RedCoupe

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

October 2011 – November 2011 (2 months) Newbury

Working with various high profile clients, designing/developing with (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, cross browser compatibility, Adobe Photoshop and adhering to W3C standards

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SPX; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry

March 2011 – August 2011 (6 months)

* Develop and maintain 35 corporate global web sites to brand guidelines

* Manage large website projects to tight deadlines

* Account management of projects from international customers (Europe, USA, Asia etc)

* Contribution to the strategic direction of the website and digital strategy, in line with business and marketing objectives

* Utilise web skills including HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Classic ASP and VBScript

* Maintain 35 MS SQL Server databases which hold the majority of content for the web sites

* Manage the replication services and local publications between the internal development server and the external web server

* Provide consultancy on best design practises with a view to making improvements

* Ensure W3C, accessibility and usability guidelines are adhered to

* Design web pages using MS Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver CS5 while keeping cross browser compatibility in mind

* Work closely with the Digital Communications Executive to manage workload and set priorities

* Learn ASP.NET with a view to taking on development and maintenance work for both internal and external .NET applications

January 2003 – February 2011 (8 years 2 months)

* Have a strategic overview and provide consultation on the future use of web technologies and social media

* Manage a team taking the lead for implementing site upgrades or additional functionality whilst providing support, guidance, mentoring and training

* Design and develop both internal and external web sites

* Use web tools such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Joomla, various Microsoft products and FTP/SSH clients

* Liaise with staff at all levels to discuss requirements

* Provide consultancy, development and technical support for the main external web site and partnership web sites

* Utilise web skills including HTML, XHTML, CSS, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, DHTML, XML, accessibility (W3C), SQL databases, IIS, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, LAMP and SharePoint

* Carry out research and provide corporate reports

* Carry out regular search engine optimisation tasks

* Ensure site is accessible and meets W3C guidelines

* Design sites with cross-browser compatibility in mind

* Provide monthly web visitor trend and statistic reports

Other roles include Web Services Manager and Webmaster

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry

November 1999 – October 2002 (3 years)

Software analysis, designing and developing products to meet clients requirements. Develop, market, maintain and update the corporate web site and produce visitor statistics for Sales and Marketing purposes. Use applications such as Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Analog, Report Magic, Quick DNS, Adobe Photoshop and Lotus Domino Designer. Utilise some of the latest web technologies such as, JavaScript, DHTML, data binding, ASP, XML, XSL, CSS and Macromedia Flash.

January 1997 – November 1999 (2 years 11 months)

Design, develop and manage the use of Internet technology for internal and external users, making use of skills such as HTML/JavaScript, VBScript, SQL, ADO and ASP
Plan a Corporate Internet Strategy for admin and academic systems and provide training and support for 1000+ users across multiple sites
Create templates for departments so they can maintain their own content internally, whilst maintaining corporate image