I am Joseph Melville, a website designer based in Reading, Berkshire. I specialise in designing websites that are as professional, usable and accessible to users as they are to search engines.
I am currently working with London 2012 as an internet testing analyst, an internship whilst I am a student, studying a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in I.T. with Management at the University of Reading.
BSc I.T. with Management
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AY
September 2009 - date
BTEC National Diploma in I.T.
Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
Oxpens Road, Oxford, OX1 1SA
September 2007 - June 2009
Overall Grade: Triple Distinction
General Certificate of Secondary Education
Peers Technology College
Sandy Lane West, Oxford, OX4 6JY
September 2003 - June 2007
Full Single GCSEs:
- English Language: A
- English Literature: B
- Mathematics: B
- Statistics: B
- Geography: B
Full Double GCSEs
- Science Double Award: C C
Short Course GCSEs:
- Religious Studies (Short Course): C
Qualification-Equivalent GCSEs:
- Diploma in Digital Applications (I.T.) : Merit (equivalent to 4 x GCSE A)
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Ltd.
Internet Testing Analyst
One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LN
July 2011 - present
(020) 3 2012 000
www.london2012.com
Duties include:
- Providing overall testing assurance for the London 2012 web estate
- Working with various teams internally and externally to deliver business and technical based testing solutions
- Monitoring server infrastructure
I'm great with (X)HTML and CSS coding using Adobe Dreamweaver, content management systems such as Wordpress and ModX and control panels like CPanel/WHM and Virtuozzo.
I also have solid experience with web-based technologies like LAN and WAN networking, load-balancing, DNS and content delivery networks.
I'm also good image manipulation using Adobe Fireworks and have a developing knowledge of other web languages such as PHP, (My)SQL, XML and JQuery.
Parlour Ltd.
Junior Web Developer
16 Mays Lane, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1JX
February 2010 - June 2010
(0845) 458 1977
www.parlourdesign.co.uk
Duties include:
- Learning about developments in search engine optimisation
- Improving upon CSS and HTML-based website structures
- Implementing newfound knowledge in search engine optimisation
White October Ltd.
Junior Web Developer
Unit 3, The Gallery, 54 Marston Street, Oxford, OX4 1LF
March - April 2008
(0845) 838 1703
www.whiteoctober.co.uk
Duties included:
- Learning basic functions and features of the PHP web programming language
- Building website structures from Adobe Photoshop designs using CSS and HTML
- Creating and publishing articles to the company blog
Oxfordshire County Council
Administration & Secretarial Duties
The Cricket Road Centre, Cricket Road, Oxford, OX4 3DW
October 2006
(01865) 428080
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk
Duties included:
- Parcel/equipment logging
- Archiving and sorting folders
- Sorting and franking post
- Word processing and spreadsheets
- Cross-referencing invoices
- Operation of telephone switchboard
