In a 25 year public sector career I have:- gained in-depth experience of designing and maintaining content management systems
- assembled a wide portfolio of web content and development skills
- worked with stakeholders from many sectors and backgrounds
- developed excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- worked in collaborative Agile (Scrum) environments
- worked seamlessly in Communications and ICT departments

Education

‘O’ levels in:
- Mathematics
- English Language
- English Literature
- Computer Studies
- French
- Design and Technology

Skills and tools

Skills

- Plain English writing
- Responsive web development
- SEO
- Site architecture
- Style guide design /
- Style guide implementation
- User centred design
- WCAG accessibility
- Web legislation
- Web standards

Tools

- Adobe Creative Suite
- Bootstrap
- Drupal
- GitHub
- Google Analytics
- HTML, CSS, SASS, jQuery
- Jira
- Squarespace
- WordPress

Frontend developer / Content coordinator at North Tyneside Council

2017 - Present

- Created a digital style guide using Sass, kss-node and handlebars.
- Created a web content style guide for site editors.
- Built and maintained contract websites using Drupal 7 and Squarespace.
- Managed council CMS.
- Ensured web templates met WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.
- Ensured websites adhered to information governance legislation.
- Implemented Google Analytics profiles.
- Provided analytics and reports to website stakeholders.

Web developer at GDF Suez

2014 - 2017

- Built and maintained content management system using Drupal 7.
- Built and maintained contract websites using Drupal 7.
- Trained and coordinated staff to use content management systems.
- Ensured web templates met WAI accessibility standards.
- Implemented Google Analytics profiles.
- Provided analytics and reports to website stakeholders.

Web developer at North Tyneside Council

1998 - 2014

- Built and maintained council websites.
- Maintained council content management system (Oracle PSCM).
- Trained and coordinated staff to use content management systems.
- Ensured web templates met WAI accessibility standards.

Website developer at Department for Social Security

1996 - 1998

- Built and maintained Child Support Agency Intranet.

Public sector web development

- North Tyneside Council — Drupal 7 build / maintenance and Sass only
- Adopt North East
- SENDIASS
- Web content style guide
- Digital style guide (URL available on request)

SVG and JavaScript experiments

- Will code for food — SVG / JavaScript / Greensock
- Motivate me! — SVG / JavaScript / Greensock
- Springsteen — SVG and jQuery