NameJohn Newton
Job TitleChief Operating Offficer
OrganizationClickThrough Marketing
Member LevelEnterprise
Member Since26 Oct 2009
Areas of ExpertiseAffiliate Marketing, B2B Marketing, Search Marketing - Organic/Natural (SEO), Search Marketing - Paid (PPC), Conversion Rate Optimization

About Me

Over 15 years business development and strategy experience across a range of media. I've spent over 7 years working in Online Advertising (for Yahoo! UK & Ireland, Netklix and ClickThrough Marketing), seven years in TV Advertising (for Flextech and ITV) and also within Outdoor Advertising (Titan Outdoor).

I am currently working in as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for a ClickThrough Marketing, a digital marketing agency.

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Career History

Chief Operating Officer at ClickThrough Marketing

Operational responsibility within a successful digital marketing agency. I work alongside colleagues in the Operations, IT, Finance, HR and Sales functions to deliver outstanding marketing solutions and best practice digital marketing thinking for our customers. Formerly I was the Digital Marketing Director, responsible for trade marketing within ClickThrough Marketing, a search marketing agency. Work included overseeing the development of a new website, creation of a new brand identity, development and production of two books on Search Marketing and online and offline advertising.

Head of Planning and Strategy, Digital Marketing at Netklix Ltd

During my time at Netklix I had a number of responsibilities. Duties included publisher acquisition, affiliate program management, online and offline advertising negotiation, website content creation, policy setting and establishing global banking facilities.

Head of Trading Strategy at Titan Outdoor

Held responsibility for the maximisation of revenue through the application of inventory management techniques. During my time at Titan I introduced a rate-card and robust historical reporting to provide new levels of visibility to the sales team.

Planning and Strategy. UK Inventory Manager at Yahoo!

Working within a busy Planning and Strategy team, I held responsibility for providing the Sales and Operations team with information on inventory availability. Work included management of UK Front Page inventory, introducing a weekly Sales & Inventory report which was distributed throughout the London office and the rollout of behavioural targeting in the UK, presenting to agencies and clients on how it could be used to meet their objectives.

Trading Strategy, Airtime Management Manager at Flextech Television

Working within the Inventory Management team to oversee the optimisation of multichannel TV spot inventory. This included regular liaison with Senior Management, Sales staff, Finance and Operations colleagues. In this role I managed a number of direct reports.

Education and Qualifications

CIM Professional Diploma, Marketing, Warwickshire College: 2002 – 2004

BA, English, Univertity of Wales, Aberystwyth: 1994 – 1997