Hi, I'm Jason Friend.

Improving people’s lives and creating value through design and development of reliable and innovative electronics.

Experienced in design and test of automated test equipment for global clients as an electrical and electronic design engineer.

Graduated university with a First Class in Electronic and Communications Engineering, BEng (Hons).

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Supporting community events to create unique, exciting, and unforgettable experiences.

Currently a committee member & department director for a non-profit annual community event hosting 30,000+ attendees (2022) with a Net Promotor Score (NPS) of 66 (2023).

Previous experience in multiple committee roles for student societies, including as president (leading a team of 6), media officer, and treasure. Ran local and national events by working with external societies, organisations and businesses.

Employed and volunteered in several event-day positions supporting small and large scale events.

Enabling communities and organisations to connect and communicate via social platforms.

Rebranded an organisation and grew marketing channels to successfully encourage membership growth and reach a wider audience.

Improving access to information through on-brand, concise, and easy to navigate websites.

Reimagined the website information and user flow for a community event to provide an attendee information portal and an organisations bookings portal. Continued updates ensures that most queries and booking requirements are available online, reducing unnecessary multi-platform message correspondence and improving user experience.

Created a website for a community of 60,000+ people to access information, tools, and resources, to support a location data editing project.

Previously introduced and developed a new website to document and advertise a month-long series of events at a university.

Accelerating workflows and reducing costs by utilising advance technology, software, and designing effective automation.

Experience creating and implementing internal apps, branded forms, simplified application processes, fully automated registration processes, lead pipelines, external file upload systems, semi-automated post-event survey analysis, and more.

Implemented social media publishing systems to allow scheduling posts and stories on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, Youtube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, and LinkedIn. Set up a social media engagement system to streamline social media messages, comments, and social listening.

Involved in simplification and improving clarity of processes and documentation in small organisations to drive efficiency and safety.