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Xander C.

Independent Digital Consultant
  • Suggested rate
    €750 / day
  • Experience3-7 years
  • Response rate100%
  • Response time1 hour
The project will begin once you accept Xander's quote.
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Location
Oxford District, England, United Kingdom
Can work onsite in your office in
  • and around Oxford District (up to 40km)
  • and around London (up to 10km)
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Xander in a few words
As a former Head of Digital, digital consultant and a freelance developer for over a decade, I've built or helped build design and implement:

• Digital products
• Digital projects
• Digital strategies

Ranging in size from small arts projects and publishing sites, to digital transformation projects and large commercial applications.

I also consult on strategies at the intersection of business, data and digital transformation.
Experience
  • Self-Employed
    Independent Digital Consultant
    February 2020 - Today (4 years and 9 months)
    Oxford, UK
    As an independent consultant I have worked with clients on a diverse range of projects including product strategy; data analysis; digital transformation; change management; research and strategic planning.
  • Unbound.co.uk
    Head of Digital
    September 2010 - December 2019 (9 years and 3 months)
    Leader of digital strategy and implementation, managing processes, roadmaps, products and key reports. Digital and Paperback Publishing List – Reporting directly to the senior management team, created and implemented the company's digital strategy, including a new, bespoke publishing program and publishing system designed around first-time and underrepresented authors with smaller funding networks. – Project and client management across multiple stakeholders both inside and outside the business, with an internal lean startup approach and a strategically outsourced model designed for better scale. Working to and achieving strategic and commercial KPIs. Digital Books Production – Created "best in class" digital books and built e-book turnover from <5% to 35% of revenue. Designed and oversaw the build of a bookmaking toolkit using node.js to create, edit and manipulate epub files quickly and accurately. – Metadata creation and management as well as e-book & audiobook creation and upload. Retailer management (Amazon/iBooks, etc.) as well as responsibility for digital marketing and promotion management across the list. Unbound Website Launch – Project management from outline to launch, including: broad stakeholder management from senior management all the way to individual clients; wireframes, user journey creation, UX/UI testing, A/B tests and analysis; outsourced developer team recruitment and management; Github/Trello/ ticket management; client, supplier and stakeholder communications and negotiation. – Website won The Futurebook Digital Innovation Award (2011) and Best Publishing Website (2014) – Launched the company, and the website, from the middle of a field in Wales.
  • Self-Employed
    Freelance Front End Web Developer/Designer
    November 2007 - February 2011 (3 years and 3 months)
    Designed, built and maintained websites for businesses and organisations.
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Education
  • International Baccalaureate
    St. Clare's, Oxford
    2000
    International Baccalaureate
  • EMBA, Business Administration and Management, General
    Quantic School of Business and Technology
    2021
    EMBA, Business Administration and Management, General
  • MA
    St Andrews University
    2005
    MA (Gen) – Psychology, Philosophy and English