Steven Grant

Current

Web Developer at South Lanarkshire Council

Past

Web Developer at Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
Freelance Designer/Developer at G1Media.co.uk
Web Consultant at Houston's of Paisley

Communications Executive at Evolution Life Science

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Education

University of Paisley
James Watt College

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Industry

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Steven Grant’s Summary

I’ve been making websites since round about 1999 and have worked with various clients over the years. Small businesses, international banks and local government authorities are just a sample of who I’ve worked with in the past and currently.

Steven Grant’s Specialties:

web solutions, information architecture, branding & identity, design, communications, UK domain name law, web conferencing, customer service, business ventures

Steven Grant’s Experience

Web Developer

South Lanarkshire Council

(Government Administration industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

I've just joined the council at a time where there's a big focus on content delivery via the web via the Modernising Government initiative.

In the past 4 years, the council website hasn't changed and currently contains archaic web practises. Our team has taken a new direction and hopefully our professional experience will be taken into account as we look to deliver a "tax-payer friendly" website.

The focus must be taken off what we as developers, designers and stakeholders want the site to do and get back to the basics of asking who our customers are, what do they want to do and see.

This isn't just a technology issue, it's going to be about educating people within the organisation, showing them the benefits of modern web development tools and techniques.
Web Developer

Royal Bank of Scotland Plc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RBS; Banking industry)

March 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 5 months)

working on the Human Resources websites within the Group's infrastructure. Has given me insight into the workings of the HR function within an organisation and new changes to UK employment law. Have also worked on the Google Enterprise Search Appliance which has been useful.
Freelance Designer/Developer

G1Media.co.uk

(Internet industry)

November 2000 — June 2008 (7 years 8 months)

As the owner of G1 Media, I have worked on a number of web projects over the past few years. I have worked on projects in various industries such as tourism, retail, recruitment and leisure among others.

The business also runs our own successful e-commerce store www.crmfont.co.uk
Web Consultant

Houston's of Paisley

(Textiles industry)

December 2005 — March 2006 (4 months)

I oversaw a major server migration that allowed the business to update the website without the need for a third-party.

Devised new standards compliant website template that would have freshened the design and offered a fully accessible website for all.
Communications Executive

Evolution Life Science

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

July 2005 — October 2005 (4 months)

Steven Grant’s Education

University of Paisley

BSc , Multimedia Systems , September 2002 — June 2005

Graduated with a BSc in Multimedia Systems with a focus on Macromedia Director and Adobe Photoshop.

Activities and Societies:

Christian Union
James Watt College

HNC , Web Development with Multimedia , August 2001 — June 2002

Having started new media design initially as a hobby, I decided to start a course. The course covered the basics of web site design/coding, database integration with a latter focus on multimedia authoring using Macromedia Director and Authorware.

During this time I also worked on a web site called JamHotJukebox - a music e-commerce site for unsigned bands that focused on the new music download generation.