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Personal profile

  • Nationality: British
  • Date of Birth: 01.02.81
  • Place of Birth: Staffordshire
  • Full UK Driving Licence

Summary of qualifications

  • Date: 2006 - 2007
    Staffordshire University
    Masters Interactive Multimedia
  • Date: 2005 - 2006
    Staffordshire University
    Post Graduate Certificate in E-learning Design

  • Date: 1999 - 2003
    Staffordshire University
    1st Class B.A. Hons Interactive Multimedia

  • Date: 1997 - 1999
    Blythe Bridge High School 6th Form
    A-level Design and Technology (A)
    A-level Geography (A)
    A-level English (D)

Professional experience

Date: May 2001 - June 2002
Company: Realtime IT Solutions.
Position: Graphic Designer & Web Developer.
Working with technical developers and management personnel, I obtained a high level of both business and design experience including; working to strict deadlines, developing a range of innovative design products, creating project proposals, design schedules, development costing and leading many formal, client consultations.

Date: Sept 2003 - March 2005
Company: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Position: Museums Schools ICT Officer.
Working to increase and extend the content of the museum's schools website, making connections with the curriculum and the collections. This process involved working closely with teachers and children (5-11 years) to develop informative and engaging interactive productions. Achievements within role include more than trebling the number of unique visits to the Schools Liaison web site, along with designing and implementing a gallery kiosk featuring interactive, educational activities.

Date: April 2004 - December 2006
Company: Highflyers Publishing Ltd.
Position: Multimedia Designer.
Working with a small team of careers advice publishers, my key role was to design and develop professional multimedia applications for children and students aged between 7 and 18 years, including those with special needs. The resulting pieces of software have the generic aim to inform young people about the variety of career opportunities available to them including what particular jobs involve, and the methods in which to get them.

Training & development

Data Protection Act - Birmingham City Council, Alpha Tower, Birmingham. 21/01/04.

Project Management Essentials - Birmingham City Council, John Rattlidge Associates Ltd, Birmingham University. 25/03/04.

Evaluating E-learning Innovations - Oxford Brooks University, Birmingham University. 9/07/04.

Flash MX 2004: Application Development for Programmers (FPAD) - Symbiosis (accredited Macromedia trainers), Leamington Spa. 09/09/04.

Creativity Learning and New Media - Becta, Orange Studio, Birmingham. 04/11/04.

Website Accessibility Training - Becta, Orange Studio, Birmingham. 26/11/04

Developing Creative Content for New Media - BBC, BBC Training Centre, London. 9/12/04.

References

Jacky Hartley
Highflyers Publishing
9 Riverway
Stafford
Staffordshire
Tel: 01785 257744

Dr. Melissa Price - University Lecturer
Staffordshire University
College Road
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
Tel: 01782 294000