Work we have done.
A selection of projects across marketing, technology, product development, and design. Where client confidentiality allows, outcomes are included alongside the work.
iconiK Loyalty Card Services
Head of Marketing and Technology, 2021-2025
Built the entire business from scratch: brand identity, marketing site, members mobile app, experience portal, and luxury shopping platform. Four live products, one coordinated ecosystem.
$27.2M in membership revenue. 15% increase in member retention. $180K/year Meta budget managed. Ad spend-on-revenue reduced to under 7%.
BLACKdrop
Solo project, 2025
A full-stack e-commerce platform built solo using AI-assisted development. Pledge engine, tiered MOQ price breaks, Stripe payment processing, GDPR-compliant data handling.
Live. Full-stack e-commerce with a pledge-to-group-buy engine.
Vote With My Wallet
Solo project, 2025
A full-stack web app with a Go backend and React frontend. Company directory scored against workers' rights, environmental impact, and political activity. Every data point is backed by a cited source.
Live. Values-based company directory with sourced data.
Alif Voyage
Head of Design and Technology, 2023
Brand design and technology direction for a premium membership travel platform. Led the complete visual identity, tiered membership comparison pages, and service breakdowns. WordPress with custom themes.
Premium visual identity. Custom WordPress with tiered membership flows.
NPImedia
Digital Marketing Manager / Interim CTO, 2016-2021
Joined as marketing manager, took over as CTO in 2018. Ran both functions simultaneously. Architected and launched two internal products: a white-label concierge marketplace and a B2B company directory.
30x ad cost reduction. $95K/yr Google and $71K/yr Meta managed. MyConcierge and Source Middle East launched.
Aircharter
CTO, 2012-2015
Brought in to fix underperforming web traffic and rebuild tech infrastructure. Led 15 engineers, oversaw two website redesigns, a mobile app, and a full backend brokerage software rewrite.
400% sales growth YoY. 500+ keywords, $24.5K/month PPC equivalent in organic. 15 engineers led.
ReachOut Dubai
All technology, pro bono
Ground-up WordPress rebuild for a child development center. Service pages for each therapy discipline, a Get Started flow, FAQ, career listings, and a blog. Done pro bono.
Complete site rebuild, live.
Personal Projects
Regular video production across two YouTube channels and a Twitch stream, three times a week. The practical side of video work: scripting, shooting, editing, publishing, and building an audience. Ongoing.
youtube.com/blacksimon →Client List
- iconiK Loyalty Card Services
- NPImedia
- Jetex FZE
- Aircharter.com LLC
- Alif Voyage
- MyConcierge
- Source Middle East
- Reach Out Child Development Center
- Shovl.io