James Ford-Mcgowan is a Development Director at RPM. He possess expertise in leadership, powerpoint, social media, digital strategy, youtube and 19 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "James is a true leader and showed tremendous growth while on my team, starting almost immediately after he came onboard. He was initially hired as a content manager responsible for a single landing page, but quickly showed how flexible his skillset is by picking up new responsibilities outside of his original job description such as STIM content strategy, analytical insight, and iterative testing pipeline strategy, all while still juggling his existing responsibilities. Eventually, James took over all strategic responsibilities for our main OTT product (DIRECTV NOW) across all digital touchpoints and related domains, including att.com. This is directly due to his strategic mindedness, strong work ethic, and ability to wrangle cross-functional teams and relationships both internal to our larger organization, as well as with external stakeholders. I was able to hand him the keys during a time of intense organizational turmoil with complete trust that nothing would fall through the cracks, and he took this faith and really ran with it, pushing the product and his role above and beyond expectations, and never letting anything but the best go live. A prime example of this coming to life is that he lead a successful redesign of our key marketing landing page. All of this amazing work led to James transitioning into our OTT strategic lead, becoming someone the rest of the team looks up to and comes to for guidance, and now owning our newest product launch scheduled for later this year.
James is someone anyone would be lucky to have on their team: versatile, strong willed, effective, and organized. He is supportive not only when managing up, but also when driving the team under his direction, untangling roadblocks and diffusing tension. James only makes those around him better, and I hope that we will work together again soon!" and "James has been my partner in crime here at AT&T. He wears many hats and consistently goes above and beyond the call of duty to make sure he does his best work individually, and as a team.
He has clear insight into the products we market, and strategic and innovative ideas to effectively merchandise new features and offers to customers. James is able to easily communicate with business partners, creative teams, and developers to ensure that he delivers his projects on time and meets the high standards put in place by all parties.
James takes on work head on and never shies away from a challenge. He digs deep into analytics and test results, and uses the data to make tactical decisions.
When we are occasionally forced to change the course of a project in the eleventh hour due to shifting business priorities, James is able to quickly pivot direction. James always delivers quality work no matter what circumstances and tight timelines he is under.
James encourages me and pushes me to be better in my own capacity; and he supports me in our shared challenges as we work through difficult processes.
I am so lucky to have James as a teammate and friend, and I look forward to seeing all the great things he will accomplish in the future!"
Listed skills include Leadership, Powerpoint, Social Media, Digital Strategy, and 20 others.
