John Loudon

Current

Web Designer at BiP Solutions Ltd

Past

Web Designer, S&UN, Trinity Mirror Group at S&UN Digital
Customer care at BGS Home Care
New Media Freelancer at Loudon-Studios

Customer care agent at beCogent Ltd

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Education

Motherwell College
Motherwell College
St Ambrose High School

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Information Technology and Services

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John Loudon’s Summary

I am a professional web designer/programmer. I am skilled in utilising all facets of web design including, extensive experience with Adobe CS3/4 suite. I have hand-coding skills in CSS, XHTML, XML, JavaScript and Action Script.

I have a good knowledge of all industry trends and applications. As part of my learning and development I have spoken at Motherwell College on subjects such as CSS, SEO, Industry standards, and the importance of usability online. This is set to be ran as a 10 week course.

I possess a strong knowledge of web design SEO, web analytics and have a professional background of 12 months commercial and over 6 years freelancing experience.

John Loudon’s Specialties:

John specialises in creative Web Design / Graphic Design, along with hand coded CSS/ XHTML that conforms to SEO outlines and W3C standards.

John Loudon’s Experience

Web Designer

BiP Solutions Ltd

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

As part of the web design team at BiP Solutions, I have the opportunity to work with all level of projects.

Primary functions include maintaining and upgrading web applications such as DCi, Tracker, Select interactive and Delta. The role also includes creation / fabrication of many government and procurement websites, some of the more notable clients include; (MoD) Ministry of Defence, London 2012 Olympics and Scottish Government. The job involves everything from design and research to the implementation and testing of web portals.

Within this role I actively work with Standard compliant (X)HTML, Semantic CSS, Wordpress, and work alongside JAVA and PERL systems within the open source framework Eclipse.
Web Designer, S&UN, Trinity Mirror Group

S&UN Digital

(Newspapers industry)

August 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 1 month)

As part of the Trinity Mirror Group, working within S&UN Ltd meant that my remit was wide and varied.

Primary functions include structural maintenance and new product development of 16 regional newspaper websites, 6 regional recruitment sites, and 3 national sites including the Scottish Daily Record and Scotcareers portal. Secondary functions within this role also include web creation for a number of small to mid-size companies across a number of market places from the leisure industry to property letting incorporating CMS.
Customer care

BGS Home Care

(Oil & Energy industry)

August 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 1 month)

Worked within the head office in Uddingston as a customer care agent for 2 years, giving customer care /support services to British Gas/ Scottish Gas customers.
New Media Freelancer

Loudon-Studios

(Design industry)

August 2003 — August 2008 (5 years 1 month)

Ran my own company sourcing clients, starting mainly with graphic design / static web projects. Later employing a developer to expand into the dynamic / e-commerce market.

Responsibilities

To find and cost work.
Designing, coding and animating a wide range of projects.
Time management of all work carried out to ensure deadlines were met.
Customer service from start to finish, supporting the client.
Advising clients of the value of set standards such as W3C, and accessibility.
Money management.
Customer care agent

beCogent Ltd

(Privately Held; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

August 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 1 month)

Customer care agent working for Argos Direct to start, later moving on to direct support for Telewest Broadband (now Virgin Media) Customers.

This role honed my communication skills, allowing me to gain valuable experience in dealing with customers and clients. It also gives me a full understanding of sales and high pressure environments.

John Loudon’s Education

Motherwell College

HND , Internet multimedia digital design and development , 2004 — 2005
Motherwell College

HNC , Internet multimedia digital design and development , 2003 — 2004
St Ambrose High School

1999 — 2003