Shovan Sargunam

Shovan Sargunam

A competent web designer with more than five years of experience with a range of firms in managing & digital media

Location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry
Information Technology and Services

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Shovan Sargunam's Overview

Past
  • Head of Design and Development at The SME Marketing Company
  • Business/IT Consultant & Web Designer - Freelance at The SCube
  • Web Designer / IT Technician at City Cricket Academy
  • Junior Web Designer / Graphic Designer at Nayarishta

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Education
  • Birmingham City University
  • Gateway Sixth Form College
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Shovan Sargunam's Summary

Shovan Sargunam
Phone: +44 7824 358544
Email: shovan@live.co.uk

A competent web designer with more than five years of experience with a range of firms in managing and developing digital media concurrent with freelance design, harbouring a strong work ethic and a versatile skill set looking for a challenging career in web design with an appetite to learn and progress in digital media.

As an able web designer with over five years of experience in a variety of companies, I am competent in Adobe products such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver (HTML, CSS), Illustrator and Flash for both Mac and PC’s which would be required in this type of role. In my previous employment, I had been responsible for designing a custom CMS system, which helped me gain extensive knowledge in other CMS system such as Wordpress, Joomla, Magento etc.

I have a versatile skill set in web development and experience in successfully designing a websites including the layout, usability and appearance. I am an engaging team player having ventured into web marketing and SEO for the previous company I had worked for.


PS: I am very much interested to relocate where the job is located.

Specialties

Web Produces
Web 2.0, Valid XHTML & CSS, Worked in developing CMS (Content Management System), WAP and other mobile browsers, Knowledge in PHP & MySQL, Google Products, Wordpress, Blogger and other open source blogging system system, FTP management, CPanel and Domin management

Logo Design, Graphic Design, Web Design, Social Media Marketing (Twitter, Facebook, FourSquare), iPhone Apps, eCommerce System & blogging

Shovan Sargunam's Experience

Head of Design and Development

The SME Marketing Company

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry

May 2010 – 2012 (2 years) United Kingdom

> Gained hands-on experience in all areas of web design including social media platforms
> Face-to-face professional communication with customers for accurate and individual delivery of service
> Delegating tasks, hence managing, the team for efficient completion of the project while meeting deadlines and solving contingencies
> Marketing strategy planning and execution for customers
> Contributing as part of a team for the development of internal marketing
> Developing and management of professional personal social media activity
> Planned and developed a successful video campaign for the Unique Home for Girls charity and promoting it on social media platforms

Business/IT Consultant & Web Designer - Freelance

The SCube

Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

May 2005 – April 2012 (7 years) United Kingdom

> Coordinating and developing the brief to cater for the individualistic requirements of clientele
> Proficiency in web design and associated processes including producing proposals, web development using web standards, flash animation, analysis of website traffic, online marketing, mobile site design and search engine optimisation
> Proficiency in desktop publishing for projects involving graphic and print material design, brochure creation, leaflets, business cards, logo design among others
> Installing software or scripts on client servers using FTP and creation of MySql Database and PHP
> Maintaining web security
> Bring new creative ideas for each project
> Working as a creative contributor to the team and coordinating to meet deadlines
> Maintaining client relationship and meeting deadlines
> Web consulting

Web Designer / IT Technician

City Cricket Academy

March 2008 – February 2010 (2 years) United Kingdom

> Design and maintenance of the website
> Maintaining company brand and marketing
> Designing forms, leaflets and other promotions using Adobe products
> Maintaining secure, uninterrupted functioning of hardware and software
> Competence in using the SAGE software for data input, drafting invoices, and checking payments
> Developed strong interpersonal skills in customer service while attending incoming calls and dealing with enquiries and bookings

Junior Web Designer / Graphic Designer

Nayarishta

March 2006 – March 2008 (2 years 1 month) United Kingdom

> Producing project briefs and plans to satisfy customer requirements
> Marketing and brand design using industrial software including Adobe products
> Developed proficiency in desktop publishing and graphic design which involved producing logos, proposals, brochures, print materials, etc.
> Making presentations in Adobe Flash with the help of Action scripting

Shovan Sargunam's Education

Birmingham City University

BSc (Hons), Business Information Technology with Multimedia

Databases for Business
IT Professional Practice 1
IT Professional practice 2
IT Professional practice 3
Information Systems Development
Multimedia and Internet Development
Networks for Business
New Media Design and Techniques
Database Architecture and Administration
Comparative Information Systems Development

Gateway Sixth Form College

A Levels, Maths A Levels, IT Double Award, Computing AS

Maths A Levels
IT Double Award
Computing AS

Activities and Societies: Duke of Edinburgh Award, Mentors - Student Services

Shovan Sargunam's Courses

  • BSc (Hons), Business Information Technology with Multimedia

    Birmingham City University

    • Databases for Business
    • IT Professional Practice 1, 2, 3
    • Information Systems Development
    • Multimedia and Internet Development
    • Networks for Business
    • New Media Design and Techniques
    • Database Architecture and Administration
    • Comparative Information Systems Development

Shovan Sargunam's Additional Information

Websites:
Interests:

Organisational Development, New Technology, Animation and Design, Video Editing, Project Management, Music, Social Media, Latest technology and Gadgets

Groups and Associations:

DreamCube CMS, The SCube Digital Media The SME Marketing Company

Honors and Awards:

Best Web Designer Award – Gateway College 2008
Duke of Edinburgh Award – Gateway College 2008
Six month certified course in Wed Design & Hosting 2005
Certificate in Advance Computer Troubleshoot 2004
Certificate of Merit in computer since 1998-1999

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