Pierre-Gilles Valcke

I'm a 32-years old man living in Brussels, Belgium. I started creating websites in 1999. I have great experience with open source cms implementation with focus on Drupal, WordPress and Magento.
I was involved in many projects for top-brands, organisations and public institutions as: Unilever, SaraLee, Kelloggs, MasterCard, European Commission, belgian public services, european federations, political parties,... I have experienced near and off-shore development: some good, some bad...Except from PHP and Javascript, I can do almost everything in a project, including: project analysis, wireframing, webdesign & identity, html slicing, cms implementation, project management, search engine optimisation, AdWords campaigns, newsletter management, understanding analytics, training,...

I CAN HELP YOU TO
- clarify strategic objectives, communication needs, and budget
- identify existing solutions matching your needs
- implement market quick-wins, standards and best practices
- write down functional and technical analysis
- define contents categorization and navigation
- prototype interfaces and improve user experience (usability and accessibilty)
- create strong visual identity using impactful pictures
- configure open source CMS (Drupal, WordPress, Magento)
- optimize your website to be well indexed by search engines
- understand website analytics key performance indicators
- set-up and follow-up Google AdWords campaigns
- manage projects (plan, budget, control, communicate)
- manage teams and ressources (offshore/nearshore/local outsourcing)

EXPERIENCE
2001 - ... : Pixelis webagency - owner, web consultant & project manager
1999-2001: Freelance webdesigner
2000: E-Media - Sales assistant (6 months)
2000: IHECS - part-time assistant for Multimedia Department (6 months)

EDUCATION
2008: SCRUM Master - ProSource
2005: Création & Croissance - Solvay Business School
2003: Master in Communication - IHECS (advertising department)
+ many seminaries, online trainings and workshops since 2001 (Content architecture, SEO, HTML/CSS, Email Marketing,...)

LANGUAGES
FR: excellent written and oral skills (native language)
EN: good written and oral skills, I can manage projects using only english
NL: strong educational background, lack of practice