experience
april 08 - current (newbury/uk) web designer, dunwoody
Responsibilities and achievements
- The creation of website designs using Photoshop/Illustrator
- The development of standards compliant, cross-browser compatible, static and dynamic websites using CSS, xHTML and the Symfony PHP development framework
- Maintaining existing websites and carrying out periodic updates when required
- Advising on search engine optimisation
- Collaborating with other designers, developers and project managers during the development process
- Working on several projects at once and managing my time accordingly
Dunwoody are a marketing and communications agency based in Newbury.
april 07 - march 08 (reading/uk) web designer, connexion ltd.
Responsibilities and achievements
- The design/development of standards compliant, cross-browser compatible, static and dynamic websites using CSS and xHTML
- Maintaining a number of existing websites and carrying out periodic updates when required
- Creating HTML email campaigns that work across different email clients - including Outlook 2007
- Optimising websites for search engines
- Discussing designs with clients via telephone and email
- Collaborating with a graphic designer and analyst programmer during the development process
- Working on several projects at once and managing my time accordingly
Connexion Ltd. are an IT Support company based in Lower Earley, just outside Reading.
january 03 - march 07 (southampton/uk) corporate image developer, fianium ltd.
Responsibilities and achievements
- Creating and looking after the corporate image of a company operating in a diverse market space
- Maintaining consistency and high visibility on all the web/print material the company releases
- Helping to raise the profile of the company by designing a functional and informative website
- Liaising with their US and Japanese offices to co-ordinate the issue of press releases and new product specification
- Maintaining and providing technical support for the company's IT infrastructure
- Creating several large A0 posters and booth designs for major international trade shows and conferences
- Photographing the company's products for inclusion on their website/datasheets and other print material. One of the photos was featured on the front cover of ‘Laser Focus World’, a leading optoelectronic industry publication in December 2005
Fianium Ltd. are an Optoelectronics company based in Hamble, just outside Southampton.
july 05 - september 05 (southampton/uk) software engineer, fianium ltd.
Responsibilities and achievements
- Creating a set of testing applications in C++ that were used by the company to soak test their products before they were dispatched
- Assisting with the assembly of products by soldering together various control circuitry
Fianium Ltd. are an Optoelectronics company based in Hamble, just outside Southampton.
