AI Growth Operator
I embed in your team to build and ship AI systems that speed up your marketing and sales.
You don't need theoretical AI ideas. You need someone inside your business to find the two or three places where AI saves time or improves output, build the systems, and teach your team to run them. I provide hands-on AI implementation with clear priorities and shipped results.
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What you get
Choose Priorities
I map your marketing and sales work, find manual tasks, and select the few AI projects with a clear payoff.
Build & Ship
I build the systems myself—content pipelines, outbound automations, and custom agents—and put them into production.
Measure Results
I track every shipped system. We keep what improves your output and cut what fails.
Train Your Team
I train your team to use and run each system through 1:1 sessions, so the work continues after I finish.
What I own.
System design
I choose the tools and design the workflow.
The build
I write the prompts, connect the APIs, and ship the code.
The training
I teach your team how to operate the system.
The first 30 days.
Discover opportunities
I interview your team and find the most time-consuming tasks.
Ship the first win
I build and launch one high-impact AI workflow to prove value.
Plan the next steps
I create a prioritized list of systems to build next.
Team compatibility.
Time commitment
I dedicate 10–20 hours per week to your business.
Existing tools
I build inside the tools you already use whenever possible.
Your team
I work closely with your sales and marketing staff to ensure they adopt what I build.
What clients say
Sean quickly analyzed our site, market, and competition, then came back with a great list of ways to significantly increase our traffic. He's easily one of the fastest and smartest marketers I've worked with.
Ruben Gamez
Founder @ Bidsketch & Signwell
We are so happy to be working with Sean. It's not just the great work he does but also how he works. His combination of knowledge, responsiveness, and ability to exceed expectations is rare. I'd hire Sean and again in a heartbeat.
Mikael Cho
Co-founder & CEO @ Unsplash
Sean is a stellar marketer. He is a fixture in content, SEO, and inbound marketing circles for his leadership and quality of work. Several times I've been asked for marketing consulting recommendations, and Sean is always first to mind and first on my list. I have a ton of confidence in his work and professionalism, and I recommend him and his team very highly.
Andrew Dumont
Founder & CEO at Curious
I had the pleasure of partnering with Sean Smith to build Gelato's SEO engine from virtually zero impact to our #1 acquisition channel. Sean's mastery of SEO strategy—truly top 1% worldwide—combined with his thoughtful, ambitious approach, made all the difference in scaling our organic footprint globally. Beyond his technical brilliance, Sean is a trusted collaborator whose integrity and vision will elevate any team's digital presence. I wholeheartedly recommend him to any organization looking to dominate search.
David Sierra Gonzalez
Growth at Gelato, Ex-Uber & Adidas
What we build together
- AI opportunity audit across your marketing and sales
- Prioritized build list with expected impact
- Production AI workflows built inside your tools
- Measurement tracking for each shipped system
- Team training, documentation, and a clean handoff
Questions buyers ask about AI Growth Operator
The objections we hear most often before a discovery call, answered up front.
The Fractional CMO service is marketing leadership: I set strategy and run the team. The AI Growth Operator service is implementation: I personally build, ship, and measure AI systems inside your tools. We can discuss which you need on a call.
I build content creation systems, outbound sales automations, workflow pipelines, and custom agents. I focus on manual, repeated tasks.
Yes. I build inside your current tools and only introduce new ones when you have a clear gap.
You keep everything. I hand over the systems, documentation, and a trained team to run them.