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I have been a web designer for approximately 6 years. This has been my main passion since I graduated in 2003 from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computing and Geography Joint Honours: Grade 2.1. My experience covers all types. I have worked as the sole Web Project Manager at medium sized companies, and I have also worked as a freelancer where I produced small to medium sized websites for local businesses. The websites that I create are always to the latest standards, and to a high level of detail. I always build websites which are easily maintainable for the customer and I also optimise the site so that Google can index it easily i.e. the websites are built with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) in mind. If required, I can also setup the website domain name and hosting through one of the main UK hosting companies. This can be discussed with the customer. My previous work experience, education / qualifications, techncial skills and web portfolio can be seen by viewing the information below. Work Experience: Fort Vale Engineering Ltd, Burnley, Lancashire, UK. May 2008 – April 2009. Job Title: Project Manager / Web Developer. Job Description: To manage, design and implement the company’s proposed web project and maintain the current website. Boxroom Studios, Rossendale, Lancashire, UK. November 2006 – May 2008. Job Title: Web Designer. Job Description: To design and maintain professional websites for clients of the company. Rossendale Web Design & Consultants Ltd, Rossendale, Lancashire, UK. April 2004 – November 2006. Job Title: Web Designer & IT Consultant. Job Description: To design and maintain professional websites for local businesses, and also to carry out any IT consultancy work in my local area. Manchester Geomatics Ltd, Manchester City Centre, UK. July 2003 - December 2003. Job Title: GIS and Web Developer. Job Description: As part of being involved in large GIS projects, I had to design and maintain professional web pages that displayed geographical data sets and other statistical information. Highest Level of Qualification / Education: Institution: University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST) and the University of Manchester. Qualification: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computing and Geography Joint Honours: Grade 2.1. Technical Skills: Programming with C. 6 months. HTML, XHTML & CSS. 3 years. PHP, MySQL and SQL. Basic skills used sporadically over 2 years. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). 3 months. Perl. 2 months. Java. 1 month. JavaScript. 3 months. Coldfusion. 3 months. Flash. 2 years. ActionScript. 2 months. Installation and maintenance of a LAMP web server and other software (especially the Apache Tomcat J2EE Server) on the zLinux platform, plus experience of SUSE Linux and command line interfaces such as Putty. 6 months. Website development, database management and graphical design for web pages using: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX / 8, Fireworks MX / 8, Flash MX / 8. 2 years Adobe Photoshop CS2, Flash CS2, Dreamweaver CS2, Illustrator CS2, Fireworks CS2, ImageReady CS2. 3 years Adobe CS3 Master Collection: Photoshop / Dreamweaver / Illustrator / Flash / Fireworks CS3. 2 years Adobe CS4 Master Collection. 5 months Project management skills. 1 year. Working in the Windows operating system environment: Windows 98 / M.E / 2000 / X.P Professional / Vista. 9 years. Working in the Linux operating system environment. Building Linux web servers. 6 months. Microsoft Office 2000 / XP / 2007 including Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint & FrontPage. 7 years. Other Windows-based programs e.g. security, multimedia, tweaking / performance, music, the internet, gaming, imaging and coding. 9 years. Idrisi. 3 months. Autodesk MapGuide. 3 months. Computer hardware knowledge. Building, maintaining & repairing computers. 6 years. I have 30 months commercial experience in I.T / Systems Administration which I picked up when I worked for myself at Rossendale Web Design & Consultants Ltd. The work involved building PC systems for clients to meet their requirements and also providing support when they had technical issues with their Windows-based systems (both software and hardware related issues). I also gained valuable client-facing skills during this period of my career. On top of this, I also have 8 years of personal experience in Systems Administration. This experience has been gained through a variety of situations, with the main one being the administration of my own PC systems. Alongside this, friends and family always turn to me if there is a problem with any aspect of their home computing, whether it is a problem with Windows software, third party software, or internal or peripheral hardware. I have 7 years personal experience in the building of new high-end personal computers from scratch (and also updating PC's). I always keep up-to-date with the technology involved in PC systems, whether this is new software or hardware releases. I actually enjoy doing this and it is a hobby outside of work hours. I like to build my own PC system if I decide that it is time for a new one. I have built both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Through the above situations I have picked up skills in: • The installation and configuration of the Microsoft Windows Operating System. • The installation and configuration of a large variety of third-party software for Microsoft Windows. • The installation and configuration of new hardware and their associated drivers. • Diagnosing and solving technical issues with the Microsoft Windows Operating System, third party software and peripheral hardware. • Analysing system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems. • Introducing and integrating new technologies into existing PC environments. • Performing backups. • Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes. • Adding, removing, or updating user account information, resetting passwords, etc. • Answering technical queries. • Being responsible for network and PC security: firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-malware. • Troubleshooting any reported problems. • System performance tuning, especially Windows XP and Vista. • Ensuring that broadband network infrastructures are up and running.