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Experience
Digital Operator
Loveurope 26/04/2010 - Present
I'm a Digital Operator at Loveurope's in-house studio intergraded within the clients City of London based European and UK marketing office. This is a small very busy studio, with only three of us, art working marketing materials, both print based and digital based, I provide the soul digital element.
Some of my duties include the creation of custom content, such as HTML / CSS / JavaScript widgets and micro-sites including multi-media elements, viewable both on desktop browsers and mobile devices. Also the creation of Flash banners and non-Flash alternatives for both internal and external uses.
Freelance Front End Development
Loveurope 03/03/2010 - 23/04/2010
Crab Creative 02/2009 - 01/2010
While working at Crab Creative I was a part of the creation of the following;
Rocco Forte Restaurant sites
Harris Grant website
HTML Newsletters
Tilda HTML Alternative site
Shelley & Associates website
Nature Valley Secret Spots
Natural Soya website
Nature Valley Twitter Comp Website
Tilda Roadshow Website
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Freelance Design
QP Consulting 11/2006 - 08/2007
I created a corporate image including logo, website and layouts for this small consulting company for the pharmaceutical industry.
I also run a freelance business in the guise of tiredbees
Education
University
BA (Hons) Graphic Design (Visual Communication) (2007-2008)
Thames Valley UniversityAs part of my major project I looked at how people are judged solely on their external appearance, through the use of anonymous off- and online questionnaires. Please find the results on my website
HND Graphic Design (2004 - 2006) (Merit profile)
Thames Valley UniversityND Graphic Design (2003 - 2004) (Merit profile)
Kent Institute of Art & DesignSecondary school
A Level Graphics (C) and AS Level Graphics (C) (2001 - 2003)
8 GCSE A to C (1999 - 2001)
Axton Chase SchoolSkills
Coding
HTML + CSS (for IE 6 - 10, Firefox and others)
HTML + CSS (for Mobile Devices)
HTML5 + CSS3
HTML + CSS templates for Aprimo 8.5's WUSIWIG designer
JavaScript (Mootools, jQuery and more)
Basic ActionScript 2 - 3
Google DoubleClick (and other ClickTAG systems)
HTML email template (editable in Aprimo 8.5's WUSIWIG designer)
PHP Scripting
ASP Scripting
Wordpress Scripting, templates
Twitter API
Facebook API
Basic ASP.NET (Interpreting for Layout editing)
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Software
Sun Virtual Box
Parallel’s Desktop for Mac
VMWare Fusion
Microsoft Virtual PCMicrosoft IIS 5 - 7.5
LAMP configurations
Windows NT - 7
Mac OS X Panther - Lion
Mac OS X Snow Leopard ServerAdobe Dreamweaver CS5.5
Visual Studio Web Developer Edition
Microsoft WebMatrix
Adobe Flash CS5.5
Adobe Muse, Adobe Edge and Tumult Hype
Adobe Photoshop CS5.5
Adobe Illustrator CS5.5
Debugging Software
FireBug
FirePHPDeBug Bar and IETester, as well as the build-in debuggers for Safari, Opera, Chrome and Internet Explorer 8-10
Fiddler 2 and other HTTP / DOM inspectors.
Management of domains;
jamesbalderson.com
ladybirdstudios.me
thebobdylanexperience.co.uk
tired.bz
tiredbees.com
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Interests
My interests are not confined to the Arts. One of my main interests is personal computing, and I maintain a home network which includes my web and email servers. As a result of this I have developed a sound understanding of PC hardware and software, and developed strong problem-solving and diagnostic skills. I have owned a range of Macs which has enabled (and on occasion, forced) me to learn a great deal about them over the years. I enjoy investigating new innovations such as the latest processor developments, 'bus' technologies and graphics cards. I love to relax by playing real time strategy games and listening to music. My technical interests also extend into high-end Hi-Fi and I have a good understanding of the physics behind it. I enjoy walking, especially if it gives me the chance to take some photographs, and when I’m lucky enough to get the opportunity I enjoy skiing.
References
Are available upon request.