GoRemote work with Europe's leading event producers and productions, helping remote speakers get to stage looking and sounding their very best.The company was set-up at the very start of the pandemic to help events companies make a rapid transition to virtual events.My role as the co-founder with prior technical expertise was to develop tooling to make our operations more efficient. Our tool-set, developed using a blend of no-code, low-code and custom development, has become a key selling point for GoRemote.All our tools were developed to solve real-world problems and in a highly agile manner, drawing upon all my experience as a digital product owner and agile delivery manager.Tools developed include a comprehensive relational database, fully functional client portal, dynamic emailing systems, automated calendar invites, booking systems, content management tools and an automated speaker-check system.

Successfully designed and delivered multiple projects, including extensive Discoveries, as part of the OneWeb digital transformation programme.Provided consultancy on effective agile delivery methodologies, team composition and development workflows, performance optimisation via A/B testing, and technology selection.

Set-up a digital agency with a highly experienced multidisciplinary team of 20 staff with a focus on practicing and perfecting outcome-led agile delivery for public and private sector clients.Secured and delivered multiple EU Exit related work-streams for a central government department with a mandate to prepare for a “no-deal” scenario. All projects delivered on-time, with a positive ROI, and exceeding client expectations.

Built the UK arm of a Finnish Drupal agency from 2 to 20 employees, securing public and private sector clients and successfully delivering numerous large and complex end-to-end projects.Secured and personally delivered the complete rebuild of food.gov.uk, through from Discovery to Public Beta, adhering to all the GDS standards set out in the Service Manual. Drew on experience to advise on agile delivery, content strategy and workflows, CMS optimisation, IA, SEO, analytics, testing, and component driven design & development. Subsequently secured a £2m call-off contract with the FSA to deliver multiple projects.

As the Product Owner on a significant project to completely overhaul Viacom’s international website infrastructure including the mobile responsive front-end websites for MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount & BET, and the back-end CMS and editorial tools to power these sites. Spanning numerous territories, it was my role to bridge the gap between business, creative and technical stakeholders to effectively and efficiently define, execute and deliver a product which satisfied a wide range of business requirements.Drawing upon all my previous experience, the role encompassed all aspects of digital media including commercial strategy, mobile focused UX design, product optimisation, scalable digital infrastructure, digital production workflows, ad operations, analytics, CRM, roadmap management and agile project delivery.Responsibilities included but were certainly not limited to:Product Leadership: Working with various globally located stakeholders help define the strategic goals and effectively align the product vision to these goals.Product Definition: Gathering and shaping product requirements from cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring requirements and priorities are aligned to strategic goals and the product vision.Product Development: Inform product planning and project execution throughout the development lifecycle, from inception to continual optimisation, working with multiple global development, editorial, commercial and creative teams, and external vendors.

Working across all the Viacom brands including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, and across multiple territories, had responsibilities spanning all aspects of digital including:Project Delivery - delivery of major website builds including initial conceptualisation, design oversight, UX considerations, brief creation and development coordination.Platform Optimisation - online analytics and A/B & multivariate testing strategies to continually optimise online platforms to increase user experience and engagement.Online Audience Growth - ensured year on year growth of online audience through technical innovation, content strategy, SEO optimisation and digital marketing strategy.Content & Audience Monetisation - worked closely with Viacom's sales teams to test new and innovative online advertising strategies and technology to increase revenue.Content Strategy - in-house digital content production and third party content licensing.Social Media - worked closely with our in-house social media team to create innovative campaigns including a record breaking Twitter voting campaign (1,010,634,906 votes).

Managing the implementation of MTV UK's online music offering including content strategy, creation of online content, video production and continual website optimisation to grow online audience.

As a step towards starting a career in the digital media industry, I assisted with all aspects of digital production including delivery of syndicated content, video encoding, website updates and most importantly, tea making.