
Senior manager, technologist and digital product development specialist
London, United Kingdom

Senior manager, technologist and digital product development specialist
London, United Kingdom
Experienced general manager and former entrepreneur with specialist experience in digital media, technology, e-commerce, sales, marketing and operations.
Responsible for launching and managing hundreds of high-profile consumer websites and campaigns on-time and on-budget over the last 10 years.
A highly respected leader of teams, able to hire, motivate and inspire talented employees, creating an environment of innovation and new ideas and turning chaos into productivity.
- Digital and social media
- Commercial: strategy, sales, P&L management
- Marketing: SEO, SMM, market research, web analytics, product management
- Creative: user-centred design, information architecture
- Management: Leadership, recruitment and line-management of teams of up to 40 staff, reporting to MD level
- Technology: front- and back-end web development, systems administration, IT infrastructure
- Operations: Agile and PRINCE project management, processes, finance, HR
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
CTO at Dennis Interactive, publishers of magazines and websites including Viz, The Week, PC Pro, Mac User, Maxim, Poker Player, Monkey, EVO and Digital SLR photography.
(Media Production industry)
September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)
GMG Regional Media is a division of Guardian Media Group. With offices in Manchester, Surrey and Berkshire, over 40 local newspapers, 20 local websites and the UK's first city television station, GMG Regional Media aims to become the country's leading local multi-media company.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
July 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Pod1 is one of the UK’s fastest growing creative digital agency with clients including Schroders, Cushman & Wakefield, Kurt Geiger, Jigsaw,Reiss, Uniqlo, Links of London and Virgin Holidays.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TWX; Publishing industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Responsible for new digital product development in the mass-market female sector for the UK's largest consumer publishing company, and digital strategy for www.nowmagazine.co.uk and www.goodtoknow.co.uk.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TWX; Publishing industry)
September 2002 — January 2006 (3 years 5 months)
Responsible for the digital department at IPC Media, the UK's largest consumer magazine publishing company. This encompassed development of in-house content management system powering over 50 websites and management of a team of 40 front- and back-end developers, web designers, project managers, account managers, traffic managers and systems administrators.
Provided consultancy to over 90 magazine titles on digital strategy including online advertising, cross-media plans, online marketing, social media, SEO, and business models.
Spoke and presented at industry conferences on subjects such as the challenges of creating media-neutral content and Web 2.0.
(Public Company; TWX; Publishing industry)
April 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 6 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 1998 — March 2001 (2 years 7 months)
(Internet industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
(Public Company; VOD; Telecommunications industry)
July 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 3 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
June 1996 — September 1996 (4 months)
cooking, photography, skiing, manchester city, management, business, law, internet, reading, technology
PHP London, mySQL London Users Group, OpenCoffee