Roger Gordon's Resume

È Personal Details

Full Name
	Roger Grant Gordon

Date Of Birth
	24/02/1980

Phone Number
	+27 76 306-4578

Email Address
	rogergordon@gmail.com

Location
	Sandton, South Africa (Gauteng)

È Languages

Read, Write, Speak
	English

Speak
	Afrikaans
	Mandarin

È Education

Completed 02/2005
Certificate in TEFL
Certificate at Hess Educational Organisation in Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China.

Subjects
	Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Completed 09/2003
	BSc(Hons)
		Honours at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa (Eastern Cape).

Subjects
	Computer Science

Completed 09/2002
	BSc
		Degree at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa (Eastern Cape).
		
		Subjects
			Computer Science, Information Systems

È Student Life Employment

06/2000
Assistant
Internship/Vacation entry level position at Delapse in the Media sector in Johannesburg, South Africa (Gauteng).

Duties & Responsibilities
General Assistant in a media company. I performed renders for animations, did some character animation and some Flash work (including basic Actionscript) I worked in Delapse for 2 years during my university holidays.

È Working Life Employment

11/2006 - (Current)

Freelance Web Developer
ZAR200 Per Hour Basic Salary
Temporary skilled level position in the Information Technology sector in Johannesburg, South Africa (Gauteng).

Duties & Responsibilities
Design and development of clients' sites including consultation, planning, layout, design, CMS installation, back-end programming and hosting.
Design and Coding (front and back end) of HTML emails (Outlook 2007 compatible).
Various graphic design projects (posters, business cards etc.)
Photographic work (corporate events, open days, concerts etc)

Reason For Wanting To Leave
I desire industry experience and a stable salary.


Selected Projects
http://osebeni.co.za
http://princeafricazulu.org
http://rogergordon.net
http://www.dongshiworx.co.za/lcs
http://sengwa.co.za (under development)
http://www.outsourcedinsight.co.za/
http://dongshiworx.co.za
http://www.originwater.co.za/

An updated list and details of each project is available at http://rogergordon.net/work


03/2004 - 09/2006

Teacher
TWD 50,000 Per Month Basic Salary
Permanent skilled level position at Hess Educational Organisation in the Education sector in Taichung, Taiwan, Province of China. Benefits: None.

Duties & Responsibilities
Teaching English to children aged 7-15 in a creative and stimulating manner;
communicating with co-teachers, parents and managers; planning and assisting with company performances; designing curriculum; performing external training events for company materials and designing and performing dramatic events for outside schools.

Reason For Wanting To Leave
Wish to pursue job related to my education.

È Skills

Current
	
Extensive
XHTML (1 to 2 years experience)
CSS (1 to 2 years experience)

Solid
CMS installation and customisation (1 - 2 years experience)
PHP (1 - 2 years experience)
Graphic Design (Photoshop CS3) 5+ years experience
Photography 5+ years experience

Previous
	
	Extensive
		Teaching English (2 to 5 years experience last used 07/2006)
	
	Solid
		Java (2 to 5 years experience last used 09/2003)

	Limited
		Assembler (up to 1 year experience last used 05/2002)
		C++ (up to 1 year experience last used 05/2002)
		Systems Analysis and Design (up to 1 year experience last used 05/2002)
		Visual Basic (up to 1 year experience last used 05/2002)

È Achievements

12/2005
Employee of the Year, Hess Educational Organisation

È Career Objectives & Availability

Career Objectives
I would prefer a contract/permanent position.
IÕm looking for web design/development jobs in a company that is committed to web standards and accessibility.

Availability
I am available 2/2008 (possibly sooner if necessary).
I am willing to relocate.
I have citizenship in/work permits for South Africa.
Thursday 10 January 2008
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