I first joined 8-Digital to complete a Digital Marketing Apprenticeship and to gain valuable experience within a local Digital Marketing agency. At 8-Digital, I had a range of Digital Marketing responsibilities within a small and close-knit team. These included building and maintaining websites to a brief provided by a client, improving website Search Engine Optimisation, managing Social Media accounts and overseeing and managing external developers. I was chiefly in charge of all development practices at the business, and this was a role which required strong management, communication, and time-keeping skills. This role also required me to communicate directly with clients and present myself and the business in a professional manner.
As a result of managing all development activities, I had to show great organisational and time-management skills, as well as great communication with both other team members and the clients we worked with. My work with websites allowed me to put my self-taught knowledge of programming languages to use in a role which required both front and back-end work.
The websites we build principally used the Content Management System WordPress, but also used others such as Magento and Shopify. I worked primarily with PHP as a back-end language. Outside of development, I played an important role in the creation of SEO and PPC campaigns for our clients and independently created email campaigns for both internal use as well as for clients. This job required frequent use of both Adobe and Microsoft Office applications, as well Basecamp, Skype, and Slack.