Vanessa JonesWeb Design | Graphic Design | Marketing

About me

Art and design has always been my passion. So creating a career by combining this passion with my technical expertise and studying Multimedia design was a fantastic move for me.

I have wide experience and have taken on many challenges. Whether the medium is digital or print, I always relish the opportunity to be creative and ensure the message is communicated to the audience effectively. 

 

Technical Skills

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Jadu
  • CSS
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Wordpress
  • SEO
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Joomla
  • Google Analytics
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • SiteCore
  • Microsoft Word
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Squiz Matrix
  • Microsoft Outlook
  •  HTML
  • Liferay
  •  Jira

 


Professional Skills

  • Project Management
  • Active Listening
  • Presentation Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Customer Service Mindset
  • Brainstorming Ideas
  • Negotiation
  • Relationship Building
  • Conveying Messages
  • Collaboration
  • Meeting Expectations
  • Writing / Content Copy
  • Multitasking
  •  Public Speaking
  • Research & Analysis

 


Professional Experience

Local Government Association of Queensland Online Content Officer
2019 - 2020 Assisted in the upgrade of 70 local council websites, migrating from Liferay CMS to Jadu CMS by conducting pre and post-migration content clean up tasks.

 

Department of Agriculture & Fisheries Web Content Officer
2018 – 2019 Assisted in the web publishing process by undertaking routine editing tasks in the web content management system (Squiz Matrix) for the internet and intranet websites.

 

Residential Tenancies Authority Digital Media Officer
2016 – 2017 Digital Media Officer working in the Marketing/Education and Communication team to produce materials for internal and external stakeholders.

 

VanessaJ.com.au Website & Graphic Design
2002 – 2016 Self-employed website and graphic designer working on projects for small to medium businesses.

 

Simply Web Systems Ltd Senior Web Designer
2001 - 2002 Website designer working with a small team to develop large e-commerce websites.

 

TravelMedia 2000 / TravelTech Editorial Executive, Graphic Designer, Website Designer
1998 - 2001 In charge of the design and production of TravelTech, an internationally distributed tourism magazine.

 


Education 

2018 Queensland Government web writing and style guide 

 

2017 Cert IV Digital Marketing & Communication
  - Full time

 

1998 Graphic Design
  Christchurch Polytechnic - New Zealand
  - Part time

 

1997 Diploma of Digital Multimedia Design and Production
  Design & Art College of New Zealand
  - Full time