Co-Founder & Director

• Jun 2016 - Present

Senior Web Developer

• Jul 2013 - Nov 2016

Part of a small four man design studio responsibilities include the design, development and project management of all new group and customer websites. Maintenance and continued development of the groups 50+ existing websites. Advise and implement SEO strategies including organic SEO, PPC, content marketing and social media primarily aimed at lead generation. Create and implement a rolling maintenance schedule to ensure all group websites meet set objectives and web standards. Source and recruit suitable freelancers that can assist during busier periods and with more complex projects. Liaise with marketing, commercial and directorial departments as required. Creating product specific micro sites to promote major launches. Administration and maintenance of servers, hosting, domains and cloud storage solutions. MySQL database maintenance and backups. Working to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a very high standard of work. Show less

Web Designer/Developer/Owner

• Jun 2007 - Aug 2016

Works with small to medium sized local businesses offering a professional web design, development and digital marketing service. Uses strong design skills to create sophisticated artwork, graphics and page designs for web and social media channels. Deals with all clients from the point of initial contact. through to planning, development and after care. Hosts and maintains over 60 websites. Outsources work where appropriate through a network of approved uk based freelancers and agencies. Show less

Web Developer

• Jan 2011 - Jun 2013

Designing and building new web sites using PHP, HTML & CSS with particular consideration towards usability and consistent company branding. Maintaining the companies 14 websites on a day-to-day basis, including updates to products, promotions and ‘nearest retailer’ information. Writing specifications for new web projects for internal review. Providing regular statistical reports on web traffic and the effectiveness of web advertising, including the management of Google Adword campaigns. Recommending improvements in style, content and structure to existing websites. Developing new navigation structures/areas within existing sites in line with consumers needs and company strategy. Show less

Project Support Officer

• Jul 2009 - Jan 2011

Offer support to the Project Management Office using PRINCE2 methodologies. Maintain the Steria/Land Registry Information Systems Intranet site. This involved liaising with various departments within Steria and the Land Registry to ensure all content was kept relevant and up to date. Other responsibilities included risks and issues management, document version control (using Subversion), standard progress reporting and tracking processes, procurement, software license management and other activities as required by the project. Required to liaise with Steria, Land Registry and third party service providers as appropriate whilst maintaining a professional approach whether communicating by email, phone or in person. Show less

Resource Controller

• Jan 2006 - Jul 2009

Provide co-ordination, control and progress chasing in the hardware service call area and alert management in the networks area Receipt and logging of all service calls, monitoring of all service calls against SLA, escalation of calls within defined timescales, c- all logging with all service providers, pro-active progress chasing of service calls with all service providers, closure of service calls ensuring all required reporting data is reported Maintain and update the HP/Land Registry Information Systems Intranet site as required Liaison with HP, Land Registry and third party service providers as appropriate On call rota maintenance and out of hours work planning Maintain and update the SharePoint portal server as required, this also involved working on the initial server installation at the start of the project Report production against all areas of service levels Maintenance of records, and report production of supplier performance Software Library database administration Virus scanning and reporting Backup tape administration Show less