Richard Bishop

Current

Part-Time Lecturer at Staffordshire University
Director - Mobile and Corporate Communications at Mediche Limited
Owner at The Rich Media Company (Self-employed)

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Past

Welcome Week Site Manager at Staffordshire University
Media Officer at Staffordshire University
Student at Staffordshire University

GKradio Head of Technical at Staffordshire University
Presenter at Shug FM

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Education

Staffordshire University

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Connections

116 connections

Industry

Online Media

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Richard Bishop’s Summary

I am enthusiastic, driven and eager to develop, improve and create. I am an active learner, and have never had any problem picking up new skills, or developing on existing ones. I was described by my school work placement, spent as an IT technician, as ‘having an aptitude for the subject area’ and since the age of 9, I have never stopped improving my range of skills.

I have been working as a self-employed ‘freelance web designer’ since October 2003, and with the projects I have worked on, I have developed great working relationships with my clients, learnt to deal with the stresses and strains of being your own boss, and have learnt invaluable time-management skills.

As well as my computing, I also have a keen interest in broadcasting. I was previously ‘head hunted’ by my University's Student’s Union for the position of ‘Head of Technical’ at the student radio station – GK Radio. From this, within a year I became the Media Officer, the strategic manager for all student media at my University. Previous to this I was the Assistant Manager at the ShugFM radio station based in Stafford, and took the lead in developing good commercial relationships and increasing the awareness of the brand in the local community.

Whilst at my Secondary school, I was elected by my peers to the independent positions of “Senior Prefect”, my school’s alternative to ‘head boy’, and to firstly “Vice-chair of the School Council”, later to be elected to position of “Chair of the School Council”. I then went on to my Sixth-form college, where again, I was elected as “Co-Chair of the Student Council”. This gave me a huge responsibility to represent the students, and liaise with the college’s governing body to implement a number of changes to the constitution of the college, and represent the students’ views during a very challenging, and changing time for the college.

Richard Bishop’s Specialties:

Project Management, Representation, Corporate Branding, Coding, Web Applications

Richard Bishop’s Experience

Part-Time Lecturer

Staffordshire University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2009 — Present (7 months)
Director - Mobile and Corporate Communications

Mediche Limited

(Privately Held; Medical Devices industry)

August 2009 — Present (8 months)
Owner
The Rich Media Company (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Media Production industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Welcome Week Site Manager

Staffordshire University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 11 months)
Media Officer

Staffordshire University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

May 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Student

Staffordshire University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2005 — July 2008 (2 years 11 months)
GKradio Head of Technical

Staffordshire University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)
Presenter

Shug FM

(Broadcast Media industry)

March 2006 — March 2006 (1 month)

"The Richard Bishop Show!", "Richard Bishop's Lunchbox" and Live Coverage of the Queen's Visit to Stafford... all enjoyed by... well... me!

Richard Bishop’s Education

Staffordshire University

BSc (Hons) , Mobile Computing and Internet Technology , 2005 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Student Council, Welcome Week, Advanced Driving Society, GKmedia, GKradio, GKtv, GKnews