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WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2005 - Taglab (www.taglab.com), Richmond, UK.

Creative Web Developer - conceptualising, designing (Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator), and front-end developing with standards and accessibility (WAI) compliant XHMTL, CSS.

June - August 05 - alexlee Professional Music Management, UK.

Digital Distribution Manager for digitising music, creating metadata, liaising with and delivering to clients.

Freelance work in 2005

Freelance graphic and web design for The Colour Box Montessori Nursery School, ABMETech Medical & Laser Systems, and others. Freelance photography for Mick Doyle, Scarlet's Pocket (Paul Castle, producer), and CAFOD (www.cafod.org.uk).

Dec.04 - Feb 05 Demon Music Group, London.

I worked freelance for DMG updating the website using content management systems, as well as digitising CD artwork and individual CD tracks.

May - Nov. 2004

I spent time travelling in Eastern and Northern Europe, and once back in London I carried out translating work, whilst settling back in.

Oct.03 - April 04 Eye for I Model Management, Milan, Italy.

Over the course of 8 months, I was able to acquire numerous skills thanks to the responsibilities I was assigned within the agency, from doing the graphic design for the agency's online and print marketing merchandise, to managing and updating virtual portfolios, and liasing with clients.

March - Sept. 2002 Editorial Associates and Scottish Asylum Seekers Consortium, London and Glasgow, UK.

With 3 colleagues, we created an interactive documentary on Sighthill, a Glasgow suburb notorious for social unrest. I was responsible for the graphic design (of the main product and its website), as well as collaborating on the photography, interviews, and the creation of the final interactive product.

March - August 2001 Net Consumers, London, UK.

I designed and created new pages for the organisation's website, which were temporarily incorporated into the full online version at www.net-consumers.org.

June - September 2001 I experienced a range of typical summer jobs such as apple packing, salad chopping, hotel housekeeping, sandwich making, table waiting, bartending in the UK.

1998 - 2000 Various jobs as webmaster and graphic designer and translations (Italian/English/French) in Italy.

April - June 1999 The Rutland Group, London, UK.

I worked part-time as a personal assistant, mostly carrying out data-entry tasks.

Summer '96 and '97 Summer work as assistant to the secretarial staff at the American School of Milan.

EDUCATION

2002 - 2003 Professional Photographic Practice (Pass).

London College of Communication (formerly known as the London College of Printing), University of the Arts London (formerly known as the London Institute).
A one-year course which explores the different styles of fashion, portraiture, commercial and reportage photography, as well as giving an insight into the business aspects of the industry.

2001 - 2002 MA in Interactive Multimedia (Pass).

London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
Explored different narrative styles and how to make them interactive, learned how to use diverse multimedia applications, and mastered various techniques such as sound and film editing.

1998-2001 BA (Hons) in Business Computing and Drama & Theatre Studies (2.1).

University of Surrey Roehampton.
Experience in: systems analysis and design, C++, SQL, HTML, graphic design, multimedia tools, principles of management, project management, database development, and networking principles.

1994-1998 International Baccalaureate (Bilingual Diploma, 35 points)

American School of Milan, Italy.
Italian (5), English (6), History (5), Art (5), Extended Essay (B), Environmental Science (6), Mathematical Studies (6).

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

IT Skills

Microsoft Office, Access, and Project; Adobe Photoshop 7.0, and Premiere 6.0, Macromedia Director 8.0, Dreamweaver MX, and Flash MX. Proficient in HTML/XHTML, CSS. Some experience in Java, JavaScript, and Unix systems.

Certifications

American Red Cross First Aid and Safety, PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water Scuba Diving.

Other

High School Student Representative, Vice-President of the Student Government. Member of the Orchestra. Member of the National Honour Society. Varsity Basketball and Volleyball teams for 4 years, Most Service to the School, Best Student Participant, Director's Awards.

Interests

Theatre, film, photojournalistic and portrait photography, surfing, travelling, current events, collecting old and elaborate tin boxes, green/environment issues.

Travels

I've lived in four countries, travelled extensively through Eastern and Western Europe, North Africa, North America, and Hong Kong.