Alexander Wigmore Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, United Kingdom

guwii—my personal studio account; under which I provide services including web development & design, branding and IT.With my broad skillset I'm able to provide an agile approach to businesses digital needs.

Worldwide

Travelling the world as a digital nomad blogging/vlogging our adventures with my girlfriend under the name of "nomadAls".

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Director of MOBO media, overseeing all client projects, client acquisition, team management and workflow processes. Including overseeing the agile/SCRUM software development stages.Also getting my hands dirty in all web design and dev projects, as a full stack web dev.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

As the Head of IT, I am responsible for all for all systems and staff relating to (as well as having direct involvement): IT / Web Development (PHP/SASS/jQuery), VOIP Cisco Phones and System Networking of the following companies (Both direct involvement and project management):Transport Broker Group [Transportbrokergroup.co.uk][Limo Broker, Cars for Stars, Coach Broker, Regency, Jetz, Helicopter Hire],High Gear Insurance Ltd [http://highgear.co.uk],E Clean [http://eclean.co.uk],uShop.co.uk [http://ushop.co.uk],Golden Boy Records [http://goldenboyrecords.co.uk/],Cardeva [Cardeva.co.uk]Previously:Spice 2 Go [http://spice2go.com]My Head of IT Role: Management of IT/Network, Web Development/Design, Communications and Web departments.Web orientated focus, with high regard to SEO and user satisfaction [UX].Key Tasks/Roles:Managing and overseeing of large scale IT projects.Managing teams of over 5 staff, with design led web projects, emphasis on quality and scalability. Producing products and services with high usability and scope, with optimum ROI vs quality indexing.Key Facts of my Role:- Oversaw and coded a full structural rewrite of the TBG back office system, switching to fully native and in house coding, integration of key APIs and version control (git) across the board, as well as establishing from scratch a new CI (Continuous integration) and peer-code review system.- Setup and oversaw the UK's first online limo booking aggregator / online payment system.- Management and development of over 25 key websites, including over 700 micro websites.- Upkeep, maintenance and introduction of new IT systems for over 100 staff, including VOIP / Cisco Based hardware phone system. Also providing remote maintenance and support to Spice 2 Go takeaway stores IT infrastructure.- Creation and management of all bespoke in house systems, using PHP/MySQL/AJAX as key technologies, with ongoing input and implementations from all management and board staff.

Front End web development, multi site deployment, with an array of content management systems, large SEO focus and ROI through design elements and user experience.

Targeted with role progression for in store sales staff, improving key technical knowledge and sales techniques inline with the companies rebranding and customer focused thinking.Weekly one to one's with sales staff to monitor performance and KPI's.As part of my role at PC World (DSGi) I designed and planned a whole new store layout to increase the customer journey, this involved travelling to several other stores within the group across the UK to study benefits of different layouts. Implementation of the new layout effectively improved sales and customer satisfaction.Key areas of responsibility for layout and consistency included: Laptops, printers and digital cameras/processing.Reporting directly to store General Manager with all duties.

Negotiating client IT contracts, including advice, project scoping and IT requirements for local businesses. Scoped items include network hardware, PC's, Laptops, networking infrastructure and software.

Wedding, portrait and event photography and digital editing. Full top-down business ownership and day-to-day running; from client acquisition, marketing and sales, to bookkeeping and admin.

Penarth, Cardiff

As a part time job during my A - Level studies this job was highly motivational, offering a high variety of tasks.My key responsibilities included time keeping, preparation and maintaining of standards for all food and drink areas. As well as customer satisfaction, a keen consideration for art and culture was key for the gallery and showcase side of the business.Within this part time role I also used my initiative to get involved with the Penarth Pier Project that was established. Raising over £4m through donations and grants it completely refurbished and re-vitalised the Penarth Pavilion, so that, once again it was a key monument and place of social interaction for the town of Penarth.

A Levels, A-Levels

Activities and Societies: Information Technology, History, Media-Studies

Information Technology

Activities and Societies: IT, Communications, Business, Design, History, Media Studies