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Outsourced marketing run by operators who have led the function
Outsourced marketing from Chameleon Collective hands your marketing function to senior operators who have run it in seat. You get a full team without the cost of building one or the overhead of an agency.
Scope an engagement
Outsourced marketing from Chameleon Collective hands your marketing function to senior operators who have run it in seat
Why teams choose Chameleon for outsourced marketing
A senior team, not a junior agency pod
Our outsourced marketing is led by operators who have held the CMO or VP seat. The people who set the strategy also run it, with no junior account layer in between.
The whole function, one engagement
Strategy, brand, demand, lifecycle, and analytics come from one collective. You replace the cost of hiring a full team with a single scoped relationship.
Accountable to the number
We frame the work in pipeline, retention, and CAC, not impressions. Outsourced marketing should own a business outcome, and ours does.
What outsourced marketing actually means here
Outsourced marketing is your marketing function delivered by an external senior team rather than built headcount by headcount. The difference with Chameleon is altitude: the operators running your function have led marketing inside companies of your shape, so you get judgment and execution, not just hands. The work is owning outcomes, not filling a task queue.
Leadership and execution under one roof
Need a leader in the seat? Pair this with a fractional CMO. Need the function built and run? Our model brings strategy plus scoped delivery from the same collective.
A real team, without the hiring
Standing up an in-house team takes quarters and a heavy fixed cost. Outsourced marketing gives you that capability in weeks, scaled up or down as the business needs, with senior operators accountable for results.
Honest about when to insource
We tell you when the right move is to hire in-house rather than extend the engagement, and our Recruit practice runs that search with a full handoff.
Start with a two-week diagnostic
Current state, the real constraint, and the right engagement for your stage. A senior operator is on the call from day one.
What our outsourced marketing engagements cover
Scope is sized to your constraint and pulls from the disciplines that move together:
- Marketing strategy and the operating model: priorities and the cadence that runs them.
- Demand generation and pipeline: the channel mix that pays back inside the quarter.
- Brand and positioning: the narrative that makes every channel convert harder.
- Lifecycle and retention: the CRM and LTV work that holds acquisition economics.
- Content and creative: the production engine, run by senior direction.
- Analytics and measurement: GA4, warehouse models, and board-ready reporting.
How We Compare
| Feature | Chameleon Collective | Marketing agency | Building in-house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who runs it. | Operators who have led the function. | A junior account team. | A team you hire and manage. |
| Seniority. | CMO and VP-level direction. | Account managers. | Depends on who you can hire. |
| Time to live. | Two to four weeks. | Weeks to onboard. | Two to four quarters to staff. |
| Flexibility. | Scale up or down by scope. | Retainer tiers. | Fixed headcount cost. |
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from teams evaluating outsourced marketing with Chameleon Collective.
Most engagements run $15K to $60K per month, scaled to scope and seniority. That replaces the fully loaded cost of hiring and managing an in-house team, with no agency markup on junior labor.
The full function: strategy, brand, demand, lifecycle, content, and analytics, led by senior operators. You pull the disciplines you need from one collective rather than stitching together vendors.
An agency runs channels with a junior team. Our senior operators own your strategy and run it accountable to pipeline and retention, the way an in-house leadership team would.
Yes. The engagement flexes with your stage: lean during steady state, heavier through a launch or transformation, and we hand off to in-house when that becomes the right move.
Most engagements begin in two to four weeks, from scoping conversation to first day live. Urgent moments can move faster.
Directly. Chameleon Collective is a senior-only collective, so there is no account-management layer between you and the people running your marketing.
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Ready to bring marketing in-house?
Outsourced marketing is often the bridge to a permanent team. Our Recruit practice runs the search in parallel, with a senior slate inside 30 to 45 days and a full handoff from the operating team.
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