Advisor & Growth Partner

helping CMOs and senior leaders create plans and remove obstacles to strategic, sustainable growth.


Hi, I’m Amanda Hornyak, and I offer business leaders additional senior leadership capacity so that they can work with greater focus, impact, and ease— without additional headcount.

As both a consultant and a corporate leader, I’ve worked closely with CMOs for over 15 years. Let’s see if I could be a helpful resource to you.

Markets are cautious. Budgets are tight. Expectations are high.

You’re in this role for a reason. You have proven your ability to lead strategic growth. You are ready to take on AI, navigate economic uncertainty, and get to the next level.

The executive team needs you. And you need leaders you trust.

Leaders that will see the opportunities, lead the transformations, build the relationships, optimize the processes and infrastructure, protect the culture, and deliver consistently high outcomes. So that you can focus on protecting the business, moving executive priorities forward, and finding new opportunities for growth.

If you have bigger goals than resources. If you need creative solutions to stubborn problems. If your board wants to see transformation.

I’d like to support you and your team.

How we can work together.

  • Brand, Positioning & Messaging

    Growth & Revenue Enablement

    Customer Experience & Retention

    Organizational & Operating Model

  • Whether it’s an executive request, a strategic transformation, or addressing a business or marketing challenge, allow me to lead this project for you.

    Examples of special projects include rebrands, website redesigns, GTM campaigns, message frameworks, AI adoption, and RFPs and agency consolidation.

  • Expand your marketing team’s capacity without the commitment of a full-time hire.

    Whether I’m a team leader or an individual contributor, I’ll be responsible for the planning, execution, reporting, and day-to-day decisions of an assigned marketing function.

  • As your resident Brand Advisor, I provide ongoing, senior-level guidance to help you refine strategy, align your brand and customer experience, and drive long-term business impact.

    This is a retained engagement beginning at $3500 per month.

Who protects & builds your organization’s brand?

As we enter an unprecedented era of economic uncertainty, AI-led transformation, and heightened customer expectations, brand strategy will serve an increasingly critical role in how leaders protect revenue and market share. Businesses in competitive markets will be required to adapt their positioning strategy as markets fluctuate, will be measured by how authentically they deliver on their promises, and will be judged by their responses to current events. They will need to re-think how they engage buyers and mitigate customer attrition.

Prior to leading brand strategy for an international, publicly-traded corporation, I led 21 re-brands and consulted many more as an independent brand strategist. Even early in my career, I was working for agencies as a brand planner. Brand strategy remains a special focus of my career and current consulting practice.

Let’s discuss how improving the strategy, management, or activation of your brand could drive your organization forward.

  • "Our work with Amanda was game-changing. Her leadership and facilitation style is thoughtful and diplomatic, but relentlessly thorough. She will not let a team settle for a result that is less than authentic and powerful. "

    Susan McDowell, CEO

  • "When Amanda is in charge, you know it will be done right."

    Kursten Mitchell, CMO

  • "As a leader, she brings out the best in teams and takes a phenomenal collaborative approach to each and everything she does, driving loyalty and amazing results because people want to do their best for her. She is truly an asset to any organization as both a consultant and a leader."

    Jennifer Atkins, CMO

  • "Amanda draws from a wealth of experience and deep understanding in branding and marketing, which allows her to develop a solid strategy and execute on it with efficiency. She is highly capable and a tremendous asset to any team."

    Kevin Barr, President

  • "Her vast knowledge of marketing and her ability to inspire and lead teams through change is remarkable. I loved having her as a sounding board for decision-making."

    Abby Lutte, VP Product Marketing

  • "When we gave our business a new name and expanded service offering, Amanda defined a spot-on brand strategy and provided a clear, focused path to making the launch a winning moment with our users and sponsors."

    Karen Bantuveris, CEO

  • "She truly thought of our business as her own and analyzed every recommendation, looking into how it would fold into our overall strategy."

    Jessica Stafford, SVP Consumer Solutions

  • "She holds herself more accountable than anyone else could and strives to ensure every ounce of effort was put into the solution."

    Todd Ruff, CMO

  • "Amanda is an extraordinarily talented strategist."

    Kathy Keanini, VP Strategy & Insights

  • "Amanda's integrity and professionalism give me complete confidence when she is representing our company. She is flexible and has the ability to seamlessly adapt."

    Tara Yukawa, VP Growth Solutions

Years of Executive Leadership

5

Over five years in executive marketing leadership roles, I’ve carried real accountability for growth, alignment, and outcomes. My strength lies in quickly synthesizing ambiguity into strategy—helping executives see the system, the tradeoffs, and the leverage points when everything feels noisy. I’ve partnered closely with CEOs, Sales, and Product to make hard prioritization decisions, navigate competing pressures, and translate strategy into organizational action. I understand the weight of the seat—and the isolation that often comes with it.

Years of Strategic Consulting

10

Across a decade of consulting, I’ve worked with leaders inside complex, fast-moving organizations to design informed, sound strategies and architect clear, actionable paths forward. I’ve led positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy for complex products and services, translating abstract ideas into narratives, frameworks, and tools teams can actually use. I understand how buyers think, how markets respond, and what it takes to build a profitable customer portfolio.

Don’t miss a beat.

Keep to your goals and commitments with confidence and agility. Help your team move faster and yield better results. Scale without adding headcount or project delays.

Let’s get to work.