Highly skilled and motivated senior designer with eight years experience of graphic design founded on a traditional design education. Now specialising in web design and front end development. Having also worked in print creating corporate literature, stationary and branding. Long term experience of implementing web standards design practices. Core strengths and expertise in the design and build of commercially driven, high traffic award winning content sites focused upon simplicity and maintainability.
Simplicity and maintainability are created with the use of web standards, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript. Combined these create an environment whereby websites can be accessible to those with disabilities and highly optimised for search engine indexing (SEO) whilst maintaining high levels of design integrity.
Looking to move into a senior front-end design based position within a team that has strong representation and voice within the business that itself has customer experience at its heart.
XHTML, HTML, CSS 1/2/3, JavaScript, DOM, AJAX, JavaScript framework libraries, WPF, JSP, JSTL, Actionscript, Lingo, XML, XSLT, PHP, mySQL.
Expert understanding of cross browser build consideration and best practices.
Adobe Photoshop, Image Ready, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Director
Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Miscellaneous HomeSite, BBedit, Eclipse, QuarkXpress
Source control VSS, CVS, SVN
Macintosh, Windows
AND AOP Online Publisher of the year 2006
This is London Press gazettes - Best regional website 2004
This is Money AOP - Consumer website of the year 2003
Represent AND at aop conferences relating to front-end design and coding practices.
Senior Designer / front end developer including the following disciplines - Web design, Interface Design and Development, Interaction design, Front end coding (XHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM scripting), Accessibility, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Documentation, Training, Information architecture.
As part of my role within the technical delivery team I maintain a high level of contact and collaboration between AND and 3rd parties. These range form software suppliers to agencies and contract staff engaged in key projects where simplicity, quality and maintainability are paramount.
In early 2006 I joined Associated New Ventures (ANV) the product development group within AND. As a senior designer and front-end developer within ANV I was tasked with user interface development for commercial and classified opportunities within the group.
Preceding this I progressed to the position of senior designer at ANM. ANM being part of the Associated Newspapers group my role included the graphic design, visual look and feel and functionality of ANM's network of sites through to the implementation and development of XHTML/CSS templates. Key successes and regular deliverables in this role include and have included:
In this period I undertook a number of short term contracts in both print and web design for a number of companies on a freelance basis. Work included corporate identity, promotional material and web design.
Designer including the following disciplines - Web Design, Broad Band Content Development, Interface Design and Development, Application Design, CD-rom Build and Production, Communication Presentations, Streaming Media.
Employed as a designer developing the Protégé Groups branding strategy and visual style both on-line and in traditional media. Before the change in company name and direction my main role was that of web design and production combined with Flash development.
Designer - Printed B2B Marketing, Printed Literature, Corporate Identity/Branding, Web design/On-line Marketing, Retail/Exhibition Design.
At Contacts Communications I was given the opportunity to be involved in the traditional design practices of corporate literature and brochure design, this gave me experience of typesetting in a number of European languages and an understanding of the design considerations when doing so.
I developed a number of corporate identities, which were well received by the clients and the design press. Corporate communications both B2B and B2C were also undertaken.
Exposure to PR events and exhibitions was also gained whilst producing exhibition panels and information graphics for use at a number of automotive events. In time I had responsibility for all online design and production projects undertaken by the company.
Later I was responsible for the full creative process, taking an initial creative brief, developing design concepts and solutions through to commissioning photographers and creating artwork for print.
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| Honda | |
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| Insiders Guide | |
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| iPlanet | |
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| Mega Papier | |
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| Metro | |
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| Protégé | |
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| Shareyoursnaps | |
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| The Vision Web | |
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| Think motors | |
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| This is London | |
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| Underoneroof | |
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| Video Networks | |
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| Zinc Consultants | |
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