• QA (Quality Assurance) – Assess the Graphic User Interface, technical checks, marketing checks & merchandising checks in order to ensure that web design & content (homepage & secondary pages) are consistent with house style & have up to date & correct information, working with the communication teams to ensure that all the information are on the site.
• Obtain appropriate approval & relevant sign off for web content changes
• Co-ordinate photo-shoots of products & understand use of naming conventions of web item references.
• Editing/cutting out/re-sizing web products on Photoshop before products are put live.
• Assisting in the production of web content rotation schedule daily & web content from brief through to completion in research, defining & implementing new creation following web redesign & web hierarchy.
• Assisting in the analysis of web statistics (visitors hit rate, conversion rates, page view summaries, products hit, etc…).
• Verification on stock levels & basic figure analysis from CSS & SAP. Liaise with merchandisers to add/remove products or reduce to clearance online.
• Liaising with Customer Service & Call Centre on providing information for new products added online.

3 words that describe you?

An explorer, a challenger and someone who enjoys life

What the good things are about your job?

• I organise myself on working in my own schedule before the deadline.
• Everyday when working on my job responsibilities, I also learn new skills which helps me to have wider options on new careers in the future.
• I enjoy working on this role in the Internet/E-commerce field.

Advice for those interested in following a similar career or for pupils planning courses/career generally?

If deaf children are seeking for a career in the Internet & E-Commerce, then my advice is to gain relevant education/skills/abilities/experiences. Most importantly, choose any kind of education & career that you really enjoy the most.

Courses for this kind of field include:

• Digital Media Arts
• Internet & Multimedia Engineering
• Computer Science & Management (Internet Technology)
• Mathematics & Computer Science (Management)
• Mobile & Wireless Computing
• Internet Computing
• Internet Multimedia Communication
• Web Computing
• etc…

Graduates with courses above will have a broad-based set of skills in imaging, video, web, print & multimedia design and production processes working to professional corporate, broadcast and presentation sector standards.

Acquisition of these skills will open up employment opportunities to support the demands of the creative, cultural and leisure industries and will be appropriately qualified to apply for the following jobs in the Internet & E-commerce:

• Quality Assurance/Webmaster
• Web Researcher/Analyst
• Web Administrator/Co-ordinator
• Web Assistant
• Web Designer
• Web Developer
• Web Specialist
• Web Consultant
• Online Producer
• E-commerce Director
• Web Projects Manager
• Web Editor
• Web Copywriter
• Online Sales Manager
• Online Planner/Buyer
• E-commerce Director
• Online Creative Director
• Multimedia/Assistant Producer
• Multimedia/Web Trainer

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