Catherine Wilson resume references
Contact Email: Catherine Wilson [ cath_wilson@email.com ]
Date of birth: 7th March 1972

Currently in Australia but planning to return to Ireland in May 1999

Key Skills and Qualifications
  • multimedia project management
  • web, networked & new media technology
  • innovative new media ideas and translation into product or service
  • product & service research, development and commercial application
  • marketing & promotion (both off and online)
  • administration, communication and team organisation
  • proposal and report writing
  • financial administration, resource scheduling and budget allocation
  • Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) Honours Degree, Trinity College, Dublin

Information Technology

  • Systems: Windows 97, Windows NT, Macintosh, Unix
  • Software: Excellent working knowledge of Windows 97, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint and Adobe Photoshop. Knowledge of Microsoft Project, Adobe Premier, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Director, Giff Animator, Quark Express, Imagedit
  • Images: Understanding of various image technologies, file formats, storage methods, security, compression and transfer techniques
  • Internet: Knowledge of html programming, Dreamweaver, Homesite, Netscape Navigator 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer, email: goupwise and outlook, ftp, ISDN and broadband protocols, CUSEEME and ICQ

References

Ireland
Reference 1
Aoibheann Gibbons Ph.D, CEO, Arthouse Ltd.
Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland

Australia
Reference 2
Scott McNeilage, ex-Production Director, X/M Harrow, Balmain, Sydney
Currently working as a consultant

Reference 3
Damien Kerr, ex-Head of Programming, X/M Harrow, Balmain, Sydney
(currently employed in Bates Interactive UK)

Professional Experience

Arthouse, Multimedia Centre for the Arts
Feb 95 - August 97
Job title: European Projects / New Media Coordinator.
I joined Arthouse in 1995 as R&D assistant, part of a team of 7 people. My role in the company quickly advanced to European Projects Coordinator and I was later awarded the added responsibility of New Media Coordinator. Arthouse moved into the first purpose-built Multimedia Centre in 1996 and employed 25 full time and 8 part time staff by August 1997. I was personally responsible for coordinating 7 employees in the Research, Development and Bureau of Arts Information departments.

Responsibilities:
European Union and New Media Projects management and coordination:-
subjects and content of the projects included:
  • research and development of telecommunications across European countries
  • education and training in Information Technology to various sectors (educators /cultural groups /commercial)
  • networking image and text databases
  • developing online services
  • collaborative multimedia artistic projects and web exhibitions.

for details of specific European and Art projects see www.arthouse.ie under Art and Projects

Project Coordination involved:
  • sourcing companies with relevant and complementary skills to form a synergistic project team
  • discussing methods and conceptualization of the project objectives and structure
  • setting tasks and responsibilities into Work Package Modules for each participant and writing the proposal according to individual strengths and commitment
  • budgeting and technical considerations and labour scheduling
  • holding regular meetings to ensure tasks were carried out according to the milestones and targets set
  • organising funds allocation and invoicing the European Commission Finance Division
  • writing project reports, technical audits and financial accounts at the end of each project

Active coordination of collaborative multi-media projects using digital representations of images required that I obtain knowledge of comparable communication techniques, speed and security of delivery of data online. Other contributing project factors included data protection, legal aspects of new media, ownership issues, intellectual property rights, and encryption techniques.

Time out to travel
August 97 - March 98: Traveled to the Middle East, India, Nepal, and Asia

August 98 - October 98: Traveled the east coast of Australia

X/M Harrow (Multimedia arm of George Patterson Bates)
April 98 - August 98
Job title: Project Manager
Functions:
Management and coordination of strategic multimedia projects involving a team of workers from creative, client service, strategic marketing, programming and research departments.

Duties:
Initial project tasks covered areas such as brainstorm meeting participation, writing project proposals, projecting complete estimates for resources, timings and costings for both functional and creative integration of projects. During projects my responsibilities included work scheduling, resource booking, organization and tracking of time and work effort. Functions included reporting, tracking and weekly summaries, including tagging and resolving lags and inefficiencies. Reconciliation and end of project reports recorded work completed, timelines, costings, department efficiency and utilization and recommendations for future projects.

While at X/M Harrow much of my time was concentrated on research, building up reports and information on online promotional strategies and efficient procedures at the micro level of promotional multimedia projects and also the macro level of the interactive company

Internet EXPRESS
Novemeber 98 - now
Job title: Production Manager
Functions:
As Production Manager I directed the overall running of this web development and ISP. The CEO was extremely busy in other businesses so the weekly decisions was left to me. As well as basic website design projects the company concentrated on integrating client databases and administrative systems with internet technologies in order to allow secure e-commerce via the internet. Business to business projects allow our customers' clients to check their account and order status at remote locations over a secure server. Business to user application projects allowed selling online with secure payment transcation into the clietn merchant account.
Education
1990-1994: Trinity College, Dublin
Degree studied: Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS)
Results Grade 2.I. honours degree
Subjects studied over four years included:
Management, Marketing, Innovation, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Corporate Finance, Accountancy, Human Resource Management, Consumer Behaviour, Psychology and French
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