Thomas Evans Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

At EmailOctopus I'm responsible for all operational functions inc Product and Marketing. The company was originally started as a side-project which I worked on for a couple of days a week, alongside my work for other startups. Now, 8 years on, we're a team serving 70,000 customers, with a multi-million £ turnover and growing at a rate of over 60% year-on-year.Our focus is on making email marketing simple, reducing costs and simplifying the process of sending an email to your customer base. Current clients include international brands such as Amazon, Giphy, Jaguar Land Rover, Universal Music, Survation, Bear Grylls, NPR, J.Cole, Nottingham Forest FC, Huel, WaterAid, Human Appeal, Linkin Park and PwC.

Blackfriars, England, Gb

A 3 month fixed term consultancy, to help Property Partner's newly formed Growth Team implement growth processes and tools such as Optimizely. Over the 3 months we launched over 20 on site experiments, with over 60% proving successful in improving conversion rates and customer satisfaction.Experiments I led the implementation of included: a realtime stock purchase ticker implemented completely on the front-end, a property data spreadsheet view and a move towards a gated sign-up website.

London, Gb

Moved into the Product Team, after 4 years of technical work at Secret Escapes.- Continued to lead A/B testing, launching hundreds of experiments - Product managed the website launch of new verticals, including Secret Fashion and 'Experiences'- Product managed the website launch of partnerships with Gilt and Secret Sales - Pulling and analysing data to create business cases- Define the scope of projects, and create user acceptance criteria to assist the Tech team in understanding the problem- Work alongside multiple stakeholders of the business to prioritise the product backlog

London, Gb

Following my work as a Web Designer, I moved to lead the AB Test and Conversion Rate Optimisation across the Secret Escapes group sites. Upon taking up this role I implemented Optimizely for all the Secret Escapes global sites, enabling us to run more tests more efficiently. I oversaw all the planning and prioritisation of A/B tests, which were prioritised following online user testing sessions and analysis of quantitive data.Using my design and front-end skills I used Jquery, HTML and CSS to design and implement split tests. Also made use of Jquery to add on-site tracking through Google Tag Manager ensuring that the KPI's of each test were tracked correctly through Google Analytics and Optimizely.

London, Gb

Secret Escapes is an exclusive members only travel club offering savings of up to 70% every week on handpicked deals for luxury hotels and resorts.Front end development of the Secret Escapes brand and website. Working to design concepts for the main website, affiliates and marketing campaigns by using software such as Adobe Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator. Using HTML and CSS extensively to style the web pages and email marketing newsletters.

Designed and launched a new cricket news and discussion site. Dedicated to covering the ins and outs of the cricket industry, specifically focusing on the equipment side.Within 12 months of launch the site was receiving in in excess of 1000 visitors per day. Worked with multi-nationals such as Puma, Gray Nicolls and Unicorn Products to exclusively cover their sponsorship and equipment announcements. Secured advertising and affiliate marketing contracts with some of the UK’s largest sports equipment manufacturers and retailers.Sold website in 2012.

London, Gb

Handled the production for the full retail launch in September 2009. Took charge of the production, design and development of Mongoose's 2010/11 range of cricket equipment, ensuring it was delivered on time and made to the correct specification. The uniquely designed Mongoose MMi3 bat went on to win multiple industry awards, including a Sports Industry Award for 'Best Technological Innovation in Sport.' The protective range later went on to be featured in the 'Designed to Win' exhibition at the Design Museum, exhibiting the latest innovations in sporting equipment to coincide with the 2012 Olympics. Also handled the IT side of the business, producing social media strategies and implementing new technology to streamline processes.

Aged 16, designed, developed and implemented a Cricket Equipment comparison website/forum aimed at the bespoke sector of the industry.Secured advertising contracts with 9 manufacturers. Grew traffic to the site using social media and SEO. At the time of sale the site had the largest active member-base of any cricket equipment website.Sold the business as a going concern in August 2009.

Spent time in the workshop manufacturing sports equipment and in the back office dealing with enquiries to further understand the design and manufacture process of sports equipment in India.