Jonty Garrard

Available — May 2026

I build AI systems that actually ship.

Business Psychology graduate turning rough ideas into shipped products. Codex, Claude Code, MD instruction stacks, automation loops — end to end.

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01 / Curriculum Vitae

The CV.

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Jonty Garrard

AI systems · automations · end-to-end builds

Profile

Business Psychology graduate and AI systems builder. I use Codex, Claude Code, structured MD instruction stacks, custom skills, superpowers, and automation loops to ship sites, internal tools, data workflows, and fully automated bots end to end.

Experience

  1. Head of Marketing & GTM · Akshun Current

    AI Sports Betting

    • Build AI-powered internal operating systems, structured MD instruction stacks, and automated workflows that compound across the company.
    • Own GTM strategy, positioning, brand execution, and production-ready front-end experiences.
    • Ship betting prototypes and tooling end to end — from idea to live product.

  2. Co-Founder / Creative Director · Weirdo

    Cryptocurrency

    • Owned brand, community, growth, content, partnerships, and exchange listings.
    • Built AI-led campaign systems reaching ~3M monthly impressions.
    • Ran user retention and creative direction across every customer-facing surface.

  3. Business Development — Exhibition Sales · Embart

    Events & Exhibitions

    • Researched prospects, built outreach plans, managed client relationships.
    • Supported admin, finance, invoices and records across the sales pipeline.

Education

  1. BSc Business Psychology — 2:1 · Manchester Metropolitan University

    Motivation, leadership, consumer decision-making, brand trust, surveys, behavioural strategy.

  2. International Baccalaureate — 41/45 · Bradfield College

    Psychology, Sports Science, English Literature & Language, Maths, History, French.

Skills

AI & Engineering

  • AI systems architecture (MD files, skills, agent rules)
  • Codex & Claude Code orchestration
  • Automation loops & production bots
  • Prompt engineering for repeatable execution
  • End-to-end site & app builds

Strategy & Brand

  • GTM strategy & positioning
  • Brand strategy & creative direction
  • Market & competitor research
  • Research analysis & interpretation
  • Content systems & calendars

Tools & Data

  • Python, SQL, MongoDB
  • Notion, dashboards, internal ops
  • Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Modern web stack (Astro, JS, CSS)
The story behind it

02 / Trajectory

Where it's been.

Five years of building, studying, and shipping. Tap a role to dig into it.

  1. Education

    Manchester Metropolitan University

    BSc Business Psychology — 2:1

  2. Work

    Embart

    Business Development — Exhibition Sales

  3. Education

    Bradfield College

    International Baccalaureate — 41/45

Impact · X / Twitter

From a dormant account to real reach.

I joined Akshun in January 2026 and rebuilt the X engine from zero — driving it to 214.6K impressions and 3.1K engagements, with a single post peaking at ~70K.

  • 214.6K Impressions ↑516%
  • ~70K Top post peak
  • 3.1K Engagements ↑709%
  • 2.8K Likes ↑1,000%
  • Rebuilt the content engine from zero — positioning, voice and cadence across every channel.
  • Shipped AI-built internal tools: a content-calendar hub, a betting prototype and the production front-end.
  • Owned end-to-end GTM — competitive analysis, messaging and launch sequencing.
Akshun X analytics — 90-day impressions and engagements overview
90-day overview — daily impressions (blue) and engagements (green) lifting off a flat baseline. The late-April launch run peaked near 36K impressions in a day.
Akshun X analytics — 28-day stat breakdown
28-day snapshot vs. the prior dormant period: 178.1K impressions (↑2,000%) and engagement rate up to 1.7% (↑564%).

Build · Weirdo (ETH L2)

A gamified social engine at 3M impressions/mo.

Co-founder and creative director from day one. I built Weirdo's brand, community and growth machine — an end-to-end content engine plus a gamified engagement layer that kept users coming back.

  • ~3M Monthly impressions AI-driven reach
  • 90% User retention user-first
  • 5K+ Followers organic + content
  • Listings Exchange + B2B secured
  • Built an end-to-end content machine — editorial calendar, rapid creative testing, iterative optimisation.
  • Designed a gamified engagement engine: XP reward systems, gamified activity and custom contests.
  • Ran multi-channel, AI-driven acquisition to ~3M monthly impressions and 5K+ followers.
  • Negotiated B2B partnerships and secured exchange listings to expand reach and credibility.

03 / Next

Want to see what I've built?

The projects tab has the real proof — trading bots, AI dashboards, end-to-end systems.

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