Andy Blackburn

Current

SEO Manager at Neo@Ogilvy
Owner at StoneFish Media Limited

Past

Affiliate Manager / SEO Consultant at Bet365
Director at Greenwhale Limited
Lead Systems Engineer at Carmen Media Group Ltd

Network Operations Centre Technician at Sapphire Networks
Assistant IT Officer at Sovereign Trust
Senior IT Technician at Victor Chandler

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Education

Southampton Solent University

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Industry

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Andy Blackburn’s Summary

A motivated and dedicated individual, with 10 years experience in the online gaming industry. Originally a technical analyst specialising in network design, implementation and maintenance, but more recently dedicated towards online marketing and traffic acquisition through all online means.

A proven track record in increasing natural and algorithmic traffic within some of the most competitive search verticals, with some of the biggest operators within online gaming.

Andy Blackburn’s Specialties:

Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engine Marketing, Pay Per Click Marketing, Social Media Optimisation, Social Media Marketing, Online Marketing, Online PR

Andy Blackburn’s Experience

SEO Manager

Neo@Ogilvy

(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)

SEO Manager at Neo@Ogilvy for all the Ogilvy Group's EMEA clients.
Owner

StoneFish Media Limited

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

My own traffic acquisition consultancy business, specialising in SEO/SEM, PPC Marketing, Social Media/Networking, etc.
Affiliate Manager / SEO Consultant

Bet365

(Privately Held; Gambling & Casinos industry)

March 2008 — July 2008 (5 months)
Director

Greenwhale Limited

(Internet industry)

2005 — January 2008 (3 years)

After initially working as an SEO contractor for Greenwhale during 2005/2006, assisting with all manner of optimisation, link building and content provision in my spare time, I joined the team on a full time basis in January of 2007.

I held the position of Director of SEO within this search engine optimisation specialist company providing SEO and Search engine marketing (SEM) solutions to industry leaders in some of the most competitive search markets, but specialised, with my previous experience, in online gaming. Specialising in the provision of bespoke, unique content, internal site linking strategies, inbound link campaigns and on page content and code optimisation, as well as other forms of online promotion, including press releases, media purchasing, pay per click advertising, etc.
Lead Systems Engineer

Carmen Media Group Ltd

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

March 2006 — February 2007 (1 year)

A project/team management role within the IT infrastructure of a large casino and gaming conglomerate. Responsibilities included:

Management and organisation of a team of IT engineers which included network, server, workstation and peripheral installation and maintenance, windows server environment administration, etc.
Generation of weekly progress reports on current IT projects.
Project manage any number of projects ranging from upgrading of Exchange environment to design and implementation of a global anti spam/anti virus email solution.
Network Operations Centre Technician

Sapphire Networks

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 2005 — March 2006 (7 months)

Restructured the 24/7 schedule to incorporate new members of staff, including myself.

Implemented new backup routines for ATM fault logging, microwave transmitter error logging and SHD connectivity losslogging servers, using automated FTP transferring.

Monitored ISP bandwidth usage and traffic, along with customers’ connectivity to the ISP and the internet.
Assistant IT Officer

Sovereign Trust

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

October 2003 — August 2005 (1 year 11 months)

Complete IT servicing position with responsibilities including maintenance and installation of network infrastructure, server and workstation installation and maintenance, remote management of servers in offices across the globe, design and installation of a secured VPN system between offices.
Senior IT Technician

Victor Chandler

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years)

Andy Blackburn’s Education

Southampton Solent University

CoHE , Computer Network Management, IT Infrastructure, IT Management, Business Management , 2001 — 2002

A year was long enough for me to realise that this degree was not the correct path for me. I completed the 1st year though, and passed all units exceptionally. For this I was awarded a Certificate of Higher Education.