
CRM planning consultancy, data driven marketing, technology based decision maker
RESUME
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Biography​​
CRM specialist with over 20 years of experience, working both agency and client side. I have worked on every stage of a CRM program.
Asking what are the business goals directly relevant to the CRM program, and what KPIs will define success . Preparation, “What would a stable and accurate single customer view look like and how would we create a platform for it”.
Modeling involves augmenting the data, analyzing it , model creation and hypothesis testing. This phase should reveal patterns and trends, which in turn become insights and recommendations. Which are developed into a strategic plan to achieve the business goals.
Implementation of the plan requires stakeholders to be convinced to validate, accept and adopt the plan .
The plan is actioned and continually evaluated using the predetermined KPIs of success
Skills
SQL Server
Tableau
FastStats
Google Analytics
IBM SPSS
Microsoft Office Suite
Bigquery (fundamentals)
Azure (fundamentals)
Wolverhampton University – Law Degree
Recent Experience
Data Strategy Manager• Contractor • SKY
2022-04 - 2023-04
Managing campaign planning across 100+ campaigns per quarter. Recommending communication strategies to optimise channel mix. Providing campaign evaluation and reporting. Presenting insights to direct future marketing activity. Ad hoc projects to identify risks and opportunities. Analysis of the SKY database to improve customer targeting at a strategic, tactical, and operational level. Designing dashboards in tableau and selling the software into stakeholders as the primary reporting across the business, including creating bespoke KPI's and metrics for the end users. Championing a CRM approach into a business that is structured into product silos and operated as independent business units.
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Data Planning Manager• Contractor • Royal Mail
2012-03 - 2021-06
A very broad role involving all the fundamentals of CRM programs, combined with ad hoc projects.
Helped design and implement four generations of customer segmentation models. Involved in the day to day data planning, campaign management and performance evaluations, resulting in a £3.8M p.a. saving in marketing costs for the B2C Stamps team.
Analysis of the Royal Mail B2B database to improve customer targeting for the marketing teams. Implementation of FastStats across the business, including creating bespoke KPI's and metrics for the end users. Campaign performance reporting. Ad hoc analysis for internal clients and presenting findings and recommendations. Ensuring GDPR compliance. Project management of ‘data scientists’, for the creation of models to predict churn and product uplift.
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Senior Data Planner• Agency Gyro for client L’Oreal
2011-06 - 2012-01
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Goal
Old website was Non-Ecommerce, essentially a brand / product awareness tool. Client required the site to be a revenue Centre, and have proof that retrospectively the site had generated enough incremental sales to cover CapEx and Opex costs.
Solution
Directly involved in the launch of a new ”L'Oreal Insider” website. Segmentation of member database. Redesign of the website to capture, behavioural and product preference data. Monetising the CRM program via Ecoupon redemption. In charge to Google Analytics reporting and the email marketing program.
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Data Planner• Whitewater • Charities (RSPCA, RNLI)
2010-08 - 2011-06
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A specialist marketing agency focusing solely on the charity market. I was hired to build a data planning offering from the ground up.
I was directly responsible for providing data planning, insights and strategy for all clients. Standardising and automating reporting and results reviews as much as practicable, every report was a “little work of art”.
Worked on a model to predict legacy giving for a major client
Mapped out a lifetime value journey and an in-depth review of cold channel acquisition payback. “Do the extremely high acquisition costs ever deliver a positive ROI”. For some clients the answer was NO, which was a tough conversation.
Certification
Google Data Analytics
BigQuery Basics for Data Analysts
Tableau Fundamentals
Google Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
Data Analysis with R Programming
Google Ads Search Certification
Google Ads Display Certification
Introduction to Python
Introduction to Data Science in Python
Communicator
An adept and confident communicator. I have delivered hundreds of presentations, and dozens of new business pitches over the last 20 years. I can convey key insights and recommendations clearly and effectively to audiences ranging from CEOs, marketing directors, product managers , creatives, down to customer advisors working in a call Centre.
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