James Burden Email & Phone Number

Toddington, Gb

Global

We are a small but perfectly formed digital agency providing services to businesses and charities. We believe passionately in a joined-up approach to website design, development, optimisation, content and social media. We don’t just build websites — we specifically work with you to grow your impact online. Thinking big and finding ways to shape and implement ideas online is what we do. You need a website that will: • Generate interest and awareness of your cause or business • Inspire people to take action • Encourage and enable transactions or donations Everything connects—design, branding, functionality, navigation, photography, content, community. All of these elements should be remarkable. It’s time to get the internet working harder for your business. We focus on integrating those elements to ensure results from your digital presence. Our expertise includes web design and build, digital consultancy, strategic planning, project management, training, content creation and photography. We specialise in bringing a strategic and creative approach to digital media and channels, technology, marketing, communication, content, social media, and partnerships. Simply put, our goal is to help you to become more effective on the internet – to help good people achieve great things online. If you want to be successful online then you will need more than a new website. You need creative content, you need a straightforward strategy, you need relevant and powerful digital tools. You need Perfectly Digital.

Global

In my spare time I hold a global brief as part of the leadership team and Digital Consultant for the Global Children’s Forum (GCF) through Logosdor, a collection of some fifty nonprofits based throughout the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Alongside helping to shape the annual forum of more than 50 independent agencies, I lead one of the four key project teams on a global strategic approach to digital and what that means for fundraising, products and constituent acquisition and retention.

Global

Photographer of people, landscapes and wildlife.

London, United Kingdom

Provide consultancy services to non-profit sector in all aspects of digital including fundraising, marketing, design, UX, IA, communications, community, and strategy development.

London, United Kingdom

Leading strategic and creative services in providing wide-ranging digital consultancy to non-profits. These include the areas of fundraising, marketing, design, UX, IA, communications, community, strategy development - all within the digital environment.*Five achievements from my time at Blackbaud:*(1) Devised, developed and implemented process and outputs for the Digital Strategy Review(2) Pioneered the international collaboration between UK and US strategic services. That has led to the full development and implementation of (amongst others) a new website for the Salvation Army Olympic venue in the UK (Hadleigh Farm)(3) Developed the workshop process to provide a robust interactive discovery process that includes digital strategy, IA, UX and Design(4) Created and delivered several high profile pitches winning work that led to the most profitable quarter ever for the UK team (Q4/2011)(5) Sponsored the client success and implementation of several projects during an exceptionally tricky time of transition in the UK market

Global

I was appointed to the role of Associate Director in recognition of:- An exceptional contribution to the leadership of the whole movement- Outstanding performance on the staff of the movement- Clear vision and motivation for the future direction of the movement- A high level of strategic thinking and strategic influencing- Ability to establish effective networks across the international SU community and at a senior level outside the movement- Awareness of the strategic issues across the whole movement, not just in the area of primary specialismAs part of this role I provided digital consultancy services to the international governing body for varied deployment across more than 130 national movements, leading them into the digital era of publishing, promotion and communication. During that time I led the strategic development and execution of a major suite of multi-million-pound digital products. I delivered these on schedule and under budget. *Five achievements from my time as Associate Director at SU:*(1) Led the strategic shift to digital products and delivery including heading up the development, creation and launch of WordLive, LightLive and SchoolsLive (on-schedule and under-budget)(2) Created and led the multi-movement SU International Publishing Group, resulting in a programme of collaborative projects(3) Joined the Leadership Team of the Global Children’s Forum shaping the annual meeting and ongoing activity of more than 50 agencies and leading one of the four key project teams(4) Joined a small team of Directors tasked by the Trustees with reshaping the SU organisation, taking particular responsibility for the reshaping of our entire publishing operation(5) Led the negotiation and successful conclusion and implementation of a new distribution contract

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

I was responsible for overseeing the digital, publishing, production and sales functions including developing and delivering content through print and digital that achieved an income of £2.8M per annum.The bulk of my role revolved around my responsibility for delivering on high profile projects such as leading the strategic shift to digital products. This involved managing complex and fast moving situations, dealing with a host of technical issues, leading and inspiring disparate teams of people across multiple time-zones, and meeting tight schedules whilst keeping a control on budget.Part of my role was to articulate, position and promote our products and I did this through media interviews, debates (many broadcast live) and presentations to senior executives and key influencers.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for leadership of editorial and studio staff, expanding the publishing operation to include multimedia, software, and internet-only publications. I managed the team of commissioning editors and the recording studio, and led the editorial input into the first implementation of online sheet-music.Responsible for creation and development of end-to-end editorial process management system (including a unified relational database of all publishing assets).*Five achievements from my time as Managing Editor at Music Sales:*(1) Led editorial input into the construction, delivery and content of the world’s first online sheetmusic website.(2) Increased the level of book production by 40% from 250 per year in 2002 to 350 books for 2005(3) Restructured the staff team to facilitate the expansion of our publishing, and brought in new IT system giving the opportunity for more creativity and streamlining the workflow(4) Conceived and developed a complete editorial process management system (including a unified relational database of all publishing assets). This was so successful that it was implemented across the global company including overseas editorial offices(5) Expanded the range and type of publications released by editorial department to include CDs, DVDs, games, software packages, internet-only publications and resource, in addition to books in numerous formats