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Career

Where I’ve worked.

Twelve years in B2B marketing. I started out writing copy and building email templates. Then I led ABM strategy for more than 20 clients. Now I build demand generation and AI systems.

A short summary of each role. The full detail is on LinkedIn ↗

Now

JDW Strategy Ltd

Nov 2025 to present
  • Founder, strategic AI trainer and consultantNovember 2025 to present

    I started JDW Strategy to help small and growing B2B marketing teams build their marketing function and work out where AI fits. Through JDW AI I run AI Confidence Workshops and AI audits, built on my Prompt → Process → Partner approach.

  • Demand generation for N.Rich, a JDW Strategy clientJanuary 2026 to present

    I build N.Rich’s demand generation engine. The work covers paid media strategy and execution focused on pipeline, always-on campaigns and infrastructure, signal-based go-to-market playbooks, AI-assisted content, AI workflows for sales and marketing, and marketing operations in HubSpot.

ABM

strategicabm

Sep 2021 to Oct 2025 · 4 years 2 months

A specialist account-based marketing agency. I helped more than 20 clients, from fast-growing scale-ups to global technology brands, win, grow and retain their most important accounts.

  • Director of ABMJanuary 2024 to October 2025

    I led the strategy team that planned and ran ABM programmes. I also set up and led the agency’s AI steering committee. It assessed more than 50 use cases and built AI-first workflows for service delivery.

  • Podcast co-host, ABM under the HoodAugust 2023 to October 2025

    I co-hosted ABM under the Hood, a podcast about how ABM works in practice.

  • Head of ABMMay 2022 to January 2024

    I led one-to-many, one-to-few and one-to-one ABM programmes for enterprise and scale-up clients in financial services, manufacturing, retail, CPG and healthcare. I ran ICP and account selection workshops with intent data, mapped buying groups and reported on reputation, relationships and revenue. I also developed a small team of ABM strategists.

  • Senior ABM StrategistSeptember 2021 to May 2022

    I built ABM strategies with clients: ideal customer profiles, account selection, target account lists, insight reports and sales and marketing funnels.

Digital marketing

Lyreco UK and Ireland

Apr 2018 to Sep 2021 · 3 years 6 months
  • Digital Marketing ManagerJanuary 2021 to September 2021

    I ran the digital marketing team inside Customer Experience. We ran persona-based campaigns, the ecommerce sites, SEO and email, and moved email to Oracle Eloqua. This is where I found ABM: I trained sales in ABM and ran one-to-many campaigns across key regions and verticals.

  • Digital Marketing Team LeadJune 2019 to December 2020

    I led a team of three through a global transformation. I moved email to a new ESP and built marketing automation for new customer segments.

  • Digital Marketing ExecutiveApril 2018 to June 2019

    I ran the ecommerce webshop, email marketing in Mailchimp, social media and campaign reporting.

SYSPAL Ltd

Jan 2016 to Mar 2018
  • Digital Marketing ExecutiveJanuary 2016 to March 2018

    I was hired as a marketing assistant, mainly to write copy, and taught myself HTML and CSS at weekends. I built and sent HTML email campaigns, ran five Magento websites, made SEO improvements and reported to the board each month.

ServiceMaster West Midlands

Oct 2014 to Dec 2015
  • Marketing ExecutiveOctober 2014 to December 2015

    My first marketing role, newly created. I built inbound marketing and lead generation to win new contracts for the special works department.

Before marketing, I wrote content for Liverpool Students’ Union and a weekly student sports column for the Liverpool Echo. I also did work experience at T3 and worked in hotels and retail.

Education

  • BA Journalism, Liverpool John Moores University, 2011 to 2014
  • CIM Professional Certificate in Marketing, University of Wolverhampton, 2015 to 2016
  • CMI Level 3 Diploma in Principles of Management and Leadership, 2018 to 2020
  • ABM Foundations Certification

Say hello

Working on an ABM programme, a demand generation problem or AI in your marketing team? Get in touch.

Email [email protected]