Glenn Ward

Seaman, Videographer & Digital All Rounder

Experience

Sailing Miles

40,988 miles

2022 - Present

First Mate

Sailing Yacht Namaste

2015 - 2022

Freelance / Entrepreneur

My Brands – See below

2008 - 2015

Global Director, Digital Marketing

GfK

2004 - 2008

eCommerce & Digital Transformation

WorkWearhouse (B2C)
2XS (B2C)
Inner Wolf (B2C)

2003 - 2004

Flewt Maintenance Charters

GfK

About Me

A ‘Digital Native’, a ‘Smart Creative’ I’ve been called them all! Tricky to manage yet the C-suite like the results. Our teams love us and agencies respect us.

I’ve worked in eCommerce since online checkouts began. Relaunched an enterprise level website twice. Once to consolidate around 400 companies, once to fix a poor IT decision. I’ve helped connect intranet, client delivery and HR channels. I’ve created a blog Hubspot named among the Top 5 Business Blogs in the UK (with supporting social channels). I’ve built a Global Digital Marketing function, in-house video production services and united global creative teams. 

…Oh! and convinced Channel 4 to make my TV show 🤷🏽‍♂️

Education

2019

AgilePM Foundation & Practitioner

2016

UAV & Drone Operator

2004 - 2007

University of Chichester

Media Studies (Major) and Design for Digital Media (Minor)

A-level

Business Studies, Art and Physical Education

Yachting

RYA Yachtmaster Ocean

MCA AEC1

MCA Proficiency in Medical First Aid

RYA Safety Boat

Watersports

RYA Dinghy Instructor

RYA Keelboat Instructor

RYA Multihull Instructor

RYA Windsurf Instructor

Diving

PADI Rescue Diver

PADI Gas Blender

PADI Equipment Specialist

PADI Deep Diver

PADI Nitrox

Marketing Skills

Digital Marketing - 67 endorsements
Digital Strategy - 46 endorsements
Marketing - 39 endorsements
SEO - 34 endorsements
Social Media Marketing - 28 endorsements

Project Management, Paid Advertising, Analytics, Lead Generation, CRM Management, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Marketing Suite

*Practical knowledge of Web Design and Development.

Contact

Upon Request

"Glenn and I collaborated with myself leading a digital agency team and Glenn heavily involved in our digital projects for GfK. Glenn has a strong strategic focus and is able to break these strategies down into project deliverables, always keeping the overall goals in focus, but highly flexible in the delivery phases when collaborating with our agency. As one of our main contacts and project contributors on the client side, he always provided us with valuable insights and ideas needed by our teams to deliver the complex solutions we jointly concepted. I would gladly collaborate with Glenn again in the future, regardless of the business relationship."
"Glenn is a very vigorous and visionary manager, who knows how to co-ordinate assignments and support the work-force he either manages or works with. He is very pleasant and easy to work with. He is highly competent, hardworking, and very experienced in everything that is digital marketing and CRM related. Glenn thinks strategically and acts tactically, with an eye on the bottom line. He creates a welcoming, inclusive, zero-ego culture that pervades those around him. The net result is that he tends to get the best from those who work with him. I'd recommend Glenn without hesitation"

My Brands