Sven Ripper

Current

Vice President, Product & User Experience at Vistaprint
Vice President, Sales and Marketing at VistaPrint

Past

Senior Director, European Marketing at VistaPrint
Director - European Marketing at VistaPrint
Sr. Marketing Manager, Europe at VistaPrint

European Marketing Manager at VistaPrint
Media Buyer, UK at VistaPrint
Intern at Vistaprint
Intern at Microsoft

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Education

Bentley University
Bentley University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Sven

Connections

265 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

VistaPrint

Sven Ripper’s Summary

Innovative and high-powered direct response leader with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results through building high performing teams, coupled with hands on execution. Highly analytical and results focused, with deep expertise in customer acquisition, customer retention, product marketing, rapid market entry and site conversion improvements.

Sven Ripper’s Specialties:

direct response marketing, international expansion, channel development & management, ecommerce, negotiation, customer acquisition, performance marketing, localization, rapid market entry, P&L management, high performance team development, online channels, product marketing

Sven Ripper’s Experience

Vice President, Product & User Experience

Vistaprint

(Public Company; VPRT; Internet industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Vice President, Sales and Marketing

VistaPrint

(Public Company; VPRT; Internet industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

Responsible for driving new customer acquisition, product marketing and site optimization across Vistaprint’s 16 European web sites.
- Led effort to open Vistaprint's European marketing office in 2007
- Fully managed and grew the P&L
- Acquired millions of new customers at very low COCAs through optimizing the channel mix (email, online, SEM, SEO, affiliate, etc.)
- Drove step-level function innovation through the channel and marketing mix
- Hired, grew and developed high performance acquisition, product & site optimization teams
- Expanded our European foot print by launching Norwegian, Danish & Polish web sites
Senior Director, European Marketing

VistaPrint

(Public Company; VPRT; Internet industry)

November 2005 — April 2006 (6 months)

Responsible for driving new customer acquisition across Vistaprint’s 13 European and 3 APAC web sites.
- Developed plan and strategy to open European marketing office
- Drove multi-channel customer acquisition strategy across EU & APAC web sites
- Full P&L responsibility
Director - European Marketing

VistaPrint

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

July 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Sr. Marketing Manager, Europe

VistaPrint

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

January 2004 — July 2004 (7 months)
European Marketing Manager

VistaPrint

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

November 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Media Buyer, UK

VistaPrint

(Public Company; VPRT; Internet industry)

June 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 6 months)
Intern

Vistaprint

(Public Company; VPRT; Internet industry)

April 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 3 months)
Intern

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

Sven Ripper’s Education

Bentley University

MBA , Online Marketing , 2000 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

Delta Sigma Pi, Bentley Leadership Council
Bentley University

BA , Liberal Arts , 1996 — 2000

Who's Who Among Students In American Universities and Colleges

Activities and Societies:

Delta Sigma Pi, Student Government, Literary Society, Bentley Leadership Council