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Nov 2025 – Present

First Advertising

Search Engine Optimisation Specialist

📍 Johannesburg, South Africa

At First Advertising, I develop digital strategies across a diverse portfolio of clients, spanning financial services, retail, and consumer brands. I own the full cycle of digital activation — from SEO technical audit and strategic content planning through execution, performance tracking, and continuous optimisation. This is agency-side delivery at pace: managing multiple client priorities simultaneously, adapting strategies to algorithm changes, and translating commercial goals into measurable digital outcomes.

SEO, GEO, UX CRO Multi-client Analytics
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Jul 2024 – Jun 2025

European Central Bank

Digital Communications Specialist

📍 Frankfurt, Germany

At the European Central Bank, I served as the Digital Communications Specialist responsible for the development of the EuroSteps campaign, organic search strategy, content discoverability, and user experience of three institutional domains: the ECB's main external website, the ECB Banking Supervision, and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). This role placed me at the heart of European institutional communication — translating complex financial policy into content that was accessible, findable, and effective across all 24 official EU languages.

Institutional Comms SEO/GEO Multilingual Analytics
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Nov 2020 – Jun 2024

Independent Practice

Freelance SEO Specialist

📍 Remote

Delivered end-to-end digital strategy, brand visibility campaigns, and conversion optimisation for clients across diverse industries — building deep self-directed ownership and analytical discipline. Defined and executed SEO strategies for clients websites owning roadmaps, managing technical implementations, coordinating content and authority strategies independently.

Brand Strategy SEO Content CRO
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Tools of the trade

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO)
Digital Content Strategy & Planning
Google Analytics 4 / Piano Analytics
Campaign Management
Data Studio / Power BI
Content Strategy & Editorial
Conversion Rate Optimisation
Process Automation (Power Automate)
HTML / CSS / JavaScript
HubSpot CRM
Stakeholder Management
Google Search Console Google Tag Manager Google Analytics 4 SEMrush Ahrefs Screaming Frog Piano Analytics Drupal WordPress CrazyEgg Microsoft Clarity Jira HubSpot Adito

Published research

2026

Marketing Automation: Innovations and Opportunities

Dabić, M., de Barros, T.S., Vlačić, B.

Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence in Marketing

doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75316-9_65-1
2022

An investigation on consumer perceptions of email and social media marketing: An advertising case in South Africa

de la Roche, C., de Barros, T., Chuchu, T., Nyagadza, B., & Venter de Villiers, M.

International Review of Management and Marketing, 12(4), 29–37

doi.org/10.32479/irmm.13248

Let's build something remarkable

Whether you're looking for a digital strategy partner, a communications specialist for institutional projects, or a collaborator on something new — I'd love to hear from you.