I'm Jo, a freelance digital marketing specialist with over a decade of experience across a wide range of channels, business types, and audiences. That breadth means I can see the bigger picture and coordinate strategy across the full marketing mix. My strongest areas are SEO, analytics, tracking and dashboarding, PPC, and content marketing. I've managed six-figure annual paid media budgets across multiple global markets while growing organic traffic and lead volume ahead of target. I've also delivered consistent organic growth across my various roles and led a full platform migration without losing search visibility. I work directly with developers, designers, and product teams to get things done. I've built and maintained WordPress websites and worked with other CMS-driven sites hands-on. I have experimented with the full range of AI tools and integrated Claude into my build strategies to assist optimisation and workflows.

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I'm Jo, a freelance digital marketing specialist with over a decade of experience across a wide range of channels, business types, and audiences. That breadth means I can see the bigger picture and coordinate strategy across the full marketing mix. My strongest areas are SEO, analytics, tracking and dashboarding, PPC, and content marketing. I've managed six-figure annual paid media budgets across multiple global markets while growing organic traffic and lead volume ahead of target. I've also delivered consistent organic growth across my various roles and led a full platform migration without losing search visibility. I work directly with developers, designers, and product teams to get things done. I've built and maintained WordPress websites and worked with other CMS-driven sites hands-on. I have experimented with the full range of AI tools and integrated Claude into my build strategies to assist optimisation and workflows.

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I’m Jo, a freelance digital marketing specialist with over a decade of experience across a wide range of channels, business types, and audiences. That breadth means I can see the bigger picture and coordinate strategy across the full marketing mix. My strongest areas are SEO, analytics, tracking and dashboarding, PPC, and content marketing.

I’ve managed six-figure annual paid media budgets across multiple global markets while growing organic traffic and lead volume ahead of target. I’ve also delivered consistent organic growth across my various roles and led a full platform migration without losing search visibility.

I work directly with developers, designers, and product teams to get things done. I’ve built and maintained WordPress websites and worked with other CMS-driven sites hands-on. I have experimented with the full range of AI tools and integrated Claude into my build strategies to assist optimisation and workflows.

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Work Experience

SEO and Paid Media Manager at Unit4
January 1, 2025 - April 30, 2026
Owned combined organic and paid acquisition strategy for Unit4, a global B2B SaaS platform. Delivered +11.5% YoY website traffic and +15.8% YoY growth in digital MQOs, exceeding a 12% growth target, and drove a 21% increase in organic + paid leads YoY. Managed Google Ads and LinkedIn campaigns across 12 global markets with a £660,000 annual budget. Built a unified SEO and paid search strategy in collaboration with content, product, web and design teams, working with agencies and mentoring colleagues to embed SEO best practice. Planned and optimised LinkedIn paid social campaigns using 6sense segments, partnering with regional teams to align spend to commercial priorities and ICP-aligned segments. Conducted GEO audits (AI crawler activity, LLM citations, structured data and content architecture) and translated findings into the SEO roadmap. Led technical SEO audits (Core Web Vitals, crawlability, indexing, schema, internal linking) and turned insights into prioritised developer tickets
Digital Marketing Specialist at Silmid (GracoRoberts Group)
November 1, 2020 - December 31, 2024
Worked across Silmid and the wider GracoRoberts Group eCommerce websites to support growth. Achieved organic traffic growth for three consecutive years (+31%, +27%, +10%) and improved Core Web Vitals from poor to good, contributing to sales growth across three consecutive years. Managed Google Shopping and text ad campaigns for a large product catalogue by optimising campaign structure, feed segmentation and bidding strategy to improve ROAS. Owned SEO content strategy for category, product and knowledge content to build topical authority and support customer journeys. Developed a new aerospace specifications content model that achieved Position 1 rankings for most specification terms and drove revenue for compliance-led buyers. Collaborated with purchasing, product, merchandising and engineering teams to grow via SEO and PPC, mentoring juniors. Oversaw full migration of GracoRoberts to a modern eCommerce platform, implementing GA4, Tag Manager, redirect strategy and technical SEO while
SEO Executive at PARRS
September 1, 2018 - November 30, 2020
Drove organic growth and eCommerce performance for a B2B business by optimising category and product landing pages to improve organic visibility and support revenue growth through content, technical and site architecture improvements.
SEO Executive at Camping and Caravanning Club
April 1, 2016 - September 30, 2018
Led SEO delivery across a portfolio of travel and membership websites (Camping and Caravanning Club, Ready Camp, Camping in the Forest, Worldwide Motorhoming Holidays) to support acquisition, bookings and member growth across multiple audiences. Delivered technical SEO improvements, content optimisation and local SEO initiatives in partnership with product and development teams to enhance organic visibility, user journeys and conversion performance.
Digital Marketing Executive at In Front Digital
August 1, 2014 - April 30, 2016
Delivered SEO, PPC, social media and analytics support for a diverse client portfolio. Worked on technical SEO, content creation, outreach articles, campaign tracking and conversion optimisation.
Founder & Owner at Selectbeads.co.uk
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2011
Built and ran an independent eCommerce website from the ground up, owning website development, product management and online presence.

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