Experience

Dynamo North East

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair of the Advisory Board

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Newcastle Dynamo is an industry led membership organisation with the core mission to ‘Grow the North East Tech Economy’ through collaboration, innovation and skills. As Chair of the Advisory Board I facilitate the board in identifying and responding to opportunities for the North East Tech Economy.



Leighton

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Durham, United Kingdom Leighton is an award winning integrated technology business. We use vision, creativity and expertise to connect businesses with their customers and drive commercial success across multiple touchpoints. Working with us isn’t just about achieving the end result, it’s about what we do to get there, changing the way you think about your business and the benefits of digital forever.



Human by Leighton

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Durham, England, United Kingdom



Communicator Corp

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Managing Director

  • May 2012 - Sep 2017

  Durham, United Kingdom James's passion is email and he is committed to helping people learn about the channel and developing their results over time. James provides clients with a unique perspective on the future of the email industry and enables them to realize the benefits of working with Communicator.

• Email Marketing Advocate, Speaker and Writer

  • Feb 1999 - Aug 2017

  As a passionate believer in the power of email as a communications channel I am regularly asked to contribute to industry debate and comment. The research element of my role enables me to speak as a thought leader when invited.

• Director of Strategy and Research

  • May 2007 - May 2012

  As Director of Strategy and Research at the Communicator Corporation, James was responsible for the global client services division. This included the Consultancy, Customer Support, Training and Delivery Assurance divisions and ultimately meant he was responsible for the company's customer experience and retention strategy. James worked hard to ensure that industry leading consultancy was provided to clients and that they achieved their objectives from the email channel.



The IDM

• United Kingdom
• E-Learning Providers

• Guest Speaker for IDM Award in Email Marketing

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2016

  Teddington James is a guest speaker for the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (IDM) delivering the Email Marketing Award. The UK's only formal qualification on Email Marketing.



Direct Marketing Association UK

• United Kingdom

• Vice Chair of the Email Marketing Council

  • Apr 2006 - Apr 2016

  This is an elected position furthering the role and visibility of email marketing in the UK market. If you have any questions about the work of either the DMA (UK) or the Email Marketing Council please contact James. As well as his work with the Email Marketing Council, James is Chair of the Email Benchmarking Hub. Their objective is to provide companies involved in email marketing with a series of benchmarks to help their planning and to enable them to make informed marketing decisions.

• Head of Operations

  • Apr 2000 - Feb 2003

  I was responsible for the Account Management and Production Teams within Leighton, ensuring that client projects started and completed on time and within budget. This included the management of significant projects for British Airways, Sage, Premier Foods and Cadbury's. Within Leighton my focus was on productising our services and as such i was involved in the initiation of both the 4Projects and Communicator products.