A mature graduate with the rare trait combination of imagination and reliability. I am pragmatic, efficient, and hard-working, producing high quality work. Determined and systematic, I use my initiative to develop creative and effective solutions. I have a gift for generating ideas and seizing opportunities which others might not even notice. I enjoy the challenge of setting myself aims and targets and can be relied on to always have a backup plan.
Sheffield Hallam University
Computer Programming with C# .NET in Visual Studio. Systems Administration, Debian Linux, Apache, MySQL PHP installation. Database Design with MySQL.
Elected to Women’s Committee.
International Webmasters Association
Planning a project, choosing a team, scheduling, budgeting, monitoring, controlling cost, measuring and controlling project performance. 35 hours towards Project Management Institute certification.
International Webmasters Association
The industry-standard web project management process used by thousands of web professionals and promoted by Macromedia for design and redesign projects.
Open University
JavaScript and DHTML. Regular expressions, validation, DOM node manipulation, cookies, scalability & maintenance.
Open University
HTML, XHTML, CSS and good design practices to W3C standards. Usability & accessibility.
Oxford Brookes University
Double Dissertation: HRM Practices in IT and Web Design companies.
Law, Marketing, Accounting, Human Resource Management, French & German.
* Founded the leading website in a video gaming niche.
*Researching, data analysis and presentation, copy-writing and editing websites content, 600+ articles, to be suitable for reader’s tastes.
* Video creation using Sony Vegas. Managing Wordpress themes and plugins. Photoshop. CSS and PHP.
* Marketing using Facebook and Twitter (7000+ followers). Email Marketing using Aweber (2500+ subscribers). Camera-facing presentations to Twitch.tv (Twitch Affiliate Partner)
* Expanding company from start to employ and train two writers, one media liaison, two researchers and a part time live-streamer.
Continued personal development with Open University and International Webmasters Association.
Crisis management with disabled child.
Initiated the expansion of the company's direction to include website marketing and search engine promotion, generating additional revenue.
Development and maintenance of websites using contemporary software.
Customer-facing sales presentation. Organised stand displays at a business conference.
Technical lead, trainer, supervisor and advisor to technical team.
Project co-ordinator of 50+ websites for small businesses.
Beat targets for web site quality and quantity week after week.
Wrote press releases for website launches.
Pre-sales customer liaison and post-sales support.