Jessica O'Connor

Jessica O'Connor

Project & Marketing Manager at Actuate Digital

About Jessica O'Connor

Jessica came to marketing via Ballroom & Latin dancing and law, which tells you everything you need to know about her.

She's precise when she needs to be, creative when it counts, and genuinely invested in the people she works with.

At Actuate she runs both the marketing and the project side of the business, keeping clients happy, the team organised, and everything moving in the right direction.

Articles by Jessica O'Connor

7 New Years resolutions for eCommerce Managers Ecommerce

7 New Year’s Resolutions for eCommerce Managers

By Jessica O'Connor 3 Min Read

With the close of 2024 and welcome to 2025, UK eCommerce managers can hit the reset button and capitalise on the new year by thinking of five goals for 2025. The online retail landscape is constantly in motion — between new technology,…

Magento 2.4.3 Update Magento 2

Magento 2.4.3 Update

By Jessica O'Connor 2 Min Read

The Magento 2.4.3 update is now available. This update is a big one! The release includes over 370 new fixes to the core code and 33 security enhancements. It’s really important to keep up to date with Magento releases. These…

Writing a website brief for your next website project Web Design

Writing a website brief for your next website project 

By Jessica O'Connor 2 Min Read

So you’re starting a new and exciting project or have decided to refresh your existing website, great, but what next? The foundations to a great website begin with a strong website brief, an overview of what you want the website…

Be My Bear Launches New Magento 2 Website By Actuate Magento Ecommerce

Be My Bear Launches New Magento 2 Website By Actuate

By Jessica O'Connor 3 Min Read

Today’s the day the Teddy Bears have their new website… with the launch of a plush, new Magento 2 site built by the team here at Actuate! Yes, it’s time for our team to break out the picnic basket filled…

Planning ahead for a new website Insights

Planning ahead for a new website

By Jessica O'Connor 3 Min Read

Are you looking to launch a new website or refresh your current site in the next 6-12 months? You may be surprised to read that you should really start planning now for your new website and book a meeting, or…

Top things to do in Chester this Christmas Insights

Top things to do in Chester this Christmas

By Jessica O'Connor 3 Min Read

It’s the beginning of October, the weather has well and truly turned, at least here in Chester, and believe it or not it’s time to think about Old St. Nick and that magical “C” word… That’s right, Christmas is almost…

5 ways to increase eCommerce conversion rates Insights

5 ways to increase eCommerce conversion rates

By Jessica O'Connor 3 Min Read

5 ways to increase eCommerce conversion rates Did you know that the average UK conversion rate for eCommerce websites is just 1.4%? This number is 0.4% lower than the global average of 1.8% and underlines the importance of conversion rate…

Winning Local Business With Local eCommerce Insights

Winning Local Business With Local eCommerce

By Jessica O'Connor 3 Min Read

Winning Local Business With Local eCommerce Analysis from Deloitte Digital in Great Britain has shown that since lockdown 3 in 5 consumers have chosen to shop more at local shops than previously. The same report also showed that 57% of…

Blogging For Your Business Insights

Blogging For Your Business

By Jessica O'Connor 5 Min Read

Blogging For Your Business We all hate ads, that’s a fact! So when it comes to marketing, it makes sense to focus on content rather than more traditional, ignored methods of advertising. Blogs are directly responsible for over 430% more indexed pages…