Ashley Simon

Ashley Simon is an accomplished marketing professional with extensive experience across various roles in the tech, media, and consumer sectors. Currently serving as the Head of Marketing at Early Works since March 2024, Simon leads marketing efforts for a company specializing in building businesses using applied AI. Prior to this role, Simon worked as a Fractional CMO and Marketing Consultant at KickAsh Consulting, assisting high-profile clients such as Google and Airbnb. Significant previous positions include Head of Product Marketing and Director of Brand and Product Marketing at Medium, and Cofounder & CMO of Curious Elixirs, where Simon successfully grew the brand's subscriber base to over 50,000 nationwide. With a strong foundation in media partnerships from experiences at Foursquare and MTV Networks, Simon holds a B.A. in Social Thought & Analysis and Gender Studies from Washington University in St. Louis and further education at the University of Cape Town.