Richard Johnson

Current

Director at GPMD

Past

Head of Online at Masterpiece
Operations Manager at Squiz UK
Web Developer at Expat Finland

Media Manager at Parone Design Oy
Photography Department Manager at Ocean Images Ltd

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Education

Brighton College of Technology
Thanet College

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Richard Johnson’s Summary

An enthusiastic and dedicated professional with excellent qualifications and experience in Web Development, Photography and Media Design gained within a diverse range of environments. Demonstrates a high level of competence in relevant software and development tools and has the ability to quickly understand new technologies.

Enjoys being part of, as well as leading, a successful and productive team and has developed excellent project management skills. Quick to grasp new ideas and concepts, and to develop innovative and creative solutions to problems. Able to work well on his own initiative and to demonstrate the highest levels of motivation and organisation required to meet tight deadlines. Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and can communicate concisely at all levels.

Richard Johnson’s Specialties:

Enterprise Content Management Systems, Open Source solutions, Project Management, e-mail marketing, Technical Sales, Consulting, Search Engine Optimisation, Online Advertising Campaigns, Usability & Accessability.

I have worked with many lead online systems such as: MySource Matrix, Drupal, SilverStripe, Wordpress and Magento.

Richard Johnson’s Experience

Director

GPMD

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Head of Online

Masterpiece

(Privately Held; Design industry)

December 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 7 months)

To grow the new division of online services. A large part of this role is allocated to marketing the new offerings via on and off-line marketing.
Operations Manager

Squiz UK

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 10 months)
Web Developer

Expat Finland

(Internet industry)

May 2004 — November 2004 (7 months)

Working with a team of UK expats to develop a large expat community based in Finland.

My role here involved: Online marketing of the new website and optimisation of the content.

http://www.expat-finland.com is the now leading Expat website in Finland.
Media Manager

Parone Design Oy

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Photography Department Manager

Ocean Images Ltd

(Photography industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )

During my time with Ocean Images Ltd I managed several teams of photographers on board cruise ships in Europe and the US.

I was responsible for the safety, quality and revenue of the entire team whilst on board each ship.

Even though I was the team leader I still worked as a photographer each day. This included high quality portraiture through to location shoots on the beach.