About Me

I’m a creative, multi-skilled Web Designer with a passion for delivering original design solutions. I have experience in working on both PC and Mac operating systems and have an excellent knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite products, HTML, CSS and CMS systems. I am a driven individual with the commitment to continuously develop my skills. Over 18 years’ experience working for blue chip companies, world leading sporting brands and SMEs has enabled me to develop a wide knowledge and understanding of different industries.

Contact Details

James McGregor
07810 754 400
james@jmcgregor.co.uk

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Education

Indesign Level 2

New Horizons, Manchester • Jan 2008

Indesign Level 1

New Horizons, Manchester• Sep 2007

Basic SLR Photography

South Trafford College, Timperley• Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

City & Guilds Level 2, Creative Computing for Web Design

South Trafford College, Timperley • 2005 - May 2006

BTEC GNVQ Intermediate, Leisure and Tourism

South Trafford College, Timperley•1996 - 1997

GCSE's (B-D)

Lostock High School, Stretford • 1991 - 1996

Media Studies, Drama, Maths, English Language, English Literature, Geography, Science and French.

Work

Local Plumbers We Care & Boiler Cover Experts

Web Designer/Developer & Graphic Designer• August 2020 - Current

  • Creation of UX designs for the creation of new websites
  • Maintenance and development of existing websites for all brands
  • Design and production of online and offline marketing material
  • Monitoring of Google analytics for all websites
  • Creation and production of client documentation
  • Design, build and marketing of new websites
  • Development and integration of new functionality.

MediaBlanket Limited

Web Designer/Developer• January 2020 - June 2020(Made redundant due to COVID)

  • Creation of UX designs to support the digital transformation
  • Maintenance and development of existing websites for all brands
  • Design and creation of digital assets for marketing campaigns
  • Design and build of marketing emails for all brands
  • Work closely with the development team in the design and build of new website functionality.

American Golf & Online Golf

Web Designer/Graphic Designer• October 2018 - December 2019

  • Creation of UX designs to support the digital transformation of the American Golf and Online Golf sites
  • Work closely with the ecommerce trading managers to identify key areas of the sites for improvement.
  • Maintenance and development of the American Golf and Online Golf sites using HTML and CSS
  • Play a key role in the creation of concepts for marketing campaigns
  • Creation of digital marketing assets for web and social media
  • Design and build of emails for both American Golf and Online Golf
  • Design and creation of retail POS for the American Golf stores
  • Design and creation of direct mail marketing assets

Wyndham Vacation Rentals (cottages.com & hoseasons.co.uk)

Web Designer• December 2017 - September 2018

Midcounties Co-operative Travel

Digital Designer/Content Editor • May 2017 - November 2017

Unemployed

Unemployed• December 2016 - May 2017

  • Unemployed due to being made redundant from Turning Point

Turning Point

Web/Graphic Designer • July 2016 - December 2016

Bupa UK

Digital Content Editor • September 2014 - July 2016

Bupa UK

Web/Graphic Designer• April 2011 - August 2014

Co-operative Travel & Co-operative Travel Sports and Events

Web/Graphic Designer• May 2007 - March 2011

Co-operative Travel

Helpdesk Co-ordinator• June 2006 - May 2007

Co-operative Travel

Sales Co-ordinator• June 2004 - May 2006

Cartel Marketing

Sales Support Administrator•2003 - March 2004

Cresta Holidays

Administrator & Agency Sales Support•1997 - 2003

Skills

  • Web Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Microsoft Office
  • Document Creation
  • File conversion
  • CMS systems (EPIServer and Sitecore
  • SEO
  • HTML and CSS
  • Image manipulation
  • Other software (Jive platform)
  • Social media management

  • Dreamweaver
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Indesign
  • CSS
  • HTML5

Client Testimonials

  • James has a special gift, he is intuitive, helpful and creative. He listens carefully to the brief, offers creative input and delivers a solution that stands out from the crowd. James is a pleasure to work with and pulls out all the stops every time.

    Tina Egan, Kisace

  • James built us a new website that was more in tune with our style allowing us to showcase our music and what we can offer in a more professional manner. The new website has allowed us to attract more bookings which we are extremely happy about, we couldn't have asked for a better website.

    Gary Looker, The Blame

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