Jim Howard

Berufserfahrung von Jim Howard

• Bis heute 10 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Nov. 2013

  Owner and Director Speckled Digital

  Speckled Digital

  Product Management Contracting and Consultancy

• 1 Jahr, Okt. 2018 - Sep. 2019

  Senior Product Manager

  Government Digital Service

• 8 Monate, Nov. 2017 - Juni 2018

  Interim Product Owner, Data & Platform

  William Hill Online

  - Review of existing data and streaming contracts with legal and procurement teams. - Identify opportunities for Product Development by maximising use of data, content and video streaming contracts. - Working with Product, Data & Streaming platform teams in London and Gibraltar on internal roadmaps and priorities. - Working with external suppliers on understanding their roadmaps and the impact on internal projects.

• 4 Monate, Juli 2017 - Okt. 2017

  Business Intelligence & Content Architecture

  Eurosport

  - Working on a number of data and product development strategies of a new, key initiative for the Eurosport live video subscription service (App and OTT) - Identify key data dependencies such as suppliers, the Eurosport EPG and CRM. - This included reviewing data, domain models, vocabularies and and content dependencies within the business from broadcast, digital teams and internal systems.

• 3 Monate, Feb. 2017 - Apr. 2017

  Product Development Consultant (contract)

  Datalanguage

  Working with one of Datalanguage's key clients, Agrimetrics, to shape, define and develop a roadmap for an Agricultural Data Start-Up - building a new data platform and multiple front end products for the Agricultural industry.

• 5 Monate, Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2016

  Product Lead, Google DNI project "RoboBlogger'

  Telegraph Media Group

  As part of Google's Digital News Initiative, leading the Product work on "RoboBlogger" "The Daily Telegraph’s recent Euro 2016 coverage included use of the DNI-funded Roboblogger, which enables it to drop charts and rich infographics into live blogs using real-time data. " http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2016/08/04/facebook-becomes-dominant-source-news-google-tries-make-friends-press

• 10 Monate, Juni 2015 - März 2016

  Interim Product Lead (Sport)

  Telegraph Media Group

  Responsibilities include: • Work with UX, editorial and visual design teams on redefining the audience-facing proposition on web and mobile • Developing overall roadmap for telegraph.co.uk/sport • Prioritising development for offshore on in-house development teams

• 7 Monate, Nov. 2014 - Mai 2015

  Consultant Product Manager, Video Framework

  Perform Progressive Sports Media

  Working with the Video Product team at Perform, focussing on: • Defining and communicating to the Product and Technical teams the new Video Framework - a key enabling project for audience-facing video products. • Ensured the core multi-site team, and the wider product and development teams, understood the overall business goals, and prioritised work accordingly. • Developing a longer term roadmap for the Video Framework, including LiveRail SDK integration.

• 11 Monate, Okt. 2013 - Aug. 2014

  Product Lead (Interim), Live Football

  Trinity Mirror PLC

  Launched the mirror.co.uk World Cup 2014 proposition and the development of a new, enhanced live football product for Premier League coverage.

• 6 Monate, Apr. 2013 - Sep. 2013

  Consultant Product Manager, Video Products

  Perform Progressive Sports Media

  Working with the Product Director to redefine ePlayer, one of PERFORM's key products and a new, free-to-air, Sport Video streaming service.

• 4 Monate, Sep. 2012 - Dez. 2012

  Field Project Manager

  Raleigh International

  This was a voluntary role I undertook for the youth and sustainable development charity, Raleigh International. Raleigh has 26 years of history providing adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities.

• 2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Juli 2010 - Aug. 2012

  Executive Product Manager, Metadata and Dynamic Publishing

  BBC Future Media

  I was responsible for the procurement and installation of key pieces of technology and software in the News and Knowledge area of Future Media. This has enabled key BBC websites and mobile services (specifically for sport and the Olympics) to move towards a dynamic publishing infrastructure.