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Data & Insights Director

Pollenary

Acquired by Spin Jan 2023.

A creative, purposeful and intelligent digital advertising agency for e-commerce and consumer brands. We deliver big agency strategy with small agency precision and fierce creativity. 

Pollenary specialises in campaign marketing, content creation and paid media that unlocks growth for our clients. We test vigorously in sprints to build momentum and create high-performance at rapid pace.

Founder & Director (Acquired by Spin)

King & McGaw

Board-level position leading King & McGaw’s E-Commerce team and London operations for one of the world's top manufacturers and retailers of art prints and frames. Responsible for the engineering, marketing and merchandising teams, with full accountability of multi-million pound budget.

Responsibilities
* Full accountability of the retail strategy and P&L at board level
* Produce data-driven strategies across the conversion funnel through build/measure/learn cycles
* Lead engineering, marketing and merchandising teams to prioritise roadmaps and ensure successful execution and measurement of projects and campaigns
* Recruitment, coaching, goal-setting and career development of team members; appointment and management of agencies and contractors
* Oversee management of performance marketing, SEO, social, CRM and content marketing
* Coordination across product, operations, manufacturing, customer service and wholesale teams
* Implemented analytics and business intelligence tools, including marketing dashboards and data warehouses, and a culture of using data to drive decisions

Results
* Consistent double-digit growth (23% YoY growth 2016/17)
* £500k+ in incremental revenue at 5x ROAS in first year with Facebook ad strategies
* Successfully managed migration of brand name from Easyart to King & McGaw

E-Commerce Director

Lead the engineering team in London for Easyart. The initial objective was to modernise the technology stack, and introduce a devops culture into the engineering team.

Responsibilities
* Architected and managed the build of custom cloud-based web platform to power our e-commerce properties, and oversaw the migration (Ruby/ElasticSearch/Heroku/Redis)
* Modernised development processes, including the introduction of agile, version control, peer review, automated testing and continuous integration
* Implementation of conversion rate optimisation plan, including A/B testing (Optimizely), Lean UX processes, user testing, personas and statistical analysis
* Migrated a number of services into the cloud, including successful implementation of Google Apps and Basecamp for 60+ users
* Drive insights from analytics platforms

Head of Technology

Magnolia Box

* Designed and developed service-oriented e-commerce platform (Ruby/Mongo/Heroku)
* Developed of HTML5 platform for kiosk, tablet and web, installed in institutions such as the Tate and Natural History Museum
* Developed and launched the Artistic.ly creative platform, including recruitment of artists

Head of Digital

The Art Group

Oversaw the technical aspects of the Art on Demand platform which has more than 60 touchscreens in the world's premier fine art museums - including Tate, MoMA, Smithsonian, Natural History Museum - as well as kiosks for Disney and e-commerce websites for high street retailers including Next, Habitat and B&Q.

* Coded web interfaces - in .NET, CSS, and HTML - and core web platform library in C#
* Oversaw the design of user interfaces for websites and touchscreen kiosks
* Wrote and maintained core ActionScript library for touchscreens, as well as a bespoke XML-based templating system
* Managed multi-currency, multi-language websites and kiosks
* Designed an image and data API with lead software developer
* Managed recruitment and resourcing, managed workload of creative team
* Oversaw the testing and installation of touchscreen kiosks
* Worked with heads of department to propose strategic plans
* Managed email campaigns and evaluated analytics

Lead Developer

Moving Brands

* Brainstormed creative concepts with the Creative Director
* Developed visuals using Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand and InDesign in conjunction with the Senior Designer
* Designed Flash animations for use on the Moving Brands website
* Tested and evaluated on target platforms

Freelance Web Designer

Triplezero

* Designed interfaces for websites, CD ROMS, DVDs
* Developed templated websites using DreamWeaver and custom templating code
* Used Flash and ActionScript for animations, television commercials and web applications
* Developed back-end web technologies with the Technical Director
* Helped develop a Content Management System (CMS), as well as worked with third-party CMS'
* Designed and maintained databases
* Consulted with clients in the public and private sector
* Managed projects, budgets and tenders
* Managed staff and contractors

Founder and Lead Developer

Onkaparinga Institute of TAFE

Developed curriculum, ran classes and assessed students for the following subjects:
* 2D Animation l
* Digital Imaging l
* Authoring l
* Authoring ll

Lecturer (Interactive Multimedia)

Education Technology Centre

* Developed interactive CD ROMs and touchscreen kiosks
* Created and constructed web sites
* Shot and edited video Research and Training
* Researched new technology
* Established guidelines for staff
* Provided advice on software and hardware requirements
* Project management
* Staff training

Interactive Multimedia Officer

Empire Times Magazine

* Liaised with event management staff
* Organised films and processing suited to magazine standards
* Assisted with layout of the magazine
* Developed covers

Photographer

Scaling businesses through data and creative insights

I’m a marketing technologist and entrepreneur with a talent for fusing data, technology, and creativity. As Spin’s Data & Insights Director, I shape strategies that leverage data to drive business incrementality for clients including Camper, Fujifilm, DeadHappy, Wowcher and Magnet Kitchens. 

Previously, I founded Pollenary, an ad agency that applied agile software development techniques to digital marketing, before its acquisition by Spin. As King & McGaw’s E-Commerce Director, I played a pivotal role in navigating the company through a period of substantial growth and transformation.

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