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04/17/2012

Two new recruits for Urban Element

By lucylavers

We are pleased to announce that we have increased our ranks with two new starters here at Urban Element.

Lucy Lavers joins us as Business Development Manager, while Stephanie Bouguet has started her internship as a Graphic Designer.

Lucy Lavers

Lucy has a background in marketing and PR and has worked in the industry since graduating with a 2:1 in PR and media in 1999. Her previous roles include Marketing Manager for a multi-national bathroom manufacturer over seeing all UK and Ireland marketing operations. More recently, she has been working in online affiliate marketing and SEO, so is well placed to work along side Nikki with our online marketing clients and with Jon on new initiatives. You can read more about Lucy on LinkedIn and you will also find her increasingly on Twitter.

Stephanie Bouguet

Stephanie Bouguet is from Bordeaux, France and started at UE this week. She is in the UK for 3 years to gain experience in Graphic Design having completed a Masters degree in Art, and undertaken further training in graphic design. You can see some of Stephanie’s work at http://www.s-creative.fr/. During her time at UE she will working with the web design team on projects including our new website . After her internship, Stephanie plans to remain in the UK as a website designer.

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07/22/2011

Summer with UE – Our New Intern’s Take on Web Design at UE

By nikiforecast
I started at Urban Element on July 4th for a two weeks of work experience in the web design department. At the end of this period, I was very happy to be asked to stay on and work the rest of the summer, before I go back to Oxford Brookes University to complete my degree in Media Technology.The first two weeks were quite testing – being thrown into the deep end and learning Business Catalyst from scratch was quite intimidating, however the constant supply of cake and bacon sandwiches that always seemed to be around the office certainly made it a bit easier!Going for a team bowling trip as part of the Urban Element team day on the Friday of my first week was good fun, but I had to play very tactfully as my permanent role in the office was still to be decided by my opponents – although I still managed to beat Jon in a head to head game!The main project I have been working on up until now was a Business Catalyst conversion for the Cotswold Country Clothing ecommerce website. This is part of the Shepherd and Woodward group based in Oxford, and has involved me adding all the new products and restyling the pages with the new format.

Business Catalyst is a very large piece of software with enormous capabilities, so even after two weeks of working away I appreciate that I’ve barely scratched the surface. However, being able to build and manage an ecommerce website is extremely useful, and is a great skill to have behind me especially for my degree.

Now that I am staying for the next two months, I am very excited to be starting work on the Sofa Project website this week, as it’s a very interesting company and there’s a lot for me to learn. I’m going to be building an ecommerce section for the website which sells recycled furniture. This will allow people to purchase the sofas online, making the service available to more people.

The lunchtime table tennis games have also got much more interesting now that my job role is secure – all politeness and friendliness has disappeared in the pursuit of the enormous honour from winning the title of The Urban Element Open 2011 Champion.

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