Jonny Longden

Speero

I spearhead and evangelise a global experimentation-led-growth movement, building a thriving community around associated media platforms with the Speero brand/agency as the driving force.

Chief Growth Officer

Boohoo Group PLC

Led the product management, strategy, development, and execution for the front-end websites and apps of four major fashion retail brands (Boohoo, Boohoo Man, Pretty Little Thing, Karen Millen), overseeing a team of 180+ product owners, delivery managers, UX designers, engineers, and analysts.

> Transformation from a traditional IT model to an Agile product operating model fueled by product discovery and experimentation, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making.

> Complex re-platforming project to a unified headless architecture, enhancing scalability and performance.

Group Digital Product Director

Journey Further

Built and led a high-performing team of 20+ product managers, digital experience/UX, experimentation  and front-end development professionals, delivering over £1.6m in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Provided strategic consulting and hands-on execution for a diverse portfolio of clients, including eCommerce, technology, travel, B2B, SAAS and others

> Developed and implemented product, experimentation and ideation programs for leading brands such as GHD, La Mesa RV, Bookshop.org, ECCO Shoes, Intuit (Quickbooks), and BigChange.

> Advised C-level executives at major companies like Intuit, O2, Flutter/Sky Bet, Zalora, and Trainline on product operating model transformation, product discovery methodologies, and experimentation strategies.

Digital Experience Product Director

Principal Hotel Company

Owned the P&L and product leadership for the website and all digital marketing activities, with a focus on driving direct bookings and reducing reliance on online travel agents (OTAs). Led the digital transformation of the company, championing a data-driven and experimentation-led approach.

> Achieved a 60% increase in direct booking revenue within two years and a 26% improvement in loyalty member bookings, through digital experience innovation and improvement. 

> Instigated full re-platforming of the website and booking engine, enhancing user experience and conversion rates, including new development agency resources.

> Pioneered new methods for measuring and optimizing media spend, maximizing return on investment (ROI).

Head of Ecommerce, Digital Product & Analytics

Built and led a team responsible for product discovery, analytics, and experimentation within a newly established technology center of excellence, supporting all aspects of Sky's commercial operations, including Sky Sport and Sky News. Overseeing product strategy and discovery for a team of over 600 software engineers. 

> Developed and implemented a pioneering methodology for embedding product discovery and experimentation within Agile development processes.

> Transformed the optimization and eCommerce capabilities to support a 100% ReactJS technology policy across Sky.com.

> Designed innovative methods for optimizing digital transformation objectives, leveraging data and experimentation to drive customer self-service and reduce assisted interactions.

Head of Digital Product Experimentation

Visa Europe

Led the development and implementation of the commercial product planning, analytics and experimentation strategy for the V.me digital wallet (now Visa Checkout) across 22 European markets. Built and managed a multi-disciplinary team responsible for measuring product performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, and driving adoption among merchants and consumers.

> Developed a comprehensive performance framework, KPIs, and operating model to track and optimize the product's commercial success.

> Defined the roadmap for the evolution of the data technology infrastructure, including the integration of online and offline data sources and the use of big data technologies.

> Collaborated with merchant clients to implement experimentation programs and optimize their integration with the digital wallet.

Head of Digital Product Analytics & Experimentation (Visa Checkout)

R/GA

Led digital transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 clients across diverse sectors, including telecommunications, retail, FMCG, and financial services. Provided strategic consulting services, leveraging data and analytics to drive business growth and improve customer experience.

> Developed and implemented digital product strategies for key clients, including O2, Mastercard, and eBay, focusing on customer acquisition, engagement, and retention.

> Led the development of a £2 million ecommerce and optimization technology stack for Manchester United, enabling data-driven decision-making and personalized customer experiences.

> Defined and executed data-driven product strategies for clients like MVideo, resulting in significant improvements in online conversion rates and revenue generation.

> Grew from scratch and led a team of digital analysts and CRO experts delivering against all digital and creative clients.

Group Director - Strategy, Analytics & Optimisation

Syzygy

Syzygy is a full-service digital agency and web-design company. I built and grew the analytics and optimisation capability, offering a range of services to all agency clients. My team were responsible for: measurement strategy and consulting; customer and behavioural insights feeding into development work; measurement and analysis of delivered work; A/B testing and continuous optimisation of live content; digital marketing and SEO.

Web Analytics & Optimisation Director

Marketing Metrix

Lead analytics consultant and data planner for both Marketing Metrix Ltd (data analysis consultancy) and sister company WPN (direct marketing agency). Responsible for all DM forecasting, testing and performance analytics as well as customer segmentation; propensity modelling; and database development. Key clients include Direct Wines, Which?, NCH, Direct Line Insurance

Senior Analytics Consultant & Data Planner

CACI Ltd

Consulting both new and existing financial services clients in data and analytics. Project management and delivery of large projects covering customer insight analysis & profiling; propensity modelling; data tagging; cluster analysis; prospect pool building; and spatial analysis.

Senior Analytics Consultant, Financial Services

Digital Experience Director | Helping you put experimentation at the heart of your business | Top Experimentation Influencer

Grow your business with data, not opinions

I've been pioneering and leading the field of experimentation-led-growth since the dawn of A/B testing. I've helped companies like Sky, Boohoo, Intuit, O2, GHD, Zalora and many more achieve remarkable growth through data- and experiment-driven digital experience development.

Speero is the world's most progressive and cutting-edge experimentation agency & consultancy. We empower eCommerce and SaaS businesses, at all stages of maturity, to drive game-changing growth and innovation through experimentation and evidence-based product strategy.

Our clients include Decathlon, Gympass, RS Group, ADP, Charles Tyrwhitt, Nasdaq, Miro, Codeacadaemy & Cisco.

We are the experts in experimentation and can help with everything from assisting with components such as research, design and development, through to full-service programme management and transformation consultancy.

Contact me at jonny@speero.com or +44 777 909 6222 to find out how we can help you grow.

Director, Digital Experience Services

90% of all changes made to websites are based on opinion and are a waste of time and money because…

It is impossible to know 1000s of customers
Your opinion is deeply biased
You can’t rationalise the irrational

Regardless of the size of your business, the answer is to put data and experimentation at the heart of your development operations. 

We help you do that. 

We take the guesswork out of decision making and provide consultancy and training, systems and frameworks, and experimentation agency services to help you reach your full growth potential.

Email me to learn how to put experimentation at the heart of your business: jonny@journeyfurther.com
Subscribe to my newsletter: jonnylongden.com/newsletter

Dash of CX

I provide Experimentation (CRO) and User Research Services for online stores. 
As a freelancer, I collaborate with both brands, and agencies.

Overall, I have 10+ years in Data, UX & CRO, and clients have rated my services with a global top 1% score (NPS 75).

▪️ After getting fully booked up in 2022, I now partner with CRO Research specialist Laura Algo. As a freelancing duo, we have extra skills, creativity and time to service clients. 
▪️ We love to help purpose-driven eCommerce stores learn and grow with CRO/Experimentation and User Research.


--- Results: 
▪️ Recently a CRO program that we run drove +multi-million euros in additional revenue for our client, a ROI of around 19:1.

---  Featured in the Industry:
▪️ Published content on Hotjar & Convert.com 
▪️ Talked at industry events: 
VWO
Experiment Nation
MeasureCamp London
Conversion Rate Conference 

👉 Book a chat to discuss your CRO project here: https://calendly.com/dashofcx/30min

Freelancer / CRO Specialist for eCommerce

I've mentored a few CRO Specialists, upskilling them on all areas of CRO such as:
▪️ How to launch and run successful CRO programs, with stakeholder engagement
▪️ How to get the most out of User Research, and apply learnings
▪️ How to do strategic CRO and get trustworthy results
▪️ How to do CRO efficiently (with automation) and avoid mistakes

CRO Mentor

Loop Earplugs

• Collaborating on the CRO program, to bolster the company's award-winning growth
• In 2024, the CRO team won the gold Best in Test award, from Guess the Test

Freelance CRO Researcher/Speciliast

ELLOS GROUP

Co-running the CRO Programs for the eCommerce group, including Ellos.se 
💹 Produced strong ROI from the optimization program within 6 months, approx 19:1 ROI
📒 CRO tests uncovered over 15 key insights in the first 6 months
✔️ A/B test ideation, planning, launch, analysis (Adobe Analytics & Adobe Target)
✔️ Maintaining a knowledgebase of user research and CRO test-insights (Airtable)
✔️ CRO activities are driving significant uplifts in Revenue Per Visit

CRO Consultant

COMBO!

- Providing Conversion Optimisation and User Research services for Combo! agency.

Freelance CRO Consultant

Perk Clothing

Leading the CRO Program for US apparel brand, perkclothing.com
🔬 Ensure tests are user-focused, strategic and trustworthy: enabling high win-rates
🎯 Defined 6 CRO Strategy Themes - based on CRO Research
👨‍💻 Log key site updates to improve UX

📒 Multiple research sources have produced over 100 insights logged in 9 months - powering the CRO program

Freelance CRO & User Research

Exceptional Web

💬 Client Testimonial:

"The team is amazing. Delycia and Chris took care of everything and walked me through reviews of A/B tests, gathered feedback from customers, and presented theories that we could explore to create even better experiences that were more lucrative for us.

The best part was that our brand was always respected and our customers were never inconvenienced. You guys had a touch that made me confident I could trust that you were genuinely part of our team and not just working for us." 
- Jason Wieland, Co-Founder, ILNP Cosmetics Inc

White-labelled CRO for digital agency

Fabric Behavior Design

Consulting on experimentation process and design.

Experimentation Consultant

Oddit

Provided UX & CRO advice for the Oddit Newsletter, and Oddit's private Slack Club for entrepreneurs.
Helped DTC brands grow in a customer-centric way, and avoid the traps of hacks and guessing. 

Here's some feedback I received:

-  "Thanks, that's epic feedback!"
-  "Legend! Thanks so much for all of this."
- "Really appreciate all the information here. You are a star."

☝️Above: Feedback from eComm managers and founders.

UX & CRO Consultant

Spacer.com.au

Conversion Rate Optimization and UX guidance for Spacer.com, and Parkhound.com.au
✔️ Helping my client find valuable insights for their business and run a CRO program
✔️ Subject-matter expert for web analytics, UX and experimentation (Google Analytics/Optimize)

Optimisation Consultant

ILNP Cosmetics

Conversion Rate Optimization and User Research activities for a popular indie nail polish store ilnp.com
👉 Colab Highlights: 10+ Research Projects, Dozens of usability and test opportunities uncovered
✔️ A/B testing ideation, planning, launch, analysis (Google Optimize & Airtable)
✔️ Helped bring stakeholders closer to the customers and provided dozens of actionable insights 
✔️ The most successful test lifted conversions by +28%

Conversion Rate Optimization & User Research

eCommerce CRO & User Research - Freelance / Consultant

We're two specialists providing CRO & UX solutions for eCommerce stores.

▪️ 7+ years of experience providing CRO & UX services (freelance since 2020)
▪️ 12+ years of experience uncovering value from Data/UX
▪️ Rated Top 20 CRO to meet - by Experiment Nation

I partner with CRO Specialist Laura Algo.
As a duo, we have extra skills, creativity and time to service clients.
We love to help purpose-driven eCommerce stores learn and grow with CRO/Experimentation and User Research.

Since 2017 my clients have added millions in additional revenue to their bottom line, thanks to strategic CRO & UX
• Clients I've worked with include:
   Loop Earplugs, Casper Mattresses, The Open University, Ellos, Jotex, Perk, Ford, Jimmy Choo, Microsoft Surface

Featured in the industry:

🟪 ConversionWise - Podcast - Advanced CRO Techniques:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzUkOUmrIfY
🟪 Hotjar - UX Guide
  https://www.hotjar.com/website-problems/ux/
🟪 VWO - Webinar: I Added +$3M to Client Revenue With CRO & UX
   https://vwo.com/webinars/million-client-revenue-with-cro/
🟪 Convert.com - Shopify Image Optimization Guide
   https://www.convert.com/blog/shopify-conversion-optimization/shopify-image-optimization-guide/
🟪 Experiment Nation - 7 tips for CRO Program Success
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O3nMGJmuaQ
🟪 Fresh Egg - The Six Steps of Running a Successful CRO Campaign
     https://www.freshegg.co.uk/blog/conversion-services/the-six-steps-of-running-a-successful-cro-campaign/
🟪 Lessons From 17 CRO Experts:
https://www.omniconvert.com/blog/lessons-from-cro-experts/
🟪 Top 20 CRO to meet
https://experimentnation.com/2022/11/26/the-top-20-must-meet-cros-of-2022/

📊 Results
▪️ Recently, a CRO program that we co-run drove +multi-million euros in additional revenue for our client, an ROI of around 19:1.

🎤 Spoken at industry events
  VWO
  Experiment Nation
  MeasureCamp London
  ConversionWise
  Conversion Rate Conference

⭐ My Values 
Learning, Creativity, and Integrity

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