my career so far

2015 to 2016:

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER:
CWT Digital LTD. Brighton

Management of budgets, forecasts, resources and scheduling
Stakeholder & client liason
Management of development teams

2014 to 2015:

DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER:
TUI Travel PLC. Experience Education Division - Brighton

Management of budgets, forecasts, resources and scheduling
Stakeholder liason
Management of external UX & development teams
Management of concurrent £1m + projects & PM team

2012 to 2014:

PRODUTION MANAGER / DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER:
Independents United Ltd. London

Management of budgets, forecasts, resources and scheduling
Client liason and requirement discovery
Management of large external development teams (EU, USA, SA, Pakistan)
Management of concurrent digital projects to budget and specification

1999 to 2012:

DIRECTOR / DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER:
Benson Cairns Communications Ltd. London / Edinburgh

Responsible for recruitment and project management
Project managed numerous digital projects for global names
Management of a cross functional software development team in Agile environment
Budgets, forecasts and scheduling for digital projects using Agile Scrum
Successfully developed strong relationships with key customer accounts

1996 to 1998:

DIRECTOR / DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER:
Benson Cairns Communications Ltd. Cape Town / London

Co-founder of Benson Cairns as a digital media services agency
Successfully acquired and grew new business accounts
Recruitment, & management of multi-functional team of digital resources
Liaised with brand managers to complete numerous concurrent digital projects
Managed design, development of interactive CD-ROM’s for 2nd largest ISP in Africa

1994 to 1997:

DIGITAL MEDIA LECTURER:
Association of Advertising Agencies School of Advertising, Cape Town

Responsible for creation & delivery of the digital media curriculum to students
Appointed to lecture DTP & Digital Media Development
Maintained computer lab IT infrastructure
Formulated and developed Benson Cairns Ltd as a student business initiative