A senior growth operator, inside your team.

I'm a fractional growth lead for founders who want a senior operator embedded in their team — not an agency next to it. End-to-end ownership of paid, creative, CRO, and retention — for 3–4 brands at a time. Based in Split, Croatia. Working worldwide.

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Ivan Jerkić

Where I fit

You usually have three options. Here's how I sit between them.

Agency Senior in-house hire Me — fractional
Monthly cost €3–8k + ad-spend fees €8–15k+ loaded €1.5–7k/mo depending on size and depth. Or revenue / profit share when it fits.
Who actually does the work Junior buyers behind an account manager One person, on your payroll Me — leading. Mid-senior collaborators where execution needs hands.
Strategy ownership Splintered across channels One person, anchored to one company One operator across the full funnel
Commitment 6-month contracts 12+ months and a hiring risk Month-to-month. Skin in the game when the deal makes sense.
Time to value 3–5 months (contract + onboarding + first results) 5–7 months (hire + ramp + first results) In your tools in days. Impact in 1–3 months.

What I actually do

I run growth as a single P&L per brand — paid, creative, CRO, retention combined, not channel-by-channel.

Primarily DTC e-commerce. Also: SaaS, B2B lead-gen, and agencies who need a senior operator embedded with one of their accounts.

Selected work

I don't publish a client list. I treat your strategy and numbers the same way I'd want mine treated — privately. Named references on request after we've talked.

10+ years. Brands across DTC, SaaS, agency, and lead-gen.

How I work

I take 3–4 engagements at a time. The cadence flexes with the work — sometimes weekly calls, sometimes every other week, sometimes a monthly check-in, sometimes only when a decision actually needs making. What stays constant is that I'm in your tools and contributing as a member of the team, not a consultant on the sidelines.

Engagements get structured around fit, not a fixed price list — fixed retainer, retainer plus a share of upside, or pure revenue / profit share when the upside is real and we both believe in it.

Diagnostic sprint. Two weeks. Full funnel audit — paid, creative, CRO, retention, lifecycle, P&L. Fixed fee. We decide afterward whether ongoing work makes sense.

During an engagement you get me directly — Slack, WhatsApp, or Telegram, whichever you actually use.

What I believe about growth

A few things I'd rather you know before we talk.

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A short application — five questions.

Prefer a quick call first? Once I've read your application I'll send a calendar slot if we look like a fit.