Jack Wills launched in 1999 in Salcombe, Devon, designing British heritage-inspired goods for the university crowd. Today we continue to be influenced by the best of British, from our history and culture to sporting and country pursuits. We take pride in using the finest quality materials, techniques and design to deliver our distinctive connection between the old and new; epitomising what it is to be young and Fabulously British.

From the iconic British university towns of Oxford and Cambridge to the to the ivy league campus' of Harvard and Yale, Jack Wills has been travelling the globe proudly planting the Union Jack at over 60 stores and counting; including UK, Ireland, USA and Hong Kong.

My Role

I joined Jack Wills in December 2007 on a short term contract to help the existing developer migrate the website from an Asp based website to a more robust .Net application, as part of this rebuild I was also tasked with localising the site and building in multi currency support for the launch of Jack Wills USA.

Overall I have spent a little over 4 years at Jack Wills, both as a contractor and a permanent member of staff, with my final position being that of Development Manager, responsible for a team of 12 permanent developers and managing 7 e-commerce websites across various platforms and languages.

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