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About Us

Built by operators,
for operators.

We're a growth partner built by former in-house operators. Fewer clients, deeper work, measurable outcomes.

Our Story

Why We Exist

We built Refractive after scaling a $40M eCommerce brand and seeing the gap firsthand: agencies with energy at the pitch, and silence after the contract.

Most agencies assign junior account managers who relay messages between you and the people doing the work. The people on your weekly call aren't the people building your campaigns, and nobody's looking at the full picture.

We operate differently. Refractive is an embedded growth team aligned to your business KPIs, not ad spend. Senior operators do the work directly. Every channel talks to every other channel. And we prove what's real with measurement that doesn't lie.

Senior-operator led

Founder involvement on every account. The people on your call are the people doing the work.

No % of ad spend

Flat retainers with performance bonuses tied to outcomes. We win when you win.

Illuminate included

Full-funnel measurement, attribution, and incrementality testing to prove what's real.

The Team

Senior operators, not account managers

Every person on your account has done the work themselves. No layers. No telephone game.

Christian Cortes

Christian Cortes

Founder & Growth Director

8+ years scaling eCommerce growth at a $40M retailer. Currently Ecommerce Manager at Kane Footwear. Previously Digital Marketing Manager at Lax.com. Built and led cross-functional teams across paid, creative, CRO, and lifecycle. Founded Refractive to bring senior operator talent to $1M–$50M DTC brands — because the brands he worked with kept getting handed off to junior account managers who’d never run a real program.

Paid Media Strategy eCommerce CRO Lifecycle
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Dan Dlugozima

Director of Strategic Operations

Built and scaled a national athletic apparel brand over 15 years before a successful exit. Previously led operations at Lax.com alongside Christian. Brings founder-level program management, cross-functional coordination, and growth ops discipline to every client engagement.

Growth Ops Reporting Sprint Rituals
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Ty Dlugozima

Director of Technology

Strategic development and systems leadership at KELYN Technologies. Previously at Lax.com alongside Christian and Dan. Builds scalable systems, AI-led workflows, and end-to-end integrations that connect your store, data, and automation into one operating system.

Shopify AI Systems Integration Architecture
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Careers

Work with us

We hire senior-first operators. Few clients, deep work, high ownership. Remote-friendly.

Senior Performance Marketer

Full-time · Remote

Meta, Google, and TikTok expertise. Creative testing spine. Budget ownership across full-funnel paid programs.

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Shopify Engineer

Full-time · Remote

Theme engineering, speed budgets, integrations, and design systems. Build stores that load fast and convert.

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Director of Content

Full-time · Remote

Own the creative supply chain. UGC systems, motion, and AI-assisted production at scale. Scroll-stopping creative built for performance.

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Don't see your role? Email careers@refractive.co

Ready to replace your agency stack?

One team. Every channel. No excuses.

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