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London

Unicorn designer/developer heading up Design, branding and UI/UX with a small, talented, growing team.Additional tasks as senior/lead developer include front-end, back-end development (C# .NET, MVC, PHP, MySQL, js and jQuery, GCP, AWS etc), server and domain administration. Pushing boundaries of convention and technology each day in both design and development.

London, United Kingdom

I moved to Red Interactive after being given the opportunity to work at a smaller company heading Design and Development, this position also gave me the opportunity to develop my marketing skills and be involved with higher business strategy. My time here was filled with lots of experimental projects including mobile development, strategies for Lead harvesting, foraying into PPC and SEO.Employment Summary & Accomplishments• Responsible for branding and maintenance of many sub-entities and projects.• Producing fresh creative.• Assisting with marketing strategies.• Architecture and development of new frameworks and databases. • Aided in development of a bespoke mailing platform and developed multiple technologies.• Gained a deeper understanding of marketing strategy, advertisement, PPC, Lead Generation, Data brokering and E-Mail marketing.• Day-to-day technologies: C#.NET, SQL, MySQL, PHP, HTML4/5, CSS2/3, JavaScript, jQuery, Wordpress, IIS, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchbook Pro, IcoMoon, Xamarin SDK

Anywhere / Everywhere

As a Freelancer I take on a variety of digital design/multimedia design/web design/web development/flash development projects from large companies to individuals. I no longer take freelance design or development with active involvement. I do however still provide consultancy and advice.

London, United Kingdom

Working as a senior technical designer (digital designer/developer). Producing a variety of online and print ready media. Working predominantly with Adobe Creative Suite, Flash/Air (ActionScript 2.0/3.0) and Visual Studio. Also responsible for creative input on larger campaigns. Producing a variety of hypermedia, banners, mailers, animations, AIR apps, and maintaining multiple websites for some of the UK's top online casinos.• Visual and Technical lead for larger projects that required interactions from all areas of the business.• Brand development and maintenance.• Mentoring junior and mid-level members of design / technical design.• Designing and producing a variety of marketing materials for print/offline, LPs, banners, mailers, portals, websites.• Developing in-house tools and software.• Experimental projects including programmatic animations & effects, UI/UX solutions.• Day-to-day technologies: HTML4/5, CSS2/3, JavaScript, jQuery, C#.NET, Actionscript 2/3, PHP, SQL, MySQL, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, After Effects, Premier.

London, United Kingdom

Was senior/lead Flash Developer whilst employed by Absolutely Training. Oversaw and catalysed the overhaul of all legacy projects. Oversaw and catalysed the in-house building of a Flash Player platform to launch all of the company's premier tier products.Employment Summary• Technical lead for the Flash Production Team directing four other Flash Developers and Digital Designers.• Designed and developed a software platform which is now used as a for deployment of all the company’s courses.• Streamlined the existing production workflow with various initiatives, thereby reducing production times.• Worked with clients including Barclays, BMW, VWFS, Lloyds, Ladbrokes, Bank of Scotland, and Michelin.• Day-to-day technologies: HTML, CSS, Actionscript 1.0/2.0, Javascript, SCORM, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator

London, United Kingdom