Will Metcher
Personal Info
Website
https://will-metcher.github.ioGitHub
github.com/will-metcherStack Overflow
stackoverflow.com/will-metcherLanguages
PHP
HTML
JavaScript
Python
CSS
Java
C#
SQL
Key Strengths & Skills
Technical Skills
Skillful user of the entire Office 365 suite for over a decade.
Fluent in all aspects of Google Workspace, including it's apps.
Advanced technical writing skills.
Photo editing & graphic design, using Photoshop.
Libraries, Frameworks, Engines & APIs
Node.js, p5.js, Discord.js, jQuery, Google Apps Script, Laravel
Unity, GameMaker, Android Studio, WordPress
OAuth 2.0, Various Google APIs, Stripe API
Soft Skills
Strong work ethic
Communication
Problem solving abilities
Patient and kind
Punctual
Conflict resolution
Qualifications
Queensland Certificate of Education
Blue card
Interests
Programming
Chess
Genealogy
Animals
Professional Experience
McDonalds
Crew member: September 2014 - February 2018 (3 years 6 months)
- Trained to work in the kitchen and experienced customer interaction & service.
- Collaboration with other crew members to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the kitchen, specifically in food preparation and kitchen maintenance.
CoderDojo
Volunteer Tutor: Term 2 & 3 2016 (6 months)
- Assisting in the operation of a 'Dojo' (Classroom).
- Helping children learn & understand new programming concepts and ideas, while refining and cultivating current ones. Mainly in Scratch, but also HTML and Alice.
- Assisted in demonstrations involving the deconstruction of a computer and the explanation of its components.
Chess Mates
Teacher: March 2018 - January 2020 (1 year 10 months)
- Conducting chess lessons for primary school children.
- Experience in behavior management, childcare and public speaking.
- Current Blue Card holder.
Senior Teacher: January 2020 - present
- Responsible for training new teachers.
- Writing curricular.
- Writing progress reports for children.
Also performed various tasks in addition to regular Senior Teacher responsibilities
- Working on the Kajabi online program site and content.
- Created graphics and thumbnails.
- Created end of section assessments.
Administration Officer: October 2021 - February 2023 (1 year 4 months)
- Customer service (emails and phone calls)
- Graphic Design, including flyers, posters, and various web assets.
- WordPress website maintenance, and updates for chessmates.com.au, junioryoga.com.au and businesskids.com.au
- Managing and facilitating the delivery of chess sets to customers
- Events manager for all holiday programs
- Delivering school assembly speeches
- Data analysis on each class, to inform advertising targets, staffing needs and potential profitability
- Manager of Chess Mates Online, including creating content for an online course, organising and running tournaments and advertising
- Delivering advertisement materials and teaching equipment to staff and schools
- Creating various APIs to make working with the third party backend easier
- Providing technical support to head office staff
- Designed and implemented a custom booking system, including an API to integrate with the backend
- Liaised with digital marketing agency to manage Google ads and SEO.
- Running social media accounts (Facebook & Instagram)
- Writing a weekly newsletter for clients
Head of Technology: February 2023 - present
- Investigating various technologies to improve staff efficiency.
- Designed, created and implemented a custom, centralised web app to manage all data relating to schools, staff and students. Included data analysis features, a boutique rostering system, a simple B2B CRM, and a flyer designer usable by people without any graphic design experience. Written in PHP & JavaScript.
- Continued work on the booking system, adding a voucher/credit system, BNPL integration and cart abandonment reminders.
- All I.T. related tasks carried over from my Admin Officer position.
General Manager: July 2023 - present
- Managing casual, part-time and full-time staff, nation wide.
- Conducting and implementing performance improvement plans.
- Responsible for determining marketing direction and strategies.
- Creating and implementing strategies to decrease COGS and increase profitability.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant bodies including: Blue Card Services, The ATO, FairWork, and the chosen HR Firm.
- QLD Area Manager:Responsible for rostering, recruitment and training of 50 casual staff and over 130 schools across SEQ.
During COVID-19 quarantine, responsibilities shifted due to school closures.
- Calling schools regarding advertisements, organising meetings and such.
- Wrote a custom Python script to automatically delete invoices from Xero.
- Suggested and implemented a master spreadsheet, combining all the relevant information for each school in one location.
- Added extra functionality to the sheet using Google script and forms created using HTML & CSS.
- Gathering leads.
- Created a python script to automatically text parents regarding absentees. Scrapes data from the site, then processes it and sends texts using Twilio.
Private Maths Tutor
Tutor: February 2019 - present
Education & Traning
Brisbane Boys' College (2008 - 2017)
Diploma of I.T. - TAFE Queensland (2018)
Bachaelor of I.T. - RMIT University (2018-2021)
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