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January 2010 - present
Director of Design and Development to Derby's "Secret Millionaire" Kavita Oberoi
& Webmaster to an associated group of companies and charities
Responsible for overhauling of the group's websites to include inbuilt Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), multimedia and social media. Tasked with creating and implementing solutions.
- Introduced full spectrum SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) to group's websites using"white hat" techniques to ensure results are sustainable.
- Improved cross-platform compatibility and speed of page loading, of group's websites.
- All websites were raised in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). For example: octaviangr.com was raised from beyond page 50 to pages 1 to 3, for their sector's main keywords.
- Visitor numbers increased to between 4 and 10+ times their previous figures. For example: oberoi-consulting.com, in the niche market of clinical audits, has gone up from 4 or less visitors per day, before restructuring, to over 30.
PHP/SQL
- NHS database
- Business applications, for healthcare sector and pharmaceutical industry
- Secure online document storage system, for in-house use
- Secure online document storage system, for in-house use
Drupal
Design and development of business applications, and online tools, for the healthcare sector and pharmaceutical companies.
2005 - 2009
Freelance (Sole Trader)
2005 - 2006
Community Developer CryTek/UbiSoft ("FarCry") and CryTek/EA ("Crysis")
2000 - 2005
"Vivid Gaming", part of the BarCrest Group owned by IGT
SKILLS:
- Graphic design
- CGI (computer generated images)
- 3D modelling and animation
- Web-based graphics and interactive animation
- Website design, creation, development and marketing (full spectrum SEO)
- Illustration (technical and cartoon)
- Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
SOFTWARE:
- PHP
- SQL
- PhotoShop
- DreamWeaver
- 3DStudioMax
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Flash
- Microsoft Office
- Quark Xpress
- various audio-visual editors and media compression applications.
EDUCATION:
Brighton College
- 2 A Levels: Maths and Physics
- 1 AO Level: Maths
- 12 O Levels
Derby University
- HND and BTEC Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- HND and BTEC Electrical and Electronic Engineering
EXPERIENCE:
2009 Present: Web Developer / Graphic Artist
Oberoi Consulting, Derby Conference Rooms, Oberoi Grand Interiors and Octavian
Operating as a one-man design studio (and occasional IT department) for a group of companies has given me an opportunity to expand my repertoire and gain a broader view of the different businesses and my role therein.
For example Having identified a problem with the method of production of tenders, reports and proposals, I initiated a project to identify how to reduce the approx 15% of time taken to format and brand documentation (as estimated by the Commercial Director of Octavian, Tony Mellors email: t.mellors@octaviangr.com)
Corporate Graphics
Responsible for design, construction, maintenance and ongoing development of the group of companies' websites.
Tasked with optimising the group's websites, generating higher ranking and more site traffic; utilising full spectrum Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) techniques, e-marketing strategies and a more robust online presence.
Design and production of branded multi-media material, for publicity and frontline marketing.
Editing of TV programmes and creation of original promotional videos for exhibitions, presentations and motivational speeches, usually projected onto a screen or played on large monitors.
Design and control of corporate social media sites, and offer advise on their strategic use.
Creation of web-optimised, interactive (ActionScripted) Flash animations.
Responsible for the enabling the branding of company computers, laptops, phones and BlackBerrys with logos, corporate insignia, colour schemes, icons and animated screensavers / wallpaper.
Other
Introduced a few techniques to speed up non-graphics-related, office based activities; such as the production of editable reports / contracts from scans, by using the previously neglected OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software built into Windows Office.
Having identified a flaw in a projected business venture, have offered technical advise on how to overcome the expected problems.
"Unique Selling Point" While working for Vivid Gaming, a subsidiary of IGT (International Gaming Technology), under Federal "Due Dilligence" and to conform with Nevada State law, I was background-checked and found to not be a member of the Mafia.
Outside of Work
Currently involved in an ongoing project, through "iT4Communities"; a charitable community of IT specialists who provide skills and knowledge "pro bono publico".
My current task is to assist in the game design and then create an interactive "emotion recognition" game for 7 to 10 year old children, which includes animating 3D versions of the hospital's mascot characters.
Previously:
- Transported large amounts of cash around the countryside in armoured vans.
- Guarded concrete blocks from casual thieves and government facilities from spies.
- Have been a face-painter of children and caricaturist of nightclubbers.
- Illustrator and graphic designer for government agencies, local and national.
- Made 2 TV appearances and been nationally published as a cartoonist.
Additional Information:
- Bilingual; went to school in Belgium, so was taught in Dutch/Flemish.
- Lived in various countries; mainly Saudi Arabia, Germany, Holland and Belgium.
- I learn whatever's needed in any given circumstance, hence a rather eclectic knowledge base garnered from prior experience.