Richard Knights
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Richard Knights's Bio:
Richard Knights's Experience:
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Digital Media Consultant (Strategy and Innovation) at Pearson Education
July 2010 - July 2014At present I'm working within an internal Pearson strategy group tasked with helping the business explore new business models that go beyond traditional educational publishing, specifically in the mobile space. Developing and implementing strategies using open source solutions Working with schools to to develop mobile applications that streamline Teacher and Student collaboration using mobile technology. Researching and prototyping paradigm shift ebook content solutions using web based technologies and API's. Advising internal business units on mobile development (UX, Responsive Design frameworks and technical strategies) Building Augmented Reality applications and trialling with schools.
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Senior Content Architect at Pearson
2008 - 2010Current Role Title: Senior Content Architect Company: Pearson International Roles include... Supporting the content teams in ensuring digital products are built efficiently to good technical standards, interface with existing systems and are, where possible, reusable. Creating wire-frames and technical briefing documents. Building working product prototypes to a high level of sophistication for user testing and evaluation. Researching standards and new methodologies and keeping the teams informed of new developments and opportunities. Innovating next generation products including mobile solutions.
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Technical Architect - Ode at Pearson Education
2006 - 2008Acted as Technical Architect for innovative web 2.0 venture sponsored by Pearson. Researched and implemented extensive metadata and content packaging paradigms to ensure customers could search for and purchase educational content effectively.
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Designer at Morton Stowe
1987 - 1992 -
UX Specialist at Kingfisher plc
August 2014
Richard Knights's Education:
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Stourbridge College of Technology and Art
1984 – 1986Diploma -
Dorothy Stringer Brighton