I was employed by Pennant as a Multimedia Developer in 2007-2008 to help develop training solutions using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash and bespoke training production software.

I produced a modular Flash based training tool to be used over a Learning Content Management System. It had to be as compact as possible to ensure content could be delivered as quickly as possible to students. The design was very changable and so the system should also allow changes to be made to it as quickly and easily as possible. A modular, object-based approach to the design and development ensured design modifications could be made quickly with minimum changes needed to the system. This approach, coupled with the use of Actionscript where possible, also created a very quick loading system. The creation of Flash components meant new modules could be created and deployed with the minimum of effort.

Aside from this, numerous training lessons were produced with the help of subject experts. This involved close liaison with the subject experts and other developers to ensure the lessons produced best encapsulated the expert’s knowledge. Numerous technical illustrations had to be produced and graphical modifications made using Photoshop. Adobe Flash was used to produce a large number of animations to demonstrate system usage and technical aspects of the subject being taught.