Piers Jones

Piers Jones

Senior Product Manager at Reed Business Information (U.K)

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • Senior Product Manager at Reed Business Information
Past
  • Business Development Manager at Reed Business Information
  • Product Manager at Reed Business Information
  • Development Manager at Reed Business Information
  • Project Manager at Reed Business Information
  • Traffic Manager CW.com at Reed Business Information
  • Site Analyst at ITNetwork.com
  • Web Development Manager at Marketforce (IPC Media)
Education
  • The University of Manchester
Connections
100 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Piers Jones’s Summary

Senior Product Manager for Reed Business Information the world's largest B2B publisher. I am interested in online media and innovation and have extensive experience as an online professional across a range of technical and commercial roles.

Piers Jones’s Specialties:

New product development, online advertising, social media, innovation, idea generation, strategy management, product roadmaps, online video, community websites, online recruitment, e-classifieds


Piers Jones’s Experience

  • Senior Product Manager

    Reed Business Information

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RUK; Publishing industry)

    April 2008Present (6 months)

    Senior Product Manager for the Web Solutions Group with responsibility for e-recruitment and e-classifieds

  • Business Development Manager

    Reed Business Information

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 2007April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

    Working across all RBI UK community websites including New Scientist.com and ComputerWeekly.com. Responsible for strategic reviews, innovation and strategy management for a variety of markets and online products.

    Co-ordinated an M&A project from commercial due diligence through to acquisition.

  • Product Manager

    Reed Business Information

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

    May 2005December 2006 (1 year 8 months)

    Providing technology solutions to a variety of online publishing markets including the re-launch of egi.co.uk, a subscription data product offering commercial property information.

  • Development Manager

    Reed Business Information

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

    October 2003May 2005 (1 year 8 months)

    Managing the web development team for RBI UK. Winner of RBI Publishing Support Manager of the Year.

  • Project Manager

    Reed Business Information

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

    October 2002October 2003 (1 year 1 month)

    Managing online development projects. Re-launched ComputerWeekly.com.

  • Traffic Manager CW.com

    Reed Business Information

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

    April 2001October 2001 (7 months)

    Managing online advertising for ComputerWeekly.com. Launched the CW E-Update email marketing product.

  • Site Analyst

    ITNetwork.com

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

    August 1999April 2001 (1 year 9 months)

    Site analyst for startup ITNetwork.com, later integrated with ComputerWeekly.com.

  • Web Development Manager

    Marketforce (IPC Media)

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

    June 1998June 1999 (1 year 1 month)

    Launched the Marketforce wholesaler extranet. Winner of A.C.E award for innovation.


Piers Jones’s Education

  • The University of Manchester

    2:1, Geography (B.A), 19901993


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Certified Scrum Master (Agile Development Methodology)

  •    Reed Business

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