Experience

SEEDL Group

• United Kingdom
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Director

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  England, United Kingdom As Software Director I oversee the management and development of our Learning Management System (LMS) and our IT infrastructure. The tasks I undertake in this role: - Manage a small team / contractors - Manage and maintain our IT Systems (Microsoft 365). - Manage budgets for my department (including software and hardware) - Scoping requirements for new / existing software. - Building our software using end HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/MySQL. - QA work completed against the job… Show more As Software Director I oversee the management and development of our Learning Management System (LMS) and our IT infrastructure. The tasks I undertake in this role: - Manage a small team / contractors - Manage and maintain our IT Systems (Microsoft 365). - Manage budgets for my department (including software and hardware) - Scoping requirements for new / existing software. - Building our software using end HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/MySQL. - QA work completed against the job specification. - Manage client support. - Keep our systems and hardware Cyber Essential Show less



Phew

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Mar 2018 - Nov 2020

  Bedford As a senior developer I worked on Websites and Software as a service (SaaS) solutions within the NHS and Safeguarding sector. In this role I worked mainly within Wordpress but also maintained other products. The skills I used in this role vaired by task but I mainly worked work with PHP, JS, CSS, Node (JS for compling JS and SASS) I was also responsibe for Accesbility testing and implementing to AA standard. This role also allowed me to develop new ideas and… Show more As a senior developer I worked on Websites and Software as a service (SaaS) solutions within the NHS and Safeguarding sector. In this role I worked mainly within Wordpress but also maintained other products. The skills I used in this role vaired by task but I mainly worked work with PHP, JS, CSS, Node (JS for compling JS and SASS) I was also responsibe for Accesbility testing and implementing to AA standard. This role also allowed me to develop new ideas and innovations, these included: - A new website template which is easy to role out to clients - A dashboard tool to allow for reporting of stats from a bespoke system. - A reporting tool which tracks tasks (integrated with Asana) and timesheets (from Sugar CRM) from developers and other team members. Other areas of this role included talking with clients, planning, scoping projects and working on support cases. Show less



Xigen

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Lead - Front End Developer

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2018

  Bedford At Xigen I was responsible for managing a team of 3 front end developers, whilst also carrying out my front-end developer duties. The management tasks required me to Support team members with their tasks and development, Run team meetings, Assist with planning and estimating projects, Manage projects that my team worked on to make sure deadlines and the work was being completed to a high standard. I was also part of the development of a timesheet tool which helped to manage time… Show more At Xigen I was responsible for managing a team of 3 front end developers, whilst also carrying out my front-end developer duties. The management tasks required me to Support team members with their tasks and development, Run team meetings, Assist with planning and estimating projects, Manage projects that my team worked on to make sure deadlines and the work was being completed to a high standard. I was also part of the development of a timesheet tool which helped to manage time and plan work for the team. Show less



Ledger Bennett

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Front End Developer

  • Dec 2015 - Sep 2016

  Milton Keynes, United Kingdom At Ledger Bennett I was responsible for building Websites, Landing pages & Email Templates and implementing the HTML templates into platforms such as WordPress, Umbraco, Eloqua and Marketo. During my time there I worked with marketing automation software Marketo and Eloqua, in these platforms I would implement HTML Email and Landing pages as well as setting up and integrating gated forms.



Lumesse

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTS Front Office Developer

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

  Luton, United Kingdom At Lumesse I worked in a team of 6 where I was tasked with developing and configuring customer career sites. My role involved the setup and branding of customer templates for their career sites. Other tasks I carried out where Activating apply with LinkedIn, Tracer tag activation and Supporting consultants on customer calls.



Freestone Creative

• United Kingdom
• Graphic Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Marketing / Web Developer

  • Apr 2011 - Aug 2013

  Milton Keynes In my time at Freestone I built website templates, integrated templates into open-source web software such as Wordpress, MODX and OpenCart, I optimised client’s websites for search engines (SEO)and I also managed the email marketing which involved me creating email templates, deploying them and reporting back the results to the client.



Burton & Sons Trading Ltd

• SEO / Web Developer

  • Nov 2010 - Mar 2011

  Milton keynes Whilst working at Burton Sons (simply LED) I optimised there website in search engines for there product keywords, I also carried out small website amends.



i-Smart Consumer Services

• Website Marketing / Website Development / First line IT support

  • Feb 2010 - Oct 2010

  Wellingborough, United Kingdom At iSmart I was part of the Marketing team were I dealt with optimising all of the company websites, I also helped to develop new website projects. Also whilst working at iSmart I worked in the IT department sorting out there Servers and Computer Systems.



THUK Media

• Website Developer / SEO Assistant / Email Marketing / IT Support

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Website Developer / IT Support I was taken on by THUK during my second year at college. Whilst working here I built websites using PHP / HTML / CSS, most of the work I carried out was using open source software such as Wordpress or a pre built in house system. My other roles involved me managing a small team, working with the SEO team were I built links, copy writing, onsite optimisation and social networking. I also dealt with email marketing were I built and deployed emails for there clients.