Kay Smoljak is alternately a web geek, email enthusiast, metalhead, photographer, and goat afficionado.
Kay Smoljak's Bio:
Kay Smoljak's Experience:
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Writer and Photographer at Metal As Fuck
February 2009 - October 2011Reviews and photography of local and international live music events, including the legendary Wacken Open Air in 2009 and 2010. Conducted in person and telephone interviews with noted musicians including members of Fear Factory, Lamb of God, Chimaira and Obituary.
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Writer at Faster Louder
April 2007 - April 2011Reviews of local live music events. Conducted telephone interviews with noted figures in rock and heavy metal including Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow, and Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta.
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Senior Web Developer at PerthWeb
September 1999 - July 2006ColdFusion development using Fusebox. Working with IIS and SQL Server. Web standards advocacy and staff support, trouble shooting layout problems, setting required quality levels and checking of same. Project Manager for unusual projects and those with special requirements. Search Engine Optimisation for clients and PerthWeb sites.
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Owner at Zingry
September 2013Easy email marketing for your business. Zingry is a complete email marketing service - our easy-to-use system puts you in control of creating, sending, and analyzing your campaigns. We also offer email marketing consulting - analysis and strategy, template design, and copywriting.
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Freelance web geek at Self-employed
2011Specialising in WordPress websites, email newsletter marketing, and ecommerce.
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Writer and Photographer at MetalUnderground.com
January 2011Photography and reviews of live music events including the heavy metal cruise ship festival 70,000 Tons of Metal (Miami to The Cayman Islands) in January 2012 and Metalcamp 2012 (Tolmin, Slovenia).
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Co-founder at Clever Starfish
August 2006Juggled roles of client and accounts manager, project manager, book-keeper, developer and more, heading up a 3-5 person team of designers and developers, between 2006 and 2011. Continued in a consulting role to the new management team since handing over the reins in 2011.
Kay Smoljak's Education:
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Edith Cowan University
1997 – 1999Bachelor of ScienceConcentration: Interactive Multimedia Technology
Kay Smoljak's Interests & Activities:
I like writing, live music, photography, film, travel and cooking.