Sean Egan is a Digital Designer specialising in Web Design, UX / UI, Branding, and Webflow Development.

As Webmaster at DkIT, I am responsible for the management of the DkIT marketing website, with direct responsibility for the development and implementation of an ambitious website strategy. The main duties and responsibilities associated with this role, are to:

• Develop, implement and maintain a website strategy for the Institute.
• Identify and monitor key goals and KPI’s for reporting to management, to measure website performance and effectiveness.
• Liaise with colleagues from across the Institute to discuss their requirements, business goals and objectives.
• Lead the UX design process from discovery to delivery; including user research, discovery, competitor analysis, wireframing, prototyping and testing to final UI design and documentation for efficient handover to development team.
• Work with external agencies to enable a more agile and fluid approach to continual website development.
• Expand the Design System (Figma) to ensure consistency across the website.
• Plan budget submissions based on strategy, and ensure the website is receiving adequate funding from the Marketing and Communications budget.
• Oversee and project manage large-scale integrations with the website; managing external agencies, request for quotations  and public tender processes.
• Monitor external directives for public bodies ensuring DkIT complies with any legal requirements; Cookie policy, Accessibility, GDPR, Irish languages Act.
• Drive excellence through Quality Assurance, SE0 and accessibility to serve users high-quality, trustworthy and user-centred content.Provide training and support for website content editors to ensure they can proficiently create, edit and publish content on the website.
• Constantly challenge existing processes and identify new opportunities for innovation, to keep pace with new trends and meet evolving demands of users.

As an Interim Creative Director for OLIVER Ireland at Bank of Ireland, I was responsible for the entire creative output of the team. The main responsibilities for this role, were to:

• Lead, motivate and manage a team of 7 graphic and digital designers.
• Ensure consistency of the brand on a variety of different channels and collateral, including out of home, press, social media, digital advertising, print advertising and radio.
• Brainstorm, develop and pitch creative concepts and art direction for a range of marketing campaigns, photoshoots and voiceover recordings.
• Meet with clients on a frequent basis to determine their objectives and advise on different creative approaches.
• Represent OLIVER within Bank of Ireland and build and maintain client relationships.

As a Graphic & Digital Designer for OLIVER Ireland at Bank of Ireland, I was involved in the ideation, design and production of a wide range of marketing campaigns across both digital and print channels. The main responsibilities for this role, were to:

• Work in a fast-paced in-house design agency designing everything from brochures to billboard campaigns, social media assets to UI designs and marketing emails to creative campaign concepts.
• Work closely with the Creative Director to brainstorm, pitch and design for a wide range of marketing, digital and social media campaigns.
• Maintain good file housekeeping and timekeeping, managing multiple projects at once, all the time ensuring brand consistency of visual assets across a range of media/platforms.

I had multiple responsibilities at Pigsback.com, including work as both a designer and content manager. The main responsibilities for this role, were to:

• Create imagery for the Pigsback.com family of websites and work with partners to optimise the imagery for specific campaigns.
• Launch and promote new offers via email marketing channels
• Track sales performance and uncover opportunities to target deals at specific customers.

As a member of the web team within the Marketing Department, the main responsibilities for this role, were to:

• Communicate and work effectively within a team to meet tight deadlines on a weekly basis.
• Develop and manage content across both lidl.ie and the lidl-ni.co.uk websites.
• Create email newsletter for dispatch 3 times a week to 100,000+ subscribers.
• Rework, resize and optimize print artwork for the website.
• Communicate and supervise outsourced processes on a daily basis.