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Design and UX for the company’s in-house apps Backstage and Stage which are a suite of analytics and social CMS tools.

Also provided Front-end develoment and created from scratch an agnostic ‘CSS Framework’ written in Less, similar to Twitter Bootstrap.

Eventually promoted to web development manager, using Agile/SCRUM methodologies, I managed a team of Javascript, LAMP, and UI developers to implement features for the companys in-house Social CMS and Analytics tools used by both the LA and London offices, plus liaised with a distributed analytics development team.

  • Chiefly responsible for the user experience and visual design of the app, I ensured that what I designed was passed onto the team and built.
  • Put procedures in place that covered the life cycle of a feature request, Research & Planning, Wireframing, Design, Sign-off, Development, User Acceptance Testing, QA
  • Liaised with the product owner and stake holders to ensure that the team delivered tangible features that met business demands, but also managed flexibility for refactoring and technical debt.
  • Received training and formal certification as a ScrumMaster