An enthusiastic and skilled creative director, with over 18 years experience building brands and working in the design industry.A traditional creative at heart, I do not start the design process without a pencil: from initial scamp to fully finished production, I lead the design process and empower my teams to work effectively and creatively.As Callsign's Head of Brand & Creative I am responsible for creating demand and inspiring loyalty to the Callsign brand. I'm the guardian, ambassador and creative director for the Callsign company image, aiming to position Callsign as a distinct competitor in the cybersecurity space.If I am not coming up with award-winning creative, then I am usually found hand coding websites or taking part in creative pitches and meetings.Concept Design• Extensive knowledge of Sketch, Photoshop and Illustrator for visual design, mood boards, mock-ups and concept creation.• Multiple channel experience: TV, Radio, Print, Digital and iPad/iPhone apps.• Indesign & Quark Xpress for brochures/magazines and other printed layouts.• After Effects, Premier, LightroomUser Experience• Requirement gathering; turning project specifications and briefs into detailed wireframes and sitemaps• User journeys and paper prototyping• Detailed focus on maintaining a high-level of usability and accessibilityFront-End Development• 100%-valid, semantic HTML5 markup to the highest W3C standards.• Expert in CSS2.1 and CSS3 and SCSS for table-free, semantic code working in all web browsers.• Clean, hand-typed code using Atom, Coda.• Practical JavaScript implementation.• Responsive website coding.• GULP, Bower, Codekit, GIT, Bitbucket, GitLab, AWS• Wordpress, GRAV, Magento, HEXO, Flat File CmsOther Skills and Experiences•Content Management Systems Wordpress, WooCommerce.•Search Engine Optimisation techniques, Link Building, Pay Per Click, Keyword Optimisation, On Site Optimization, Google Analytics and Web Master Tools.