Alex White

Experience

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  Eyetoeye Digital

  Feb 2000 - Sept 2001

  Multimedia Designer

  Working as part of a small team, at Eyetoeye, I was the key multimedia designer and developer within thefirm. Being involved with a small agency meant I had a broad role, being involved with projects from initial concept right through development to the final finished product.

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  Complete Media Group

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Web designer

  DKNI (part of Complete Group)Working among a team of designers and developers I became the main Web designer at DKNI. Tasks included building XHTML/ CSS and Flash websites designed with equal weighting on visual aesthetics and usability.

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  Freelance Projects

  Aug 2003 - Nov 2015

  Design

  Freelance projects (08/03 to present)http://www.alexwhite.co.uk/ (2017)Alexwhite.co.uk is my own personal portfolio site. built from scratch, I designed it to be a simple portfoliowebsite to work on all platforms.http://www.whitebean.co.uk (2010)WhiteBean is a brand that I developed as an identity to carry out my freelance projects under. I designedthe visual look and logo of the site.http://www.pointspace.co.uk (2011)The client contacted me with an idea for the company name and knew what they didn't want the site andlogo to look like. Working closely with them, I designed and developed the Pointspace brand identity andexpanded this into a website. I offered help and advice setting up a blog, which was then fed directlyonto the website via a php api, Facebook page and a newsletter.http://www.pokerstars.com (2011)For Pokerstars I worked on building and designing Flash and Gif banners for various campaigns. The workinvolved completing sets of banners for each promotional campaign to exacting specifications, often totight deadlines.Intownhouses [http://www.alexwhite.co.uk/intownhouses/] (2003)For Intownhouses I worked alongside other designers to convert Illustrator files into an animatedbrochure site to promote this property firm. The site is very much of it’s time, constructed in Flash, andfeatures audio edited to compliment the animation. Show less

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  Boltblue

  Jul 2004 - Aug 2010

  Design Manager

  Boltblue(07/04 to 08/10)Position: Design ManagerBoltblue specialised in the mobile phone entertainment sector and Home Broadband, operating in UK, Ireland and Australia. Tasks that I was responsible for included:• Designing and building effective Landing pages in multiple languages for Boltblue’s main products in each country.• Delivering Online and Print advertising campaigns for both Magazines, the Boltlbue site and third party affiliates.• Continuing design and development of the Boltblue brand including developing and marketing new mobile content.• Developing new products and brands for Boltblue’s portfolio. Show less

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  Thoughtbubble

  Apr 2011 - now

  Lead Designer/Project Manager

  I Joined the Web Agency, Thoughtbubble, towards the end of February 2011 as the Senior Designer and have gone on to Project manage some of their highest profile clients. Thoughtbubble specialise in Award show entry and Judging systems, and their clients have included Cannes Lions, CLIO Awards and The Radio Academy Awards. My role in the company has been to design many of the main websites for our clients together with marketing material such as online promotions, Email campaigns and printed brochures. In recent years I have been also focusing on client management and now manage the New York Based LIA Awards, The Gunn Report and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertisingamongst others. Selected Thoughtbubble Projects:CLIO AwardsBeing involved with the CLIO website for a number of years, I went on to work on the development of the website creating a design with a common template structure that would work across all of the CLIObrands, being quick to update and customise for each award show. The same structure is now usedacross the Adweek Award sites. (http://www.isaacawards.com/)For the Judging events I worked on the UI for the Onsite and Online judging systems, creating a userfriendly voting system for use across handheld and desktop platforms.LIALIA are one of the worlds leading advertising award shows. For the past 3 years I have Project managedLIA’s their entry and Judging systems. I liaise with the client before each entry season working on system enhancements for the entry and client administration system, help with the marketing material on the LIA Awards website. Each year, at their judging event in Vegas, I am in charge of a team running the technical aspects of the on-site judging sessions, this involves presenting the media and collecting and counting votes (using handheld devices). Design wise, I have helped with the content of the LIA Award site and winners and have designed theOnsite judging user interface. (https://www.liaawards.com/) Show less