Grégory Bazin

Freelance Projects
Most projects involve the design of websites and were performed based on the same process.

For instance:
Design of the website www.vivre-ecolo.com
Defining customer needs, preparing a first draft of specifications
Assessing budget and timing for delivery
Finalizing the specifications:
- design of a Showcase site
- development of an interface for content management
- display of the dates of coming sales with product presentation
- product library
- design of dynamic forms for quote request, contact, etc…
Signature of the quote/contract
Graphic proposals
Amendments/Validation of a model
Development of the website pages
Integration of dynamic elements
Development of a secure administration interface and creation of the Database
Corrections / Tests / Validation
Optimization for referencing and statistics
Managing the domain name/ hosting/emails
Putting the site on line
Posting the first products
Monitoring for 6 months.

Handling several projects simultaneously, I work from home. I meet the customer several times, in particular to prepare the first draft of specifications then when we sign the contract and final specifications, next during the test stage and lastly to train the customer in using the developed CMS.
Most projects are carried out offshore via emails or the support forum available to my customers.

Role of Project Leader/Webmaster
Identical role to that at Euro RSCG but this time I am working for my own company. My clients are the different departments (marketing, HR, product managers) and branches of the group:
Day to day management of the sites and regular communication campaigns (sending of newsletter-type mailings, e-magazine, invitations to trade fairs/forums etc.),
Reception of new projects such as designing mini-sites for products, forums to prepare a trade fair, specific site for HR etc.
Processing these requests with the Manager of the Communications division, the Artistic Director and the IS Director (internal development resources),
Drawing up schedules and specifications (always using avec Word, Power Point, Excel),
Tracking the stages of the project with the assigned graphic designers and developers.

As often as possible, I try to undertake tasks myself (designing the layout for an emailing, design of thumbnails and layout for a mini-site, drawing up a design when the person who made the accepted design is not available etc.)

Managing site statistics,
Managing domain names (over fifty) of the different sites, min-sites, etc.

Surveying content integrated by the different departments using the CMS available to them (system of validation/corrections necessary).

Canal Satellite at Euro RSCG: Project leader for the Canal Satellite website.

My role was to deal with requests from the client, for example on the design of a mini-site in preparation for the launch of a new package of satellite channels. I drafted specifications related to the request, then I organized a meeting with the agency’s Artistic Director and the Resource Development Director. We drew up a schedule and an estimate of the tasks and cost of the necessary procedures. I gave the feedback from our meeting to the client (CanalSatellite) and we re-discussed the specifications when necessary (reduction in cost or shorter lead time). Next, once the specifications had been agreed (including price and time-frame), I brought together the group of graphic designers and the developers assigned to the project and we began the design. Besides this, I also managed the content of the site with the CanalSatellite team and the CMS implemented by our developers. Email campaigns were scheduled on a regular basis. I oversaw: receipt of content from the client, graphic design proposal and development by our teams, agreement from the client. I then managed the sending out via Email Vision or Emailing Solutions, and presentation of the results statistics for the client.



Peugeot and Dior at Euro RSCG

Occasional help given to project leaders, graphic designers and developers.
With regard graphic design: this consisted of graphic layout on Photoshop.
With regard to development: this involved integrating the layout for mini-sites or email campaigns.