CHRIS WRAY
11 Cowper Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2EE
(Home) 01756 701 273 (Mobile) 07882 703 441

CAREER HISTORY:

May 2009 – Date
PHP WEB DEVELOPER: Leeds College of Art

• Reponsible for design and development of college websites, staff and student intranets and virtual learning environments
  

June 2005 to May 2009
WEB/GRAPHIC DESIGN and IT MANAGER: Colin Appleyard Ltd, Keighley

• Appointed to develop company website, marketing materials and provide desktop support for client IT systems
• Manages the design, implementation and maintenance of company websites
• Designs and oversees production of all company literature, marketing materials and presentations
• Designs and manages emailshot campaigns
• Support and maintenance of Windows 2003 network (with XP clients)
• System Administrator for company dealer network system

1998 to Date
FREELANCE WEBSITE and GRAPHIC DESIGNER

• Designing and developing websites, promotional videos and flyers for business clients

Jul 2002 to June 2005

WEB/GRAPHIC DESIGNER and IT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN: Ritelite (Systems) Ltd, Stamford, Lincs

• Responsible for all aspects of website, marketing and IT systems management
• Appointed to develop company websites, marketing materials and client IT systems
• Managed the design, implementation and maintenance of all company websites
• Designed and oversaw production of all company literature and marketing materials
• Designed manuals, flyers, mail shots, brochures, product packaging and datasheets
• Supported and maintained Windows NT network (with Windows 98 clients)
• Built and installed new client PCs and upgrades/maintenance (hardware/software)
• Access development using VBA for company database
• General maintenance and administration of phone network and messaging systems

Mar 2001 to Feb 2002

WEB DESIGNER: InterSOFT Communications, Blackburn

• Responsible for the design and development of both in-house and client websites
• Designed the Graduate intranet 2000/2001 website for BAE SYSTEMS
• Designed the Charity Challenge 2000/2001 website for BAE SYSTEMS
• Designed the company website for InterSOFT created in Flash
• Created a demo presentation for BAE SYSTEMS using Director and Photoshop

Jul 2000 to Jan 2001

WEB DESIGNER: E&L Insurance, York

• Responsible for the redesign and maintenance of the E&L Insurance website
• Designed and developed various linked specialist company websites
• Developed specialist sites for E&L Insurance to advertise specialist policies
• Animated banner-advertising material for various reference sites
• Used Web Position to create keyword-specific doorway pages for submitting to search engines such as AltaVista, Lycos and Excite
• Updated and improved a College website and created their multimedia prospectus

Mar 1999 to Jul 2000

MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER: Prodigi New Media, Harrogate (part-time)

• Responsible for in-house and customer website design and maintenance
• Updated and redesigned in-house websites for Prodigi and its associated companies
• Created a promotional CD-ROM using Photoshop, Freehand and Director
• Designed various flyers/mail shots

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

• Dreamweaver CS3
• Photoshop CS3
• Illustrator CS3
• InDesign CS3
• Premiere Elements 4
• Fireworks CS3
• Quark Express
• Director MX
• Flash
• Microsoft Office 2003/2007
• Apple iLife suite
• Apple iWork suite

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES and OPERATING SYSTEMS:

• HTML/XHTML
• DHTML
• JavaScript
• CGI/Perl
• ASP
• PHP/MySQL
• Visual Basic
• SEO
• Windows XP/2000/98
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows NT
• Mac OSX

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Kerridge System Administrator
• Level 2 Diploma for IT Practitioners (Software Development)
  Create Software Components using Visual Basic – Distinction (2004)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• HND Multimedia (Design), Merit and Distinction (Newcastle College, 2000)
• Advanced GNVQ Art and Design, Merit – High (Harrogate College, 1998)
• 8 GCSE qualifications achieved, grades A-C (Harrogate Grammar School, 1996)

PERSONAL:

• Date of Birth: 16th June 1980
• Marital status: Married
• Interests include home cinema, new technology, Apple Mac, guitar playing, cooking
• References available on request