Experience

Bid on This (The UKauctioneers Group)

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Front-end Developer

  • 2015 - Present

  - Making site responsive as well as improving performance - UI design of the Bid on This website and apps as well as front end web builds. - I am responsible for re-designing and re-building the current public facing web site and adding functionality to the lot-info page and upcoming auction calendar - Cross browser testing and troubleshooting - Utilising Sass to make our CSS as modular and re-usable as possible and model it on the ‘OO’ methodology of CSS - From a design perspective, I regularly create wireframes and mock-ups using Photoshop or a wireframing tool



Spiral Web Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Designer

  • Mar 2014 - Feb 2015

  - Building web pages using HTML/CSS - Updating website content using WordPress - Creating web banners and web micro-sites - Promote fresh ideas within team - Support development and maintenance of Spiral website together with client websites, apps and other digital services provided by Spiral - Liaising with clients face-to-face to understand their needs better - Building web pages using HTML/CSS - Updating website content using WordPress - Creating web banners and web micro-sites - Promote fresh ideas within team - Support development and maintenance of Spiral website together with client websites, apps and other digital services provided by Spiral - Liaising with clients face-to-face to understand their needs better



Sapphire

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Web Designer

  • Mar 2014 - Feb 2015

  - Building web pages using HTML/CSS - Responsible for the design of the website, working on numerous micro-sites and landing pages - UI/UX design of apps on mobile/tablets, and following branding styles - Creating branded videos and animations using Flash/After Effects - Design and front-end coding of online banner advertisements - Building web pages using HTML/CSS - Responsible for the design of the website, working on numerous micro-sites and landing pages - UI/UX design of apps on mobile/tablets, and following branding styles - Creating branded videos and animations using Flash/After Effects - Design and front-end coding of online banner advertisements



Transport for London

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web Designer

  • Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

  - Website Design & Layout - Maintaining the current website standard to ensure it remains user-centric, easy to navigate, reflects the company's corporate style - Making the website responsive - Website Update / Maintenance - maintaining and updating the corporate website - Website Testing - regular testing the site for possible issues / bugs and fixing them - Website Design & Layout - Maintaining the current website standard to ensure it remains user-centric, easy to navigate, reflects the company's corporate style - Making the website responsive - Website Update / Maintenance - maintaining and updating the corporate website - Website Testing - regular testing the site for possible issues / bugs and fixing them



Zen Bedrooms

• London

• Web Designer

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  - Created visual imagery and art work to be used across email campaigns, on the website and all social media - Working within the marketing team to create visual layouts and build emails from HTML5/CSS3 (Mailchimp). - Design and copy-writing of landing pages/buttons - Creating mock-ups and wire-frames using Photoshop / Illustrator - Conversion optimisation monitoring and split-testing emails - Created visual imagery and art work to be used across email campaigns, on the website and all social media - Working within the marketing team to create visual layouts and build emails from HTML5/CSS3 (Mailchimp). - Design and copy-writing of landing pages/buttons - Creating mock-ups and wire-frames using Photoshop / Illustrator - Conversion optimisation monitoring and split-testing emails



Sweet Entertainments

• London

• Animator / Character Designer

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2008

  - Providing art direction for key graphic products including animations, logos, illustrations and branding - Prepared the assembly of final layouts for the website and approved animations and logos. - Designed character using Illustrator and Photoshop - Providing art direction for key graphic products including animations, logos, illustrations and branding - Prepared the assembly of final layouts for the website and approved animations and logos. - Designed character using Illustrator and Photoshop



Qantm College

• London, United Kingdom

• Animation tutor

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2008

  Here I was responsible for teaching Flash animation and headed up the life drawing classes. Each class was made up of students on different courses and focused on practical practical ways to use Flash for 2d animation and character design. I also headed up the life drawing classes, which gave the students a more in depth understanding of the rudiments of drawing, an overview of human anatomy and how their relation to the principles of animation. Here I was responsible for teaching Flash animation and headed up the life drawing classes. Each class was made up of students on different courses and focused on practical practical ways to use Flash for 2d animation and character design. I also headed up the life drawing classes, which gave the students a more in depth understanding of the rudiments of drawing, an overview of human anatomy and how their relation to the principles of animation.