Esther Mireya Tejeda is a three-time Chief Marketing Officer and public-company C-suite executive with more than two decades of experience building brands, accelerating growth, and transforming marketing across complex, scaled organizations. Her career has been built at the intersection of brand, growth, customer, digital, data, and communications, with particular depth leading organizations through periods of significant business change.
Tejeda served as Enterprise Chief Marketing Officer of Anywhere Real Estate and Chief Marketing Officer of SoundExchange, where she led enterprise marketing and transformation across large, multi-brand and global businesses. Previously, as Chief Communications Officer of Audacy, she helped lead the company through its $2.4 billion acquisition of CBS Radio and the integration that followed.
Tejeda began her career in advertising and consumer marketing at Ogilvy, Diageo, PepsiCo, and Univision, building a foundation across global advertising, iconic consumer brands, cultural partnerships, sports, and entertainment. That experience continues to shape her approach as a CMO: combining the discipline of growth, customer insight, and data with the power of brand, creativity, and culture.
She is particularly experienced in moments of transformation and has a proven track record of repositioning brands, modernizing marketing and digital capabilities, integrating organizations, and building new pathways to customer and business growth.
Her work has been recognized by Ad Age, which named her a Leading Woman in Marketing in 2024; Ragan, which named her a Digital & Tech Innovator in 2024; Chief Marketer, which named her a Top Woman in Marketing in 2023; and MarTech Outlook, which included her among its Top 10 CMOs of 2023. Earlier recognition includes PRWeek’s Women to Watch and PRNEWS’ Top Women in PR.
Tejeda earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University, a Master of Business Administration from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from The New School. She also completed the High Potential Leaders Program at The Wharton School.
A Few Highlights
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (formerly Realogy Corp.)
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (formerly Realogy Corp.)
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (formerly Realogy Corp.)
Led enterprise marketing across Anywhere Real Estate’s portfolio of leading consumer brands, including Coldwell Banker, CENTURY 21, Sotheby’s International Realty, Corcoran, and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, spanning brand, consumer strategy, demand generation, digital, data and analytics, performance marketing, and martech.
Transformed the enterprise marketing operating model and capabilities to strengthen scalability, efficiency, customer growth, and business performance.
SoundExchange
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (formerly Realogy Corp.)
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (formerly Realogy Corp.)
Led marketing for a global music technology organization distributing $1B+ annually to 700,000+ creators across 100+ countries, with responsibility spanning brand, customer growth, digital and product marketing, communications, reputation, partnerships, and industry relations.
Led the company’s complete enterprise rebrand and repositioning from a legacy royalty administrator to a technology-forward rights and data platform, transforming positioning, visual identity, messaging, website, digital experience, and product experience.
Audacy Inc.
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (formerly Realogy Corp.)
Audacy Inc.
Led brand and communications through the $2.4 billion acquisition of CBS Radio and integration across 230+ local media brands, building the company’s first centralized brand and communications function and helping align two organizations through significant transformation.
Launched and positioned RADIO.COM as a national digital consumer platform and served as trusted counsel to the CEO, COO, and Board through M&A, transformation, and enterprise crises.
Univision
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (formerly Realogy Corp.)
Audacy Inc.
Established Univision Deportes as a national sports platform and led brand and communications strategy around the company’s 2014 FIFA World Cup partnership, one of the company’s most important consumer and commercial platforms.
Partnered with the CEO and Investor Relations on earnings and financial communications and served on the company’s IPO planning committee.
Awards & Recognition
- Leading Women of 2024 - Ad Age, 2024
- Digital & Tech Innovator - Ragan's Top Women in Marketing Awards, 2024
- Top Women in Marketing - Chief Marketer, 2023
- Top 10 Chief Marketing Officers - MarTech Outlook, 2023
- Marketing All-Stars - Inman Magazine, 2023
- Latino Power Leaders, Class of 2022 - The Alumni Society, 2022
- Women to Watch - PR Week, 2019
- Top Women in PR - PRNEWS, 2019
- Maverick of the Year - Stevie's Women in Business Awards, 2019
- Communications Executive of the Year - Stevie's American Business Awards, 2018
- Media Relations Professional of the Year - Ragan's PR Daily Awards, 2018
- Power Award - Women Leaders in Business, Walker's Legacy Foundation, 2018
- Most Influential Women in Radio - Radio Ink Magazine, 2018, 2019, 2020
Education & Credentials
Education
- Brown University | Bachelor of Arts
- Boston University | Master of Business Administration
- The New School | Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
Executive Education & Governance Credentials
- The Wharton School | High Potential Leaders Program
- Latino Corporate Directors Association | BoardReady Certified
- Stakeholder Impact Foundation | Fellow
Languages
- Spanish (Native/Fluent)
- French (Proficient)
Board & Industry Leadership
Brown University - Office of the President
Presidential Advisory Board Member, 2024 - 2027
National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)
Corporate Board of Governors, 2022 - 2024
Alliance for Women in Media
Board Member, 2020, 2021
Hispanic Public Relations Association
Secretary of the Board, 2017 | Board Member, 2018, 2019
