About Jenni

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All About Me
At First Glance…
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All About Me

Date of Birth: 10th December 1986 (making me a Sagittarius born in the year of the Tiger)
Place of Birth: Manchester, England
Origins: Iâ€™m an unusual mix due to my Dad being Russian and Iranian and my Mum English and French. Sadly I can only speak English (and some very bad German).

At First Glance…

I’m short, often loud, and I look young for my age (but happily I’m starting to look older now, and my first wrinkle will be very welcome). I’m lucky enough to spend my time doing lots of things I love, and I tend to look a lot more serious than I am thanks to my hideous ‘concentrating face’.

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Web Design and Other Hobbies

It usually takes people a while to realise just how geeky I am, and even though Iâ€™m not the worldâ€™s nerdiest person, I taught myself to code when I was fourteen, became interested in web marketing and SEO at about fifteen and was designing commercial websites by nineteen. I count my biggest achievements in this area in the ways people tell me I inspire them, and teaching everyone from eight year olds to sixty five year olds how they can code and happily create their own websites. Weirdly enough, coding and design always relax me; I think itâ€™s because I love the creative aspects and having complete control!

When we got the Internet at home in 2001, I quickly became addicted. I was a dedicated member of a couple of forums that allowed basic HTML in posts, but people would often ask for certain codes. I ended up creating a very simple website so I could give them the link to that, and it all took off from there. Over the following years I developed my skills and taught myself some coding and design, ended up with a domain and started and dropped various projects (my time gradually became more limited as I got older!).

If itâ€™s creative in some way, Iâ€™ve probably tried it. I have a very amateur interest in photography, I love baking, and Iâ€™m also obsessed with anything arty like painting, making cards, and generally messing around with bits of paper. I definitely like being around people and entertaining them, asking questions about things Iâ€™m intrigued by, and generally being pretty outgoing. I think this is why it confuses people a lot when they find out Iâ€™m a closet geekâ€¦

I also love travelling (both in the UK and abroad), reading, Nintendo, most animals (especially cats) and cheesy music.

Education

I went to the local high school, gaining 10 GCSEs (in English Literature, English Language, Maths, Double Science, German, Geography, History, Psychology and Textiles). After that, I went to a local sixth form college and graduated with A Levels in English Language, English Literature, Geography and History.

In 2005 I moved to the East Midlands to read English at Nottingham University. This included core modules in Language and Linguistics, Literature, Critical Theory, Drama and Old and Middle English, and I graduated with honours in 2008.

Relationships

In my final year at university, I met my boyfriend Joe whoâ€™s an absolute angel and means the world to me. Heâ€™s a fellow geek studying Computer Science, and is the most patient person on the planet for putting up with me.

Most of my friends are scattered all over the country all, which is handy when I want to go somewhere but sadly means I donâ€™t get to see most people as much as Iâ€™d like.

Work

In my second year at uni I got a job proof reading and testing bugs in e-learning software for a company called BYG Systems, who make software for a range of multinational businesses and government departments.

After graduating in 2008, I got a summer placement for another Nottingham-based company called GTN Consultants. My role here was to design three websites for different aspects of the company and also for a joint consultancy network of lawyers.

In September 2008 I moved to the South West. I started work as a copywriter at a catalogue company which creates and supplies ten different catalogues to several million customers throughout the UK.

By July 2009 I was finding it too difficult to be so far away from my friends and family, so I got another job in Nottingham, working as a copywriter for Jigsaw Systems. I then spent my days writing about all kinds of technical products, particularly Apple and Adobe stuff.

In 2010 I started working full-time in SEO and Social Media, which also includes writing a lot of blog entries and generally spending my time writing about what I want to.

I love writing and Iâ€™m always open to new suggestions, so if you have any freelance work or a project in mind that would suit me, please contact me. I also offer services like proof reading and copywriting/editing of small projects and assignments.