Mr Jonathan Jones

Mr Jonathan Jones

SEO & Digital Consultant

Hello. I am a Problem Solver.Consultant.Freelancer.

I’ve worked on some well-known websites.
I ♥ all things digital and delivering on results-driven strategies.

BRANDS I’VE WORKED WITH

WORK HISTORY

CURRENT

forbes logo

SVP of Strategy

Forbes (Apr-2023-Current)

Driving Forbes Marketplace’s global organic growth strategy, leading a 200+ person team across SEO, PR, Data Engineering, Research, Analytics, and Publishing to scale success with partners worldwide.

Vice President of SEO & Growth

Forbes (Feb-2021-Apr-2023)

Vice President of SEO

Forbes (Jul-2020-Jan-2021)

Director of SEO

Forbes (Feb-2020-June-2020)
2020

moneysupermarket logo

Organic Performance Lead

MoneySuperMarket (JUN-19–FEB-20)

Leading the strategy for the Organic Performance team at MoneySuperMarket.

Remit extends to looking after all of the products across the website with Product, UX, Tech and Marketing teams. 

Senior Organic Performance Manager

MoneySuperMarket (JAN-19–May-19)

Organic Performance Manager

MoneySuperMarket (JAN-18–DEC-18)

Organic Performance Strategist

MoneySuperMarket (JAN-16–DEC-17)

Organic Performance Executive

MoneySuperMarket (NOV-14–DEC-15)

2013

ZenithOptimedia

SEO Account Executive

ZenithOptimedia (MAY-13–NOV-14)

Managed and worked on some of the biggest brands in the UK: Toyota, NatWest, RBS, John Frieda, and Omega Pharma. Integrated with other channels such as TV, Radio, PPC, Display, and Social. Achieved significant results in an agency facing role.

2011

Autoland Scientech

Assistant Software Engineer

Autoland Scientech (DEC-11–NOV-12)

Worked as a junior software engineer in Taichung, Taiwan. Wrote and QA’d python code – which involved testing code and modules with top of the line cars.

2007

Founder/Owner

Vlexo Hosting (SEP-07–NOV-10)

Founded my own business, which involved in its heyday managing two dedicated servers and around 600 websites between the servers, a forum, and paid clients, promotion via Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Affiliate Marketing, Pay Per Click (PPC) and more. Later sold the business in 2010.

EDUCATION HISTORY

2016

Birkbeck, University of London

Bsc Computing, Web Technologies

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Pseudo Code, Structured Query Language (SQL), PHP, and Python.

2013

Google Analytics

Google Analytics Individual Qualification (GA IQ)

Scored 88% on the Google Analytics Individual Qualification is a proof of proficiency in Google Analytics that is available to any individual who has passed the Google Analytics IQ test.

2014

IPA Foundation Certificate

IPA Foundation

Passed the award-winning IPA Foundation Certificate, which provides an online learning programme for junior industry people, regardless of discipline, with the knowledge to perform their roles with confidence and expertise.

2016

BrightEdge Certification

BrightEdge, Enterprise SEO Platform

Scored- 90%. BrightEdge is a global Enterprise SEO platform, helping more than 8400 of the world’s largest brands stay ahead in the rapidly evolving Internet trends.

A LONDON BASED FREELANCE SEO CONSULTANT

I’ve been working in the digital marketing space since 2005, progressing from working on small forums, my own online websites & businesses and then on to national brands such as NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Toyota, and MoneySuperMarket.

I worked agency side for about 2 years at ZenithMedia, in-house for over 5 years at MoneySuperMarket, and have freelanced and worked independently in digital marketing since 2006; this has given me unparalleled experience when it comes to digital marketing.

Currently, I work at Forbes, leading a development and growth team. Our focus is on delivering high-quality content where it matters most—always prioritising what’s best for users–you’ll see this in a chapter I wrote in a book called “Mastering In-House SEO – 2020”. I’ve built my entire career around user-centric strategies, ensuring that what we produce is impactful and meaningful to the audience we attract and to our readers.

Some of the key areas we’re currently focusing on include:

Forbes Advisor, Forbes Advisor Business, and Forbes Advisor Insurance.

Featured on: Featured on Search Engine Land, Search Engine Journal & Search Engine Roundtable (logos)

Experience with programming and scripting languages, with practical experience in Taiwan for a business called Autoland Scientech – using Python code to programme modules to work with ECUs in vehicles.

I’m passionate about driving business success through digital marketing, leveraging platforms like Google Data Studio on the performance of initiatives I lead.

With my experience, I can help businesses of all sizes achieve their goals. Contact me today to see how I can support your growth:

Get in touch.

SKILLS

Google Data Studio – 100%

SEO – 100%

Google Analytics – 85%

Google Search Console – 95%

SQL – 65%

Deep Crawl & Screaming Frog – 95%

Excel – 80%

Emma Gibbins

Emma Gibbins Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Jonny has been a driving force in delivering the very strong performance we’ve seen in our insurance OP profile this year, from both a traffic and gross profit perspective […]. Jonny has proactively led work-streams for how we integrate, automate, and evolve our reporting and has become incredibly proficient with Google Data Studio.

Feel free to reach out…

Feel free to get in contact with me or if you’d like to connect, add me on Twitter or Linkedin. I am available for freelance and consultancy work, so please also get in touch if you’re running into issues with your website, need reporting help or need some help with your online presence in any way. Communication is key, so I’ll look to get back to you within 24 hours — most likely sooner than that.

Want to contact me?

Email me at [email protected]. I will try to get back within 24 – 48 hours – or sooner.

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Feel free to get in contact with me or if you’d like to connect, add me on Twitter or Linkedin. I am available for consultancy work, so please also get in touch if you’re running into issues with your website, need reporting help or need some help with your online presence in any way.

  • SEO
  • Reporting
  • Winning

Email: [email protected]

 

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