Jake Cocker , Preston, United Kingdom

I’ve dedicated my career to helping companies and organisations in focusing on their innovation and digital strategy, whether this be externally facing with their website and social media presence, or their internal use of software platforms to provide efficient oversite of their everyday processes. I’m a seasoned Project Manager and Product Manager within the digital arena and I thrive from helping individuals and companies from utilising a paper-free workplace.

I’m recently engaged and moving to Preston and with that comes the desire for a more dependable remuneration that conventional entrepreneurism rarely provides. Being an entrepreneur to me doesn’t necessarily mean just starting up my own business, it encompasses an attitude of seeking a better alternative. Within everything I do, I have a desire to do things better and self-improve.

I enjoy working with small or large teams and have a fantastic track record of working with the most technical developer through to a non-tech-savvy client or coworker. I relate well to people of all backgrounds and experiences, and find this a critical skill when working with many different colleagues.

I have a disability, of which I’m very proud. Pseudo-achondroplasia is a limb growth deficiency I prefer to describe as giving me structural difference rather than an illness. This, along with my other experience, has given me the opportunity to speak at events regarding disability and entrepreneurism, and I enjoy breaking the box people may sometimes choose to put me in.

I’m a hardworking, intuitive, supportive and friendly digital project specialist. I find decision making easy and enjoy working with colleagues of all backgrounds and experience, to find solutions to the most technical of problems. I work successfully to deadlines and budgets required, and enjoy working on projects of any scale.