Experience

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  SOAS University of London

  • United Kingdom
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Web Analyst

    • Jun 2019 - Present

  • Web Content Manager

    • Apr 1998 - Present

    Running the public website for SOAS University of London (http://www.soas.ac.uk) including design, IA, UX, SEO, graphic production and analytics. SOAS's website is currently run through Percussion Rhythmyx.Also managing SOAS's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/soasuniversity), Google+ (https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113979649841351330915/+SoasAcUk/posts) and SOAS's blogs too (http://blogs.soas.ac.uk).

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  Quinssa

  • Twickenham, United Kingdom

  • Committee Member

    • Mar 2003 - Present
    • Twickenham, United Kingdom

    Founder member of Quinssa (Quins' Supporters Association). Communications with members, managing the website, organising and running events.

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  The British Museum

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Education Service Tour Guide in the Asian Art and Enlightenment Galleries

    • 1992 - 2003
    • London, United Kingdom

    Eye opener tour guide in the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of Asian Art and the Enlightenment Gallery. I helped to devise a number of tours including ones on Hinduism, Buddhism, Ancient Chinese Technologies and the Amaravati Stupa.

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  Science Line, BSS

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Science Information Officer & Web Manager

    • 1994 - 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    I was a Science Information Officer for the Science Line service which was managed by BSS.Responsibilities included: • Setting up AND Managing the website, one of the earliest ones of its kind• Answering questions from members of the public through a freephone number. My speciality was biological sciences.• Liaising with science, technology and medical experts and scientific institutions and museums around the world to provide answers to the public• Live radio and television broadcasting on science• Writing publically accessible science booklets to accompany science programmes (Horizon, Equinox and other science specials on BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5).• Science advisor for TV productions• Organiser of special phone lines after some broadcasts (eg the Sojourner landing on Mars) for the BBC and Channel 4• I represented Science Line at a public understanding of science conference in Vaanta, Finland

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  Human Genome Project Nomenclature Committee

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Nomenclature Officer

    • 1993 - 1995
    • London, United Kingdom

    Analysis of newly published human genome mapping information and advising the committee on overlapping research projects and gene nomenclature