My CV
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Hannah Smith
A hardworking, fun and passionate project manager with a strong background in Computer Science
Personal information
(temporary address)
33 Denison Way
Cardiff
CF5 4SF
Work experience
May 2007 – Dec 2007
A 6 month contract coaching, supporting and teaching project managers at the Environment Agency. My objectives were twofold:
- develop a simplified project management system suitable for those with little pm experience, based on Prince2 and their existing management framework.
- conduct research into and set-up solutions for filling the project management knowledge gap. Resulted in a series of workshops and short, meaningful guidance.
Jan 2005 – Mar 2007
Studio/Project Manager: Team Rubber, digital media and e-participation specialists
I performed a wide variety of roles whilst with this umbrella company in its infancy.
I managed projects across the company’s three businesses: Delib (e-democracy specialist), Rubber Republic (viral marketing and digital media specialist) and Rubberductions (multi award-winning film production company).
My job as studio and project manager covered a great many roles:
- planning, managing and client-handling multiple projects during all stages of development
- cost estimation and ROI for said projects
- heading-up architecture and testing of a variety of digital media projects
- working to develop process, personnel and infrastructure strategies for the business
- recruiting and managing freelancers and full-time staff
- day-to-day running of the Bristol studio, 10-15 people
- studio resource scheduling and management
- reporting to company directors for board meetings
- training new staff and graduates
Whilst with Team Rubber I worked on all sorts of digital media wonders including: flash games, collaborative websites and web applications, animation and cd/dvd build. See my projects for more info.
June 2004 – September 2004
Website Developer: INBIS, Engineering Consultants
Now called Assystem UK. My project involved developing the concepts and producing a content-managed website for the Society of British Aerospace Companies in association with the Bristol University Aerospace department.
My role was to provide technical support and shadow the principal consultant at the Assystem Bristol office.
I was involved in meetings with a spectrum of parties interested in the project and was responsible for defining the concepts, structure and specification of the site.
The site was developed using MySQL, PHP and CSS.
July 2003 – present
Design/web development work: Freelance
I undertake a small amount of freelance work doing web designs, flyers and consultancy. Recent projects include:
 Bristol University - 3rd year games project mentor in 2006/2007 and guest speaker for the Advanced Software Development unit in 2006 and 2007 (see my presentation).
- Chris Higgins that's me - Sept-Dec 2007, designed and built this simple portfolio site for up and coming teenage author Chris Higgins. Site features dynamic events page using RSS feeds and book database system.
- We love ashton court festival - May/June 2007, helped set the site up to promote the need to fundraise for the 2007 festival. Apart from paying for the domain name all the software came free and I just used my HTML/CSS skills to stick it all together.
- Malawi Education Project - on-going work for this Bristol-based NGO, recycles and sends unwanted educational materials to Malawi, Africa. I designed, built and currently manage the content of the site. I make improvements here and there and I've also introduced their organisation to the joys of Basecamp.
Sept 2002
Research Assistant: University of Barcelona Virtual Reality Department
Assisted the VR development team with producing prototype VRML 3D models for medical research.
I helped with testing, refactoring and producing documentation. Other tasks include translating the departmental website into English from Spanish.
Education
2001-2005
University of Bristol
Computer Science BSc 2:1
Other activities: Year Representative and Admission Days Student Representative.
1995 – 2001
Bishop of Llandaff High School, Cardiff
A levels: Economics(A), French(B), Maths(B) and Textiles(B).
GCSEs: 7 A*’s and 4 A’s.
Other awards: Regional Debating winner in Cardiff(1999), Economics (2001), Textiles(2001) and German(1999) faculty prizes and Student Contribution Award (2000).
IT skills
For the past 2 years I have been managing and building sites in the open source application server, Zope, and also the content management system Plone, which is an extension of Zope.
VCS Collaborate, School Councils UK and Picture Poll are just 3 examples of projects I have managed in these systems.
I am very happy to build simple dynamic sites in HTML/CSS both within Zope and also using PHP. When architecting sites I usually build a rough wireframe of the intended design for a client as I think this helps communication of what the deliverable will be and how it will behave, especially when clients don't know their forums from their functions.
I am proficient in Java, Python, C, SQL, PHP, Actionscript, HTML/CSS and XML. My general understanding of programming allows my management skills to be better and my work relationship with a development team more measured.
I have an excellent general understanding of computers after studying Computer Science at Bristol Uni, which is ranked among the top 4 courses in the country.
Interests
Sports
Ultimate Frisbee (an energetic, mixed, non-contact team sport similar to netball but with a frisbee)
Snowboarding
Boxercise
Arts/creative craft
Between 2002 and 2006 I did club décor with a partner lighting and decorating club venues.
I enjoy painting, digital drawing and making stuff.
Society/charity
In my freetime I run the website for and donate some consultancy time to malawieducationproject.com who are a Bristol based NGO.
I am also a member of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth.
Other Interests: Travel, cycling, music, reading, foreign languages and gardening.
References
Available on request
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