TechSPARK

The information hub for all things tech in Bristol, Bath and the West of England region.

As editor my mission was to shine a light on tech innovation and celebrate the brilliant people that power the companies and products based in the South West of England. With TechSPARK we aimed to connect and inform all of those who work in tech in the region by providing news, profiles and resources like events calendars, jobs boards and a lot more.

 

TechScheme

TechScheme lets you get the latest tech through your employer via salary sacrifice.

I wrote and edited blog posts for the ComputingScheme and PhoneScheme websites, which allow users to save money on computing devices such as laptops, tablets and phones via National Insurance savings.

 

Green Tech 2015

Innovation for a better future

Green Tech 2015 showcases the green/ecologically friendly companies/organisations operating in Bristol and its environs as part of Bristol's European Green Capital 2015 celebration. Aimed at an audience of business owners, senior executives, investors and government advisors, it was distributed at innovation event Venturefest. It will also be used to help promote the Bristol and Bath region at other similar events.

 

Rocketmakers Projects

Video and written client profiles

I wrote and edited case studies/company profiles of various clients of Rocketmakers (an incubator for tech and new media companies in the South West) to showcase the company's innovative work. I also scripted and directed video profiles for each case study.

See it here: See the Rocketmakers company profiles and videos

 

Nationwide

The world's largest building society.

I worked as part of a transition team working on the redesign of the Nationwide website using Sitecore and Sharepoint CMSes. As part of this I helped to rewrite and edit the guides section (http://www.nationwide.co.uk/guides).

See it here: Nationwide

 

Technology Strategy Board (now InnovateUK)

The Technology Strategy Board is the UK's government-backed innovation agency designed to accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation.

Since being promoted from web publisher I headed up a small e-communications team looking after the corporate website and its development, e-newsletters and social media. I also project managed the creation and continued development of various other associated websites and microsites for the organisation. For example, the European innovation funding website Horizon 2020 and digital canvas The Future is Here.

See it here: Technology Strategy Board

 

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the EU's research and innovation programme covering 2014 to 2020, with a proposed budget of €79 billion. Horizon 2020 offers important opportunities for UK businesses and researchers to find finance, networks and partnerships for innovation.

I project managed the creation, development and population of Horizon 2020 (www.h2020uk.org) - the UK face of a multi-billion Euro European innovation funding programme (previously known as FP7) which provides UK companies, universities, public bodies and other organisations access to national contact points (advisers on the various areas the programme covers e.g. energy, space etc), information on calls (competitions), news and events.

See it here: Horizon 2020

 

Gabble

Gabble is striving to build a universal visual language to power next generation 'text-to-image' apps.

In this role I organise the visual database for the site, apps and games. I have also helped organise a Gabble hack day to make use of the site's API as well as being involved with suggesting and developing applications and games using the Gabble database.

Pikipik, released in October 2013, was our first picture/meaning game. I helped develop the app and wrote and edited the questions for the game. It can be seen here: https://itunes.apple.com/app/pikipik/id718771698

See it here: Gabble social network

 

Comedy-songs.com

The place for funny songs and funny musicians.

I designed, created, edited and wrote for www.comedy-songs.com.

See it here: Comedy-Songs.com

 

Technology Strategy Board (now InnovateUK)

The Technology Strategy Board is the UK's government-backed innovation agency designed to accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation.

I was part of a core team responsible for creating and managing content for the corporate website for the UK government's innovation agency. I also helped to develop the organisation's social media strategy.

I was instrumental with the redesign of the site when it was migrated to a LifeRay CMS platform. I helped populate content, find appropriate images, capture bugs, prioritise tasks (in JIRA), suggest development solutions, test user journeys and co-ordinated between the project lead, editorial and design teams to ensure a smooth transition for on-going users of the website.

See it here: Technology Strategy Board