Tim Reader

9 Alma Court • Alma Vale Road • Clifton • Bristol • BS8 2HQ

e: tim.reader@gmail.com • t: 07808 205178 • w: www.timreader.co.uk

PROFILE

Web project manager with 7 years’ experience in technical

website production, project management and online strategy.

Experience in the government, charitable and commercial

sectors in external client-facing roles.

A university graduate with a broad and versatile skill-set; highly

motivated and committed to excellence.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

April 2006 - Present day | Futurelab Education, Bristol

Web Strategist / Developer

Project management, strategic development and technical

design of Futurelab’s websites, Intranet and associated e-
communications.

• Production of Futurelab website (launched June 07)

which receives 20,000 visitors per month.
• Project management, implementation and ongoing
editorial ownership of Futurelab's Intranet for 30
employees.
• Strategic planning and content management of
Futurelab's blog
• Production of project websites including: Enquiring
Minds, inspirED and Beyond Current Horizons using
WordPress and ExpressionEngine.
• Pro-actively developing audiences/communities on- and
off-line working with/using: podcasts, HTML e-
newsletters, e-marketing strategies, syndication (RSS),
mobile/handheld devices, social networking sites APIs
(Facebook,Twitter,Flickr) and Search Engine
Optimisation.
• Direct liaison with customers and suppliers, internal
and external.
• Managing, co-ordinating and briefing staff, freelancers
and agencies across a range of disciplines – copy-
writers, researchers, designers, information architects
and usability consultants.
 April 2004-April 2006 | NHS UK Transplant, Bristol
Internet Officer
Editing, coding and strategic development of UK Transplant's
website.

• Conversion of 1,500-page site to standards-based,

semantic HTML, table-less CSS design
• “User experience” and accessibility overhaul of site
• Devising strategies and tools for visitor tracking,
statistical analysis and Search Engine Optimisation

2003-Present day | freelance website design, Bristol

Freelance, contracting, self-employed, Director of Vibranet
Design Services Ltd
Website consultancy for private clients, 2-3 sites per year,
involving:
• Business planning
• Scoping and pitching
• Client management – developing first-rate customer
service skills
• Commercially and responsibly focused business model
• Training of clients and sub-contractors; full life-cycle
development

My portfolio is at: www.timreader.co.uk

2000-2002
Various administrative and project-related contract roles
Including Orange (2003), VCI Systems (2002) and Lloyds TSB
(2001).

CORE SKILLS

Web skills
Highly proficient in most front-end web languages (XHTML, CSS,
JavaScript) and competent with back-end languages (such as
PHP, Ajax, XML, XSLT). Also: CMS (notably WordPress and
ExpressionEngine), audio/video on the web using Flash,
copyediting for the web, SEO, podcasting, blog writing and
strategy, project management for the web (information
architecture, design briefs, requirements gathering, people
managing), web accessibility, usability.

IT skills
Other software and computing skills include: Windows XP,
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, MS Office Suite, Sharepoint and
 touch-typing at 45 wpm.

Communications & Organisational skills

As a life-long "people person" I instinctively seek positive
relationships with colleagues and customers. I communicate well
and am a team player. I pride myself on excellent time
management and first-rate organisational skills, using a variety
of approaches and methodologies for working efficiently and
Getting Things Done (David Allen).

Other
Full clean driving licence.

EDUCATION

B.A.(Hons), 2:1 in Music – Exeter University 1997-2000

4 A Levels: English (A), Music (A), Psychology (B) and Media
Studies (B)
9 GCSEs including Maths (A) and English (B)

Further training courses include

• Illustrator intermediate (Multimedia Centre, 2008)

• Running Effective Meetings (Rhodes Training, 2008)
• Presenting with Confidence (Rhodes Training, 2007)
• Wireframing for the web (Message, 2006)
• Writing for the Web (The Centre, 2005)
• Proofreading (The Centre, 2004)
• Introduction to Java (City and Guilds, 2003)
• Windows XP (ComputaCenter, 2003)
• HTML, JavaScript, PHP (correspondence courses from
home, 2002)
• Italian for beginners (City of Bristol College, 2001)

• Word, Excel and touch-typing (Pitman Training, 2000)

PASSIONS AND PURSUITS

Music
I play and teach jazz and classical piano.
I regularly sing with amateur and professional choirs, notably
Bristol and Wells cathedrals, The Exultate Singers and The Serlo
Consort.

I manage and conduct my own choirs and deputise with a

number of others, leading them in rehearsals, services and
concert performances.
 Sports, words and gadgets
Other hobbies include long-distance running (two half
marathons and two 10ks), new media, social psychology,
linguistics and communication, and modern literature.

REFERENCES

Current line Previous employer Character reference

manager Robert Creech Revd Toby Sherring
Amanda Bowman IT Managing Director Chaplain and Community
Communications VCI Systems Service Coordinator
Manager Unit 22C Horseshoe St Hilda's Anglican High
Futurelab Park School
(contact details upon Pangbourne Perth, Western Australia
request) RG8 7JW T: (08) 9285 4280
robert@vcisystems.co. Toby.Sherring@sthildas.wa.e
uk du.au