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Jason Zhang

Brand Manager at Gary Card | Ex E-Com at Couverture & The Garbstore
About

Fashion, art & luxury specialist with background in e-commerce operations, business development and marketing. Proven experience in driving growth, working alongside key stakeholders and across departments using a data and creatively driven framework.

Previous Brands
Couverture & The Garbstore
House of Holland
McCann London
SportPursuit
The New Craftsmen
Gary Card
Work Experience
Brand Manager/Special Projects
Dec ‘23 - Now
Gary Card

Overseeing creative projects/ brand management for artist/set designer Gary Card. - Establishing cross continental studio with operational structure and team hires. Liaising with third party contacts in China/ South East Asia. Project management of 6 month major HK solo show in 2024. - Key projects (Dover Street Market, Comme Des Garcons, SKP Beijing, K11, Art Basel)

Senior E-Commerce Manager
Jan ‘22 - Dec ‘23
Couverture & The Garbstore

Ownership of digital business, defining commercial and brand strategy with owners and senior management. Key project lead: - Magento 2.0 to Shopify website relaunch - Project management and liaising with stakeholders, agencies and 3rd parties - Scoping, design, user testing and roadmapping of improvements/fixes - Product, content and customer data migration System and software replatforming including: - Dotdigital to Klaviyo CRM migration | Cegid 2.0 inventory management and ecommerce integration | Stamped i.o loyalty programme | Algolia search Department and team leadership: - Establishing and facilitating department growth, managing hiring budgets, onboarding and training, alongside ongoing management of 3rd party agencies. - Regular reporting identifying KPIs with insight analysis and activity road mapping. - Thought leadership across departments, promoting industry best practice. - End to end campaign management & budgeting across all digital media including paid search, paid social and organic. Scaling performance marketing channels and establishing guidelines.

E-Commerce Manager
Feb ‘19 - Jan ‘22
Couverture & The Garbstore

- Digital transformation: stabilizing and negotiating resources, repositioning the department as being front and center of the business, growing channel representation from under 25% to 50% and more than doubling revenue since tenure, steering business successfully through lockdown driving 89% growth. - Establishing and developing strong links within all business departments including buying, retail, marketing, creative & production to improve feedback loop and reaction time. - Overseeing digital marketing and growth activity across key acquisition and marketing channels (Email marketing, Paid (Google, Bing, Meta and Pinterest), Affiliates, Social, SEO).

E-Commerce Manager
Aug ‘18 - Feb ‘19
House of Holland

Leading marketing & digital operations during period of business rebranding. Establishing and implementing communications and digital strategy during LFW and key commercial periods. - Creative direction alongside creative director on brand partnerships and marketing campaigns - Day to day operation of all digital platforms incl. social, 3rd party channels and retail partners - Digital project lead with brand projects (Selfridges. I.T. Hong Kong)

E-Commerce Manager
Feb ‘17 - Aug ‘18
The New Craftsmen

Platform lead for Magento 2.0 website redesign, acting as primary liaison with digital agency overseeing project management and database migration (6 month project) - Continued management of site activities to support commercial objectives. Coordinating with internal cross-functional teams, 3rd party agencies and vendors - Management of multichannel strategy/campaigns including acquisition and retention activities across email, SEO, PPC and affiliates - Forecasting, budgeting and roadmapping commercial activity calendar for E-commerce store. - Reporting and analysis of the weekly/monthly sales and site data. - Key projects: US expansion, restructuring shipping and order fulfillment, new stock management software, developing brand book and online visual guidelines. - Major digital partnerships, features & events including Burberry, NYT, Selfridges & Christies.

Ecommerce Growth Executive
Nov ‘15 - Feb ‘17
The New Craftsmen

Marketing Specialist
Sep ‘14 - Oct ‘15
SportPursuit

Social Media Manager
Jul ‘14 - Jan ‘15
XXY Magazine

Digital Content Coordinator
Feb ‘14 - Sep ‘14
00GMT Style

Work Placement
Sep ‘13 - Sep ‘13
McCann London

Marketing Assistant
Aug ‘13 - May ‘14
MONTACK

Mentor
Oct ‘12 - May ‘13
Acton High

Receptionist
Oct ‘12 - Apr ‘13
Helios

Languages
English - Native
Chinese - Fluent
Education & Training
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
‘11 - ‘14
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Reading School
‘07 - ‘11
High School
London, UK