Samantha Jade Scott Canary Wharf London E14 Tel: 07923221851 Email: samanthajadescott@gmail.com Portfolio: http://www.samanthajadescott.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-­‐scott/58/a64/6b8 PERSONAL STATEMENT I recently graduated with a First Class degree in Digital Media Technologies and I am looking for an opportunity to continue to develop my skills and gain further professional experience. As well as my technical skills, I bring my abilities as a communicator, motivator, and organiser. I am committed and enthusiastic and I’m looking for a position that will challenge and expand my creative and technical skills. COMPUTING EXPERIENCE, TECHNIQUES & SKILLS Technologies: CMS: Operating Systems: Techniques: Packages: -­‐ HTML(5) -­‐CSS(3) -­‐ Wordpress -­‐ iOS -­‐ GANTT Charts -­‐ MS Office (Word, Excel -­‐ PHP -­‐ MySQL -­‐ SharePoint -­‐ Android -­‐ UML & PowerPoint) -­‐ PhoneGap -­‐ ActionScript -­‐ Joomla -­‐ Windows -­‐ Adobe Suite (Photoshop Dreamweaver & Flash) IBM Mentorship: Mentorship was offered to 20 students within the School of CMS, University of Greenwich. Opportunity: I met monthly with my mentor who was an IBM employee. They shared their professional experiences and offered valuable advice and guidance for my career and professional development. I found the experience to be both insightful and motivational HIGHER EDUCATION University of Greenwich -­‐ BSc (Hons) Digital Media Technologies September 2011-­‐ 2014 Third Year: (First Class – 84%) Second Year: (First Class – 78%) -­‐ Enterprise Web Software Development 90% -­‐ Web Technologies 86% -­‐ Digital Creativity 88% -­‐ Professionalism in Digital Media 81% -­‐ Information and Content Management 87% -­‐ Digital Media Production 77% -­‐ Project 82% -­‐ Post Production Design 74% -­‐ Digital Futures 77% -­‐ Interaction Design 68% First Year: (First Class – 72%) -­‐ Business Systems Analysis 83% -­‐ Visual Studies & Web Media 61% -­‐ Digital Media, Computing & Programming 74% -­‐ Digital Media Foundations 68% EMPLOYMENT JOB TITLE: Content Administrator with The Running Bug (London) January 2015 – Present Responsibilities: -­‐ Updating blog content -­‐ Researching into new health, fitness and sports -­‐ SEO for online articles -­‐ Checking links Skills: The Running Bug is UK’s most supportive social network for runners. This is a temporary job where I am working with a busy team and effectively managing my time and improving my writing skills by updating regular blog content, becoming more familiar with SEO by collecting information from articles deciding keywords and phrases to get the highest ranking on Google. I have to ensure all the links are directing to the correct place and overall I am responsible for managing the blog content of many articles. JOB TITLE: Front End Web Developer with Your Parking Space (London) September 2014 – October 2014 Responsibilities: -­‐ Updating web pages to match PSD Designs -­‐ Following guidelines from regular meetings -­‐ Become familiar with Laravel -­‐ Presenting ideas to the team Skills: This was a 1-­‐month internship with an online parking market place, where I was working with a small team of web developers where we all had different roles and worked together as a team by communicating regularly and discussing any issues that we may come across and helping one another throughout the process. I was handling the front end of the website which was created using HTML and CSS with a PHP Framework (Laravel). JOB TITLE: Digital Developer Intern with The United Agency (London) July 2014 – September 2014 Responsibilities: -­‐ Following clients requirements -­‐ Meeting the set deadlines -­‐ Creating Facebook Competition applications -­‐ Testing projects for multiple users Skills: This was a 2-­‐month internship with a social media and digital marketing company. I was working with the creative and development team, helping to create Facebook applications and websites for a variety of clients. I became familiar with working with the Twitter and Instagram API and also learnt how to develop Facebook applications for multiple users and devices. Following and understanding the briefs has proven to be highly important to ensure the final outcome meets the right expectations. It has helped me keep organised and on track of deadlines. It has also proved how important the process of testing is when it comes to producing a project for multiple users. JOB TITLE: Junior Developer with Oddslife (London) August 2013 – December 2013 Responsibilities: -­‐ Re-­‐develop business websites -­‐ Meeting the set deadlines -­‐ Making the websites responsive -­‐ Being flexible with hours to suit the team Skills: During my time with Oddslife, I worked within a remotely based team where I was trusted to work from home by communicating with the team to ensure the work was completed. Being flexible on working hours to suit other team members was also important to allow us to beneficially work together. I also improved my knowledge of PHP and WordPress by playing an important role in the re-­‐development of the businesses web pages. Time management was vital, as I had to meet the set deadlines to enable the websites to be completed on schedule. JOB TITLE: Junior Developer / Designer Internship with SparkNet Media (London) June 2013 – August 2013 Responsibilities: -­‐ Designing & Developing Flash games -­‐ Meeting scheduled deadlines -­‐ Managing the companies CMS -­‐ Meeting clients & presenting new ideas. Skills: During my internship I explored various technologies such as Wordpress and Adobe Flash and learnt that communication is a main aspect when working for clients. I had to design and develop Flash games for a fan site, which were taken from a specification so understanding a clients needs to create their vision is very important. I also had to manage the company’s CMS using Wordpress where I was trusted to handle personal details. When presenting new ideas and creations to clients, it was important that I had planned beforehand so it was clear and no misunderstandings were taken away from the meeting. JOB TITLE: CMS Champion with University of Greenwich (London) February 2013 – August 2014 Responsibilities: -­‐ Working within a team -­‐ Using initiative -­‐ Present information in a group -­‐ Use communication skills Skills: Being a CMS champion, I have worked at open days and taster days where I was able to interact with new applicants, which has led me to be fully knowledgeable of my course and related courses. Sharing my knowledge and interest with potential students has helped to inspire them on attending the University of Greenwich. I have gained confidence to work well within a team by listening and communicating with them. JOB TITLE: Waitress with Route 66, American Diner (Marbella, Spain) June 2012 – September 2012 Responsibilities: -­‐ Dealing with customers in a polite manner -­‐ Being punctual to help set up before opening hours -­‐ Trusted to manage cash & card transactions -­‐ Ensuring that all orders were ordered correctly Skills: Working in a restaurant during the busy summer period helped me to improve my ability to stay clam, level-­‐headed and professional within a very demanding environment. I was able to prove to the management team that I was entirely trustworthy and reliable by dealing with cash and card transactions. Liaising with customers, kitchen staff and other employees helped improve my communication skills, languages and teamwork skills. JOB TITLE: Junior Designer Internship with Eye Print (Marbella, Spain) August 2010 – September 2010 Responsibilities: -­‐ Designing business cards -­‐ Printing banners -­‐ Using Adobe software -­‐ Dealing with customers Skills: During my internship I gained the confidence to put myself forward and express my creative ideas for any upcoming jobs such as designing business cards and advertisement banners using software such as Adobe Photoshop. I realised the importance of listening and taking on board all the clients requirements to produce excellent final designs. COMPULSORY & FURTHER EDUCATION The English International College September 2001 -­‐ 2011 Having lived in Spain for ten years, the experience offered me the opportunity to particularly broaden my horizons on a multicultural level whilst developing my linguistic skills. IGCSE & GCSE: AS Level: A Level: A* -­‐ Art & Design: Fine Art A* -­‐ Spanish A -­‐ Art & Design: Fine Art A* -­‐ Art & Design: Fine Art A – ICT B -­‐ English Language B -­‐ English Language B -­‐ English Language C -­‐ English Literature C – German B -­‐ Spanish C -­‐ German C -­‐ Mathematics C -­‐ German INTERESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS Sport: Captain of Volley Ball & Football Team (throughout Secondary School & Sixth Form). Art: Work selected by Edexcel Exam Board as an example to show up-­‐and-­‐coming A Level Art Students the standard expected to gain an A*. In my spare time I enjoy sketching and painting to express my creativity. Languages: English (Fluent), Spanish (Intermediate) REFEREES References are available upon request