Rakky Curvelo

About & Skills

I sit at the intersection of editorial thinking and marketing performance

A journalist’s instinct for what makes a story worth telling, and a marketer’s discipline for making sure it actually lands. My background spans journalism, digital marketing, SEO, internal communications and financial PR — across banking, construction and B2B SaaS.

What I'm accountable for

01

PR & earned media at scale

504 placements in 2025, 126 Tier-1 at an average GPA of 7.36 — Forbes Brasil, Exame, Valor Econômico, Canaltech and key trade press.

02

Brand awareness & executive positioning

Rebrand rollout, Spotlight campaigns, and an executive comms programme: bios, spokesperson prep, podcast briefings and bylined articles.

03

AI-augmented content, SEO & AEO

Automated media briefing frameworks, Brazil's AEO transition, and the AEO Grader launch across QA, localisation and positioning.

04

Demand generation that compounds

+134% YoY organic traffic and +20% YoY lead growth (2022–2023), plus co-marketing across Lusophone markets.

Skills

Grouped by discipline

Brand & PR

  • Earned media strategy
  • Media relations 
  • Executive positioning
  • Ghostwriting
  • Crisis communications
  • Agency management
  • Social Media Management

AI & search

  • AEO strategy and optimization
  • SEO strategy and optimization
  • AI content workflows
  • Automated media briefings
  • Content audits
  • Localisation at scale

Demand & growth

  • Content strategy
  • CRO & funnel conversion
  • Email & newsletters
  • Paid social & search
  • Co-marketing partnerships
  • Analytics & reporting

Editorial craft

  • Journalism (20+ years)
  • Long-form writing EN/PT
  • Interviewing
  • Public speaking
  • Panel moderation
  • Internal communications

Career

2024 — now

HubSpot

Senior Brand & PR Marketing Manager, Brazil

Brand awareness and communications for HubSpot Brasil from Ireland: earned media, executive positioning, agency coordination, social, content, plus acquisition and SEO/AEO campaigns.

2021 — 2024

HubSpot

Demand Generation Marketing Manager, Brazil

Owned content, SEO, CRO and acquisition for MQL growth: +134% YoY organic traffic, +20% YoY lead growth, and the full Brazilian and Portuguese editorial calendar.

2022 — 2023

Tiwi

Marketing Communications Executive

Built the marketing and comms function from scratch for a sustainable mobility startup — strategy, customer comms, SEO, CRO and website development as a team of one.

2019 — 2021

Matrix Internet

Social Media & Content Marketing Specialist

First full-time role in Ireland: content calendars, paid social, SEO copywriting and digital audits for a portfolio of Irish SME clients.

2012 — 2024

Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos!

Journalist, later International Correspondent

1,000+ articles and interviews across twelve years, alongside a full-time career. Official representative at Lollapalooza Brasil (2013–2017), João Rock and Porão do Rock.

2015 — 2017

Saint-Gobain Distribuição Brasil

Senior Marketing Analyst

Restructured internal comms for 3,200 employees with a 40% improvement in information accessibility; launched an internal TV channel and a sales-force mobile app for 1,300 people.

2009 — 2015

Banco Santander

Social Media & Marketing Analyst

Six years from internship to analyst across internal comms, press relations and social media — content read by 50,000+ employees, and crisis periods on public platforms.

Education & languages

Advanced AI for Business

  • UCD Professional Academy — Diploma, 2026

MSc Computer Science

  • Griffith College Dublin, 2018

BA Journalism

  • Universidade Paulista, 2010

Languages

  • Portuguese & English native
  • Spanish working proficiency

Let's talk strategy

Marketing leadership, AI-driven content, or bridging an Irish and a Brazilian audience — tell me what you're building.