Sara Nakae

Sara Nakae is the Director of Marketing and Enterprise Sales at FirstClose. Sara has over ten years of experience in the field of marketing and has worked with some of the top companies in the world. Her previous experience includes working as the Digital Marketing Manager for Hill Country Holdings LLC, d.b.a. Ashley Furniture HomeStore. In this role, they were responsible for developing and executing a $1.5 million yearly digital advertising budget which included online advertising, PPC/Adwords, social media, OTT video, digital radio, and sponsored content.

Sara is an expert in developing and maintaining ongoing programs and channels including website and SEO, advertising, content marketing, and social media. Sara has successfully executed numerous digital marketing campaigns that have resulted in millions of attributed online/offline sales. In addition, they have also prospected and developed partnerships with athletic brands and executed brand awareness through co-marketing initiatives including multi-channel, integrated co-marketing plans and in-store events.

Sara Nakae has a bachelor's degree in marketing communications from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

Their manager is Tedd Smith, Co-founder and CEO. They work with Jorge Ponce - Director of Product and Vendor Management, Patrick McClain - CFO and COO, and Pat Downing - CTO.