Experience

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  CPL

  • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

  • Web Developer

    • May 2021 - Present
    • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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  ISON DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

  • Ely, Cambs

  • Web Developer

    • Nov 2013 - May 2021
    • Ely, Cambs

    Ison Distribution Ltd. is a bicycle parts and accessories distributer based in Ely. Working here has given me the opportunity to really hone my development skills.- Revamped and redeveloped existing B2B framework built using php, putting content first to provide a visitor focused website for the UK bike industry, for over 18,000 product lines. Increasing B2B turnover from 30% to 90%. - Developed multiple brand specific B2C sites predominately built using WordPress and WooCommerce to provide a scalable solution.- Create child themes to meet the needs of the brands, integrating suitable plugins to provide functionality- SEO and best practice such as responsive web design to create a visible presence on the web.- Create tools necessary to allow seamless XML data import into WordPress from the product data. This includes hierarchical category, tag and product attribute creation.- Development of bespoke CMS admin for companywide product content creation, providing a scalable solution to product variants, capable of delivering accurate sales and stock level reports.- Providing product and stock information for external EPOS systems and shops, working with them to meet their specifications.- Closely work with the sales, marketing, logistics and warehousing teams as well as internal designers and brand managers, responding to and facilitating all their individual requirements.

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  Iansyst Ltd

  • Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Digital Media Developer

    • Aug 2012 - Nov 2013
    • Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Iansyst is a company that develops and delivers high-quality Assistive Computer Technology, consultancy, training and software. Their disability solutions are used by individuals, educational institutions and commercial organisations to aid people with dyslexia, dyspraxia, visual impairment, physical disabilities and more.- Maintained websites to a standard for accessibility set by the W3C.Designed and developed an e-learning portal as part of the governments Home Access scheme.- Working with senior dyslexia assessor to develop an online assessment tool using Moodle VLE with the aim of making a dyslexia assessment tool available to universities and schools.- Working alongside the IT department to administer Microsoft SharePoint.- Within the marketing dept., involved with the e-commerce side of the company, constantly improving SEO, focusing on front end web design.- Using Sitefinity, an ASP.NET content management and digital marketing platform. Taking ownership of this system, I was responsible for theme development for increased accessibility, administration and content production.- Designed and developed stand-alone sites were built in HTML5/CSS3 and, using JQuery, provided a modern interaction to demonstrate the company’s strengths and products.

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  Sundial Telecom

  • Histon, Cambridge

  • Web Designer

    • 2005 - 2007
    • Histon, Cambridge

    The company maintained a telecoms platform for in house and third party content for entertainment. My job entailed the creation of web sites to accompany this telephone based entertainment. Working alongside a remote developer building web sites and maintaining the windows based systems required for remote telephone and text workers.

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  Michael Carpenter Jewellery

  • Debenham, Suffolk

  • Jeweller

    • 1998 - Mar 2004
    • Debenham, Suffolk

    Jewellery making, mostly in Gold & Silver