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Ollie McLaren

Ollie McLaren

London,United Kingdom

Summary

AE with 8+ years enterprise sales experience, managed complex multi stakeholder deals across SaaS & marketing technology consistently selling into Fortune 500 brands including Unilever, L'Oréal, Coca-Cola, and Qatar Airways. Track record of building multi million pipeline, exceeding targets in high growth environments, and partnering with founders to shape GTM strategy from the ground up. Particularly experienced selling AI and data driven platforms into marketing, insights, and digital transformation teams the exact buyers and pain points Conveo serves.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Executive

CACI
London
08.2025 - Current

Year 1, £100,000/£250,000 (40%) year to date

  • Built £1M+ pipeline within 3 months through strategic outbound and agency ecosystem engagement
  • Developed active opportunities with Diageo, Coca-Cola and Nissan.
  • Ran discovery workshops with enterprise CRM and marketing teams to define customer engagement strategy
  • Key wins include becoming the CMS implementation partner for Dunelm and building a MMM project for Pentland brands, both enterprise retailers.

Account Executive

EZRA
London
02.2024 - 08.2025

Year 1, £250,000/£300,000 (83%)

Year 2, £150,000/£200,000 (75%)

  • Performance: Ranked #1 AE globally in 2024 cohort; achieved 500% of revenue target in Year 2.
  • Closed £250K ARR in year one across enterprise accounts including JCDecaux and Qatar Airways
  • Generated £3M pipeline with ~£100K average deal size through multi-channel outbound and strategic account planning
  • Negotiated strategic partnership with JCDecaux unlocking £200K+ in OOH media at Heathrow Airport
  • Navigated complex buying committees across HR, legal, procurement and transformation functions

New Business Manager

OLIVER agency
London
11.2021 - 01.2024

Year 1, £300,000/£200,000 (150%)

Year 2, £1,200,000/£400,000 (400%)

  • Closed £1M+ engagement with L'Oréal following a competitive global RFP
  • Sold generative AI solutions, DAM platforms and automation tools to marketing and media leaders
  • Ran structured discovery sessions analysing agency structures, media workflows and technology stacks, directly analogous to Conveo's research insight workflow
  • Helped build the Asahi in-house marketing team; worked with Jellyfish and Brandtech partners on integrated media solutions

New Business Manager

Circus Street
London
10.2017 - 11.2021

Year 1, Team target

Year 2, Team target

Year 3, £400,000/£500,000 (80%)

Year 4, £800,000/£500,000 (160%)

  • Enterprise SaaS sales into global marketing and agency organisations. Early employee, helped build the SDR function and define the enterprise sales playbook.
  • Closed global deals with Unilever, Nestlé, Johnson & Johnson, Adidas and Coca-Cola
  • Delivered training programmes into WPP agencies including OMD, working across media planning and strategy teams
  • Led global enterprise rollouts across marketing and eCommerce functions
  • Helped build SDR function contributing £1M+ pipeline — builder mindset from an early stage

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising & Marketing

University of Lincoln
01-2016

Skills

  • Enterprise SaaS solutions
  • New business hunter
  • Value selling
  • Upselling & Cross-Selling
  • Pipeline management
  • Territory development
  • MEDDIC & BANT
  • SDR management
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Presenting & pitching
  • Networking

Hobbies and interests

  • Ran the 2025 London Marathon thanks to a dare that went too far...
  • 8-a-side league regular (despite facing much fitter 20-year-olds).
  • Two decades of playing... still chasing that first hole-in-one.
  • Festival enthusiast. Best gig?

Timeline

Account Executive

CACI
08.2025 - Current

Account Executive

EZRA
02.2024 - 08.2025

New Business Manager

OLIVER agency
11.2021 - 01.2024

New Business Manager

Circus Street
10.2017 - 11.2021

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising & Marketing

University of Lincoln
Ollie McLaren