Experience

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  London jewish news / totally plc

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2001

  Production and systems manager

  Responsible for the production of a weekly newspaper. Complete creative responsibility for editorial, marketing and advertising. Development and maintenance of the company’s IT network. Copy writing; first and stone-subbing; writing headlines; copy-proofing ads.I built a production team from ground up and facilitated transition from bi-weekly to weekly publication. completed a creative redesign and established stylistic guidelines.Expert user of QuarkXPress. Advanced user Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator. Show less

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  Westside digital media

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  Production manager

  Responsible for account management, client liaison with international publishing houses, ad agencies, photographers and other pre-press companies. Handled production tasks for titles including: i-D Magazine, Total Film, Auto Express, The Week, Money Week, TNT, PCW (personal computer world), United (official Man Utd magazine), Computer Active, Hi-Fi Choice.I re-organised the production schedule. Increased organisational proficiency by streamlining administration. Implemented a department-wide appraisal and introduced staff feedback. Show less

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  Kirsten clarke design

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  Graphic designer

  Worked on numerous creative projects designing print material for clients such as; Starbucks, BBC, Philips, NFU Mutual.

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  News uk

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2015

  Led three teams working across digital & print (online, tablet, mobile, video and newspapers). Responsible for processing, producing, publishing and delivering all advertising copy for News UK's portfolio (The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement, Milkround and ST Driving). Responsible for the delivery of £0.5 billion annual ad revenues.Integrated a new ad booking system into existing production and operations systems by coordinating external service providers, technology, commercial and ops teams, delivering ‘generational’ systems change.Principle operations lead on strategic projects through to delivery & implementation.Two years experience as a News UK Commercial mentorSpeaker and panellist at industry events.Completed a 9-month leadership/talent programme (covering: leadership, management, judgement, influence, problem solving, self-analysis, MBTI, NLP, business acumen, business planning, change management, goal setting). Show less Led an award winning team responsible for copy chasing, production and creative services for £500m of ad revenue annually.Implemented a new content management system and pioneered a new way of working. I increased efficiency by 40%, accuracy through innovation and removed single point dependency.Centralised production services.Retrained print production teams to deliver and create advertising content for tablet.Key contributor to commercial and systems projects. Contributor to business transformational change programme. Show less Led a major 12-month upgrade to the core planning system and streamlined operational workflow around it. Created supporting documentation, constructed and delivered training programme. Led project roll out and training at central London HQ, Scottish & Irish offices.I led a project from concept to implementation to create a browser-based space reservation tool to automate a manual process used to reserve commercial advertising space. It delivered shared efficiency gains through remote access, systems governance, increased uptime and accuracy.Defined the advertising workflow for The Times tablet edition when the iPad was launched in May 2010.Created all commercial flat plans for The Times redesign. Show less

  • Head of Commercial Production

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Digital Ad Operations Manager

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  • Advertising Production Manager

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Planning Workflow & Development Coordinator

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  • Ad Planner, Times Newspapers Limited

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2008
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  Tutch media ltd

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

  Head of digital projects & operations

  Project and operational leadership of the development and creative teams for an award-winning digital marketing agency, specialising in websites, marketing automation & web applicationsAccount management and client relations. Responsible for operational delivery and project lifecycle.Created and implemented a set of operational processes and procedures to enable the growth of the business and the successful delivery of projects within a managed framework.Introduced an agile approach to projects and account management. Show less

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  Netcel

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2018

  Senior project manager

  Responsible throughout the project lifecycle for several key accounts. Project management, planning, budgets, client liaison and solution delivery within a blend of Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Working with a number of enterprise clients covering a variety of sectors: Financial services; Not-for-profit/Charity; Professional Consultancy; Manufacturing.Experience of digital transformation, content migration, digital marketing and marketing automation, web design & development, multiple language branches, UX, personalisation & AI.Netcel are recognised by the Financial Times as one of the top 50 consulting firms for IT strategy and digital transformation and ranked as an Econsultancy Top 100 Digital Agency for 2017.Digital technology specialists, we provide consultancy, design and integration through digital transformation.An Episerver Premium Partner, Kentico Gold Partner, Sitecore, Umbraco, Microsoft Gold Partner, we deliver bespoke solutions via a .NET framework Show less

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  Niteco

  Nov 2018 - now

  I lead the European & North American operations for Niteco. Responsible for driving our continued year-on-year growth across these markets and overseeing the successful delivery of key accounts in the region.We create innovative digital solutions that drive growth and profit for your business. From website development and eCommerce to mobile apps, chatbots, marketing automation, SEO, UX/UI design, strategy and consultation. We tackle any project from turnkey, quick-to-market implementations to highly customised, bespoke solutions.With well over 1000 projects under our belts across a variety of sectors including Commerce/Retail, FMCG, Finance, Manufacturing, Technology, Media, Health Care, Insurance, Consultancy and Education to name a few. Our scale and experiences allow us to work with direct clients and digital agencies alike, working with SMB's to Enterprise companies and global brands.We have the largest number of Optimizely (formerly Episerver) Certified Developers on the planet! If you're looking at any of the suite of Optimizely products from Content, Commerce, Intelligence to Full-Stack for a replatform or taking over from another incumbent, who perhaps lack the skills, the attention or the scale to deliver your project, then look no further than Niteco.But it doesn't stop there. .NET specialists, our skills include Sitecore certified developers, certified Microsoft Professionals and Magento devs. We cover well over 60 skill sets. With strong knowledge in other CMS & Commerce platforms from WordPress and other open-source platforms (like Umbraco and Kentico). We are also IBM and Marketo Business partners. Show less

  • Country Director, Europe & North America

    Dec 2019 - now

  • Account Director & Project Lead, EMEA

    Nov 2018 - Dec 2019
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  Equus consulting ltd

  Jul 2022 - now

  Managing director