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Scott Dylan

Co-Founder Inc&Co | Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Hi, I'm Scott Dylan, Co-Founder at Inc&Co and Entrepreneur based in Manchester, UK

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Scott Dylan's Experience:

• Co-Founder at Inc&Co

  March 2018 - Present | Manchester & London

• Managing Director at The Assembly

  May 2016 - Present | Manchester

  The Assembly is a Collaborative office workspace environment for Startups and Freelancers needing desk space. As a member of The Assembly, you get your own dedicated desk, fast internet and access to meeting rooms. Not to mention the added benefit of being surrounded with people to whom you can provide your valuable skills and experience and who can do the same for you in return

• Partnerships Lead at TEDx

  December 2014 - Present | Glasgow

  TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community. TEDx Glasgow: The Common Wealth will be a celebration of Glasgow's best asset - it's people. Building on the momentum of the Commonwealth Games, we will inspire, engage and create a decade long legacy of change within the city. My role is to create partnerships with organisations, businesses, individuals and institutions that share the TEDx Glasgow values. We have designed bespoke tiers of sponsor packages with a range of exciting benefits including; marketing and communications, networking, audience and speaker access, pre- and post-event attendance to name but a few. I would love to hear from you if you think you would like to support TEDx Glasgow and become part of a positive legacy of change within this great city.

• Linkedin Group Moderator - Social Media Marketing at Linkedin

  September 2012 - Present

  Moderator of the third largest group on Linkedin with over 446,700 members.

• Managing Director at Fluid Creativity

  February 2015 - October 2015 | Manchester

  Lead the acquisition of Fluid Creativity in February 2015 forming the start of a new group of agencies to be owned by We are AD. Established in 2001, Fluid Creativity was one of Manchester’s first website design agencies and has worked with a range of top clients over the years, including Panasonic, American Soda and Manchester University. Fluid Creativity complements and strengthens AD’s track record in ecommerce, with their years of Magento experience and a strong digital marketing team.

• Co-Founder & Group Managing Director at After Digital

  October 2014 - October 2015 | Glasgow, Manchester, London

  For this position, I competently conducted an intense review of the business, effectively restructuring the board and leading the company through a management buy-out. 11 weeks later I lead the companies first acquisition of a Manchester based agency. I developed a three year growth and exit strategy, primarily through Mergers and Acquisitions but also through organic growth, whist leading the first acquisition of a company in Manchester, with first year growth delivering set to close at £2 million combined versus the Growth and Exit Plan of £20 million in 3 years. I effectively restructured the entire organisation, re-positioning for growth and driving efficiencies. I introduced Agile Methodology through an intense re-training programme, utilising Agile as a corporate methodology and not just for delivery of projects. Furthermore, I designed and delivered a new cloud based digital infrastructure, enabling the company to be more mobile and introduced Digital Transformation as a new service channel to the business. I was also responsible for a new corporate culture programme, helping to embed changes and new developments. In addition, I redesigned and introduced an Account Management team to the business; driving business productivity. Clients included: EDF Energy, Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Southampton, University of Bath, Tomnitoul Whisky, Almeida Theatre, Young Vic, Lyric Theatre, The Hallé, People Make Glasgow, Benromach Whisky, Angus Dundee Whisky, Royal Exchange Theatre, Atlas Hotels, Redefine BDL, BBC and NHS

• HootSuite Community Ambassador UK at HootSuite

  February 2014 - April 2015 | United Kingdom

  As UK Ambassador for HootSuite Media Inc, my responsibilities include: * Advocate on behalf of the HootSuite brand * Amplify HootSuite messages to HootSuites existing networks * Provide feedback on HootSuites product and regional insight * Create a stronger presence for HootSuite regionally through participation in events and online advocacy * Organising and hosting HootSuite events (HootUps) around the UK

• Digital & E-Commerce Director (interim) at ANDigital

  April 2014 - November 2014 | London

  A demanding role, tasked with reinvigorating the business through a major transformation initiative that moved the business to a totally digital, Cloud based organisation. Driving fundamental change as a thought leader I have established a clear position for the brand as an innovative player in a competitive field. Areas of improvement have included staff engagement and morale boosting through up skilling and training of client facing employees, while providing additional support to the service delivery team; helping establish ANDacademy and ANDbootcamp to coach for high performance. Raising the profile of the organisation I have developed a network across the digital ecommerce community to share ideas, raise awareness and generate positive PR for the brand, as an employer of choice.

• Global Marketing and Operations Director (Interim) at Ditto Music

  September 2013 - February 2014 | Liverpool

  - Built crucial agency relationships that were divisive in shaping the company’s future. - Managed these relationships to ensure on time delivery of both internal and external deadlines. - Created short term and long term marketing strategies to drive customer sign ups. One of the key areas the company was missing out on was focusing on retargeting existing customers to capitalise on repeat sales. By shifting focus from solely seeking new customers, over to a balance that included ensuring existing ones were happy, and therefore increasing sales. - Analysed the overall output of the company and put procedures in place to streamline processes and increase productivity. - Overhauled and put in place a Customer first strategy. Tickets were being missed, with a lot of angry customers online talking about the company. By Introducing a online support ticketing system this allowed the company to keep track of all customer issues and deal with them effectively and efficiently. By using this system and through strong management of the customer services department, the average response time to tickets reduced to 2 hours from what was once 7 days, tickets were no longer being missed and customer perception online turned from negative to positive. - Implemented new, effective methodologies throughout the company globally with a top-down approach. - Brought global offices together to achieve a unified vision through shared and individual targets. - Liaised with managers in all offices to keep up to date with team progress and how new procedures were rolling out. - Overhauled internal HR department to create an efficient working department. - Set targets for all major employees within the company. - Internal stakeholder management was essential to gain company wide buy in and move the company forwards. - Introduced and enforced brand guidelines and oversaw a new brand rollout. This was to ensure a consistent, professional public image.

• Head of Digital & Content at Octopus Investments

  September 2013 - February 2014 | London (City)

  My role involved project leading a complete overhaul of the company’s website, a crucial element of the business which touches and affects every person within the organisation as well as external stakeholders such as Financial Advisers and Investors. The website was an essential asset to the company, and the overhaul required not only intensive stakeholder management, but the navigation of many financial regulatory and compliance obstacles. As the first employee whose main focus was the digital sphere, I was also tasked with introducing a real digital strategy to the company, which required gaining the confidence and buy-in from the board, senior management and department heads. This task also came with the aforementioned financial regulatory and compliance obstacles, and in a sector that hasn’t fully embraced digital or social media, defined regulations were not always available. This led to intense research on my part in order to understand the regulatory minefield and ensure that the digital strategy remained compliant. Main responsibilities:- - I was given overall responsibility for introducing a digital strategy to the company, which included working on online presence, digital marketing, and driving forwards a program which would continuously improve the experience of all customers when they engaged with the investment company online. - Working closely alongside product marketing managers in order to deliver certain online elements of marketing campaigns. - Driving significant change across the business and growing the company’s online reputation by creating, owning and introducing a comprehensive strategy for their social media accounts. - Continually making improvements to the company website, with a focus on delivering a market-beating customer experience that would stave off competition and offer premium results for both new and existing clients.

• Owner at XM Media

  2006 - 2009

• Network Security Specialist at Microsoft

  June 2005 - 2006

  While at the company, Scott Dylan helped Microsoft develop a new encryption platform for their network and develop a new secure network structure, which Scott Dylan implemented throughout the organisation.

• IT/Technical Manager at Message Transfer Limited

  October 2003 - June 2005

  With MTL Scott Dylan producing content-managed Web sites from initial analysis to delivery and support. During this time, Scott Dylan developed an application that collected data from ships at sea via satellite and transmitted it from the data center to locations around the globe, after sorting the data into different formats and different platforms.

• Lead Technical Developer at The Really Useful Group Limited

  November 2004 - January 2005

  Scott Dylan restructured, designed and developed the main Web site, www.reallyuseful.com, as well as one of the company’s production sites for “The Phantom of the Opera.” This position allowed Scott Dylan to use his skills in ASP.NET, VB.NET, JavaScript, CSS, XML, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash and SQL.

• Senior Developer (Freelance) at Deutsche Bank

  September 2004 - November 2004

  Scott Dylan helped the bank redevelop their ‘Techmart’ system, part of their internal asset management systems. As part of the redevelopment, Scott Dylan migrated existing databases from MySQL to Oracle and recoded the project with Coldfusion.
 Additionally, the work required Scott Dylan to make use of his skills in PHP and Java.

• Graphic Designer and Developer (Freelance) at Carphone Warehouse

  August 2004 - September 2004

  In this position, Scott Dylan designed, developed and tested an e-learning system for Virgin, used by employees of Carphone Warehouse to learn about the Virgin Mobile brand, rates and phones. The e-learning center that Scott Dylan created also included a test center.

• Lead Developer (Freelance) at Cable & Wireless Communications

  July 2004 - August 2004

  Scott Dylan worked for Cable and Wireless, developing new features and testing for bugs in the system for the Criminal Justice Secure Mail Network Scott Dylan developed file management and content management systems to make it easier for administrators working with the system. Scott Dylan also restructured code and made configuration changes to the company’s servers.

• Technical Developer at Web-Imps

  May 2000 - July 2002

  Scott Dylan worked as a technical developer for Web-Imps. Scott Dylan’s duties included involvement in all aspects of Web application development, from design and scoping to deployment and support.

• Entrepreneur and Investor in the Media & Creatives Industry. at Entrepreneur and Investor in the Media & Creatives Industry.

  January 2000

  Scott Dylan is a Entrepreneur and Investor working in the Media & Creatives Industry. I currently have investments in a number of media, creatives and digital based companies but I am always looking for new opportunities.

• Non Executive Director at Non Executive Director

  January 2010

  I've owned and been involved as a member of the board with many companies over the last decade which has led me to build up a wealth of knowledge and experience. I'm extremely passionate about helping businesses to achieve success, which has led me to embark on a career as an Independent Non Executive Director with a particular interest in working with Internet Businesses, Start-ups and businesses operating in the Media and Creative Industries. If you are looking for an Independent Non-Executive Director to join your company please do get in touch.

• Co-President and Council Member at Chamber of Commerce

  April 2012

• Digital Marketing Consultant at Scott Dylan - Digital Marketing Consultant

  May 2013

  Areas covered: Strategic consulting, Search Engine Optimisation, Social Media Marketing, Brand Development, App Marketing, Advertising Strategy and Deployment, Authority and Reputation Management, Analytics, insight and reporting, Offline Consultancy Weather your a business, brand or agency I can help you get more from digital marketing. Brand experience with: ABN Amro, Carphone Warehouse, Early Learning Centre, Office of Government Commerce, Virgin Money, Transport for London, SimplyBe, Caldesene, Bank of England, Alliance and Leicester, British Airways, Deutsche Bank, The Really Useful Group, Ultimate Hair and Beauty, Disney, Diesel, British Gas, Microsoft and the NHS.

• Co-Founder & Joint-Managing Director at Top 100 Digital & Creative Agency

  January 2006

  Services the agency offers: Advertising and Media Buying, Marketing, Digital and Social Media Strategy, Social Media Management, Web Design, Web Development, Mobile App Development, Graphic Design, SEO and a lot more.

Scott Dylan's Education:

• The Manchester College

  2000 – 2002
  A-Levels
  Concentration: Law, Psychology, English and IT

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