acquisition
  • Referral and retention loops
  • Web3 GTM and token/NFT launches
  • Telegram and community growth
  • Performance marketing and conversion
  • Product led growth and onboarding
  • Analytics and funnel optimisation
  • Partnerships, KOL and influencer campaigns

Timeline

CMO

SolPlex & Xertra
2025.01 - Current

CMO

Grindery
2024.07 - 2025.01

Marketing Lead

Kreation.io
2023.06 - 2024.06

A-Levels -

SGS Berkeley Green UTC
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