Experience

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  Union Works

  • London, United Kingdom

  • App Support

    • Nov 2017 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

    My focus is on supporting our Shopify apps and providing input into each apps roadmap.

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  www.ayearssupplyof.co.uk

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Founder

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

    www.ayearssupplyof.co.uk lists unique subscription gifts for recipients in the UK. The business is currently in start-up mode but already has over 20 suppliers offering their unique subscriptions.

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  Keeping Shop Ltd.

  • KT8

  • Former Owner / Product Manager

    • Jan 2014 - Oct 2017
    • KT8

    Keeping Shop developed the highly successful Cross-Sell Shopify App, gaining over 700 5 star reviews and regularly featuring in the top 6 of the highly competitive Sales category. With a healthy recurring revenue base and continued high growth, the company was sold to Fomo in October 2017 after significant interest from a variety of prospectors in North America, Europe and Australia. The Companies success was largely down to exceptional customer support and an app that Merchants loved using.

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  Keeping Shop

  • Freelance Shopify App Developer / Developer / Consultant

    • Mar 2013 - Jan 2014

    Worked on a number of Shopify sites providing consultancy, template changes, translation app integration, sagepay integration, store setup and app development services as well as a port from cartthrob to shopify.Continued working on a side project, a Shopify app called Cross-Sell.

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  Marks and Spencer

  • Merchant Square, Paddington Basin, London, UK

  • Ecommerce Production Manager

    • Apr 2013 - Dec 2013
    • Merchant Square, Paddington Basin, London, UK

    Working on the new M&S.com site, my role has been part Production Manager and part Business Analyst. Key achievements in this role to date have been: - Analysis and implementation of a briefing process to facilitate the site build. - The introduction of a ticketing solution to manage the creation and workflow of briefs into production - Recruited and managed a team of onshore Digital Producers - Built the core pages for the site (all but checkout and product detail pages) - Shaped the production function and prepared it for Business Readiness

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  Shine Marketing

  • Hampton Hill, Middlesex

  • Web & Ecommerce Production Manager

    • Sep 2011 - Mar 2013
    • Hampton Hill, Middlesex

    With responsibility for conducting early requirements analysis, scoping, wireframing and costing, I manage web and ecommerce projects from signed quote to production through to delivery, ensuring a high degree of usability in the final product. I also act as lead developer on development projects that require bespoke solutions. Often delving into business development, I identify opportunities within the platforms that we use and architect solutions for commercial opportunity.My job here is to allow the designers and developers to concentrate on doing what they do best which is creating elegant code and beautiful sites for our customers.

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  Learning Apps Ltd. (textwall.co.uk)

  • Director / Textwall Product Manager

    • Jul 2008 - Dec 2012

    I was approached by a previous boss in the HE sector to rewrite and develop an SMS based learning app called Textwall that had already gained good momentum in the Eductaion sector. With plans to develop a suite of learning tools to encourage learner participation, we took the decision to formalise our collective and formed Learning Apps Ltd. Primarily focused on the Textwall product, I re-architected the app from the ground up, ensuring both scalability for future features and the ability to offer tiered service plans. Responsible for all design and development on the product, I worked closely with my two business partners, both practitioners in the field of mobile learning to deliver features and functionality to enhance textwall's capabilities and appeal to HE teachers and lecturers.

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  BMT Group Limited

  • Teddington, Middlesex

  • Web Developer / Web Production Manager

    • Jul 2009 - Sep 2011
    • Teddington, Middlesex

    Heading up the web services team, my prime responsibility was to maintain and actively develop websites for BMT Group's 30+ subsidiary companies in order to help them achieve their marketing objectives. I was also responsible for driving the development and direction of the the Group intranet called 'NAVIGATOR', a knowledge sharing tool aimed at increasing competitive advantage by reducing repetition across the business and bringing key services under one roof.All company web sites were managed via a central bespoke CMS and the intranet was also a bespoke solution. Project managing all work on websites, intranets and microsites, I would conduct early requirements analysis, scoping and wireframing, project scheduling, resourcing and production.

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  Orient Global

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Web Developer

    • Sep 2006 - May 2009
    • London, United Kingdom

    Operating autonomously, I provided a creative production facility for both web and traditional media requests originating from offices in Dubai, New York, Hyderabad, Monaco and Singapore. Over the past 2½years I have developed and designed a range of materials for the philanthropic, financial and art business interests of my employer. I am competent in managing projects from initial concept to completion involving requirements gathering, information architecture planning, creating prototypes and wireframing, user interaction design and testing as well as the actual front and back end build and the analysis of web statistics with view to SEO.As well as developing web sites and intranets, I was required to customise and maintain Gallery Management software to manage a large inventory of Art and to integrate this with our various intranets, third party asset management applications and websites.Another large part of my role with Orient Global was graphic and desktop design, incorporating books, magazines, adverts, brochures and reports, including image creation and manipulation.I also designed the first draft of a 300 page coffee table book for the Ana Tzarev art business in New York, which was well received but to date remains unpublished.Recent websites that I designed and developed in connection with this role are:www.anatzarev.com and www.rumischools.com

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  Story Worldwide

  • Web Developer

    • Apr 2006 - Sep 2006

    Responsibility for designing and developing websites across a variety of in-house and client projects as well as working on pitches for new business. As a customer publishing company who tell brand stories, I have been involved in developing sites and new media where the visual and experiential elements are on brand.

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  Tower Hamlets College

  • Media & Internet Services Coordinator

    • Oct 2003 - Apr 2006

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  Anschutz Entertainment Group

  • Media Manager

    • Jun 2002 - Apr 2003

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  IBM

  • Process Deployment Manager

    • 2000 - 2001

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  ComputerLand

  • Field Engineer

    • 1999 - 2000