Catie Di Stefano

Welcome to my digital CV!
Scroll down to learn more about me, and my most experienced areas in iGaming. Recently I have been helping Hard Rock Casino switch from offline to online in New Jersey, and I am eager to continue my practice across the world.

BRANDS I LOVED WORKING WITH

ABOUT ME

My name is Catie and I have been active since 2011 in the iGaming industry. Born in Indonesia but being a Swedish national, I started out in customer support for Betsson group and worked my way up through the industry from there.

Currently, I live in Spain with my two daughters Mani, 5, and Mila, 3. I have been self-employed since 2019 and with a valid license by DGE to provide marketing services in New Jersey, USA, to established gambling operators since 2020.

Swedish

English

Indonesian

Spanish

Gaming Regulations

Copywriting

Digital Marketing

Account Management

Email Marketing

MAIN PRODUCTS

Slots

Regular slots player with a passion for NetEnt productions. Very enthusiastic for anything with sticky wilds, but have professional experience of many online slots providers.

Live Casino

Big fan of Evolutions recent acquisitions and looking forward to their future innovations. Previously managed many VIP Roulette and Blackjack players.

Sportsbook

Managed VIP sportsbook events and account management, in addition to collaborating with sportsbook teams to settle bets and troubleshoot incidents.

Poker

Plays Texas Hold’em for fun, but have attended live tournaments as a VIP hostess, managed VIP accounts and supported online platform downtime.

PROFESSIONAL ADVENTURE

Feb 2020 - Feb 2022
Marketing Consultant

Hard Rock Online Casino Atlantic City, New Jersey

My contract was full-time on a monthly basis, and I stayed in touch with the team in New Jersey on a daily basis. I had ownership of executing the promotion plan for online Casino and Sportsbook in the state of New Jersey under DGE regulations.

I maintained the CRM progress by performing multi-channel communications and analyzing data from past promotions. This was done by working closely with the internal NJ team, in addition to maintaining relationships with Hard Rock’s current vendors and suppliers.

Daily tasks included ordering copy, request design, perform quality control, and build user segmentation for each promotion that was then closely tracked for ROI.

Jul 2020 - Feb 2021
CRM Marketing Consultant

MegaRush, Marbella

Execute CRM promotions during their start-up period, as an extra hand to the Head of CRM. Also had ownership of planning the campaign calendar, which included arranging the design and translations for NO, FI, DE, and ROW markets, creating all service and marketing communications in addition to building customer journeys.

Sep 2019 - May 2020
Marketing Consultant

Mandalorian Technologies, Marbella

Short-term contract to have full responsibility to plan, execute and deliver a new CRM plan under change of company ownership. This included writing copy in EN and SV, arranging translations, requesting design, and building user segmentation for each promotion on their three B2C brands. Markets included Sweden just after the new 2019 Swedish regulations came into place, in addition to targeting Germany, Finland, and ROW under MGA license.

Oct 2013 - Jul 2019
VIP Manager, B2B CRM Executive

Gaming Innovation Group, Marbella

Maintained supplier relationships for B2B, and managed VIP players for B2C. Always deepening the knowledge around CRM, marketing and casino operations in order to improve engagement and conversion rate. Successfully executed gambling campaigns through multi-communication channels in several countries.

Aug 2011 - Oct 2013
Senior Customer Support

Betssongroup, Ta’ Xbiex

Handled chat, emails and phone for EN/SE/NO/DK across the portfolio’s brands and products. Won several Employee awards and also coached new employees on going the extra mile for a player. Additional work included translations, content writing, event management, fraud investigations and technical quality assurance.

Happy References

You might not take my word for it, but ask any of these industry legends to confirm how ambitious, creative and cool I am.

Sallye Hershman

Director of Operations and Marketing
Hard Rock AC

I am proud to have been part of Hard Rock in Sallyes team since 2018 on a consultation basis for different periods of time, where she has taken me under her wings to educate me on american gambling.

Malou Neguembor

Director of Casino Operations
MegaRush

Working alongside each other since 2017 with many different brands and regulations, I have always followed in Malous footsteps as she has been one of my most inspiring leaders.

Shahar Attias

Founder
Hybrid Interaction

I am honored to have been guided by Shahar as he has been teaching me the foundations of a successful CRM strategy during my time at Hard Rock in 2020.

PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE IGAMING TOOLS

Contact Me

Location

Marbella,

Phone

+34 711 007 867

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