orman clark: creative director
My name is Orman and I look after anything that needs to be made pretty – that’s right, I make pretty pictures! I oversee every design project that comes through the doors here at AweSEM, logos, graphics, websites, WordPress themes, the list seems endless at times! If anything we design here needs building then I oversee that too – yeah, I’m one of those CSS types!
all about orman
Well I was born in Reading, Berkshire, and if you’re not sure where that is just think Ricky Gervais.
I’ve always been into design (even when I was into marketing) and it’s been an interesting journey to get here. A journey that includes 6 years in the Armed Forces as a Graphic Designer / Printer, several successful (and failed) personal web projects, a number of start-up businesses and of course designing and optimising clients’ websites.
I do not wish to estimate the number of hours I have been infront of this Mac but the bags under my eyes are starting to make me look like a Panda!
In terms of my experience with Internet Marketing I’ve been involved in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for the last 5 years or so. Within that time I’ve held demanding positions at some of Europe’s largest agencies and handled numerous high-profile accounts.
previous experience and skills
A potted history of previous experience – riveting stuff!
Graphic Design & Print
Graphic Design and Printer Experience with the Armed Forces (UK and abroad)
Freelance Designer & Marketer (ormanclark.com)
Design, build and marketing of client websites. Other marketing activities including email, banner, affiliate.
SEO Agency Experience
SEO agency experience with The Search Works and Tamar (London) – assisting new business, developing offering, SEO strategy creation and implementation, Social Media strategy ownership.
Previous Clients
Include EasyJet, Teletext Holidays, Visit Britain, Black Horse Car Sales, Direct Line, Churchill.com, TescoCompare and Tesco Personal Finance.
Client-Side SEO Experience
Client-side SEO experience with Yell.com, 118247.com, Yellgroup.com – SEO strategy and implementation for multi-million paged websites and Social Media Marketing ownership of 118247 TV Campaign (Magical Trevor)
Design Skills
Web Design, WordPress Themes, Vector Illustration, Graphic Design, Flash Animation.
Development Skills
HTML, XHTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, MySql, XML.
Marketing Skills
SEO, PPC, Email.