
MELANIE GERBER
Global Brand Strategy & Marketing Leader
Luxury positioning · Brand expression · Reputation & communications
+41 79 898 81 72 · m.gerber@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/melaniegerber
Profile
15+ years at the rare crossroads of luxury brand building, digital transformation and high-stakes reputation management. Trained as a fashion designer, sharpened by commercial P&L ownership: builds, protects and scales brands - from owning CHF 18 million/year at a Swiss Maison to the crisis rooms of royal households - turning complex propositions into clear positioning, elevated experiences and measurable growth for UHNW clienteles in London, Dubai and Milan.
Strategic Expertise
Brand
Positioning & architecture · Narrative & messaging · Global guardianship · Luxury CX · UHNW psychology
Growth
Digital transformation · E-commerce · CRM & lifecycle · Performance media · Responsible AI
Leadership
C-suite partnership · Teams of 20 · Agency orchestration · Global / local adaptation · Crisis comms
Professional Experience
Head of Global Marketing / OURONYXLondon · Dubai · Milan
Jun 2024 – PresentLuxury medical-aesthetics destination for an international UHNW clientele. Reporting to the CEO.
- Built the first global narrative framework across three markets - positioning clinics as premium destinations and driving a +40% lift in average treatment value.
- Rewired the full journey - digital, social, PR, events, in-clinic - into one content and guest-communications system: +45% high-intent engagement, lower production costs.
- Cut cost per new client by 30% in Year 1; shaped the 5-year growth roadmap; leads a team of 7 plus agencies, with AI-assisted workflows under human editorial control.
Global Head of Digital Marketing / CHOPARDGeneva
Aug 2018 – Feb 2024Swiss luxury watch & jewellery Maison - global digital strategy across 12 subsidiaries.
- Steered digital across 12 subsidiaries, keeping the Maison voice intact while going native in Asia: China (Tmall, WeChat, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, Douyin), Japan (LINE) and Korea (Naver, Kakao).
- Led the Magento-to-Salesforce replatforming with a full front-end redesign and launched e-commerce in 8 markets - bringing online to the standard of the boutique.
- Owned CHF 18M a year in digital and media (Google, YouTube, Meta, Salesforce Marketing Cloud CRM); led a team of 20 as primary digital partner to the C-suite.