David Williams

Current

• Digital Product Manager, Men's Lifestyle at Bauer Media

Past

• Digital Content Producer at Bauer Media
• Sales Executive at GDS International
• Director at dpwilliams

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Education

• Bournemouth University

Recommended

3 people have recommended David

Connections

73 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Blog
• My RSS feed
• My Company

David Williams’s Summary

Digital product manager with over 5 years experience, focused on delivering creative, innovative content that excites, informs and entertains users while forming lasting brand relationships.

David Williams’s Specialties:

Idea generation, business case development, product development, product delivery, managing multimedia, usability, user behaviour, UGC, social media, sales, negotiation, video production, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Photoshop

David Williams’s Experience

• Digital Product Manager, Men's Lifestyle

  Bauer Media

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  April 2009 — Present (4 months)

  I play a key role in the definition, development and launch of new functionality on Bauer's portfolio of men's lifestyle websites.
  
  The projects I work on support the editorial content, enhance the user experience and drive traffic, which encourages increased user engagement and commercial activity.

• Digital Content Producer

  Bauer Media

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  September 2006 — April 2009 (2 years 8 months)

  Responsible for all technical, editorial and commercial developments to the ZOO website, from design and conception to managing the production process.
  
  Also responsible for managing an external development team and digital production staff.

• Sales Executive

  GDS International

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  January 2006 — August 2006 (8 months)

  Responsible for sales on European B2B digital and hard copy publications. Successful selling editorial and branding within the publications, gaining a developed understanding of the sales process.
  
  Pioneered the sale of new digital ad formats and up-selling digital advertorial placements.

• Director

  dpwilliams

  (Media Production industry)

  June 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  I set up and ran my own company when I left university which produced a variety of projects for small businesses. This included print and web based work which was predominately produced in XML, CSS and Flash.

David Williams’s Education

• Bournemouth University

  BA (hons) , Interactive Media Production , 2001 — 2004

  Modules Included: Managing Multimedia, Interactive Audiences, Non-Linear Narratives, Digital Futures, Media Concepts and Image Studies

Additional Information

David Williams’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My RSS feed
• My Company

David Williams’s Interests:

new technology, online video, online advertising, user engagement, investing, arsenal football club, squash, running, fly fishing

David Williams’s Groups:

•    ThoseinMedia
•    Bournemouth University Alumni
•    Association of Online Publishers
•    Bauer Media

David Williams’s Honors:

Shortlisted, Bauer 2008, Website of the year
Shortlisted, Bauer 2008, Digital person of the year
Winner, WMA 2007, Best Online Publication (Men's)

David Williams’s Contact Settings

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