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Junior Developer

Sonia Hussain

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I am a Junior Stack Developer
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Aspiring Web Developer. Based in Birmingham. Love learning new technologies & developing high-quality websites & applications for businesses & users.

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About

Hi, I'm Sonia. Nice to meet you!

During 2021, I decided to take a leap of faith and trained to become a full stack developer with Code Institute.

Now, a fully-pledged developer, there is nothing more I enjoy than designing and developing cool websites.

Got a cool project in mind or looking to hire a developer? Get in touch, and we can bring your idea to life.

Personal Details:

Mobile Number:

077 686 02137

Email:

sonia_ah@icloud.com

Location:

Birmingham, UK

Skills

Tech Skills

Affinity Photo 80%
Affinity Designer 75%
HTML 70%
CSS 60%
Bootstrap 50%

Strengths

100%

Passion

100%

Dedication

90%

Strong Team Player

90%

Highly-Organised

85%

Pro-Active

80%

Build strong relationships

Portfolio

From an idea on paper to a fully-functional live site, below is a brief overview of how I approach each project.
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Step 1: Research

Strategy

It is a great start to identify who your target audience is and for what reasons. At this stage, we want to identify their goals and our goals to ensure we fulfil this when we start designing.

Scope & Structure

Now that we know what are users want from us, we now need to identify what features are workable to develop. Also, I like to know how each information element fits together.

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Step 2: Design

Skeleton

The fun now begins! We start designing what we like the website to look like. It is a great idea to hammer down the layout, functionality and style to ensure we meet user's goals.

Surface

At the surface stage, we decide what do we want to convey? What I mean is, what colours, font style are we going to use to help convey your brand story.

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Step 3: Development

Code

This is the most exciting part of the project. It is where we develop from an idea to something real!

Projects

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CV Project

A CV website is portraying Sonia's work history and skills. Built using HTML, CSS & Bootstrap.

View live Resume Project Visit Resume project GitHub repository

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Whiskey Drop

A fun, subscription service for Whiskey lovers with a sign-up modal. Built using HTML, CSS & Bootstrap.

View live Whiskey Project Visit Whiskey project repository on GitHub

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Love Running

An informative, friendly website for users who enjoy running with a contact modal form and gallery imagery. Built using HTML & CSS.

View live Love Running Project Visit Love Running GitHub repository

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Candy Museum

A mobile responsive website using Bootstrap, HTML & CSS to create a funky museum website for candy lovers.

View live Candy Museum Project Visit Candy Museum project on Github repository

Experience

  • Department for Work & Pensions

    May 2021 - Present

    Work Coach (Executive Officer)
    • Work with customers, employers & colleagues through a combination of digital, telephone and face-to-face contact daily.
    • Providing support to Universal Credit, Jobseekers Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, and Income Support customers.
    • Offering quality advice to customers about job search actions, supporting them to job search effectively in a largely digital world.
    • Building positive working relationships with customers that encourages, motivates and builds trust.
    • Developing in-depth knowledge of local employment and opportunities, recognising the roles that our Partners and Employers have in helping our customers secure employment.
    • Making timely decisions, based on customer needs, and referring them to appropriate help and support.
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    Netcom Training / Netcom Online Learning

    Aug 2020 - May 2021

    Digital Marketing Executive
    • Generate demand for online courses via FB & Instagram and convert leads into business.
    • Successfully launched & designed 2 billboard advertisements to raise local awareness as well as supporting current campaigns.
    • Implemented a range of successful social media campaigns including static and video content.
    • Set up regular social media campaigns, as well as a/b testing to improve marketing efficiency.
    • Delivered regular email marketing campaigns including course promotion, awareness, new courses and offers.
    • Manage monthly social media website audits to appraise the performance of the activity and made strategic recommendations for improvement.
    • Coached and delivered training to marketing assistants ensuring adherence to SEO, social media, writing & brand guidelines.
    • Designed promotional material using creative software in supporting the sales and customer service team.
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    Latham's Hardware

    Aug 2019 - June 2020

    Sales & Marketing Assistant
    • Created a new logo for distribution brand Viking Hinges using Affinity Designer.
    • SEO optimisation for Latham's Hardware website. Rewrote body content including page titles, meta descriptions, H1's & about us page.
    • Social Media content creation using Affinity Photo, HootSuite and photography of product items.
    • Advise customers on all point of contact, including email & telephone.
    • Answer & respond to customer queries on eBay & Amazon, ensuring all queries are resolved in a timely manner with the aim to exceed customer satisfaction.
    • Collate TrustPilot reviews.
    • Process orders, refunds, cancellations on CRM & OrderWise.
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  • School of Code

    Dec 2018 - July 2019 (6-months contract)

    Marketing Lead
    • Project managed the delivery of 2 key events: (1)Launch Day (2) Demo Day. Secured the West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street & tech industry Angel Investor Sherry Coutu CBE to speak.
    • Admin support for CEO and managed diary management.
    • Social media content creation: a case study of a 4-month social media campaign:
      • Instagram audience grew by 148% due to organic growth & telling a story by creating compelling posts with rich content.
      • Improved Instagram engagement rate from 13% to 69% (exceeding industry benchmark with 6% being a very high engagement rate by re-strategising).
      • Twitter followers grew by 86% due to a steady flow of content produced.
    • Secured press from Business Desk & Birmingham TV, raising the profile locally & increasing SoC's message.
    • Created event promotional material using Canva & PiktoChart as well as using MailChimp:
      • Successfully implemented engaging email content exceeding industry average benchmark, with a 64% open-rate (industry av. 15.9%) & a 22.2% click-rate (industry av. 1.6%)
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  • West Midland's Growth Company (WMGC)

    Jun 2017 - Sept 2018

    Business Development Assistant
    • Support account managed senior-level accounts alongside Director & Manager.
    • Actively involved in marketing campaigns & offering pro-active support, data input into the CRM system & updating mailing lists.
    • Revitalised Partner engagement report from CRM, from a non-useful report to a presentable format that shown tangible benefits delivered.
    • Managed the monthly Commercial Partner Newsletter.
      • Re-modernised the newsletter by changing the visual layout & content, delivering an unprecedented average of 27% open rate (formerly 6%).
    • Primary Account Manager for WMGC's biggest priority project: MIPIM 2018. Managed over 70 high-profile partners (incl. Birmingham Airport, Jaguar Land Rover, Skanska), planning & organising high-level meetings with strategic stakeholders such as Andy Street, the Head of Councils & Waheed Nazir, Corporate Director of Economy.
    • Successfully introduced Sector Dinners adding value to Partnership on themes such as Tech, Digital, BPFS, Construction & organised the logistics of the events.
      • Invited high-senior partners who knew the subject, developed new relationships within the sector by inviting key seniors to dinner for the opportunity to develop new relationships.
    • Organised industry workshops on Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Digital which had a direct impact on producing the West Midlands Industrial Strategy.
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  • Tulip Ltd.

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2016, 1-year industrial placement

    Brand & Licensing Executive
    • Managed internal Brand & Licensing monthly e-newsletter, as well as developing creative seasonal e-shots using Adobe Photoshop.
    • Executed creative design jobs that involved writing clear design briefs to Tulip's Design Agency & liaising with Tulip's sites to obtain information.
    • Managed Cherry Tree Farm brand which included circulating monthly reports to the commercial & category teams in a visual, readable format. Successfully implemented Cherry Tree Farm's social media strategy in conjunction with Tulip's Design Agency. Pro-active in monitoring competitor's social media strategy & introduced a distinctive digital campaign.
    • Played a key role in developing Tulip's first social media strategy & launched a corporate Twitter account.
    • Successfully led a Creativity & Innovation at Work project to improve the company's culture to adhere to creative-thinking.
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Education

  • Code Institute via Learning People

    2019 - 2020

    Diploma in Software Development
    • Technologies learnt:
      • HTML
      • CSS
      • Bootstrap
      • JavaScript
      • Python
      • MySQL
      • MongoDB
      • Django
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  • Google

    Aug 2019

    Google Analytics for Beginners
    • The course shows how to create an account, implement tracking code and set up data filters. It also shows how to analyse basic Audience, Acquisition, and Behavior reports and set up goals and campaign tracking.
    • The course consists of:
      • Introducing Google Analytics
      • The Google Analytics Interface
      • Basic Reports
      • Basic Campaign and Conversion Tracking
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  • Aston University

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2016

    BSc Business & Management, 2:1
    • A 4-year course with an integrated placement year covering various functions of the business.
    • Modules covered:
      • Marketing Strategy
      • Strategic Management
      • Strategic Brand Management
      • Consumer Behavior
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