Core Responsibilities
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Education
- I received a B.IS with Specialisation in Multimedia from the University of Pretoria in 2001.
- Majors: Information science and computer science.
- Minors: English, visual design.
- Year subjects: Visual communication, archaeology, business management, history of art.
Contact details
Name: Jacqueline Fouché
Location: Pretoria (willing to relocate)
Website: protonode
Employment history
Product manager for Gekko, London, UK from April to June ’09
Gekko used a complicated algorithm modelled on community hotel and restaurant needs and matched them up with restaurants and hotels.
Responsibilities: Project planning, digital project management, operational development schedule management and quality assurance.
Projects: Website redesign, usability testing, community / social user acquisition and restructuring the sign-up functionality.
Project phase involvement: Planning to launch.
Deliverables: Functional specifications, wireframes, comparative analysis, and timelines.
Team involvement: Internal development, marketing, community, project manager and copy teams. Freelance designers.
Programming language: Java
Project management methodology: Agile / scrum
Digital project manager for Altitude Business Systems London, UK from February ’07 to December ’08
Altitude Business Systems is a development company.
Responsibilities: Project planning, digital project management, operational development schedules and defining the information architecture.
Clients: eWaterways, Silverjet and small projects for GTM and Votivation.
Deliverables: Cost estimates, timelines, resource management lists, project status lists, change controls, functional specifications, wireframes, user paths, sitemaps, copy, design and development briefs depending on client and project.
- Projects: eWaterways – SSR (Small Ships Registrar): (http://ssr.ewaterways.com/) , eCommerce website (http://www.ewaterways.co.uk/) , payment integration, work-flow management for content creators, promotional and advertising campaigns.
- Silverjet – Mobile website, intranet, payment integration, booking flow, website redesign and additions and improvements to the eCommerce website.
Project teams: Internal back-end and front-end developers, business analyst, data architect. Worked closely with both eWaterways’ and Siverjet’s programme manager, chief technical officer and website manager.
Programming environment: .NET
Project management methodology: Agile / scrum
Digital producer for TMW London, UK from February ’06 to January ’07
TMW is an advertising agency in central London.
Responsibilities: Project planning, management for website redesigns, website improvements, email and Flash marketing campaigns.
Clients: L’Oreal, Flora, Bird’s Eye and PayPal
Projects: Managing quarterly redesigns for Club Beaute (L’Oreal), ongoing project work for Flora UK, redesign of Bird’s Eye website, Christmas promotional website and marketing campaign for PayPal.
Project phase involvement: Project planning, management and site analysis depending on project.
Programming environment: .NET
Project management methodology: Waterfall
Online project manager at In The House, London, UK from August ’04 to November ’05
Responsibilities: Project management, delivery and information architecture of websites for online dating, training, eCommerce and travel sectors.
Programming language: PHP
Project management methodology: Agile/ scrum
Note: Between August ’04 to January ’05 I worked as a front-end web developer.
Other positions:
- Content editor for Overture Search (later Yahoo!), Dublin, Ireland from April ’04 to July ’04
- Technical consultant/ course assistant for Brightsome Systems, Dublin, Ireland from August ’02 to April ’04
- Web course assistant for University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa from February ’00 to November ’01
Personal Information
I like working on technically challenging projects, usability is important to me and I’d like to do more analysis in my next job, specifically measuring the success of the website and social media marketing.
Hobbies and interests
Macro photography, hiking, jewellery making, leather work, gaming, reading books on the natural sciences.
Personal projects
I recently moved back to South Africa after living in Europe for 9 years. I resided in Germany for the past two years where I did not hold formal employment due the language barrier.
While I lived in Germany I made and sold jewellery. I gained a practical understanding of client requirements for social media and marketing because I used these techniques and platforms to market my own company. I also keep up to date with the evolution of the Internet, and run a few websites using blog frameworks – WordPress – and CMS tools, such as Drupal.
Personal websites:
- protonode (this website recently relaunched) a blog on digital project management and planning
- Tangentine– website and blog for my jewellery business
References are available on request.