Currently leading X8C · MENA / UK · 2026

Buildingnarratives forinnovative globalbrands.

Award-winning tech & growth marketing leader. 15+ years building narratives, growth engines, and ecosystems for tech startups, AI platforms, and global household brands.

Charles Stanton
15Y · CMO · Marketing Director · CEO
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Sui Foundation
NEAR Foundation
Avalanche
Animoca Brands
KPMG
BUPA
National Lottery
British Gas
Polygon
Cardano
Binance
PEAQ
Kite AI
The Sandbox
Intu
Sui Foundation
NEAR Foundation
Avalanche
Animoca Brands
KPMG
BUPA
National Lottery
British Gas
Polygon
Cardano
Binance
PEAQ
Kite AI
The Sandbox
Intu

I lead marketing where narrative meets infrastructure — building brands, growth engines, and ecosystems for the tech companies and protocols defining the next decade.

Currently CEO of X8C and Marketing Director for Ghaf Group, a major Web3 VC and ecosystem hub in MENA. Previously CMO at Animoca Brands' Forj, and senior marketing leader at KPMG, Intu, the National Lottery, BUPA, and British Gas. I build teams, ship campaigns, and grow categories — turning ambitious technology into stories that move markets.

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Campaigns & launches

Featured · Current Role Live since 2024
X8C · Ghaf Group · CEO & Marketing Director

Leading a multi-million dollar Web3, Fintech & AI marketing agency.

CEO of X8C and Marketing Director for Ghaf Group, MENA's leading Web3 ecosystem hub. Delivering for Sui, NEAR Foundation, Avalanche, PEAQ Network, Kite AI, XMoney and the protocols defining the next decade.

$4.5M
Agency P&L
40+
Team Members
300%
YoY Revenue
850%
YoY Profit
10+
Tech Clients
Web3 · Protocol 2024–25
Sui Foundation

Sui Foundation growth campaigns

Coordinated $3M in integrated brand and KOL campaigns across the Sui ecosystem, driving a 20x increase in engagement and 7x increase in $SUI market cap.

$3M Budget20x Engagement7x Market Cap
Joint Venture · L1 2025

Fusion — Avalanche launch

End-to-end GTM for a major Avalanche joint venture backed by a $100m grant. Strategy, design, technical documentation, and PR — reaching 1.25m people with 330+ PR placements.

$100M Grant1.25M Reach330+ PR Pieces
Brand System · Design 2025

Frequency — Find Your Frequency

Designed a new brand narrative system and strategy for Frequency, part of Frank McCourt's Project Liberty bid to acquire TikTok in America — a complete brand overhaul, launched at ETH Denver 2025.

ETH Denver 20253x EngagementProject Liberty
Product Launch · BAYC 2024

Ape Accelerator — Bored Ape Yacht Club

Designed and launched a startup incubator for new businesses in the BAYC and $APE ecosystem — securing a $400k grant and supporting $1M+ in successful launches, backed by Yuga Labs.

$400k Grant$1M+ LaunchesBacked by Yuga Labs
NFT · Music IP 2022 Lewis Capaldi × Forj NFT collection

Lewis Capaldi × Forj

Headline multi-million dollar Big Fat Sexy Collectibles NFT drop with Lewis Capaldi — one of music's earliest and most successful celebrity NFT launches.

Music NFT$Multi-M DropAnimoca / Forj
Metaverse · Gaming 2022

Monkeying Around — BAYC × Sandbox

First Bored Ape Yacht Club experience in The Sandbox — 165,000 gameplays and 45k unique players in a 3-week alpha season window.

165K Gameplays45K Players3-Week Run
Brand · TV Sponsorship 2016 Lotto × Britain's Got Talent VIP campaign

Lotto × Britain's Got Talent

Flagship digital activation for Lotto's BGT sponsorship — the largest sponsorship activity in National Lottery history. £250k revenue, 3.5m video views, 13% avg ER.

£250K Revenue3.5M ViewsAward Winner
AI · Conversational 2019 Joy — Intu's AI chatbot

Joy — Intu's AI chatbot

Designed and launched Intu's first AI-powered conversational agent for the UK's largest shopping centre operator — part of a national digital transformation.

AI ChatbotUK BetaIntu Group

A career in motion

2024 — Now
X8C · Ghaf Group
CEO & Marketing Director | Web3 VC & Ecosystem Hub · MENA
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Marketing Director for Ghaf Group, a major Web3 VC and ecosystem hub in MENA, and CEO of subsidiary X8C with a $4.5m P&L. Managing a high-performance team of 40+ delivering marketing services for clients including Sui, NEAR Foundation, Avalanche, PEAQ Network, Kite AI, and XMoney.

  • 300% YoY agency revenue growth and 850% profit growth by expanding service lines into GTM strategy, branding, PR, and KOL marketing.
  • Coordinated $3M in integrated campaigns for Sui Foundation, driving 20x increase in engagements and 7x increase in $SUI market cap.
  • Managed end-to-end GTM for Fusion, an Avalanche joint venture with a $100m grant — strategy, design, technical docs, PR. Reached 1.25m people with 330+ PR pieces.
  • Composed GTM strategy for Frank McCourt's Project Liberty initiative, Frequency, leading to the 'Find Your Frequency' campaign vehicle.
  • Designed and deployed a suite of proprietary AI tools: on-chain analytics agents, branded customer-facing AI agents, and content aggregation systems.
  • Partnered with Cookie3 analytics; our input directly informed the refinement of their KOL Intelligence platform.
  • NEAR Foundation KOL & growth campaign delivered 7m+ impressions, 3.7m video views, and a 5% engagement rate.
Clients: Sui · NEAR · Avalanche · PEAQ · Kite AI · XMoney · Project Liberty
2021 — 2024
Animoca Brands · Forj
Chief Marketing Officer | $30m+ Revenue Web3 Subsidiary
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Executive leader at Animoca Brands subsidiary Forj — a $30m+ revenue tech company advising, incubating, and launching blockchain-based experiences. Managed a marketing function of 10.

  • End-to-end ownership of marketing and comms strategy across the portfolio: PR, CRM, digital, community, and partnerships.
  • Led the rebrand of Bondly Finance to Forj — brand design, strategy, website, PR, and promotional launch (2022).
  • Launched headline partnerships including the multi-million dollar Lewis Capaldi NFT collection, Big Break with BandsInTown, and metaverse experiences with Polygon.
  • Managed marketing partnerships with major Web3 brands: Polygon, Cardano, Polkadot, Binance, The Sandbox, and more.
  • Established an in-house creative studio with a template-led content engine for rapid turnaround of announcements, events, partnerships, and community activations.
  • Built the martech stack covering CRM, social, KOL, web, and SEO — plus management of agency and third-party partners.
  • Monkeying Around — first BAYC experience in The Sandbox: 165,000 gameplays and 45k unique players in a 3-week game lifespan.
  • Represented the company in major publications. VIP sponsorship of NFT LA 2022 drove 3,000+ footfall to the experience.
Partners: Polygon · Cardano · Polkadot · Binance · The Sandbox · Lewis Capaldi · BandsInTown
2021
KPMG
Head of Social Media | UK Business Support Centre
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Led social media across KPMG UK from the Business Support Centre, with responsibility for social strategy, content activation, and internal advocacy. Direct reports included an overseas activation team.

  • Stood up KPMG UK's first social listening capability, including brand monitoring and automated reporting to business support teams.
  • Worked directly with LinkedIn to launch LinkedIn Live for KPMG, beginning with live coverage of the UK Budget 2021.
2018 — 2020
Intu
Head of Digital Marketing & Head of Social Media | UK's largest shopping centre operator
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Sat within Group Marketing for the UK's largest shopping centre operator — owning national digital channels (social, email, PPC, SEO, affiliates, web) and a £1.5m budget.

  • Rolled out the new Intu brand vehicle Here for Life across digital owned channels with a creative-template-led content strategy.
  • Designed and launched 'Joy', Intu's first AI-powered chatbot.
  • Increased the engaged email database by 22% YoY following a redesign of national comms.
  • Partnered with Facebook to launch a UK beta of Facebook Store Visits at £1.04 CPSV — a brand-new format evidencing physical visitation from digital activity, used in an AW19 campaign with influencer Bonnie Rakhit.
  • Established and launched Intu's national Social Media team and strategy with an extended team of fourteen.
2015 — 2018
Camelot · The National Lottery
Head of Social Media | Lotto · EuroMillions · GameStore · TNL
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Led a team of 3 Social Media Content & Community Managers across the Camelot brand portfolio.

  • Designed and led GameStore's first social media PR campaign — a series of high-profile nationwide 'stunts' (including GameStore Express) using Made In Chelsea influencers. Achieved 20% ER and 1.4m+ views.
  • Led the flagship digital activation for Lotto's sponsorship of Britain's Got Talent 2016 — the largest ever sponsorship activity in TNL history. Drove £250,000 of revenue, 3.5m video views (17% VTR), and 13% avg ER on Facebook.
  • Won the UK Social Media Communications 2016 award for 'Best Use of Facebook' (Multiplier Masterpieces campaign), driving a strategic shift to Facebook Live video across the business.
2013 — 2015
BUPA
Global Social Media Manager | 20+ Territories
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Built Bupa's first enterprise-level global social strategy across 20+ territories.

  • Designed and launched SocialSTORM, an automated social data blending tool for real-time insight.
  • Led global campaigns including Healthie Selfie and Ground Miles.
2010 — 2013
British Gas · Centrica
Social Media Lead & Graduate Management Programme
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Led social media for the heritage brand during a period of heavy industry scrutiny, following a competitive Graduate Marketing scheme with three commercial placements across the business.

2008 — 2010
PromoVeritas
Account Manager | BBC · Kraft · Barclays · British Gas
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Advised commercial brands, blue-chip clients, and broadcasters on the administration and fulfilment of sales promotions.

What I do

01 / Leadership

Marketing leadership at scale

  • CMO & Marketing Director
  • P&L management
  • Team leadership (40+)
  • Agency operations
  • Board executive
02 / Web3 & AI

Protocol & AI marketing

  • Ecosystem marketing
  • Tokenomics & digital assets
  • KOL marketing
  • On-chain analytics
  • Generative AI workflows
03 / Disciplines

Full-stack marketing

  • GTM & growth strategy
  • Brand strategy & identity
  • PR, comms & partnerships
  • Performance & CRM
  • SEO/GEO & content
04 / Sectors

Where I've worked

  • Web3 / Blockchain
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Fintech & Gaming
  • Consumer retail
  • Financial services & Healthcare

Awards & accolades

  • European Lotteries Innovation Awards
    1st Place
    Winner
  • UK Social Media Communications Awards
    Best Use of Facebook · Multiplier Masterpieces
    Winner
  • UK Buzz Awards
    Best Use of Promotions
    Commendation

Education & training

  • MSc Management with Marketing
    University of Bath · CIM-approved (2.i)
    2007–08
  • BA Hons English Literature
    University of Durham (2.i)
    2004–07
  • CIM Professional Diploma · IDM Postgrad Digital · Mini MBA · IPM Diploma
    Marketing Week · CIM · IDM · IPM
    Various

Industries I've shipped in

Web3 / BlockchainArtificial IntelligenceFintechGamingConsumer RetailFinancial ServicesHealthcareLottery & GamingProfessional ServicesEnergy

Let's build something.

Open to senior marketing roles, advisory engagements, and ambitious tech briefs. Web3, AI, fintech, or category-defining brand work — let's talk.

charles.stanton@outlook.com →