Jacqui Maroun
InvestorFounder Experience Lead at Founders Factory Africa
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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About
Jacqui Maroun is a Product Manager at AURA focused on growth and demand. She has experience in product strategy, innovation, user experience, and customer research, with a background that includes co-founding a software company that pivoted to become a major creative agency before its acquisition by WPP.
Experience
- AURAProduct Manager (Growth/Demand)current2025 — presentCity of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- 54 Collective VCFounder Experience Specialist2023 — 2025City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- 54 Collective VCProduct Lead2021 — 2025City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- VML South AfricaChief Experience Officer2018 — 2021Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- VML South AfricaHead of User Experience (UX) Design and Strategy2013 — 2021
- NATIVEHead of User Experience (UX Strategy, Research and Design)2010 — 2012
- Cambrient Internet ApplicationsCo-Founder & Product | UX Design | Customer Success2000 — 2010
Skills & more
Customer Experience1User Experience Research1Customer Experience Design1C Level ManagementLeadershipProduct ManagementUser Experience (UX)Customer ResearchInnovation Strategy
From Jacqui's professional profile.
Colleagues at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Morris
Product Designer at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Wakefield
Managing Editor at Founders Factory Africa
Adelaide Njoki Muthang'i
Investment Associate at Founders Factory Africa
Alina Truhina
Board Member at Founders Factory Africa
Amara Muoneke
Venture Design Lead at Founders Factory Africa
Andile Masuku
Head of Community at Founders Factory Africa
Andrew Obuoforibo
Head of Product at Founders Factory Africa
Ayotunde Aladejana
Head of Partnerships at Founders Factory Africa
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jacqui Maroun?
- Jacqui Maroun is a Product Manager at AURA focused on growth and demand. She has experience in product strategy, innovation, user experience, and customer research, with a background that includes co-founding a software company that pivoted to become a major creative agency before its acquisition by WPP.
- Where does Jacqui Maroun work?
- Jacqui Maroun is Founder Experience Lead at Founders Factory Africa.
- Where did Jacqui Maroun go to school?
- Jacqui Maroun studied at University of the Witwatersrand (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy and Industrial Psychology); Startmate (First Believers Cohort 6, Venture Capital); University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (Informatics Diploma (two-thirds completed), Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology).
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Also attended Startmate17
Manon DennisonSenior Investment Manager at Gandel InvestErika EnbergHead of People at Main Sequence VenturesLyn HillHead of Finance at Main Sequence VenturesSaron BerhaneProgram Lead at Blackbird FoundryDave JacksonInvestor at Startmate Launch ClubSimon MurphyChief Entrepreneur in Residence, MAP at Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP)
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Also attended University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika78
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Shared employers
Also worked at AURA2
Also worked at 54 Collective VC40
Frank WebsterHead of Corporate Development at Founders FactoryNzwisisa ChidemboCTO in Residence at Enza CapitalAdam MorrisProduct Designer at Founders Factory AfricaAdam WakefieldManaging Editor at Founders Factory AfricaAdelaide Njoki Muthang'iInvestment Associate at Founders Factory AfricaAlina TruhinaBoard Member at Founders Factory Africa
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Also worked at VML South Africa11
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