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Technical Skills
Languages and Technologies
- XHTML, W3C compliant [ advanced ]
- CSS, cross browser [ advanced ]
- Actionscript 2.0 [ advanced ]
- SVN, inc. branching, merging [ intermediate ]
- Javascript, inc. AJAX [ intermediate ]
- PHP [ intermediate ]
- Smarty templates [ intermediate ]
- Drupal CMS, inc. modules, theming [ intermediate ]
- Web Accessibility [ intermediate ]
- XLST [ basic ]
- SQL [ basic ]
Techniques
- OOP
- Design patterns, inc. MVC, singletons
- Degradable and unobtrusive Javascript
- Semantic HTML
- Unit testing
- Functional and technical specs
- Rapid Development
- Multiple development branches (SVN)
Miscellaneous
- SIFR
- Dreamweaver, Eclipse
- Firefox Firebug & Web Developer Tools
- Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks [ intermediate ]
- Virtual Machines – VMWare
- Project Management – dotProject, Basecamp
- Bug Tracking – Bugzilla, Bugs
- Audio - Cakewalk, Soundforge, Goldwave [ intermediate ]
Relevent Personal Skills
- Can work alone or as part of a team
- Can lead a team
- Can work to deadlines
- Can bridge the design and technical gap
- Can create specs and schedules
Employment
Gamesys
Actionscript Developer
- June 2007 - Present Day
- Gamesys are an online gaming company and were the London Times' fastest growing IT company in 2006. They make more daily transactions than the London Stock Exchange and give out over Ł1,000,000 in prizes everyday.
- Gamesys Website: www.gamesys.co.uk
MTV
Technical Producer (Web Developer)
- November 2006 - May 2007 (6 months)
- MTV are making the transition into digital media including the launch of MTV Flux, a social networking website linked into a TV channel.
- The MTV website is built using Drupal - an open source PHP powered CMS.
- My team mainly consisted of 3 designers, 2 technical developers a project manager and some content writers.
- Technologies I worked with were PHP (within Drupal), HTML, CSS, Javascript, Actionscript
- I was involved in all stages of development (Concept - Spec - Development - Testing - Deployment)
- I also advised on Design, Usability and Accessibility as well as helping to set up a more effective version control and bug tracking systems.
- Clients: MTV UK, Viacom
- MTV UK Website: www.mtv.co.uk
Freelance & Contract
Web Design & Development
- October 2006 (1 month)
- I undertook freelance and contract work before starting my next job at MTV.
- Technologies I worked with were PHP (inc Drupal), HTML, CSS, Javascript, Actionscript
- Clients: Bernard Hodes, Esme Bianco
reallyenglish
Interactive Media Developer
- 2001 - 2006 (5 years)
- reallyenglish create e-learning solutions for teaching English to the Japanese, Chinese and Korean markets. Recently they also starting teaching Chinese and Japanese.
- I worked with several developers (in the UK, Japan and China), a designer, content writers (internal and external) and translators (UK and China).
- I mainly developed using Actionscript 2.0 but also with HTML, CSS and PHP.
- Clients: Mistui, Timelife, the Wall Street Journal, Mazda…
- reallyenglish website: www.reallyenglish.com
Other
- Foyles Bookshop, July 2001, 1 year
- Hogshead Pub Co., August 1999, 1 year
Qualifications
Graphic and Media Design BA
- 1999 - 2004 @ The London College of Printing
- (Now called the London College Of Communication)
- I received 2:1 for this course
Art Foundation BTEC
- 1998 - 1999 @ Central Saint Martins
- I received a merit for this course
A Level / GCSE
- 1992 - 1998 @ Christ's College, London
- A Level: Maths(A), Art(A) and Physics(B)
- GCSE: Geography(A*), Maths, Art, Dual Science, Latin, English (A) and History (B).
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MTV Redesign
MTV Flux is a social networking site linked into a TV channel that was launched as a beta version in August 2006. The user profile pages needed to accommodate more features, more content and encourage greater user participation in order to increase page impressions and user loyalty to the site. The MTV website also underwent a general redesign, without any major feature updates.
- MTV Flux before the redesign.
- MTV Flux after the redesign.
- MTV site before the redesign.
- MTV site after the redesign.
- Launch Date: April 2007
- Development Time: 6 weeks
- My Involvement: Concepts, specs, usability and accessibility assessment, development, testing and deployment.
- Skills Used: PHP (Drupal CMS), HTML (Smarty Templates), Javascript (AJAX), CSS, Flash.
- Size of Team: Around 10 people with the majority of development carried out by myself, a designer, a technical developer and project manager.
- Live website:
Wordstream
Wordstream is a web application that taught students between 300 and 500 words using a procedure of teaching, revising and testing. It contains both web based and print based materials (a blended course).
- Study Zone video
- Word Bank video
- Launch Date: Autumn 2005
- Development Time: 4 months
- My Involvement: Concepts, specs, usability and accessibility assessment, development, testing and deployment.
- Skills Used: Flash (AS 2.0), Javascript (AJAX), XML, Remoting, Flash Communication Server & RED5, HTML, CSS.
- Size of Team: Around 10 people with the main development carried out by myself, another two developers, a designer, translators, content writers and a project manager.
- Live website: Payment is required for live version, see www.reallyenglish.com for the company's website.
Esme Forever
This is a promotional website for Esme Bianco, a professional cabaret artist and actress based in London. It uses Drupal as a CMS and AJAX to avoid page reloads (using an anchor system to keep nav and bookmarking buttons enabled).
- Home page
- Singing page.
- Launch Date: January 2007
- Development Time: 3 weeks
- My Involvement: I was the only person involved in the development of this website.
- Skills Used: PHP (Drupal CMS), MySQL, Flash (AS 2.0), Javascript (AJAX), HTML, CSS.
- Size of Team: I was the only person involved in the development of this website.
- Live website:
Mr. Men in Cambodia
This was a project for my final year at University. It tells the story of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia from three different angles using the Mr Men to simplify the issues into a more manageable form.
- Home page
- Mr Busy
- Mr Muddle
- Launch Date: June 2005
- Development Time: Approx 1 month
- My Involvement: I was the only person involved in the development of this website.
- Skills Used: Flash, XML.
- Size of Team: I was the only person involved in the development of this website.
- Live website:
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Bits and Pieces
Employment Status
I am currently in permanent employment at Gamesys and therefore I am not seeking work.
About This Site
This site is written in strict valid XHTML and CSS. The HTML is semantically written and the page will work without javascript. The site is also accessible to those using screen readers or with poor eye sight.
About Me
My background in both design and programming puts me in a great position with web development. I feel I can understand and bridge technical and visual considerations and being a largely self-trained programmer has given me the skills to retrain myself on emerging web technologies.
I've worked on projects with a small startup (reallyenglish) a multinational media giant (MTV) and by myself, so I'm experienced at different development environments.
My Recent Bloggings
www.talesfromtheinterweb.com
Tales from the Interweb! is a blog I own that helps me to discuss ideas on usable and accessible web development.
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