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Key skills:

Ability to organise and prioritise work to meet tight deadlines
Interface design and development
Extremely interested in new and emerging technologies
Creative flair
Knowledge of usability and accessibility
Quick to learn new skills
Quality focused
Excellent communication skills
PC and Mac compatible

Programs: Flash, Flex, eclipse, SVN, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Premiere Pro, Microsoft Office Suite, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro

Languages: ActionScript 2 & 3, CSS, HTML, AMF PHP, SQL, PHP, XML, OOP, Flex components, MXML, AIR

Libraries and API’s: SWFAddress, PaperVision3D, Google Maps, YouTube, TweenLite, Ravis, FLARToolkit, FLARManager, Flickr, Twitter, AIR, JSON

Education:

Staffordshire University

Sept 2003 – June 2007 BA Interactive Multimedia (Hons) First Class

Core units:

Level 3; E-learning (1^st), Accessibility (1^st), Adv Graphics for the Web (1^st), Major Project (1^st)

Level 2; HCI (2.1), Immersive Scripting (1^st), 3D Computer Modeling (2.1), Xmedia Narrative (1^st)

Level 1; Developing Multimedia Applications (1^st), Essential Computer Applications (1^st), Graphical Communications (2.1)

Woodhouse College

A levels:
Business Studies AVCE B, C.
Design and Technology C.
Mathematics D.

The Compton School
9 GCSE’s Grades A-D

Employment:

Tequila\London Flash Developer

May 2008 – Present

Front-end Flash development – OOP using the MVC framework.
External data via XML, JSON and API’s.
Touch screen, desktop and web applications.
Large scale pan-European projects for Canon.
Worked with external libraries and API’s including PaperVision3D, Google Maps, YouTube, TweenLite and Ravis.
Researched and developed demos, presented new and emerging technologies to staff through the agency.
Extensive work with custom built video players for FLV, F4V, MP4, H.264.
Video editing and compression for production and internal usage.
Some projects operated under Agile methodology and incorporating Scrum

Glasseye Ltd. Lead Developer/ Designer

May 2008 – June 2008

Front-end Flash development – OOP using the MVC framework.
Designing websites and interactive CD ROM’s for charities.
Reported directly to the director and managed a junior designer.

Emak Mafu Ltd. Flash Developer

Sep 2007 – April 2008

Front-end Flash development – OOP using the MVC framework
External MySQL database accessed via AMFPHP services.
Development using the Eclipse environment with FDT 3 for ActionScript and SVN for team code collaboration and storage
Maintenance of all websites including SEO and analytics
Component creation in the form of reusable AS2 and AS3 code. Components included: image viewers, text display and Flash video player

Media-intelligence Freelance Flash Designer

May 2006 – Apr 2007

Prototype design using Flash for animation and interaction and Photoshop for the interface design

Radio Works Ltd. Web Designer / Graphic Designer

Dec 2005 – Sept 2006

Graphic and website design using Photoshop, Flash, HTML and CSS.
Design and production of Flash and animated GIF banner adverts.
Setup an internal survey system to track company performance.
Designed and developed a Flash game used in B2B promotion.
SEO and analytics of the companies’ website.

Matrica Ltd Web Designer

Aug 2005 – Dec 2005

Graphic and website design
Producing presentations and an interactive CD-ROM to promote a product

Oxfam Festival Stewarding Steward supervisor

Summer 2003 – Summer 2007

Managing a team of 14 stewards
Monitoring safety and crowd control around a stage
Liaising with head office, security teams and police via radio

Awards:

Nominated for a Europrix Top Talent Award 2007 in the category ‘Interactive Installations and Interactive TV’
Short listed for a BIMA Award 2007 in the student category.
Semi-finalist in the interactive and web design category of the 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards.
Second prize in the multimedia and web category of Gradex 07.

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