JD O’Connor

Global Digital Director

Marketing Operations & Revenue Architect

Cape Town, SA
+27 83 456 7671

Professional Profile

Global Digital Director with 15+ years of experience bridging the gap between Engineering and Commercial Strategy. I build revenue engines, not just campaigns. My competitive advantage lies in a background in Full-Stack Web Development, enabling the architecture of complex MarTech ecosystems rather than just their operation. Currently managing Go-To-Market strategies across UK, Canada, and Australia for a global LegalTech SaaS.

$500M+ Pipeline
100k+ Contacts
4+ Continents

Professional Experience

Director, Digital Marketing

2024 – Present
DYE & DURHAM | Global Legal Technology Leader
HubSpot Ent Salesforce Power Automate
  • Revenue Architecture: Architected the global HubSpot-to-Salesforce integration, establishing a "Single Source of Truth." Mapped custom objects to ensure 100% visibility on lead-to-revenue attribution.
  • Process Engineering: Designed and deployed the "Campaign-in-a-Box" framework, reducing regional deployment time by 70% (2 weeks to 24 hours).
  • Automation Strategy: Developed custom Power Automate workflows for lead routing, reducing manual data entry by 15+ hours/week per region.
  • Tech Stack Optimization: Consolidated legacy marketing tools, saving ~15% in annual software licensing costs.

Marketing Director

2022 – 2024
SUCCEED GROUP | Digital Agency
  • Workflow Automation: Implemented middleware automation (Zapier) increasing team capacity by 25% without additional headcount.
  • SaaS GTM Strategy: Led GTM execution for key SaaS accounts, translating technical features into value-based messaging for C-Suite buyers.
  • Client Retention: Restructured reporting to focus on "CAC/LTV Modeling" rather than vanity metrics, securing long-term contracts for a portfolio of 200+ clients.

Head of Marketing & Development

2018 – 2022
BRANDHUBB | E-commerce & Affiliate Platform
  • Platform Development: Served as the technical link between CTO and Marketing, ensuring attribution tracking was hard-coded into the product build.
  • Programmatic SEO: Engineered an architecture using dynamic templates, driving a 3x increase in organic user sign-ups over 18 months.

Marketing Specialist

2017 – 2018
ASUS | Global Hardware Vendor

Managed channel partner relationships and MDF allocation. Coordinated product launches for consumer electronics.

Global SaaS / Web Developer

2011 – 2017
MIX TELEMATICS

Managed CMS/web infrastructure for 7 global regions (99.9% uptime). Executed initial Pardot rollout and hand-coded custom landing pages (HTML/CSS/PHP).