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Freelance Web Designer/Developer Graphic Designer Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UK

A creative graphic designer / adept web designer, with proven industry experience. I am available for employment on a permanent, contract or freelance basis.

Rating:Unrated (New)
Hourly Rate / Cost:£27.78 per hour
Daily Rate / Cost:£208.33 per day
Available From:Now
Seller ID:251169
: Offers a discounted hourly rate to registered charities

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CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

A natural creative talent, marketing & promotion mind set, coupled with thorough understanding of internet technologies & architecture, resulting in market oriented design for print & web sites.

Self motivated, able to work under own initiative & as part of a team. A logical approach with the ability to manage time effectively.

Web design
Adept at working within the restraints of the brief to produce a look, feel & experience that appeals to the targeted audience whilst resolving any issues presented by the site content & limitations of the media.

Production of a web page or interface, from a devised or supplied visual from scratch. Instinctual ability for creating cross browser & platform compatible designs.

Adept in creating Flash based projects, including the production of vector based graphics, animation, interfaces & programming using ActionScript.

Experienced with implementing, “skinning”, configuring & using the open source content management system Drupal & ecommerce system Magento.

Web Development
Fluent in PHP, server side web application development and maintenance, using either script based or object orientated based methodology.

Fluent in MySQL / SQL, database development, management and employing relationship database techniques.

Flash ActionScript and Javascript development for dynamic user interaction and integration with external data via XML and CGI, using Ajax.

Graphic design
Design for print - corporate identity, promotional literature, publication production, advert production, point of sale.
The ability to define or adhere & progress a corporate identity / brand image.

Proficient in the use of InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator.
Adept in the production of print ready artwork, ensuring the highest standards are maintained.

Experienced in the entire processes involved in bringing a design to print, from initial design, through repro & to press. Able to work to the printer’s technical specifications.

Employment History

(Apr 2004 & ongoing)

Freelance Contractor

Leamington Spa

Providing graphic design, web design. Working as sole contractor, remotely or on-site as part of a project team.

Clients worked with:-
* Bathstore
* Banned Inc
* Planks Clothing
* Vspot Val d’Isére
* Switch Rodeo
* Akeal
* Briffy Ltd


(Jul 2005 to Nov 2006)

Senior Web Developer

Leamington Spa

Wolseley UK - A FTSE 100 company with a portfolio of brands and affiliated companies.
Senior Web Developer

Responsible for a team of 2 designer and 1 developer, answering to the web coordinator.

Responsibilities:-

* Providing web development and design services to the company as a whole.
* Developing, maintaining and promoting Bath Store's website.
* The creation of web based applications, using PHP, MySQL and XML.
* Working with IT in the maintenance of the web servers.

Clients worked with:-

* Bathstore - Responsible for the complete rebuild of Bath Stores website, ongoing maintenance and promotion.
* Nabis - Development of promotional web site, implementation of design and creation of CMS
* Wolseley SBC - Development of promotional web site, implementation of design and creation of CMS
* Maintenance of core brand web sites, Plumb Center, Drain Center, Parts Center. Advancing and working with existing legacy system provided by IT


(Sep 2002 to Apr 2004)

Technical Director

InsuranceNow Services Ltd, London

InsuranceNow Services Ltd - One of the first online insurance providers launched 1999.
Technical Director

Responsibilities:-

* Liaising with insurers and intermediaries in the integration of insurance quotation engines and data.
* The provision of technical advice and expertise required in the progression of Insurance Now's website.


(Aug 1999 to Apr 2004)

Web designer / web developer, co founder

OneUpOneDown Creative Solutions Ltd , London

A London based creative agency providing web site design, web development and graphic design services.
Web designer / web developer, co founder

Operated as part of a team, working with and managing freelance contractors.

Responsibilities:-

* Client liaison and handling, including brief taking and proposal creation.
* The production of web site designs from brief, to presentation, through to final production.
* The creation of web based applications, using PHP, MySQL and XML.
* The provision of technical advice and liaising with technical partners.
* The remote management of the dedicated Linux servers based in Telecity Manchester.

Clients worked with:-

* InsuranceNow Services Ltd
* London air Travel Plc
* Briffy Ltd
* ID&C Ltd
* Mr Plant Hire Plc

Education

(Sep 1992 to Jul 1996)

Dunstable College

City & Guilds in graphic communication
BTEC OND in graphic design
City & Guilds in desktop publishing
BTEC HNC in graphic design

Assignment History

(This Seller has recently been shortlisted or contracted for the following people4 assignments)

  • Website Designer: Maintain & develop existing website - PHP, drupal, mysql. Must have ability to manage graphics. Want someone that we can call on ad-hoc to fix, amend and add new features to our site.
  • Web Designer : We have a platform for sending email campaigns. We require an experienced web designer to produce the HTML campaigns and the corresponding web pages which will link from the campaigns. We have been let down by current supplier so time is tight, as we have a client to satisfy. We would prefer someone who can work from my office in Harpenden, as it is important that we can work closely to deliver our clients brief.
  • Web 2.0 Project Experienced Developer Required: We are looking for a web programmer to join our team to aid the development of a web 2.0 social network service. The project is a new venture start up which will require commitment and dedication to make sure we achieve our current goals. The project will require the programming of server side and client side scripts, including but not limited to PHP, Perl, XHTML and JavaScript in a Linux based environment. Broad knowledge of databases especially MySQL is essential.
  • Flash Developer: We are currently looking for an experienced freelance Flash Developer to assist in the maintenance and development of our Flash media delivery platform. We are looking for a long term contract, working alongside our in-house developers, for a minimum of 1-2 days per month (around 20 days a year) with additional work as required.
  • Web Scripting: Hi, I am a web designer and need to provide a dynamic website and will need the scripting side done. It is for a local youth football team so will need the facility for each team (age group) to update a fixtures/results list. This would need to be so they could enter the info online, which would write to a database and the pages could pull the info in from there. I think there is about 8 teams. Also they would like a kind of blog/news page where the public can add comments on the team's games.

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