Senior eBusiness consultant

Blue Latitude Network, a young, fast growing strategic e-business and marketing consultancy, is looking for an experienced consultant to join our team. Working to one of the Directors, you will play a lead role in planning and implementing online strategies for our clients in digital businesses. Our work is focused on strategic insight and helping clients to understand the online market so you will be involved in many diverse areas of the online business and marketing mix. Although the initial focus will be the UK market, we expect this to be extended to an international focus in a short timescale.

You have significant industry experience working within financial services and/or online gaming and are comfortable developing strategies and managing their execution. You are confident in a client facing role, expert at understanding client needs and maintaining relationships. You are now looking for an opportunity to both extend your knowledge and to run your own projects in an informal, creative environment.
Although this is not a technical role a good understanding of online technologies would be an advantage, as would good numerical analysis and project management skills.

Abilities & Skills:

  • Strong communicator and personality

  • Strong strategic thinker with the ability to research, understand and evaluate opportunities

  • Ability to design jobs and sell them to clients and prospects

  • Ability to create proposals, briefings and plans

  • Commercially savvy, focussed on client profitability with good negotiating skills

  • Organized and able to successfully manage others (including third party suppliers)

  • Happy to get your hands dirty when required

  • Ability to predict resource requirements to deliver a very high quality output, on time and budget

  • Quick to understand and learn new skills

  • Knowledge of online measurement and metrics

  • Understanding of online systems and processes (trading, ecommerce, CRM etc)

  • Fully computer literate (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook etc)

Expected Experience:

  • Degree or Masters/postgraduate in Marketing

  • Management experience in financial services and/or gaming industries

  • Experience of Search Engine Marketing (PPC and SEO) and banner campaigns

  • Experience of specifying websites and content briefs would be a distinct advantage

  • Perhaps already working in industry or in an agency, SEO company or advertising sales house

Please apply by sending a brief covering letter your CV and salary expectations to Info [at] bluelatitude.net