412.818.1826 / oliver.lee1@gmail.com / www.linkedin.com/in/oliverleebateman
THE STORY SO FAR
Currently transforming how companies talk to their people as Senior Content Marketing Manager at Perceptyx, after five years shaping global marketing strategy at CBRE. Built content empires from scratch while publishing in The Atlantic, VICE, The Paris Review, and all the other wonderful magazines you can see on this page. Former professor who traded the tenure track for the life of a mechanical keyboard jockey. Active member of the Pennsylvania Bar. PhD who writes like a human and can teach any AI how to do the same.
RECENT IMPACT (2022-PRESENT)
Continuing to drive enterprise growth at Perceptyx through content that converts
Spearheading global content strategy for an organization used by 30% of Fortune 100
Increased marketing qualified leads 25% and organic traffic 40% from 2022 to 2024
Explicated the design and purpose of AI applications that actually work
THE MARKETING FOUNDATION (2017-2022)
Ran marketing operations and content strategy for the Global Workforce Solutions division of CBRE
Built a smoothly-functioning part of the content machine for world's largest real estate firm
Led global teams across four continents
Managed risk assessment, SWOT, investor intent survey, and analytics initiatives
Project managed CBRE’s Supplier Innovation Challenge
ALWAYS IN MOTION (2009-PRESENT)
Regular contributor to Splice Today, Washington Examiner, RealClear Pennsylvania, The Ringer, UnHerd, and more
Published in The Atlantic, Men's Health, VICE, Paris Review
Featured expert on MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, NPR
Still running Doing the Work Productions, LLC consultancy, with a client focus on ghostwriting, wordsmithing, and natively-hosted/embedded “sponcon”
FORMER LIFE
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington (2012-2016)
PhD, University of Pittsburgh (2012)
MA, University of Pittsburgh (2009)
JD, Valparaiso University (2007)
BA, UNC-Chapel Hill (2001)