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Jack
Willoughby

I build brand and marketing systems that create, capture, and cultivate market interest.

BRAND BUILDER & MARKETER — NORTHERN IRELAND SCROLL ↓
01. THE CLAIM

Motivation is short term. Perception is more durable. Change how someone sees something and you change how they understand it, talk about it, act on it and choose it.

— THAT IS THE WORK I HAVE BUILT MY CAREER AROUND.

02. THE ORIGIN
A gym floor

The penny dropped for me early in my career while I was selling gym memberships. I quickly realised that people rarely just buy a membership, an offer, or a discount.

They buy the shift it represents, whether that is confidence, progress, identity, status, belonging, or relief from a problem they have carried for too long. They are buying a version of themselves they wanted to become.

03. THE PATTERN

THEY ARE NOT BUYING THE THING. THEY ARE BUYING —

Confidence
Progress
Identity
Status
Belonging
Relief

Once I saw that human truth, I started seeing the exact same pattern everywhere regardless of industry. It’s why I treat brand and marketing as a single demand function designed to create, capture, and cultivate that exact market interest.

04. THE PROOF
CASE 01 — XPERT WORKWEAR

A workwear brand built for multichannel growth.

90%+
OWN-BRAND SHARE
FROM UNDER 40%
£4M+
ANNUAL DIGITAL REVENUE
D2C · AMAZON · B2B

Led the brand strategy and built the connected marketing and commercial systems across DTC, Amazon, B2B and physical retail, with campaign work featured by Ads of the World.

Xpert Workwear campaign photography
CASE 02 — COTTONMOUNT TRADING

Modernising a 50-year-old legacy wholesaler.

900+
RETAIL PARTNERS
ACROSS THE UK & IRELAND
40%+
COMPANY GROWTH
2023–2025

Led the brand, ecommerce and marketing modernisation supporting the company’s next stage of growth, including digital trade ordering, partner acquisition and national sales enablement.

The rebuilt trade ecommerce estate
CASE 03 — OUTSIDEIN

A purpose-driven streetwear start-up.

GROWTH IN
TWO YEARS

As the first full-time marketing hire, built the acquisition, email, conversion, content and launch systems that helped scale a purpose-driven streetwear start-up.

Outsidein apparel
THE THREAD

From workwear and wholesale to streetwear and fitness, I’ve built brands and commercial systems across very different markets, channels and buying behaviours.

05. THE RANGE TWELVE NAMES

The same method, carried further. Brands I have run in-house, ventures I’m building, and work delivered through consulting.

Xpert Workwear IN-HOUSE Cottonmount Trading IN-HOUSE OutsideIn IN-HOUSE PulseFit FOUNDED blunt.design VENTURE JPWDigital FREELANCE PRACTICE DW Fitness First EARLY CAREER · IN-HOUSE MST Systems CLIENT PROJECT 1st4Fitness CLIENT PROJECT HubFiiit CLIENT PROJECT Arc-X MusicBoost CLIENT PROJECT ProTech CLIENT PROJECT
06. THE RECORD
Xpert Workwear Head of Brand & Marketing SINCE 2021
Cottonmount Trading Head of Brands & Marketing SINCE 2021
MarketerHire Vetted Brand Strategist & Advisory CMO <1% NETWORK ACCEPTANCE RATE
PulseFit Founder SINCE 2019
Outsidein Marketing 2019 — 2021

MSC MARKETING · MCIM · BSC (HONS) SPORT & EXERCISE

Away from work, I’m a proud dad and I write about brand, perception and the reality of building something that matters. I care about the standard of the work, but also about making marketing useful, commercially relevant and honest.

“Worked with Jack across a couple of bigger branding projects for a high-end clothing manufacturer. Jack has an easy-going manner but shows a thorough approach in everything we’ve collaborated on. Deliverables were exactly what we’d anticipated, and that strikes me as a result.”
Alasdair McBroom ALASDAIR McBROOM
WOLFHOUND
“Working with Jack has been an absolute pleasure. His management made the entire collaboration seamless. He set clear expectations and provided everything I needed to deliver easily. I highly recommend Jack as an excellent marketing professional for any project.”
Kris Byers KRIS BYERS
HORRIBLE BRANDS
“Jack has been a real asset to the business. He translates brand vision into clear, effective campaigns, combining creativity with structure. He understands the customer, supports the sales team, and aligns marketing with real commercial goals. Any business would be fortunate to have him.”
Ross Wilson ROSS WILSON
XPERT WORKWEAR
07. THE WRITING JACKPWILLOUGHBY.SUBSTACK.COM

Brand & Marketing, written honestly.

Writing on brand, perception, commercial growth and the reality of building marketing inside a business. Less theatre. More useful thinking.

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08. CONTACT