11+ years experience as Senior Creative Designer and Web Designer and Developer for Gamma, a FTSE 250 telecoms company.

Working as part of a technical operations team within a wider marketing team gave me the opportunity to undertake both technical and design roles. This position provided me with invaluable industry knowledge, real-world experiences and transferable skills.

Senior Creative Designer (2024-2025) and Web Designer and Developer (2014-2024)

Gamma Communications PLC

Technical Experience

Full stack developer (Front/Backend) working on enterprise level multilingual websites with high volume traffic in dev, staging and live multi-site environments. Taken part in multiple site overhauls in WordPress.org (PHP). Experienced in working as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and the expectations of C-Suite. Real-world JavaScript coding experience through interactive web applications. SEO optimisation and reporting through platforms such as Google Analytics. Data integrations with platforms such Hubspot, Pardot and Salesforce. WordPress site optimisation plugins such as Yoast, Gravity Forms and NitroPack. Coding management software GitHub, SourceTree and FileZilla. Project management through Atlassian Jira, Trello and Confluence packages. Trusted member of the team with full privileged access to backend operations and hosting.

Design Experience

Highly skilled in Adobe Creative Cloud to produce both physical and digital content. Experienced in using Intellectual Properties to design and produce customer facing content to support marketing’s high-profile campaigns, product launches and events. Corporate level digital and physical advertising with posts displayed on Linkedin, X and Facebook and printed ads in The Times newspaper and Commsdealer magazine. Physical and digital signage used multiple times at IMAX London and Vue venues at corporate flagship events. Video production experience through creating a tutorial series with voice over capture uploaded onto YouTube. Experience in designing, packaging and launching white label collateral for partners. Able to follow and understand technical specifications provided by third parties.

Multimedia Computing (BSc) First Class Hons (2010 – 2014)

The University of the West of England

Technical Experience

Degree course focused on computing principles, modern technologies and content creation. Modules included Web Development, Data Schemas and Applications and Web Games Programming. Course included Python, XML, MySQL and ActionScript 3.0 experience. Dissertation was technically focused with PHP coding, Data parsing and PHPMyAdmin Database management to create a live stock market application.

Design Experience

Degree included modules such as 3D Modelling and Animation, Moving Image Technology and Human-Computer Interaction that provided design principles to use across multitude disciplines. Software included Autodesk Maya 3D, Unity, Logic and Adobe Creative Cloud. UI and UX design was also introduced for a wide range of technologies.

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