My varied working life has been a filled with working with people directly (community publishing, retail&catering, retail/phone sales and teaching in communities) with a warm sincere north eastern voice that reflects my personality. My creativity has also been a motivating part of my life, starting with designing what could be the Internet today (when I was 11 I won a British Telecom competition), asked to be an editor and publisher and more recently creating digital kaleidoscopic images, paintings and a social history colouring in book. I learned a lot from a personal project to create an audio short story from a book by Amos Tutuola, and consequently enjoyed a period of creating field recordings/conversations, part of which were used in technology projects I was engaged in. I have also had training to conduct interviews although the worst interview I conducted was on a mobile sofa with a mayor of Lewisham - the sofa was so much fun, my questions were more about the quality of the ride! I like defining projects through expectations and defining priorities and timelines.…

Paul Clayton

My varied working life has been a filled with working with people directly (community publishing, retail&catering, retail/phone sales and teaching in communities) with a warm sincere north eastern voice that reflects my personality. My creativity has also been a motivating part of my life, starting with designing what could be the Internet today (when I was 11 I won a British Telecom competition), asked to be an editor and publisher and more recently creating digital kaleidoscopic images, paintings and a social history colouring in book. I learned a lot from a personal project to create an audio short story from a book by Amos Tutuola, and consequently enjoyed a period of creating field recordings/conversations, part of which were used in technology projects I was engaged in. I have also had training to conduct interviews although the worst interview I conducted was on a mobile sofa with a mayor of Lewisham - the sofa was so much fun, my questions were more about the quality of the ride! I like defining projects through expectations and defining priorities and timelines.…

Available to hire

My varied working life has been a filled with working with people directly (community publishing, retail&catering, retail/phone sales and teaching in communities) with a warm sincere north eastern voice that reflects my personality.

My creativity has also been a motivating part of my life, starting with designing what could be the Internet today (when I was 11 I won a British Telecom competition), asked to be an editor and publisher and more recently creating digital kaleidoscopic images, paintings and a social history colouring in book. I learned a lot from a personal project to create an audio short story from a book by Amos Tutuola, and consequently enjoyed a period of creating field recordings/conversations, part of which were used in technology projects I was engaged in. I have also had training to conduct interviews although the worst interview I conducted was on a mobile sofa with a mayor of Lewisham - the sofa was so much fun, my questions were more about the quality of the ride!

I like defining projects through expectations and defining priorities and timelines.

See more

Skills

Experience Level

Presentation Design
Intermediate
Copywriting
Intermediate
Web Design
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Self-employed Tutor at Self-employed (Soulchip)
June 1, 2011 - Present
Self-employed tutor providing training and support for seniors and physically disabled people, delivering projects in diverse community settings; maintains case studies in soulchip.co.uk.
ICT Independence Tutor at Adult Learning Lewisham
April 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Facilitating and teaching essential typing skills and accessibility ICT awareness for visually impaired and physically disabled learners.
Volunteer at The Madcap Coalition
June 1, 2010 - June 1, 2011
Supported IT needs and measured audience response at Village Fete community engagement events.
Centre Coordinator at Greenwich Online
September 1, 2003 - April 1, 2010
Delivered basic IT skills and managed computer suites across Greenwich; outreach and marketing responsibilities.
Teacher and Web Designer (self-employed) at Lewisham and Southwark Colleges / Self-employed
March 1, 2001 - September 1, 2003
Taught basic ICT to 16-19 year olds; Course Tutor for ICPD; concurrently operated as a web designer.
Temporary Office Roles at ProspectUS
March 1, 1999 - March 1, 2001
Administrative roles with some desktop publishing for nonprofit and charitable organisations.
Telephone Sales and Technical Support at ISP (Greenwich)
September 1, 1997 - March 1, 1999
Matched online services to customer requirements; progressed to technical support resolving email, web hosting and connectivity problems.

Education

Professional Certificate in Education at University of Greenwich
September 1, 2024 - June 4, 2026

Qualifications

DSE Assessors training (ergonomics)
February 1, 2020 - June 4, 2026
PTTLS Level 3
July 1, 2010 - June 4, 2026
Level II Award - Literacy, Numeracy and ICT Awareness
August 1, 2008 - June 4, 2026
OCR Level 3 - Work Based Learning
April 1, 2007 - June 4, 2026
NVQ – Advice and Guidance
September 1, 2008 - June 4, 2026
Professional Certificate in Education
September 1, 2024 - June 4, 2026

Industry Experience

Education, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Government
    Social History Colouring Book of Deptford

    This project was a response to the accumulation of photos taken in Deptford SE London over seventeen years. The area has a rich history going back to Elizabethan docks, historical churches and visitors such as Christopher Marlow, Peter the great and John Evelyn the originator of the modern garden.

    An A4 book with twenty pages, the first 100 print run in 2019 was for a local charity supporting street people with mental health needs, consequently being reprinted twice due to the popularity of the content. The social history aspect is a crucial aspect of the book, with a short pithy and valid description of each page to be coloured in, and how local people have a deep sense of ownership.
    Images were edited in Adobe Photoshop CS6 and layout created using Indesign.