Hey, I’m Marek 👋
Nerdy millennial who went from geeking out over postmodern lit at uni, through social media marketing and enterprise software, to finding my ikigai as a product marketer for developer-facing startups. Always curious, always learning, and serious about craft.
I recently launched DevPMM, my Substack where I write about positioning, messaging, and storytelling for developer-facing products.
Bringing expertise across product marketing, content creation, social media, and advertising, I combine a flair for strategy and cross-functional collaboration with hands-on, LFG execution.
Below you can check out my career summary and work samples.
Experience
Product Marketer at Oxla
Oct 2024 – present
Oxla is a seed-stage startup building a self-hosted data warehouse. As a product marketer, I'm part of the DevRel team and lead our GTM efforts on the marketing side.
Highlights
- Built product positioning and messaging from scratch, iterating based on market insights and customer feedback.
- Launched a founder-led GTM motion on LinkedIn, generating 560K+ impressions, 1K+ reactions, dozens of comments, and multiple inbound opportunities.
- Grew the founder’s LinkedIn following by 233.5% and doubled the company page follower count.
- Consistently ship high-quality marketing assets, including multiple iterations of the homepage and sales deck, as well as social, blog, documentation, and sales enablement content.
Showcase
Website
- In April 2025, we launched a redesigned Oxla website featuring a brand refresh. I authored all the copy and collaborated closely with the designer and dev, providing art direction and UX guidance.
- I contributed to the docs by providing a quick intro: What is Oxla and why use it
Blog
- Why we’re building for on-prem
- Scalable data warehousing on self-hosted object storage with Oxla and MinIO
Social
- Setting up Oxla with MinIO
- Postcard from Data Council
- A lightweight, scalable, self-hosted data lakehouse
- The compliance paradox in data infrastructure
- Oxla vs. MS SSAS
- No one ever got fired for buying Snowflake
- Oxla 1.66 release
- Oxla patent
- Database pricing trends
- Open-source vs. source-available database licensing
- Self-hosting modern OLAP meme
- Data sovereignty in the cloud
- Cloud cost optimization meme
- Oxla self-hosted focus announcement
- ClickBench results update
Marketing Lead at Xolvio
Aug 2021 – May 2024
Xolvio is a GraphQL API consultancy and boutique software development shop. As a solo marketing lead I helped drive the company’s successful specialization in GraphQL. Starting in late 2022, I was also heavily involved in the founder’s productization efforts to create a collaborative system design platform.
Highlights
- Launched a partnership with Apollo GraphQL, positioning Xolvio as a leading GraphQL API consultancy.
- Crafted developer-facing thought leadership and technical content by interviewing subject matter experts and turning complex topics into engaging assets.
- Helped drive a 558% increase in website traffic, a 56% boost in contact form conversions, and 5x growth in LinkedIn company page followers.
- Led early marketing efforts for Xolvio’s product (now known as Auto; formerly XSpecs, later Narrative), focusing on research, positioning, messaging, and content development.
Showcase
Blog
- Introducing GraphQL Schema Storming
- How to Move from BFFs to GraphQL Federation
- Event Storm to Production Supergraph: a Domain-Driven Design Approach to GraphQL
- The Real Story Behind Apollo GraphQL
- Why Apollo's Supergraph Announcement Is a Pivotal Moment for GraphQL
GraphQL Summit 2022 in San Diego
- Organized everything for our booth at the event, including fairly elaborate swag packs.
- I came up with a tongue-in-cheek dev-focused Supergraph design and copy for the t-shirts—made people smile and chuckle, and many wore them during the event.
- My colleague’s talk was a hit and we later turned it into a blog post. This article kept circulating in the Supergraph Champions Slack long after the event.
Marketing Manager at Asseco
Jun 2017 – Jul 2021
Asseco Group is an international IT federation, with Asseco Business Solutions being Poland’s leading ERP software vendor. Initially, I joined as social media manager but quickly transitioned into a marketing manager role, where I led a range of projects across both management and creative capacities.
Highlights
- Led a full positioning, messaging, and website revamp for the Softlab ERP product line.
- Crafted highly technical sales enablement material for the WMS by Asseco product.
- Shipped multiple videos acting as scriptwriter, creative director, and project lead with an external agency.
Social Media/Marketing Project Manager at Feno
Sep 2014 – May 2017
Feno is a marketing agency based in Warsaw. Just 2 months after joining, I went from replying to Facebook comments to leading projects for the agency’s biggest client: Wizz Air, one of Europe’s leading low-cost airlines. As marketing project manager, I led projects across OOH, TV, and social media in a fast-paced environment. Later, as social media manager, I led a team of three community moderators, acted as liaison for Facebook Ads campaigns, and owned the client’s content calendar.
Highlights
- Handled ad copy translations across 15 languages as part of Wizz Air’s rebranding campaign in 2015.
- Single-handedly organized a professional video shoot in Portugal, managing the project remotely from Warsaw.
Education
University of Warsaw
Master of Arts, English Language and Literature
Oct 2009 – Sep 2014
Majored in American Literature and Culture
DevPMM
DevPMM is my Substack where I write about positioning, messaging, and storytelling for developer-facing products.
I also geek out over this kind of stuff on LinkedIn and I'm always down to chat — let’s connect!