Ian Harkess Email & Phone Number

Andover, Gb

Wokingham

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Maintenance of current ResMed platform using Adobe CQ5, including travelling around Europe training other teams to use the platform. Management of the DAM (CQ5 document management system) across preview/live web environmentsRedesign of various ResMed satellite sites and brands, promoting healthy sleep, including design of logo, colourways, branding and all aspects of on and offline branding and promotion.Management of a lead generation project across all EU/APAC regions on the ResMed.com platform.Played a major role in the ResMed Digital Strategy initiative including research and workshops to modernise ResMed’s online presence globally. Designing and building HTML emails for Campaign Monitor to send out marketing emails worldwide.Extensive global travel to collaborate with other ResMed team in the US, Australia and across the EU on various web projects.Design, development and maintenance of a website to encourage customers to attend ResMed’s highest profile congress. Ongoing updates through the exhibition, regular traffic reports and social media updates. Integral in the setup of ResMed’s first online UK shop with a third party, designing the shop and helping to implement all graphics, buttons, product images across the site.Offline recruitment ad design for ResMed careers published in medical journals.

London

Responsible for maintenance of ad specification websites across all European markets.A range of consistent online and offline Sales and Marketing material including case studies, one-sheeters, companywide email signatures, Christmas cards, invitations, menus and handouts for special events.The preparation and production of all training collateral for UK and EU based training programs including setup and creation of all animated onscreen presentations, handouts, posters and other materials.The formulation, management and mass emailing of regular Sales Updates to inform all EU Sales teams of new product features, additions and software/UI updates.Design and production of office-based flowcharts and process diagrams to assist the UK Sales Teams.Formatting and repurposing of creatives in flash and .gif format to improve the performance of the BlueLithium behavioural targeted suite of ad products.Design, creation, maintenance and development of full sets of Rich Media creatives for advertisers, working with the EU traffic team to optimisation creatives throughout the lifecycle of the project.A wide range of presentation material to demonstrate our ad solutions to both advertisers and agencies. Management of bespoke pitches to large advertisers and ad agencies (i.e. O2, Vodafone, Abbey etc.) including all interactive presentations, collateral and handouts.Assisted in the design and development cycle of the BlueLithium global web property, and maintained all aspects of the UK and EU site. The design and management of all on and offline templates across the UK office, and implementation of design guidelines across all collateral and presentations.The collation, design and dispatch of a periodical BlueLithium Newsletter to ad agencies and advertisersManagement of a range of branded merchandising, including the design and production of all artwork.

London, United Kingdom

Design and development of projects across multiple platforms including TV, web, direct mail & press.Creative lead, responsible for the project management, design, build, implementation and maintenance of all DTV advertising on UK Interactive Digital Cable TV in the UK (6m+ viewers).Worked with numerous high profile clients, such as Disney, Nickelodeon, TCM/Turner Kids, Hewlett Packard, Dial4aLoan, Sainsbury’s, Bluesquare, LivingTV and Sky Sports.Offline production of magazine advertising, exhibition material and stands, marketing material.Design and production of pitches/online demos to companies such as Boots, Ikea, Fox and Warner Bros.Designed, built and project managed the full web presence for the Spanish Tourist Office. Implemented an effective Creative Resource request process allowing full transparency across all departments ensuring successful management and timely delivery of all projects against deadlines.

London, United Kingdom

Origination of an accessibility checklist and set of design guidelines for use by developers for a standardised UI which adhered to pre-defined rules, colours and pixel perfect dimensions. This increased efficiency and reduced the time involved in the production of new/amended functionality.Creation of websites/static UIs using CSSP (for both layout and presentation) and Dreamweaver Templates/Libraries adhering to current website accessibility guidelines.Worked with the requirements and architecture teams on the analysis of database driven data access applications, focusing mainly on the user experience and usability issues.Origination of designed artwork for all offline marketing including mouse mats, invitations, flyers, posters, exhibition/seminar material and stands, brochures, handouts, CD inserts and reports.Creation of Flash based CD ROMs which acted as interactive support documentation.Responsible for maintenance/amendment of client microsites hosted on Asite servers.Branding design of Asite applications for clients such as McDonalds, Laing O’Rourke and BAA.

Andover, United Kingdom

Web Designer/Developer and Project Manager -Development and management of numerous web design and development projects for a wide range of corporate clients – from initial client meeting discussions to go-live. Specific project management experience includes development of web sites for a range of businesses, national recruitment agencies, schools, colleges, B2Bs, etc.Design and implementation of various off-line promotional campaigns including exhibition stand materials, creation of magazine advertisements, flyers, corporate brochures, posters, etc.

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