Creative Web Developer - conceptualising, designing (Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator), and front-end developing with standards and accessibility (WAI) compliant XHMTL, CSS.
Digital Distribution Manager for digitising music, creating metadata, liaising with and delivering to clients.
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).
I worked freelance for DMG updating the website using content management systems, as well as digitising CD artwork and individual CD tracks.
I spent time travelling in Eastern and Northern Europe, and once back in London I carried out translating work, whilst settling back in.
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.
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.
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.
I worked part-time as a personal assistant, mostly carrying out data-entry tasks.
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.
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.
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.
American School of Milan, Italy.
Italian (5), English (6), History (5), Art (5), Extended Essay (B), Environmental Science (6), Mathematical Studies (6).