Stuart Anthony Blackett                        
Contact Details: 25 Mowbray Road, Hartlepool, TS25 2LZ
Telephone: 07725854336                                           
E-Mail: stuartblackett@googlemail.com
Website / Portfolio : http://www.sb-dev.co.uk/stuart/

Personal Details:
Nationality: BritishFully Mobile: Full UK driving licence

Objective: As a graduate with over 2 years of commercial experience including University placement, I am looking for a challenging work environment which will help me to increase my technical skills and development experience enabling me to deliver efficient and effective results, helping to achieve company objectives and business aims.

Personal Profile:
I am an honest hardworking person, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. I work well within a team environment with lots of drive, but I can also be dynamic and proficient on my own, being able to prioritise and work under pressure. I am also willing to learn new skills and see myself as a quick and solid learner.
I have a sociable and professional attitude, with a good sense of humour and sense of fair play. Throughout my professional and academic career I am proud to have achieved a high level of both punctuality and attendance.

Skills Profile:
Computer Skills:
As a current website developer, I have key skills in the following web programming disciplines:-

• HTML and XHTML
• CSS
• PHP5 (E-Commerce, Form Handling, Zend Frameworks and Silverstripe CMS)

Good commercial exposure to:-

• MySQL
• SQL Databases making websites dynamic and database driven.
• Apache web server on both Linux and Windows platforms.

I am enhancing my skills using self taught materials in:-

• ASP.NET,                                             Google API,
• Adobe Flex,                                          Java Scripting,
• Adobe Photoshop                                 Adobe Flash
• Search Engine Optimisation                   Joomla CMS
• Ajax with PHP

Communication Skills:
I possess excellent communication, team working and customer service skills, which have been achieved from working in a call centre environment and during my University placement.

Education:
The University Of Teesside, Middlesbrough[Oct-04 – June-08]
BSc (Hons) in Computer Studies (Sandwich Course) (2:1)
Student placement mark: Grade A

College of Further Education, Hartlepool [Sep-02 – May-04]
12 UnitAVCE in Information Communication Technology
A/S Level in Business Studies and City and Guilds Computer Aided Design

Manor College of Technology, Hartlepool [Sep-97 – May-02]
9 x GCSE’s grades B-E

Work History:   
Fantasy Web Design, Berwick upon Tweed          June 2008 – Present [Freelance]
As the primary web site developer, developing content management systems, online shop fronts and enhancing existing websites to make them more dynamic.

Further developing my skills in XHTML, CSS and PHP to a new level and gaining experience of working within a web design team.

ITSS, Durham County Council, Durham              August 2006 – August 2007
My placement year allowed me to understand the workings of a company with a flat management structure, to see how and why decisions are made, to contribute to those decisions, to agree and best meet project timescales, to appreciate financial constraints within a project and impact of late delivery of a project.

Enhancing my technical skills, including Flash Actionscript 2.0 & 3.0, ASP, HTML, XML, JavaScript, SQL, CSS and Microsoft Windows Share point services.
                  
CJ Garlands, Hartlepool                                                May 2005 – August 2006
Customer service representive, Customer focused role, research and resolving customer queries. I have also performed stand-in team leader duties and floor walked to aid my peers with any difficult calls.

Hobbies and Interests:
I am a keen football supporter and player; captaining my team on a regular basis. I also enjoy golf, tennis, squash, motor racing and computer gaming as well as socialising with friends and colleagues.
I also like to keep up to date with current computing technologies.