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GNVQ Advanced Art & Design - Desktop Publishing

1995 - 1999

Harrogate College, Harrogate, HG2 8QT

2 Year Advanced GNVQ Course. Evening course in Desktop Publishing.

Primary / Secondary School

1986 - 1995

St. James School, Grimsby, DN34 4SY

GCSEs: Art & Design: B+ Mathematics: C English: C Combined Science: D History: D German: E - The John Butt Art Prize - 25th October 1990

Sales Support Executive

Jan 2018 - Current

Clad Safety Limited, Knaresborough, HG5 8PJ.

• Client Onboarding & Account Management.
  Involving setting up of client accounts along with embroidery / heat seal branding / online ordering portals. Setting up of quotes / orders for new and existing accounts.
• Sales / Technical Support.
  Supporting the team as required with account enquiries, computer/internal software support and everyday tasks.
• Logo Stock Management
  Tracking of logo stock and dealing with suppliers for proofs, quotes and orders.

Web Development and Marketing Manager

2009 - Aug 2017

Kastronix Limited, Harrogate/Knaresborough

• Designed, developed, maintained and marketed various internal websites promoting a range of industrial, promotional and retail products both online and offline.
• Produced designs for OEM product packaging, labels and specification sheets.
• Designed and managed marketing for events and printed/digital magazines.
• Implemented Sage Connect to post and receive data and design reports.
• Onsite IT dealing with computer infrastructure, internal and hosted servers.

Website Developer

2008 - 2009

OTB (Outside the Box) Limited, Website Developer, Leeds

• Worked on medium to large websites using Dreamweaver and Photoshop.
• Created, sent and tracked email marketing campaigns.
• Learnt about and created an ASP.NET dynamic websites.
• Optimised websites using SEO techniques and used tools such as Google Analytics, AdWords, Conversion Tracking and Webmaster Tools.

Website Designer / Developer

2001 - 2009

Self Employed Freelancer, Harrogate

• Worked for Zagota (UK) Limited and OTB (Outside the Box) Limited.
• Furthered my knowledge of ASP, e-commerce content managed sites and payment gateways.
• Dealt with clients from meeting to project design, development and management.
• Learnt about XHTML 1.0 Compliancy and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

Website Designer / Developer

2000 - 2001

Media Publishing Limited, Harrogate

• Created a varied range of websites for small to medium sized local companies.
• Used Quark to create and publish ‘The Leisure Guide’ for the Harrogate District. A 30+ page booklet detailing local information, maps and business adverts.

Website Designer

1999 - 2000

Macrographics Limited, Harrogate

• Created websites using Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash v4 and Drumbeat.
• Experience with Tajima embroidery machines and digitising software.

Typesetter/Off-Set Litho Printer

2000 - 2001

The Printers Limited, Harrogate

• Trained to use a single colour Off-Set Litho printing machine.
• Designed, proofed and prepared for print artwork using Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Managed printing shop and dealing with customers requests.