Steven W.
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Sam Kirkbride
Stevie Watts, what can I say? Whether that be his daily coffee, giant lunchtime soup, or QA abilities, Steve always gave his 100%. On his desk you'd find a wide array of items, including but not limited to, a Columbo DVD Box Set, Whitney Houston's "Whitney" on cassette, and a VHS player. Every pixel matters to Steve, his keen eye doesn't miss a thing. One of my greatest achievements was receiving an office wide speech and a free chocolate bar when Steve didn't find anything wrong with a piece of my work. Since working with Steve, we have stayed in touch, mainly with me visiting him at the bar he currently works. He continue to gives 100%, always collecting glasses efficiently and expanding my beer knowledge with everything he has learnt at Northern Monk.
Simon Wilson
Steve is tenacious, pedantic, and proud of the work he does. Steve is also a polymath, with many other skills and talents. These make Steve a prime QA guy. Steve leads QA across the agency. His tireless, ungrudging efforts have ensured QA is something is that is valued within the agency and is also seen as needed, not just at an acceptance stage but also throughout a project's lifecycle. There can be no greater recommendation. He also makes a mean morning coffee.
Sam Kirkbride
Stevie Watts, what can I say? Whether that be his daily coffee, giant lunchtime soup, or QA abilities, Steve always gave his 100%. On his desk you'd find a wide array of items, including but not limited to, a Columbo DVD Box Set, Whitney Houston's "Whitney" on cassette, and a VHS player. Every pixel matters to Steve, his keen eye doesn't miss a thing. One of my greatest achievements was receiving an office wide speech and a free chocolate bar when Steve didn't find anything wrong with a piece of my work. Since working with Steve, we have stayed in touch, mainly with me visiting him at the bar he currently works. He continue to gives 100%, always collecting glasses efficiently and expanding my beer knowledge with everything he has learnt at Northern Monk.
Simon Wilson
Steve is tenacious, pedantic, and proud of the work he does. Steve is also a polymath, with many other skills and talents. These make Steve a prime QA guy. Steve leads QA across the agency. His tireless, ungrudging efforts have ensured QA is something is that is valued within the agency and is also seen as needed, not just at an acceptance stage but also throughout a project's lifecycle. There can be no greater recommendation. He also makes a mean morning coffee.
Sam Kirkbride
Stevie Watts, what can I say? Whether that be his daily coffee, giant lunchtime soup, or QA abilities, Steve always gave his 100%. On his desk you'd find a wide array of items, including but not limited to, a Columbo DVD Box Set, Whitney Houston's "Whitney" on cassette, and a VHS player. Every pixel matters to Steve, his keen eye doesn't miss a thing. One of my greatest achievements was receiving an office wide speech and a free chocolate bar when Steve didn't find anything wrong with a piece of my work. Since working with Steve, we have stayed in touch, mainly with me visiting him at the bar he currently works. He continue to gives 100%, always collecting glasses efficiently and expanding my beer knowledge with everything he has learnt at Northern Monk.
Simon Wilson
Steve is tenacious, pedantic, and proud of the work he does. Steve is also a polymath, with many other skills and talents. These make Steve a prime QA guy. Steve leads QA across the agency. His tireless, ungrudging efforts have ensured QA is something is that is valued within the agency and is also seen as needed, not just at an acceptance stage but also throughout a project's lifecycle. There can be no greater recommendation. He also makes a mean morning coffee.
Sam Kirkbride
Stevie Watts, what can I say? Whether that be his daily coffee, giant lunchtime soup, or QA abilities, Steve always gave his 100%. On his desk you'd find a wide array of items, including but not limited to, a Columbo DVD Box Set, Whitney Houston's "Whitney" on cassette, and a VHS player. Every pixel matters to Steve, his keen eye doesn't miss a thing. One of my greatest achievements was receiving an office wide speech and a free chocolate bar when Steve didn't find anything wrong with a piece of my work. Since working with Steve, we have stayed in touch, mainly with me visiting him at the bar he currently works. He continue to gives 100%, always collecting glasses efficiently and expanding my beer knowledge with everything he has learnt at Northern Monk.
Simon Wilson
Steve is tenacious, pedantic, and proud of the work he does. Steve is also a polymath, with many other skills and talents. These make Steve a prime QA guy. Steve leads QA across the agency. His tireless, ungrudging efforts have ensured QA is something is that is valued within the agency and is also seen as needed, not just at an acceptance stage but also throughout a project's lifecycle. There can be no greater recommendation. He also makes a mean morning coffee.
Experience
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Dubit
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United Kingdom
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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QA Analyst
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Jan 2021 - Present
As sole QA for two teams with eight clients between them, work frequently shifts across a range of responsibilities. This includes the testing of newly deployed functionalities (inc. API testing), smoke and regression tests following back-end changes, creating test plans, scripts and test data for upcoming deployments, updating existing scripts, documenting larger releases, liaising with clients on issues and queries, and helping other teams in the business. All projects feature a customer-facing front-end, via app and/or website, and a client-friendly CMS.
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NORTHERN MONK
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United Kingdom
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Food & Beverages
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1 - 100 Employee
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Bartender
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Mar 2019 - Sep 2020
Serving the finest beers to the finest drinkers. Serving the finest beers to the finest drinkers.
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London North Eastern Railway
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United Kingdom
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Truck Transportation
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700 & Above Employee
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Retail Testing Manager
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Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
I coordinated and carried out the manual testing of software updates to LNER’s retail channels, liaising regularly with the multiple product owners and software suppliers. The retail channels (ticket machines, station counters, train guard kits, call centre systems, commercial website and mobile app) each had their own bespoke software (and suppliers), all interacting with different versions of our content databases. Issues were managed over multiple Jira boards. Due to Government-mandated standards, we operated across four staging environments, and testing evidence, documentation and test data were vital to my output.
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HOME Agency
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Quality Assurance Manager
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Mar 2013 - Oct 2018
Ensuring that products leaving our Web Development and Creative teams are to agreed standards across a variety of disciplines and platforms. Our products include complete e-commerce websites, micro sites, e-shots, blog articles and mobile/tablet applications, and as such a robust system of checks across a variety of platforms and operating systems is required.Brands I've worked on include: Asda, Waitrose, Thorntons, Wensleydale Creamery, Interflora, Curvissa, B&Q, Screwfix, Sky Bet, Parkdean Holidays, Jet2 + Jet2Holidays, Bon Marche, JD Williams, Roche, Tetley Tea and many more.
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Copywriter
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May 2011 - Oct 2018
Shortly after starting with the company I was asked if I was able to write travel and sports content, which it turned out I was capable of doing alongside my Social Media responsibilities.Though the majority of my time was in Social Media, around 10-15 hours a week were spent writing. This included writing for articles, advertising copy, websites, technical back-end, emails and social media content.I’ve been involved in Content Strategies at a variety of stages, from early conceptual levels of deciding content themes and direction right up to liaising with bloggers for Link Building and uploading articles to client blogs (a daily task during this period).Since taking on QA as my primary role within the company, my Copywriting responsibilities have dropped off considerably. However, when the need arises and my schedule permits, I'm still tasked with writing jobs (recently working with First Bus, Meadowhall and Asda).
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NORTHERN MONK
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United Kingdom
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Food & Beverages
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1 - 100 Employee
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Bar Back/Bar Tender
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Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
Bar shenanigans on Friday & Saturday nights. Bar shenanigans on Friday & Saturday nights.
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MOJO
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United Kingdom
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Hospitality
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1 - 100 Employee
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Bar Back
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Jun 2015 - Aug 2016
Friday and Saturday nights elbow-deep in glassware and ice, dancing through the bar and doing everything that you can imagine to keep the party rolling. Friday and Saturday nights elbow-deep in glassware and ice, dancing through the bar and doing everything that you can imagine to keep the party rolling.
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Social Media Executive
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Mar 2011 - Feb 2013
The day-to-day's of this role included monitoring multiple communities, proposing concepts, direction of content and dialogue tone, sourcing and writing content into client-friendly documents, and the uploading/scheduling of posts. Customer queries were directed either to Account Managers or our own direct Customer Service channels, depending on the client. Community sizes varied, with our most popular being 80,000+ right down to fledgling businesses of a few hundred fans. I was involved in the behind-the-scenes of much pitch work, from initial idea sessions to proof-reading client presentations, providing brand competitor social media analysis to suggestions for tone and types of content. To a varying degree of detail, most of our clients received regular reports which I would collate based on a pre-agreed range of data.
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British Waterways
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United Kingdom
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Travel Arrangements
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1 - 100 Employee
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Administrator
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Mar 2010 - Mar 2011
Dealing with all of British Waterways' boat licence applications that were, for whatever reason, unable to be processed. Reasons included insufficient payment, insufficient supporting documentation, incomplete application and many others, and were clarified by phone, e-mail, post and in person. Dealing with all of British Waterways' boat licence applications that were, for whatever reason, unable to be processed. Reasons included insufficient payment, insufficient supporting documentation, incomplete application and many others, and were clarified by phone, e-mail, post and in person.
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University of Leeds
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Administrator
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Sep 2009 - Mar 2010
I processed student disability fund applications, and once I'd acquired a knowledge of the department I also helped students who required direction with the application process. I processed student disability fund applications, and once I'd acquired a knowledge of the department I also helped students who required direction with the application process.
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UK General Insurance
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United Kingdom
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Insurance
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1 - 100 Employee
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Administrator
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Mar 2009 - Aug 2009
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Recruitment Consultant / Administrator
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Feb 2008 - Mar 2009
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Education
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Cathays High School
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