James Dradge

James Dradge

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  • About me

    Senior Business Analyst @ xDesign

  • Education

    • Gryffe High School

      2009 - 2015
    • Glasgow Caledonian University

      2015 - 2019
      Computer Games Design (BSc) Design First Class

      Activities and Societies: Boxing Club, Games Society, Ethical and Environmental Group Graduating high school and uncertain of my career goals, I followed the commonly shared advice of "Do what you love". The Computer Games Design course at GCU was unlike anything I expected, but challenged my ways of thinking every day and gave me a new appreciation for the software development process, and a strong understanding of the AGILE methodology as well as working within a collaborative team.Along with providing a rich environment to hone soft skills, the course also gave me a… Show more Graduating high school and uncertain of my career goals, I followed the commonly shared advice of "Do what you love". The Computer Games Design course at GCU was unlike anything I expected, but challenged my ways of thinking every day and gave me a new appreciation for the software development process, and a strong understanding of the AGILE methodology as well as working within a collaborative team.Along with providing a rich environment to hone soft skills, the course also gave me a grounding in many technological fundamentals, with courses covering networking, applied mathematics, systems design, User Experience, C#, C++, and Linux.My Honours project focused on a heuristic evaluation of existing user experience frameworks. In particular challenging their application in the context of mobile game design. As part of the project this led to the creation of an interactive user experience framework being created, and a mobile game was created to apply the principles discovered. Show less

  • Experience

    • Co-op

      Mar 2015 - Jun 2019
      Customer Team Member
    • Red Ant

      Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

      Requirements Gathering – Facilitating workshops with clients, investigating third party systems, and technical discussions with the development team to capture requirements in the form of user stories and wireframes.Quality Assurance – Created and maintained test cases for a suite of digital projects. Executed tests through both a crowd-sourced test execution software and manually by testing against user story acceptance criteria.Technical Documentation – Owned documentation relating to digital products produced, user guides, and technical specification. Aided in the maintenance and quality of API documentation using markdown.Clients included: Charlotte Tilbury, Furniture Village, MHRA, Fiskars Group, Frasers Group Furniture Village, Quintessentially Show less

      • Solutions Manager

        Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
      • Junior Solutions Manager

        Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
    • Screenmedia

      Jul 2021 - Dec 2021
      Project Planner

      Resourcing - Aided in resourcing across client projects, ensuring the correct skillsets were available to meet project demands. Project Management - Ensuring projects have clear milestones and tracking these through usage of gantt charts and RAID reportingInnovation - Working with experts in chatbot and voice recognition technology to help expand our product offeringClients included: DrinkAware, CalMac Ferries

    • XDesign

      Jan 2022 - now
      • Senior Business Analyst

        Jun 2023 - now
      • Business Analyst

        Jan 2022 - Jun 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications