Beth Sutherland Email & Phone Number

Glasgow, Gb

Full-time teaching of Higher Photography and Art & Design at Higher / N5 and BGE levels at Carluke High School where I originally started as an NQT. Lead Teacher and course coordinator of S5/6 Leadership award including internal verification and quality assurance. Digital skills curriculum development and delivery to BGE pupils. Member of the school's Digital Learning working group (previously Digital Literacy) since 2018. Training and mentoring staff and pupils as a South Lanarkshire Council Google Trainer and Adobe Creative Educator. SQA H Photography and N5 Art & Design marking / moderation. Combining digital skills and digital pedagogy as interdisciplinary learning within creative subjects. Promoting best practices within the school concerning digital skills, collaboration and flipped classroom learning environments and experiences. Working with subject specialist teachers, pupil support teachers and depute head teachers. Reporting to the faculty head of Expressive Arts.

Term-time Saturdays working with ages 8 to 14 on new media projects including film, animation, stop motion and photography. Wonderful job and amazing kids - I needed my Saturdays back again with my own children.

Part-time, self-employed producing marketing, design and branding outcomes for clients working freelance and self-employed. I dyed fabric and yarn too and made stuff. I designed logos, etc. I learnt a lot about myself, my children and my priorities.

Extension of previous role moving further into marketing and managing design and QA services. Working remotely with international offices and clients, departments and staff. Ensuring brand guidelines adhered to on all communications and documentation. Designing marketing collateral and signage for corporate events. Managing design and localisation services for customers, including DTP in multiple languages / formats.

QA services design and management which developed from my previous account management roles. Quality assurance project and service management of teams and projects for digital media development, reporting to the company director. Managing design and localisation for customers. Working with internal departments in sales, operations, training and recruitment. Developing client-facing services and having responsibility for client liaison and management between external stakeholders and internal production of quality assurance account test teams. Emphasis on client communication and management within service development, production and quality assurance workflow. - Rebranding for company migration from Absolute Quality to e4e, including implementing design and brand guidelines, producing website and service design, terms of service, copywriting and documentation. - Working with internal departments such as sales, operations, training and recruitment to ensure availability of resources and documentation. - Developing client-facing services and collateral, while designing and procuring printed and online advertising. - Emphasis on client communication and management in context of service development, production and QA workflow.

Glasgow

Working on a consultation basis while studying a PgDip in Digital Media Design.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Account management and management of the outsourced certification and quality assurance testing. Planning and managing teams of staff and testers, producing and managing bug reports and game certification to internal and external contacts, tracking regressions and testing processes to ensure certification. Working with over 30 x 3rd party developers and publishers, while managing multiple testers and lead tester teams. Developing client-facing test agreements as well as internal documentation and testing procedures. Managing team members and lead testers, while also working with 1st and 3rd-party producers and developers. Providing support in business development and client management to the QA Manager and Company Director. Liaising with clients, sales and internal operations as well as developing customised QA solutions and procedures for clients.

Account management and management of the outsourced certification and quality assurance testing. Planning and managing teams of staff and testers, producing and managing bug reports and game certification to internal and external contacts, tracking regressions and testing processes to ensure certification. Working with over 30 x 3rd party developers and publishers, while managing multiple testers and lead tester teams. Originally working as a lead tester this role developed into account management and management of the outsourced certification and quality assurance for the orange mobile network. Planning and managing teams of staff and testers, producing and managing bug reports and game certification to internal and external contacts, tracking regressions and testing processes to ensure certification. Working with over 30x 3rd party developers and publishers, while managing multiple tester and lead tester teams.

Providing functionality testing on console, handheld and mobile platforms. Checking game features according to customer and industry or platform requirements.

Digital design and development including web design, HTML, CSS, PHP coding, and database integration, alongside graphic design using Adobe applications. I have stayed up to date on software as a level 2 Adobe Educator proficient in the use of Creative Cloud applications on desktop PC, iPad and mobile platforms.

Pgde, Art And Design

Secondary Art & Design Teacher PGDE Student placement year 16/17 Probation / NQT @SLC 17/18

Pgdip, Digital Media Design

Project Planning & Management, Visual Presence, Service Sector Processes, Digital Media Technology & Development, Digital Media &.

Ba Hons In Design - 2.1, Visual Communication Specialising In Graphic Design