Available for Work
17 years running a $20M business as COO and CMO. Based in Bournemouth. Available for employment across the south of England and remotely, and for consultancy work with existing clients in New Zealand.
Not looking for a role that fits neatly into one box. Bring me the problems that cross the lines between technical, creative and commercial.
The Honest Version
I am not a specialist. I am someone who has had to be good at a wide range of things simultaneously because the business required it. That means I cross the lines between technical, creative and commercial in a way that people who have stayed in one lane for their whole career cannot.
The PHP I wrote is in production. The campaigns I ran moved revenue. The systems I built are still running. None of it was theoretical. All of it was owned, built and maintained by one person under real commercial pressure.
I returned to the UK in 2023 after 20 years in New Zealand. I am based in Bournemouth and looking for roles that make proper use of the range of skills I have, rather than one thin slice of them.
What I Am Looking For
Roles in digital operations, marketing management, e-commerce management, IT systems or any position that sits at the intersection of technical and commercial. I work well in environments where there is no large team to hand things off to, where one person needs to understand the full picture.
I am targeting roles in the £41,000 to £55,000 range, primarily across the south of England, with genuine openness to remote or hybrid arrangements.
I am not looking for roles that are purely creative, purely technical or purely managerial in isolation. The value I bring is in connecting those things. A role that needs all three is the role I want.
What I Bring
I build things that stay built. PHP, MySQL, Linux, cPanel. Custom platforms, database architecture, automation scripts. If a system is causing problems, I find the cause and fix it rather than working around it.
Email campaigns, Google Ads, social strategy, event marketing. All measured against real outcomes. Six consecutive years of $1.25M annual revenue increase. Not clicks. Not impressions. Revenue.
Shopify, custom B2B platforms, inventory management, product data at scale. Built Performance Cycle Wholesale from zero to $750K annual revenue. Know what breaks at volume and how to prevent it.
17 years managing a multi-location business with 50+ staff. Processes, performance management, supplier relationships, compliance and the day-to-day decisions that keep an operation running smoothly.
25 years Adobe Creative Suite. Print, digital, video, event materials. The ability to brief and produce creative work without an agency, which removes both cost and the delay of an external dependency.
Not hype. Actual use of AI tools in real workflows: content, code, operations and customer touchpoints. Understanding where AI adds genuine value and where it creates more problems than it solves.
The Practical Details
Based in Bournemouth, Dorset. Open to commuting across the south of England for the right role. Fully set up for remote working and currently delivering consultancy work remotely for New Zealand clients.
Targeting roles in the £41,000 to £55,000 range. Open to discussion for the right opportunity, particularly where there is scope for genuine impact and development.
Available now. No notice period. Can start quickly for the right role.
British citizen. Full right to work in the UK. No visa requirements or restrictions.
Open to full-time employment, part-time, hybrid or fully remote. Currently managing remote consultancy across UK and New Zealand time zones without difficulty.
Available on request. 17 years with the same organisation means references from people who have seen the full range of the work over a long period, not just a snapshot.
Types of Role
Managing digital systems, platforms and workflows across a business. The person who makes sure everything connects and keeps running. Systems, marketing, e-commerce and infrastructure all under one remit.
Owning an online sales operation end to end. Product data, platform management, campaign integration, conversion and customer experience. Shopify or custom platforms at scale.
Email, paid search, social, events and content. Managing the full marketing output of a business rather than one channel. Reporting against revenue outcomes, not vanity metrics.
Internal systems, web tools, server infrastructure and technical operations. The role where technical knowledge and business understanding need to exist in the same person.
Setting and delivering digital strategy across an organisation. Website, e-commerce, marketing, systems and creative all connected into a coherent operation with clear commercial objectives.
Running the operational side of a business. Process design, team management, supplier relationships and the day-to-day decisions that keep a multi-function organisation working efficiently.
Alongside employment, I continue to provide remote consultancy for existing clients in New Zealand, including Auckland Harley-Davidson, Auckland Triumph and Performance Cycle Wholesale. This work covers digital marketing, Mailchimp campaigns, web systems maintenance, e-commerce management and technical operations.
For UK-based businesses, I am also available for project-based consultancy work: building a system, setting up a marketing operation, auditing an e-commerce platform or providing technical problem-solving on a short-term basis. Contact me to discuss scope and terms.
Full work history, skills detail and references available on request.