Andrew Robert Jennings
Email: andrew_jenningsATliveDOTcoDOTuk
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Previous Clients
http://www.barricanehouse.co.uk - February 2008 - Present
Family business operating holiday home. Coded in HTML, CSS and PHP, SEO ready, and graphics prepared in Photoshop. Ongoing site maintenance.
http://www.jellypufflemur.com - October 2008 - Present
Personal website . Coded in HTML, CSS, and PHP, with some JavaScript elements. Some graphics prepared in Photoshop.
http://www.andrew-jennings.co.uk - April 2008 - Present
My own website for web design business.
http://www.andrew-jennings.co.uk/fsn - Work In Progress
Family business offering food hygiene training. Currently being designed and built.
Skills:
HTML: Highly experienced, 10 years
CSS: Experienced, 1 year
Photoshop: Experienced, 3 years
SEO: Some experience, 1 year
JavaScript: Some experience, 1 year
XML: Some experience, 1 year
PHP: Minimal knowledge, 3 years
XHTML: Currently training
Dreamweaver: Currently training
Flash: Currently training
Microsoft Office: Highly Experienced,
Education
The University of Hull (2007)
BA Philosophy with Creative Writing (2:2)
- For philosophy modules, had to draw information from a variety of sources and opinions, and present a detailed argument based on these sources.
- For creative writing, had to write a number of varied pieces of writing, including stories and arts reviews.
The Amersham School
A-Levels (2004)- A-Level English: C
- A-Level Maths: D
- A-Level Media Studies: D
- AVCE Performing Arts: E
GCSEs (2002)
- Maths: A
- English, English Lit, Double Science, Humanities: B
- French, ICT: C
- Drama: E
Work Experience:
December 2009: The Perfume Shop, High Wycombe
Christmas Temporary Warehouse Assistant
The Perfume Shop is a nationwide perfume chain. I was temporarily contracted to help pick perfumes to send out to the shop branches.
November 2008: Swan IT Recruitment, Chesham
Data Entry Clerk (temporary)
Swan IT Recruitment is a specialist IT recruitment company, placing SAP trained candidates into suitable roles in England, Spain and South Africa. I had to input information on clients from CV data into a Voyager database.
November 2007 - May 2008: Better Prospects Recruitment, Amersham/Delaney Browne, High Wycombe
Data Entry (temporary)
Both of these organisations are recruitment agencies. Between them, they placed me with a variety of organisations in the Bucks area. I used a variety of database applications, including Access, to input data, quickly and accurately.
August 2005: Zenith Staybrite, High Wycombe
Telesales
Zenith Staybrite is a double glazing sales company. I made multiple telephone sales calls to numerous households, which required excellent telephone manner to secure potential clients and deal with complaints.
September 2003 - September 2004: FMY Chemists, Chesham
Sales Assistant/Photograph Development
FMY Chemists is a small pharmacy and chemists, who supply a number of services, including photograph development. I had to balance multiple tasks, such as stockroom maintenance, menial tasks, and developing photographs, often under my own initiative, while continuously providing excellent customer service.
Interests and Hobbies
- Playing instruments
- Played drums and bass guitar for many years.
- I am looking to buy a new drum kit in the near future.
- Scale miniature wargaming
- Assembling and painting armies of fantasy miniatures, and playing games with them.
- Web design
- Have been making websites for business and pleasure for many years.
- Currently maintaining my own blog-based website.
- Creative writing
- I enjoy writing short stories.
- Took part in the 2008 National Novel Writing Month competition (http://www.nanowrimo.org). Sadly, I only managed 21,000 words out of 50,000.
- Reading
- Surfing the internet