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Multidisciplinary Designer

JR Ryan

Wells, United Kingdom
creativeheat.co.uk
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    Highly experienced commercial contractor with extensive background in IT, Graphic Design, Product Design, Web Development, systems analysis and business management. Looking to use combination of a post graduate education, high level of expertise and diverse experience to provide a unique and valuable offering to a socially minded organisation.

  • Education
    • NVQ 2 Parametric Modelling
      Bridgewater and Taunton College
      Professional qualification course focusing on the use of Autodesk Inventor for parametric modelling.
    • MA Graphic Design
      Arts University Bournemouth
      2018
    • BA/BSc, Industrial and Product Design
      Bournemouth University
      2016
    • MA Interactive Multimedia
      Bath Spa University
      2006
  • Experience
    • Product Development Manager
      MicroAces Ltd
      Bournemouth United Kingdom, United States
      Bringing new range of Bluetooth controlled toy airplanes to market with crowd funding from KickStarter, streamlining manufacturing process, and designing for manufacture.
    • Founding President
      Bournemouth University Design Society
      Bournemouth United Kingdom, United States
      Organizing meetings, developing structure of the society in its first year, organizing club trips, decision making on all aspects of the functioning of the society.
    • Support Technician
      Weebly
      Poole United Kingdom, United States
      Providing deep and knowledgeable support via email to the 20+million users of the website building web application Weebly.com. Avon and Somerset Probation Trust
    • Co-owner/Design Director
      Saltwater Studios ltd.
      Wells England, United Kingdom, United States
      Jewellery designer and studio/business manager. Employing all of my skills to create, manage, and build a hand-made jewellery design and manufacture business from the ground up.
    • Owner/Director
      CreativeHeat Design ltd.
      Wells England, United Kingdom, United States
      Multi Disciplinary Design consultancy, providing product design, 3D visualisation, graphic, print, web, user interface/UX and SEO services to SMEs. Arts University Bournemouth Technical Demonstrator September 2015 - September 2020 (5 years 1 month) Bournemouth, United Kingdom Professional technical support, software demonstration and skill tuition for Illustration students.
  • Awards

    AWARDS

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    QUARKXPRESS DTP DESIGNER CERTIFICATE

    A+ COMPUTER TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE

    DELL HELPDESK TECHNICIANS CERTIFICATE

    BOOKKEEPING CERTIFICATE

    QUALIFIED DISTANCE LEARNING INSTRUCTOR

    MCSE+I COURSE COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

    IBM COMPUTER TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE

    CITY AND GUILDS L1 PARAMETRIC MODELLING







    ACHIEVEMENTS

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    CAFE OF IDEAS (www.cafeofideas.com)

    Cafe of ideas was the brainchild of myself and my former employer at Engino. The concept was to develop a new kind of online community that reached out into the real world and inspired on-the-ground action. We developed a flagship social networking platform with an interface that was completely on-the-page customisable while remaining standards compliant, and a series of hosted social events which included talks, entertainment and food in one evening. I took the lead in developing the user interface, working with another graphic designer and a junior developer, and I also produced the events and maintained the network of new members.



    INVENTION STUDIOS

    In 2007, I took on the role of General Manager of the centrally located Invention Studios in Bath. This non-profit organisation was left by several iterations of previous management teams in a state of utter disrepair; physically, financially, and organisationally. I took the unrestricted lead in redeveloping the centre, its finances, and its reputation as a top flight venue. By the end of my time as GM, through a hands on approach and by fostering a sense of family, I had developed a strong core team of employees and dedicated volunteers, redoubled the venues assets, organised and facilitated a year of world renowned events, solved several major physical faults (some personally), and reduced a £25,000 debt. I then worked with the owner to negotiate a healthy takeover by the largest entertainment company in the area.



    QUAKERS (www.claverhammeetinghouse.org.uk, www.clevedonquakers.org.uk)

    In my capacity as an IT consultant and freelance web developer, I took on a contract with the Religious Society of Friends in Clevedon and Claverham to create two separate websites for their respective meetings. They expressed a need to have a site that was updatable and simple to operate (from both the front and back ends) yet attractive. I developed an offering based around an existing barebones CMS and incorporated fully fledged Google apps accounts with pre-defined user account information. I then completely overhauled the site style and structure to accommodate the ease of use remit and developed graphics and css style sheets that were then applied as a skin to the site. I then finalised the sites by applying the same SEO principles I teach to my pupils and clients.

  • Affiliations

    IED Student Member

  • Industries
    • Kitchen, Bath & Home decor
    • Luxury Goods
    • POP / Visual Merchandising
    • Social Impact
    • Education
  • Skills
    • 3D Modeling
    • Animation
    • CAD Design
    • Creative Direction
    • CSS
    • DIY
    • Educator
    • Graphic Design
    • Product Design
    • Web Design
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