John Gordon Email & Phone Number

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Developing business partnerships with B2B and B2C companies, holding multiple holding companies in Singapore and Australia, offering full-service SEO up to 1000 keywords, weekly reporting, a live dashboard, and competitive pricing for overseas customers.

Australia

Search Rescue is a digital marketing agency that delivers tangible results to businesses of all sizes. All digital products can be supplied as a white label solution for digital agency groups with zero service, and/or support staff. With a dedicated team of fulfilment professionals that specialise in SEO, Google Ads, Social Media Marketing and more, Search Rescue works with a wealth of both Australian, Asian & global brands to produce targeted, pragmatic and long-lasting digital marketing results.

Singapore

As a multi-tasking, multi-facetted all-round co-founder, sales manager, digital community engagement manager with a "can do" approach - John was instrumental in building a network of sales consultants, freelance digital support specialists, freelance writers, local editors, and community reporters in over 20 cities globally. Expat Choice commissions articles, advertorials, and video content creation and generates revenue through advertising sales, and marketing campaigns, both short and long term. Retaining and upselling clients year in, and year out. The founders liaised with web-developers on integration and implementation of new features across the platform, developed editorial content, delegate and approve social media campaigns to generate incremental revenue, devise go-to-market digital marketing solutions to drive traffic to www.expatchoice.asia - built a train the trainer ethos, and mentored new recruits on Expat Choice USP, allowing individuals to build communities locally, while delivering paid for publishing evergreen content to readers. Expat Choice primarily allows license owners to manage advertising partners at the local level and build a respected presence in any city across the globe.

Australia

As Client Relationship Manager across regional Australia John represents Mercato Group to retain, upsell, cross sell hosts who are using the Mercato proprietary digital signage software which is built specifically for retail media and puts the control in the brand/retailer’s hands. Mercato is agile and committed to providing dynamic real-time signage for vendors across regional Australia. Mercato’s focus is small format screens which integrate seamlessly into retail environments in regional areas across Australia and New Zealand. www.mercatogroup.com.au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Having returned from 14 years of living and working in Singapore, John became a sole trader under the trading name Choice Experiences offering consulting services to digital media, advertising, travel, tourism, and customer engagement. Under the Big Bus Group (BBG) in Sydney John represented BBG to kick start inbound sales by attending ATO (Australian Tourism Exchange) were he conducted 132 B2B sales meetings over 6 days with International OTAs, ITOs both F2F and Virtual, generated 55 new direct resellers locally across Hotel/Accommodation partners, and Visitor Centres. Conceived, and project managed the design and installation of two new Ticket Kiosks (Quay Tix) on Circular Quay. Managed day-to-day relationship with over 150 hotel concierge resellers to kick-start brand engagement. www.bigbustours.com

20 Upper Circular Road, #B1-52 The Riverwalk, Singapore 058416

Manage B2B employee benefit client portfolio, upsell, cross sell into new products and markets, Business Development at Expat Insurance, Singapore's leading independent insurance advisory service catering for the needs of individual expats, families and business entities in Singapore and across the region.

Singapore

Responsible for the day-to-day management of direct and agency advertising sales, editorial and design team in the monthly development and creation of The Finder, a print publication serving the needs of expats, repats and locals in Singapore since 1993. Reaching out to over 150,000 members of the Lion City community through an integrated print and digital platform, The Finder and its associated annual lifestyle supplements offer the best of Singapore as seen through the eyes of long-term expatriates living and working in Singapore.John has been instrumental in the realisation and development of The Finder responsive web platform ; a robust digital lifestyle platform offering content easily consumed by expats, repats and locals with an international palate and a zest for living in Asia

Singapore

Consulted the initial website & product development process for NSK, implemented marketing & go-to-market strategies, building relationships with C-Level Corporate and MNC clients in Singapore and Vietnam associated with verticals such as IT&T, FSI & FMCG. Services included HR advisory, RPO, BPO, M&A, Executive Search.

Singapore

Responsible for an international team of seven, John managed and coordinated an international technical team to develop and implement B2C mobile marketing solutions including SMS, MMS & API. He was also involved actively in re-branding the company; developed go-to-market strategies and end-to-end sales processes, all while developing face-2-face relationships with current & new clients; both direct and agency across Southeast Asia.

As a consultant, John facilitated on the job sales and product training for 50+ sales consultants retaining, upselling and generating new business leads in the print and digital space across the Global Yellow Pages network in Singapore. John was also involved in online product development and go-to-market strategy development.

Sydney, Australia

Sensis was one of Australia’s leading advertising and directory information services associated with the Telstra Corporation providing Australian businesses with print & digital advertising solutions. John managed a set of top-tier MNC clients who reached out to the Australian public - each with an average annual spend of A$1Million.

Sydney Area, Australia

While teaching students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, John spent much of his spare time writing musicals and stage productions; many performed by students of the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) in Sydney, Australia between 1995 and 2000.Some highlights include:A 90-minute stage production titled Beyond The Game performed over ten nights and two matinee performances at Zenith Theatre, Sydney November 1999A 30-minute mini-musical also titled Beyond The Game written by John Gordon & Hugh Monroe in association with the Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in celebration of the upcoming 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Staged in 1998 at the Sydney Opera House with IOC members in attendance, Beyond The Game was performed by over 200 actor/singers from the Australian Theatre for Young People, Sydney Children's Choir and the Sydney Youth Orchestra. John also conducted this one-night-only performance.Other highlights include: *Wollongong Entertainment Centre Opening Celebration September 1998 with over 1000 youth performers. *Family Values; A Youth Musical 1998: Wharf Theatre Sydney Australian Theatre for Young people.*National Rugby League 1998 Rugby League Grand Final Pre-Game Entertainment performed by members of the Australian Theatre for Young People broadcast to over 50 Million viewers worldwide.

Sydney, Australia

John continued to be active within the arts and cultural community in Australia and maintained his role as Artistic Director Voiceworks - a female vocal ensemble consisting of four professional opera singers and organised regular recording sessions, concert performances and live-to-air presentations for the Australian Broadcasting Commission ABC. John was also known to give private and public recitals and performances with Musical Theatre legends ad-hoc in concert and on television. John was engaged as Resident Pianist for 6 years at Sydney's Park Hyatt Hotel, The Rocks

Music Tutor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music specialising in Composition, Theory, Musicianship and Aural Training

Greater Sydney Area

Highlights include:*Anastasia The Chamber Opera, composed and produced by John Gordon, lyrics Martin Bramble, performed at the National Institute of Dramatic Art NIDA Theatre in Sydney - Recoded by Australian Film and TV School AFTRS and sold to Deutsche Welle TV. *Wallis The Musical. Composer John Gordon, lyrics Martin Bramble, performed by veteran Australian musical theatre stars Maria Mercedes and Michael Cormick with an ensemble of 30 singer/actors - CD recording and live presentation - Sydney Theatre Company Studios, Sydney.

Master'S Degree, Music Composition

Activities and Societies: Practical Component vocal music composition with Honours. Thesis. The study of a unified consciousness in music.

Bachelor'S Degree, Music Education

Activities and Societies: Major in Music Business Administration, Music Composition, Music Theory, Music History, Piano Performance, Vocal.