Jonathan Parsons

VP of Engineering

London, United Kingdom15 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Built a newsletter with 55,000 subscribers in 9 months.
  • Achieved highest net sales growth for P&G Skincare.
  • Led digital marketing innovations at P&G UK.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing and AI expert with extensive experience in FMCG and digital marketing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital MarketingContent StrategyArtificial Intelligence (ai)Brand StrategyLeadershipManagementFmcgE-commerceShopper MarketingMarketing Strategy

Other Skills

Generative AIMedia PlanningChange ManagementProduct MarketingMarketing CommunicationsTeam LeadershipProduct DevelopmentConsumer InsightAdaptabilityVisual MerchandisingMarketing ActivationMarketing CampaignsP&L ManagementSales Organization LeadershipCommercial Planning

About

Brand Builder, Commercial & Online Leader with 16+ years of experience. AI / digital marketing expert and enthusiast. I share content to help you on your Marketing & AI journey. My views / endorsements are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.

Experience

The estée lauder companies inc.

2 roles

Senior Marketing Director - Clinique

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

General Manager - Dr.Jart+

Aug 2024Apr 2025 · 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

Procter & gamble

7 roles

AI Transformation Director - Beauty

May 2024Jul 2024 · 2 mos

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMedia PlanningDigital MarketingChange Management

Brand & Business Unit Director – Skincare Europe

Promoted

Dec 2020May 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Leader of P&G’s Europe Skincare Business Unit. Responsible for:
  • Go to Market Strategy definition for priority Europe Markets of UK, Spain, Netherlands, Germany & Italy.
  • Creation and dissemination of Skincare Strategy for Europe inclusive of: Equity Pyramid, VIS ID, Innovation Masterplan, Pricing & Promotion Strategy, Media Strategy & Data Strategy.
  • Delivering Skincare P&L – achieving top line & bottom line targets each FY.
  • Creation & deployment of Brand Advertising assets across AV, Digital & Social platforms.
  • To date, delivered strongest net sales performance for Europe in 15+ years in FY22/23.
  • Record performances in European markets P2Ys, delivering >12% growth in top markets where Olay holds #2 market share position.
  • As a result of brand building step change, Olay considered 3rd most loved brand in the UK 2022.
  • Led AI Hackathon session with 300+ members of Beauty Organisation to up-skill colleagues on Generative AI.
Brand StrategyLeadershipDigital MarketingProduct MarketingMarketing CommunicationsTeam Leadership+17

Marketing & Sales Director / Business Leader – Skin & Personal Care UK&I

Promoted

Apr 2018Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Responsible for business leadership of Skin & Personal Care categories in the UK & Ireland.
  • Delivered 6 quarters of back-to-back growth for first time in Olay history.
  • Delivered highest net sales growth for a FY on record, at the same time as driving category growth & brand share growth externally.
  • Delivered strongest innovation launch in brand history with Olay Retinol 24. #1 collection in market at launch.
  • Step changed Olay brand building & relevancy improving equity scores and first penetration increase with <35 consumer.
  • Led P&G UK in digital marketing innovation with first TikTok activations & BIC funnel marketing execution through to eCommerce. First brand to execute effective full funnel digital marketing at scale in P&G UK.
  • Step changed eCommerce to >35% of sales through eContent, Search & GTM transformation.
  • I received P&G UK’s ‘Beauty Leader of the Year’ award for exceptional impact.
ManagementFMCGMarketing ActivationTeam LeadershipMarketing CampaignsLeadership+17

eCommerce Director – P&G UK & Ireland

Mar 2016Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • P&G rated as #1 in eCommerce of 28 top FMCG companies in the UK by the top 10 Grocers & Drug Retailers. Scores included best Personnel for eCommerce in CPG.
  • Established & recruited new sales team to deliver accelerated eCommerce growth for P&G.
  • Defined new whitecoat online category management approach for eCommerce internally with P&G brand business units & externally with retail partners.
  • Defined eCommerce GTM approach for Bricks & Clicks (Grocery & Drug) retailers for P&G UK & Nordics.
  • Delivered double digital sales growth and share growth across all brands year on year for P&G eCommerce during tenure.
  • Developed market leading tools such as first online planogram tool used in FMCG, eCommerce Path to Purchase analytics tool, A/B testing platform and 24-hour consumer insight generation to drive rapid implementation.
  • Strategy and GTM approach re-applied across P&G starting in North America before global re-application.
FMCGMarketing ActivationTeam LeadershipMarketing CampaignsLeadershipConsumer Insight+10

Digital Marketing Director - UK & Ireland

Promoted

Mar 2015Mar 2016 · 1 yr

  • Established the first Performance Marketing approach for P&G Europe, increasing ROI 1.3x on brand marketing spend.
  • Established P&G UK’s innovation network with London VCs, incubators and start up community to pilot new tools & digital capabilities.
  • Established IoT hub and smart home integration into organisation including capability building and use cases.
  • Created & led Northern Europe digital IQ capability programme. As a result, 3 of top 5 brands in 2016 L2 UK digital IQ report were P&G brands.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ManagementFMCGMarketing ActivationTeam LeadershipMarketing Campaigns+15

Senior Brand Manager - Pampers, Oral & Hair Northern Europe

Nov 2012Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Team leader with 2 direct reports across Northern Europe. Led media planning & creative execution for Pampers, Oral B, Pantene & Aussie.
  • Drove 40% efficiencies in media spend in AV, Digital & CRM with overall ROI increase of 2.5X.
  • Re-defined 1P data acquisition strategy generating $5MM in savings while increasing reach by 20%.
  • Increased penetration and brand sentiment. Increased brand equity by 20%.
  • Stepped changed CRM strategy moving to eCRM. 2 million monthly consumer connections. Increased contacts by 37%,
  • Increased brand trial & consumer engagement by reducing Pampers.co.uk bounce rate by 35% and increasing monthly visitors by 20%.
  • I received P&G recognition shares for exceptional impact.
ManagementFMCGMarketing ActivationTeam LeadershipMarketing CampaignsLeadership+12

Brand Manager - Shopper Marketing UK & Ireland

Jan 2011Oct 2012 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • P&G Awarded Marketing Supplier of the Year by both Sainsbury’s & Waitrose retailers driven by my partnership.
  • Led London 2012 Paralympics partnership execution for P&G UK.
  • Led Comic Relief P&G corporate partnership with Sainsbury’s.
  • Delivered 2x ROI on multi-million $ in-store marketing budget. Developed ROI analytics tool to define in-store marketing material choices pending campaign objective to enable sales partners.
FMCGMarketing ActivationShopper MarketingMarketing CampaignsLeadershipMarketing Strategy+11

The marketing advantage

Founder

Jan 2024Sep 2024 · 8 mos

  • Built and scaled a Marketing + AI newsletter from 0 to 55,000 subscribers in 9 months with total of $1,000 of investment. Newsletter was subsequently sold to an investor.

Steals promotions (start up)

Co-Founder

Jun 2010Dec 2010 · 6 mos

  • £50k revenue & 30k profit generated in 6 months.
  • Launched start-up from scratch inclusive of brand creation, value proposition definition & securing investment via bank loan.
  • Business model launched as a student discount subscription model in 5 major UK cities.
  • 200+ establishments recruited & 10,000 subscriptions sold.
LeadershipMarketing StrategyAdaptabilityDigital MarketingMarketing CommunicationsBrand Strategy+3

Education

University of Nottingham

BA Hons 2:1 — Management Studies

Jan 2007Jan 2010

Solihull Sixth Form College

360 UCAS Points — Business Studies (A) English Language (A) Media Studies (A)

Jan 2005Jan 2007

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