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I’m a digital marketing leader and ecommerce founder with 10+ years’ experience across paid media and performance marketing, including leading paid social for agency clients like Vodafone and working in-house at Tide.

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I’m a digital marketing leader and ecommerce founder with 10+ years’ experience across paid media and performance marketing, including leading paid social for agency clients like Vodafone and working in-house at Tide. I’m comfortable owning the strategy end-to-end—planning, execution, optimisation, reporting, and stakeholder management—across Google, Meta, and other performance channels.

  • 11 years' experience
  • Joined October 2026

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Retail
  • Education
  • Professional Services
  • Travel & Hospitality
  • Consumer Goods

Work experience· 9 roles

Self-employed Digital Marketing ConsultantSep 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Provide Google and Meta Ads audits and campaign management for ecommerce and service businesses. Deliver full Google Ads audits and reporting for a hospitality business, run ongoing 1:1 paid media coaching for founders, and support paid social strategy and creative testing for a B2B reformer-pilates ecommerce brand. Build acquisition funnels and landing pages for a Skool community and coach members on Google Ads strategy and account audits.

Founder (High-ticket Ecommerce) · CamperNationSep 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Founded and scaled a high-ticket Shopify ecommerce brand selling outdoor equipment. Grew organic search from 0 to ~30,000 monthly visits through SEO and content strategy, and built paid media plus Klaviyo lifecycle systems to support sales growth to a peak of £140,000/month with a small team.

Associate Director, Paid Media Lead · Brands2Life, LondonAug 2022 – Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Led paid media strategy and execution across major clients, with line management responsibilities for four paid media specialists. Contributed to team P&L statements and capacity planning, and supported client/stakeholder engagement and performance optimisation.

Senior Account Director, Paid Media · Brands2Life, LondonAug 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo
Paid Social Account Director · Brands2Life, LondonMay 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos
Paid Social Manager · Tide Business Banking, LondonJul 2019 – May 2020 · 11 mos
Digital Strategist / Digital Analyst · Mediaplanet, LondonFeb 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos
UK Editor (Online Advertising Campaigns) · N365 Group, LondonAug 2016 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism · Cardiff University2014 – 2015
BA (Hons) History (2:1) · University of Liverpool2011 – 2014

Certifications and awards

NCTJ Preliminary Exams (including shorthand)2014 – 2026
MVP (UK office) recognition2018 – 2026

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