Rob Jones

Name	Rob Jones
Job Title	Head of E-Commerce
Organization	Astley Clarke
Member Since	31 Jan 2008
Areas of Expertise	E-commerce, Strategy and Planning, User Experience and Usability, Web Project Management
Contact Details	Email: Telephone: 07970 433298 Mobile: 07970 433298

About Me

I am Head of eCommerce and Marketing at Astley Clarke.

We are an online luxury jeweller with a Showroom based at our offices in Edgware Road.

I have responsibility for the direction and trading of the website, and all marketing including Email, PPC, SEO, Affiliates, Retargetting and Social Commerce.

Astley Clarke sells imaginatively designed, fine jewellery available online for the new generation of luxury customers.

Previously I spent 8 years at Harvey Nichols where I set up and ran the online side of their business. I managed the day to day operations of the selling website and defined the strategy and future direction of online and how it integrates with the rest of the business.

I come from an IT development background early in my career supplemented by a brief sojourn into consultancy for Deloitte Consulting and have spent the last 14 years in Retail.

My Links

Astley Clarke luxury jewellery online
Astley Clarke’s vision is to celebrate design and craftsmanship in fine jewellery and to reinstate the coloured gemstone as the hero of every stylish woman’s wardrobe - whatever the occasion. All of course, online. Astley Clarke designs its own exquis

Career History

Systems Architect at House of Fraser

Strategic role providing a big picture view of the organisation's systems and infrastructure, making recommendations regarding technology and controlling the Applications Architecture for big projects including Year 2000.

Systems Architect at House of Fraser

Reporting Manager at ETAM UK

Managing a large team replacing all legacy reporting applications and handling Year 2000 compliance.

Senior Systems Consultant at Deloitte Consulting

➢ Project Managed the installation of Oracle Financials for a department of the Ministry of Defence requiring strong negotiation skills and persistence. ➢ Customised the 4FRONT Systems Architecture methodology to allow the client to develop IS Plans. ➢ Co-ordinated the generation of a Requirements catalogue for a large power company. ➢ Produced an assessment report for OFGAS to determine the suitability of the client for entry into the second phase of the Domestic Gas Pilot.

Education and Qualifications

I have a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from Brunel University (1988, 2.1) and I am currently studying for an MSc in Internet Retailing from Manchester Metropolitan University and EConsultancy, the first course of it kind in the UK.

I have completed Years 1 and 2 and have postponed my dissertation to start in September 2012.