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Building and managing high-performing teams and start-up businesses. I'm a focused, creative leader who thinks big picture but has no issue with getting my hands dirty when I need to. With a focus on entrepreneurial innovation, digital customer experience, content and media, I bring excellent knowledge of digital, with a long background in strategy, product management and Operations, from start-ups to Agency and enterprise. My broad experience across business verticals, strong focus on people, methodologies & tools, combined with superb strategic, creative and communication skills, plus a love of people leadership and development, have enabled me to continually execute effectively. Specialties: Product and Multi-channel Strategy, Start-ups and Commercialisation, Sales management, Leadership, P&L, eCommerce, Digital customer experience, user-centered design, performance marketing, content and partnerships.Judge @ Part of the Judging Panel for the 2015 iAwards From March 2015 to Present (10 months) Melbourne, AustraliaMentor @ Mentor for budding entrepreneurs and start-ups through the INCUBATE Startup Program From February 2015 to Present (11 months) Melbourne, AustraliaGM and Head of Business, SitePoint @ At Sitepoint we're sharing Our Passion for Building Incredible Internet Things Sitepoint's mission is to deliver new ideas, emerging concepts, and teach state-of-the-art technology to our community. Whether it’s via our practical tutorials, books, articles, courses, or our online learning platform SitePoint Premium, if its got anything to do with building the web - we've got you covered. Since starting with SitePoint, I've built a high performing team focused on delivering fast and high quality. After setting a new Vision and Purpose for the company early on, my team has grown SitePoint significantly as a global media business over the past year, while simultaneously re-branding and re-launching Learnable as SitePoint Premium, with significantly different content and focus for the platform - resulting in significant and sustained growth. From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) General Manager @ Reactive are an award-winning digital agency with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, London, New York and Auckland. Founded in 1997 and with over 170 amazing people in the team (over 100 in Melbourne!), Reactive is one of Australia’s largest and longest running independent digital agencies. As General Manager I was heavily involved in partnering with clients at an Executive management level, I led the Melbourne group and worked across HR, Business strategy, Finance, Creative and Technology to grow and strengthen the team and the Brand. During my five years with Reactive, the Melbourne office grew from 27 people to over 100, moving from an SME-focused business to Enterprise clients such as Coles, Flybuys, BHP Billiton, Nissan, ANZ Bank and others and building strong partnerships with Sitecore, Adobe and other partners in the process. As part of the Global management team I assisted in setting strategy for the growth of the global business. I also added and strengthened service lines such as Performance and content marketing, strategy and technology services and supported the growth of other Reactive offices through project, technology, resource and management support. Ultimately this all ensured that Reactive was a strong target for acquisition, with Accenture Digital acquiring the company in late 2014. From November 2009 to August 2014 (4 years 10 months) Melbourne, AustraliaGeneral Manager and Digital Strategist @ At Areeba I was responsible for the operational and strategic excellence, high quality, creativity and profitability of all aspects of Areeba's client engagements. I mixed an idea-driven, client-driven and highly consultative approach with expert knowledge of the digital industry, supported by years of campaign, project and team management experience. From March 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 9 months) Melbourne, AustraliaGroup Manager Global Partnerships/B2B @ Management of a channel that ran across four global regions (Asia, Pacific, EMEA and the Americas). Profitability and growth focus with management of four direct reports plus close liaison with a global sales force of eight. Overall during my tenure the Channel revenues grew from less than AUD 1 million dollars a year to over AUD 12 million a year, with the Partnership/B2B channel being one of the most profitable channels in the business. Major focus areas: + Product strategy and new product development in Partner products (digital, app, InFlight entertainment and custom print), significant input into all digital and some print product lines developed for Lonely Planet + Global responsibility for profitability and quality of all partner product development + Executive client relationship management + Partnership development with major Global organisations such as Sony (developed the Sony PSP City Guides), Nokia, Navman, Yahoo, Intercontinental Hotels and others + Heavily involved in Lonely Planet's wireless and mobile product strategy + Mentor to two project producers and a Managing Editor at Lonely Planet From March 2005 to February 2008 (3 years) Melbourne, AustraliaProgram Lead - B2B and Partnerships @ While in this role I was involved in many projects across the spectrum of Lonely Planet’s digital and custom print offering. These included: + Product strategy and customer experience of WorldGuide 2 product – including vendor management, contract negotiations and liaison with Daemon + Conceived of and project managed upgraded XML content delivery methods and managed many content licensing deals to clients such as Yahoo UK, AOL, Canada.com, STA Global and others + Custom print and website projects for AQIS – ‘And Back’ Series (13 booklets), Travel Tips Asia booklet + Citypicks mobile product for Optus, Singtel and Maxis + Itinerary Builder mini CDRom for Optus From November 2003 to March 2005 (1 year 5 months) Melbourne, AustraliaDirector of Creative Services @ From September 2003 to November 2003 (3 months) Melbourne, AustraliaExecutive Producer @ From September 2002 to September 2003 (1 year 1 month) Melbourne, AustraliaManager, Product Design and Experience @ From March 2001 to October 2002 (1 year 8 months) Senior Team Lead @ From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) Senior Producer @ From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) Sydney, AustraliaDiploma in IT, Information Technology @ Mercury Technical College From 1994 to 1994 BA, Hons English, Hons History @ University of Sydney From 1989 to 1993 Simon Julian is skilled in: Management Consulting, Business Leadership, Business Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Strategic Thinking, Thought Leadership, Business Analysis, Calm Under Pressure, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Content Management, Mobile, Integrated Marketing, P+L responsibility, Mentorship