April 2009 – Present
Spitfire Creative
Producer & Front-end developer (Auckland, New Zealand)
Since joining Spitfire in April 2009 as a contract front-end developer, I quickly moved into a senior position as Producer / Studio Manager.
I am responsible for managing all projects from concept to deployment. On a daily basis I scope projects, liaise with clients and co-ordinate all studio staff – consisting of developers, web and print designers. I also manage Spitfire's hosting services, email marketing system, development servers and other systems.
- Producer
- Front-end developer
- Studio manager
2001 – Present
Freelance
Website developer
As a freelancer under the business name 'Stomp Box', I provide my clients with website development, email marketing, hosting and consultation services.
Freelance work has given me great experience with project planning and management, project development, consultation, proposals, documentation and client support.
Freelance clients, past and present include:
- Saatchi & Saatchi – (Auckland, NZ)
- Color Factory – (Auckland, NZ)
- Company 1 – (Sydney, Australia)
- Emery Legal – (Auckland, NZ)
- Lucid Metal Architectural Illustration – (Sydney, Australia and Dubai, UAE)
- NSW Department of Commerce – (Sydney, Australia)
- NSW Department of Education, TAFE NSW – (Sydney, Australia)
- Geoff Ambler – Photographer (Sydney, Australia)
- 2C Management – (Sydney, Australia)
- On The Mark Design – (Sydney, Australia)
- Derek Henderson – Photographer (Sydney, Australia)
- CMS Marketing – (Sydney, Australia)
2001 – 2007
NSW Department of Education and Training
Website producer / designer
Corporate Communications Directorate (Sydney, Australia)
Working primarily in the TAFE NSW marketing team I was responsible for on going management of several internet and intranet sites; in addition to planning, design and development of new websites, email campaigns, mini-sites, Flash interactive applications and Flash banners, content management, ad campaign creative and production, SEO, code optimisation, video editing and web publishing. Also occasionally included some desktop publishing, graphic design, training and technical consultation.
DET NSW is a very large organisation with many stakeholders and many legacy systems and processes undergoing a multi-year modernisation. During my time there I successfully implemented many initiatives, including:
- Two complete re-designs of the central website
- Web search marketing
- Online advertising and promotions
- Accessibility compliance
- Direct email marketing
- Usability testing and site review
- Multimedia and distributed content
- Improved statistics and reporting
2001 – 2002
Crash Productions
Website producer / developer (Sydney, Australia)
As producer and developer for Crash I was responsible for all aspects of the project cycle from receiving project briefs and delivering proposals, to project planning, liaison with third party contractors and service providers, testing, QA and client support.
- Web project producer
- HTML/ CSS, ColdFusion, some ASP
- Project management and planning
- Client support
- Sites included: cebit.com.au, freedomkitchens.com.au, hannoverfairs.com.au
January 2001 – April 2001
Investor Info
Webmaster (Sydney, Australia)
Investor Info is a publisher of investment news and editorial through hard-copy magazines, online newsletter subscriptions and websites. They also offer an exclusive online investment management system.
- Content management and production for 3 websites
- Technical support of in-house network. Mac & Windows
- Some network and server administration
October 2000 – January 2001
eStore
Producer (Sydney, Australia)
In 2000, eStore was once of Australia's largest on-line retailers. As producer I was responsible for supervision of the web production team. This included web and graphics production, staff roster, task assignment, training and reporting to management. I also was responsible for liasing with our service providers and over-seeing development of the website.
- eStore website producer
- Implemented many usability improvements to the website (both front-end and back-end)
- Management of production team
- Training
1996 – 2000
York Street Recording Studios
Mastering and post-production engineer
Studio 3 – Mastering (Auckland, NZ)
I was invited to join York Street Recording Studios, working in the new Studio 3 – Mastering. New Zealand's first dedicated music post-production and direct-to-CDR pre-mastering studio. Initially second-engineer, I later took sole charge of Studio 3 as it grew to be the busiest mastering studio in the country.
During my time at York Street I edited and mastered dozens of chart success and award-winning albums and singles for music artists such as: Greg Johnson, Stellar*, Bic Runga, Strawpeople, Salmonella Dub, The Mutton Birds, Che Fu, Dave Dobbyn, Dimmer and many more.
- Manager, 'York Street Studio 3 – Mastering' (from 1998)
- CD pre-mastering engineer
- Digital audio specialist
- Recording, editing and mixing for music, radio, TV and film projects
1995 – 1996
Link Audio
Assistant production engineer (Auckland, NZ)
Assist and engineer audio productions for television, radio and short-film. Also some music demos and production.
1991 – 1993
Electric Factory
Administration manager (Auckland, NZ)
Electric Factory is one of NZ's largest importers and distributors of musical instruments, recording and production equipment. During my time here I learnt much about business management, sales, marketing and customer relations.
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