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Performance Media Director
BurberryPerformance Media Director
Nov. 2018London, United Kingdom• Lead all Performance Media marketing programmes globally • Develop and manage a data led approach, continually evolving testing, monitoring and measurement capabilities • Omnichannel, O2O and attribution responsibility • Own all global relationships with key digital partners • Full P&L responsibility with ownership of media budget • Manage an internal team plus various external agencies
Digital Marketing Director
HealthspanDigital Marketing Director
Oct. 2016 - Oct. 2018London, United Kingdom• Responsible for the full funnel media program in the EMEA markets as well as expansions into the US. • Launched the programmatic program in-house. • Increased PPC revenue by 15%. • Owner of all tagging, advertising data policies and attribution rules. • Improved SEO revenue by 20%. • Member of the senior management team. • Responsible for an annual budget of £12m with full P&L responsibility. • Increased affiliate revenue by 25% with a 10% drop in CPA. • Manage a team of four as well as a digital agency. • Ownership of the digital marketing calendar.
Head of Digital Marketing
Ryanair - Europe's Favourite AirlineHead of Digital Marketing
Dec. 2014 - Sep. 2016County Dublin, Ireland• Responsible for the full funnel media strategy, including all Paid Search, SEO, CRM, display, social, price comparison, affiliates and content across all markets. • Manage an integrated search and display programmatic program across various networks. • Launched the affiliate program and brought the entire search and programmatic programs in-house. • Part of the senior management team. • Manage the full content strategy across all platforms, in all EMEA markets. • Created the Ryanair Blog and the social strategy for Ryanair Stories. • Developed incremental program to improve CPA’s by 15%. • Manage an in-house team of seven.
Senior Digital Acquisition Manager
Hilton WorldwideSenior Digital Acquisition Manager
Feb. 2014 - Nov. 2014Watford, United Kingdom• Responsible for multilingual cross channel strategies for all hotels in International markets, including programmatic, PPC and affiliates. • Manage a team of seven internally plus multiple agencies in Singapore, London and New York. • Increased revenue for London properties by 35%. • Increased conversion rates by 25%. • Managed annual budget of £18m with full P&L responsibility. • Responsible for cross channel promotional campaign and attribution reporting to senior management. • Integrated attribution model across all digital acquisition channels. • Responsible for promotional strategies within PPC, display, affiliate and social media. • Responsible for cross channel multilingual onsite testing across 171 markets and 54 languages. • Presented on mobile digital strategies at the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. • Presented on the competitive online travel marketplace at the 2012 Travel Distribution Summit in London.
Search Marketing Manager
Hilton WorldwideSearch Marketing Manager
Oct. 2011 - Jan. 2014Watford, United Kingdom• Responsible for multilingual PPC strategies for all hotels in International markets. • Manage the paid search program across 6 brands and 3,000+ hotels. • Developed PPC campaigns in 171 markets, 54 languages and 10 search engines across 25m+ keywords. • Manage a team of three internally plus three agency teams in Singapore, London and New York. • Created and implemented cross affiliate and PPC strategies for the UK and MEA portfolio. • Manage APAC specific products such as Naver Brandsearch, Baidu Brandzone and the Naver Blog. • Established relationships with engines such as Google, Yahoo, Baidu, Naver, Daum, Yandex and Seznam. • Managed annual budget of £12.5m with full P&L responsibility. • Key stakeholder for eCommerce teams in EMEA, APAC and the US. • Responsible for cross channel multilingual onsite testing across 171 markets and 54 languages. • Promoted from managing the international properties only to a US hotel remit in international markets.
Global Search Marketing Manager
British AirwaysGlobal Search Marketing Manager
Jun. 2009 - Sep. 2011London, United Kingdom• Responsible for global SEO and PPC strategy development and implementation. • Surpassed revenue targets by 10% in 09/10 and 26% in 10/11. • Managed a team of three. • Increased global traffic by 23%, whilst improving conversion by 10% and revenue by 48%. • Designed cross channel reporting for senior leadership. • Managed three separate agencies. • Developed forecasting methodologies alongside revenue management. • Managed annual budget of £7m. • Created cross channel strategies for new innovations such as Metrotwin and London 2012. • Responsible for cross channel attribution reporting using multiple analytics packages. • Budget management responsibility across multiple channels. • Promoted from solely managing the UK, to the UK & US and then to a global remit. • Worked on multiple cross channel initiatives, taking the lead on various affiliate and display projects.
Search Marketing Manager, UK & US
British AirwaysSearch Marketing Manager, UK & US
Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2009London, United Kingdom• Responsible for SEO and PPC strategy development and implementation in the UK and US markets. • Surpassed revenue target by 15% in 08/09. • Managed a PPC and SEO agency. • SEO consultant for all online projects. • Managed annual budget of £5m. • Budget management responsibility across all search channels.
Digital Marketing Manager
Connected Media LtdDigital Marketing Manager
Apr. 2008 - Aug. 2008Whitstable, Kent• Responsible for developing online to offline synergies for insurance clients. • Managed PPC and SEO campaigns for all clients. • Created cross channel attribution reporting methodologies. • Developed cross channel online and offline strategies against client budgets and objectives.
Search Marketing Executive
Neo@OgilvySearch Marketing Executive
May. 2007 - Mar. 2008London, United Kingdom• Managed Pan EMEA PPC campaigns for Sony, Kodak, Lovefilm, American Express and Littlewoods. • Forged strong relationships with Google, Yahoo, Bing and their platforms. • Responsible for creating multilingual campaign strategies against client objectives. • Strong cross client budget and financial management. • Responsible for regularly presenting market insights and new products into the agency from the industry.
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