It’s finally here, the end of my days at Cuckoo Design! It’s now well over a year since I started part time before joining full time for gap year at university. I’ve been happy to be able to work in such a versatile environment on many different aspects of the creative digital department. Ranging from hand crafted HTML & CSS, to Javascript, to front end web design, finally culminating in fully content managed website builds.
Work I’m most proud of has to be the advanced budget calculator for Police Mutual and the Diocese of Salford website build. The budget calculator’s responsive interface promotes what is now capable with modern web standards and Javascript frameworks such as JQuery, further blurring the line between desktop and web applications. The Diocese of Salford website build coupled with the iPhone app displays how web technologies are serving the modern face of traditional religious organisations which I was happy to be at the front of.
Overall the year has been one of growth and learning and I thank everyone in Cuckoo for the invaluable experience and wish the agency the best for the future.
Goodbye amends!
A close friend of mine emailed me today to wish me a happy Friday 13th…
I was particularly pleased as he’s always so busy with the slaughter of teenagers and / or anyone who is foolish enough to stand in his way.
One time, he even went into space.
Anyway, here’s his message:
Jason Voorhees will be seeing you later today.
Have yourselves a lovely Friday 13th!
13th, friday, happy
I was eating my sandwiches and came across
this quite saddening story on the BBC website.
The highly eccentric recluse of a man
Phil Spector without a wig! Either that or he
has gone for a very clever new style.
His style has gone from this…………………….
to this……………………………………………
Occasionally you do something as a business that not only are you proud of but that actually gets some media attention. This latest piece in today’s Manchester Evening News is a perfect example of the positive impact a little recognition can have. It’s good news all round, valuable contract win, good for your profile and great for morale. So much so you can’t wait for the next one! And it can’t come soon enough for me. You see I’m itching to see what Cuckoo-related headlines they’ll come up with next.
So far we’ve ‘gone Cuckoo’ when we re-branded, new clients & new starters have ‘flown into our nest’, we’ve ‘hatched’ new campaigns & most recently ‘Cuckoo’s Co-op nest egg’
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1104205_cuckoos_coop_nest_egg_
brand campaign, CFS, co-operative, Cuckoo, Design, media
Being new at Cuckoo I should say a few things about my experience so far. My first impressions are very good. The studio itself is former bank giving a clean, unique feel to the studio. The rich character of the place lends itself nicely to the ability and professionalism of the members of the Cuckoo team.
What I see here is a close group of experts, people who really know what they are doing and have much experience and fun doing it. One of my initial experiences of this professional environment is the level of detail that one has to work to. There are many professional issues to consider such as branding, company policy and guidelines. There are whole documents that describe how a brand should look and the do’s and dont’s of that particular brand. This level of detail is impressive and is efficient quality control.
“What I see here is a close group of experts, people who really know what they are doing and have much experience and fun doing it.”
Receiving a letter on some very nice Cuckoo paper, I am delighted to have been offered a placement here as web developer. Working with a such a skilled team I hope to learn professional etiquette and raise my design skills. I would like to thank the Cuckoo members for giving me such a great opportunity. I feel this is the beginning of a positive work experience and hope to accomplish some great works of art that can only belong to this digital age…
new at Cuckoo
