I have over ten years’ experience in Web Design and Development and upgrading, managing websites. I am responsiable in redesigning and updating the Sounds of the City website, the GULP website using terminal 4 and wordpress and designing and developing an online rescource for the Dynamic Dialects and Seeing Speech websites as well as updating the BAAP website.
I was the project assistant for the Mapping Metaphor project of which I had organised and extracted the data using Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. I was responsiable for entering new words and definitions for the Dictionaries of the Scots Language word collection database. I updated content for the STELLA website and I was the Data entry Administrator for the Historical Theasuarus of the Oxford English Dictionary. My job was to enter information into computer databases and and to type in data accurately and get involved in advanced proof – reading skills for the Historical Thesaurus.
During my time working at Glasgow University, I have gained work experience in administrative work but also but mostly developing and maintaining user-friendly websites that can be accessed with a range of devices including tablets and mobile phones. I have knowledge of Current best practise in web standards and accessibility.
I have proficient skills in in IT in general. I have all round experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress CMS, Terminal Four CMS, as well as programming skills including HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.