Kevinjohn Gallagher

Image: Kevinjohn in his Steve Jobs / Cheesy-Gameshow host pose

World class
digital delivery,
without the drama

  Who is Kevinjohn?

Agency Delivery Legend. People re-hire me when the stakes are high.

I bring nearly 30 years experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across digital, tech, product, and transformation.

He cares about craft, collaboration, and accessibility for all; believing that good strategy starts by making complex decisions, into small, clear interactions.

He works remotely, from Edinburgh, Scotland .

The freelancer
you should phone
when you're firefighting

  Programmes Delivered

A logo wall ?!
Who could have predicted that?

I'd be grateful if you could act suitably impressed.

Eurovision Song Contest
Coca-Cola
Google
Facebook
BT
BBC
Audi
BP
Accenture
Burberry
MTV
Vodafone
Tesco Bank
NatWest Group
PwC
Burger King
Adobe
Channel 4
The Guardian
Cabinet Office
Standard Life
Salesforce
Royal Bank of Scotland
Shell
American Express
Wagamama
Lush
Ogilvy
EDF Energy
William Hill
John Lewis
Penguin Books
Samsung
Oxfam
World Health Organisation
AOL
Orange
T-Mobile
Big Brother
Halifax Bank of Scotland
Royal London
People's Postcode Lottery
AT&T
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Johnson & Johnson
MSN
Roche
Novartis
MSD
Phoenix Group
Gillette
Clear Score
Malmaison
Scottish Football Association
Scottish Executive
Chip Financial
Travelnest
Wealth Wizards
Craneware
ThoughtRiver AI

  Notable Clients

I've been lucky to work directly with a number of notable firms...

... though not enough to stop my Mum asking when I'm going to get a “real job”!

Creative

  • R/GA
  • AKQA
  • Engine
  • Digitas LBI
  • VML Y&R
  • Grey Possible
  • Ogilvy
  • Dentsu Isobar
  • EQTR
  • Wunderman
  • Havas Inviqa
  • Amaze Realise
  • CreateFuture
  • DDB / TWBA
  • Rehab

Enterprise

  • Microsoft
  • Google
  • Adobe
  • McKinsey
  • Accenture
  • SalesForce
  • BP
  • BBC
  • Cisco

Regulated

  • Scottish Executive
  • Tesco Bank
  • Standard Life
  • Business Stream
  • Postcode Lottery
  • Clear Score

Start-Up

  • Chip Financial
  • Travelnest
  • Adeptly AI

  Industry Awards & Achievements

Here are all the other achievements I'd be crazy not to mention.

I'm genuinely proud of each of these; but I'm just as proud of the every day wins.

Awards

  • Winner of Scottish Enterprise: “Manager of the Year”
  • Winner of Microsoft's MSDN "Reserved for Excellence" Award
  • IPSE's "New Freelancer of the Year" (finalist)
  • YunoJuno "Freelancer Project Manager" of the year (finalist)
  • BIMA Awards - Gold *3, Bronze *2
  • DMA Awards - Silver *2

Board Positions

  • Executive board member for the ‘British Interactive Media Association’
  • Board member for ‘Open Source Scotland’
  • Associate member of the 'Open Banking Framework Working Group'

CMS expert

  • Adobe AEM - Customer Advisory Board
  • Salesforce - CMS roadmap consultant
  • Joomla - Customer Advisory Board
  • Wordpress - inaugural International Summit panellist
  • Drupal - Association Board Nominee

Press

  • Multiple appearances on national TV news syndication as technical expert
  • Published articles in influential Trade Magazines Create & NetMag

Speaking

  • Invited speaker at conferences in 25 countries, on 4 continents, to well-over tens of thousands of attendees.
  • Digital Transformation panelist as part of Tony Robbins' warm-up at Pendulum
  • Keynote speaker at Harvard and winner of the conference Lightning Talks competition

  Qualifications & Certifications

Some organisations crazily value two days of training over years of experience...

... so it's a good thing I have both!

Modern

  • Certified Agile Leadership for Enterprise
  • Certified Agile Leadership for Teams
  • Certified Agile Leadership for Organisations
  • Certified Advanced Scrum Master
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • ICC-ACC Agile Coach

Scaled

  • SAFe Agilist (SA)
  • SAFe for Teams (SP)

Traditional

  • Prince 2 Practitioner
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • ITIL Foundation

If you can't see
the wood for the trees...
get an axe, not a consultant!