Profile:
Highly creative Web designer with over 8 years experience
developing brand and corporate identities, Web sites ranging from short
brochures to a fully blown eCommerce solution featuring 2000+ products to a custom built search engine/directory constructed in fully standards compliant CSS/XHTML,
advertisements, HTML e-mails, reports and newsletters. A previous manager
noted, “Given the choice I wouldn’t work with any other designer.”
High level marketing skills that have resulted in improved
customer satisfaction, user retention, increased revenues and for one
company increased membership by 500%.
Skilled in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Viral Marketing.
Effective in meetings with clients, service providers, colleagues and members at all levels. Consistently meets deadlines while multi-tasking. Ability to adapt and learn quickly.
Skills:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe ImageReady
- Dreamweaver MX
- X/HTML
- CSS
- WsFTP
- Windows 2000
- Flash MX
- Microsoft Word
- SEO
- GRSeo
- GRKda
- DynaTracker
- IIS
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- JavaScript (beginner)
- PHP (beginner)
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- WorldCast
- Windows XP Pro
Experience:
Designed, built and maintained company Web sites, created brand and identity, grew business organically, invented and launched new on-line products creating increased brand loyalty and introducing viral marketing, interfaced at all levels with directors, service providers, clients and members.
- Designed and built 4 Freemoney
Web sites each enhancing the users experience and therefore improving
conversion from visitor to member. [1,
3,
4]
- Invented and designed ‘Blag-it’
competition improving interactivity for members and providing a form
of ‘viral marketing’.
- Created 28 banner
ads and placed them with an affiliate scheme contributing to an
increase in membership from 15,000 in 2001 to 90,000 in 2003.
- Dealt with inquiries from 90,000+ members in
a swift and courteous manner ensuring good member retention and satisfaction.25+
HTML e-mail designs
and subsequent management of direct marketing campaigns e.g. tracking
how many e-mails were read, how many resulted in clicks and how many
of those clicks resulted in successful actions i.e. sales/registrations.
- Organization of various Market Research campaigns
and compiling of data collected to a format usable by Market Research
analysts.
- Optimizing landing pages to boost Freemoney’s
placement within Google, Yahoo, MSN and AltaVista search engines taking
Freemoney from obscurity to 6th place out of 6.5million results for
2 key phrases.
- Conceptualized and designed VPanels
Web site providing a more professional business front to rent/sell
Freemoney data for Market Research purposes.
- Designed business stationery and pamphlets for Freemoney and VPanels.
Created company in 1997 to provide a business face for freelance design projects, designed and built Web site to promote services.
- UKGuest (2005) – Took a brief spec and wrote an in-depth one, designed every aspect from start to finish, in fully standards compliant XHTML/CSS (tableless layout). Project managed back-end programming and personally added a great deal of extra functionality using PHP. Optimized site for SEO.
- Contemplate.us (2004) – A personal site built in XHTML/CSS with a PHP/MySQL back-end.
- TBGO (2003)
– Conceptualized, designed and built eCommerce Web site bringing
over 2,000 of the client’s products online. Also designed 2 logos,
4 banners and 5 HTML e-mails along with tracking of e-mail success and
affiliate scheme integration.
- NetMegastore (1997)
– Designed logo for use both on the Web and in printed materials.
- Software
Cellar (1999) – Designed and built Web site.
- WorkFinder (2000)
– Designed Flash front page.
- Pet
Club (2000) – Designed and built Web site.
- 21st Century Garden (1998) – Designed and built
Web site.
- The
English Teddy Bear Company (1998) – Designed animated logo.
- Freemoney
Ltd (2000) – Illustration of safe that led to full-time employment
for over 3 years.
- Andrew
James Sales (2002) – Designed and built Web site in Flash.
- Free Contest (2003) – Conceptualized, designed and built Web site.
Education:
Though fully self-taught in the art of Web design the following certifications have been achieved through BrainBench. You can view the full transcript by going to http://www.brainbench.com and entering Transcript ID#: 3595469.
- Job Role – Web Designer – BCIP
- Dreamweaver MX (Master User)
- Web Design Concepts
- Adobe Photoshop 7
- HTML 4.0
- Macromedia Flash 5
- Web Design for Accessibility
- Information Technology Terminology
- Computer Industry Knowledge
- MS Word 2000 Fundamentals
- Spelling (U.S.)
- Written English
- English Vocabulary
- Typing Speed and Accuracy
- Computer Fundamentals (Master)
- Listening Skills (Master)
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