Technology and distribution business specialist with a focus on strategy and the delivery of commercial and technology solutions and projects for distribution in financial institutions in asset management, mortgages and insurance. I'm most interested in the commercial and human-facing delivery of projects and technologies to win business, gain efficiencies and to make things more helpful and enjoyable for people!
Specialties: Digital, Ecommerce, User Experience, CRM, Distribution Strategy, Information Architecture , Creative Direction, Content Management, Project Management, Operating Models, Business Psychology
Senior Projects Manager - Distribution IT (Contract) @ Current: Working in a brand new team to design and implement a roadmap for Distribution data to support MI, predictive analytics and common data consumption across platforms including CRM, marketing automation and web content management.
Previous:
Interim management of Global CRM team with a focus on project delivery of: investment accounting data integration with Salesforce including assets under management and client structures; Salesforce for mobile; and consultancy on digital projects centred on delivering a positive user experience for both internal customers and external clients.
Devising a data strategy for Distribution to support analytics and master data sharing. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomGo to Market Project Manager (Contract) @ Provided marketing/e-commerce consultancy and project management for e-traded products for UK SME businesses. Devised a Go to Market strategy comprising broker segmentation, the broker distribution proposition and a repeatable go to market model.
As well as leading the project, a strategic operating model was designed to support the ongoing requirements of broker lifecyle management, CRM, and channel management in line with the broker proposition. From October 2013 to May 2014 (8 months) London, United KingdomHead of Web Applications - Global @ Responsible for delivering 150 global websites and leading the direction and delivery of the corporate Intranet.
Devising and implementing a corporate User Experience strategy. IT business partner for Salesforce-Eloqua integration for CRM. From December 2007 to July 2013 (5 years 8 months) London, United KingdomConsultant @ Delivering business psychology consultancy. From September 2007 to December 2007 (4 months) London, United KingdomHead of Ecommerce @ Devising an online strategy for the business. Delivering the 'click' concept to provide an integrated suite of online tools for mortgage intermediaries. Setting up and leading a digital marketing team to execute digital activities. From January 2005 to September 2006 (1 year 9 months) London, United KingdomEcommerce Manager @ Responsible for the Group's websites, platform, content management system development, and transactional applications. From November 1999 to December 2004 (5 years 2 months) London, United KingdomHead of IT, Press & Statistics Assistant @ Responsible for IT, website and promotion of ebusiness to the investment management industry. Press relations and production of investment performance statistics. From March 1995 to October 1999 (4 years 8 months) London, United Kingdom
Master's Degree (MSc), Business Psychology, Merit @ University of Westminster From 2006 to 2007 Bachelor’s Degree, Sociology, 2:1 @ The University of Manchester From 1990 to 1993 Jim Hunter is skilled in: Digital Strategy, Financial Services, User Experience, Asset Management, Web Applications, Intranet Strategy, Personality Assessment, User Research, User Experience Testing, Information Architecture, Card Sorting, Hogan Assessments, Web Marketing, E-business, Digital Marketing
Websites:
http://versionux.net