Personal Profile
I am energetic and enthusiastic with a passion for design; I'm creative, confident and have a keen eye for balance and detail.
I've worked for a variety of different companies ranging from small home grown businesses to large multinationals such as Natwest.
I have had to work closely and collaboratively with the employees of these companies to create powerful and versatile solutions specifically designed for their needs - communication is key to creating a successful partnership and I believe I have the natural ability to bring projects together and create a fantastic end product.
Work Experience
Kiss Online Marketing
July 2009
I worked along side some up'n'coming masters of the web when I took the opportunity to work within this establishment. During my time at Kiss Online Marketing, I used my collaboration and team skills to bring multiple projects together and work along side other members of the team to bring revolutionary ideas to the forefront of the web industry. My job was to explore the ways of SEO and to fully understand how search engines index sites, and the best way to get any site on page 1.
I used a variety of different skills and programs to develop the projects I had to work on. Below is some of the programs and skills I needed to use:
- Dreamweaver
- Putty
- XHTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- PHP
RBS - Royal Bank of Scotland
November 2007
Position: Design Assistant
Worked as part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Mortgages Marketing Design Team. During my work placement I designed a range of collateral using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator as well as Quark Design programmes.
The materials I produced included:
- Mass employee email using graphics in PDF form
- Changing and updating leaflets
- Designing the Christmas party poster
Education
Kett Sixth Form
Summer 2008 - Present
- English Language: In Progress
- Business Studies: In Progress
Sprowston Community High School
Summer 2004 - Summer 2008
- Geography: A
- Citizenship: A
- ICT: B
- Dipolma in Digital Applications: 2 Credit (Equivalent to 2 GCSE's at C Grade)
- Business Studies: B
- English Literature: B
- English Language: C
- OCR ICT: Pass (Equivalent to C Grade GCSE)
- Maths: C
- Science: C
- Additional Science: C
Technical Skills
Applications
I am a proficient user of many technical and general use applications. I am able to use the Microsoft office and its equivalent applications at a competent level. I can also use the following:
- Adobe Photoshop - Graphics, Web, Photo manipulation etc . . .
- Adobe Dreamweaver - Web coding and designing (non-pref)
- Adobe Illustrator - Prefered logo and vector design application
- Coda - Prefered hand coding, mainly use to code websites and css
Languages
I know multiple different web coding languages that I use on a daily basis:
- XHTML
- CSS
- PHP
- Javascript
- JQuery Framework
- Flash Actionscript (marginally)
Portfolio
- www.jc-studios.co.uk
- www.jaymicsystems.co.uk
- www.sesma.co.uk
- www.zavoli.co.uk
- www.ds-express.co.uk
- www.r4store.co.uk
- www.thejaymicworkshop.co.uk
- www.crystalite.co.uk
- www.acesport.co.uk
- www.bigblankcanvas.co.uk
Skills
- CSS
- XHTML
- Javascript | jQuery | AJAX
- PHP
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
