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Wellington

Designed and developed SilverStripe websites with a focus on Web Accessibility Standards for screen readers, helping people with disabilities to perceive, understand, contribute and navigate online.Worked with a large team of designers, back-end developers, project managers, quality assurance testers, corporate clients and directors to complete large scale government, council and tertiary education websites.Clients worked with:- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment- Transpower- Environmental Science and Research- Taranaki Regional Council- New Zealand Open Source AwardsUsed content delivery networks with fallbacks, minified stylesheets, javascript and compressed images to reduce the number of HTTP requests to the server as well as caching to improve site-wide performance.Experienced with Compass and Gulp pre-processor tools.Solid experience working with source control (Github, Bitbucket)Stripped back websites and features into reusable components in order to save project time and wasted resources.Used Composer for back-end dependencies, Node Package Manager / Grunt for front-end development and production dependencies.Experience using JIRA and Redmine project management software tracking tools. Created stories, tickets, fixed bugs and estimated front-end development time while working with clients and co-workers.Presented development work to government clients showcasing our progress while teaching them how to use the SilverStripe content management system and any custom functionality we had developed.

Wellington

Designing websites tailored to the needs of companies and individuals.Ownership of a freelance web design company that creates websites for a range of different clients and businesses.HTML5, CSS3, Javascript with cross-browser validated code compatibility and search engine optimization.Creating websites with built-in content management systems such as SilverStripe and WordPress, provided full training in their use and ongoing support as required.Creating full php & jquery websites using text editors such as Notepad++ and Sublime Text Editor without the aid of the design view type programs.Creation of responsive websites using various frameworks and grid systems which work on a range of mobile devices with different screen resolutions.Designing SilverStripe templates with different page types and navigation for clients intergrating Bootstrap from Twitter as well as using the css pre-processors less and sass.Providing hosting and domain name services to range of different clients on VPS and shared cpanel hosting environments.

Wellington

Creation of five large news-driven websites, upgrading from version 2.4 to the latest version of SilverStripe, made responsive to be viewed correctly and navigated efficiently on cellphones and tablets.Clients worked with:- Education Review- Nursing Review- Secondary Directory- JETmag- New Zealand Science Teacher- Education Beyond The Classroom- iHeartRadioCreated new functions, database interactions, implemented new features that were requested by the sales managers, editors, reporters, production manager and general manager.Set up Google Analytics for all of the news websites display adverts and banners, providing the click-through information to different sales managers and clients.Problem-solving, researching and up-skilling when required, moved websites from old expensive web hosting to a new cloud-based solution saving the company time and money.Uploading and tagging of news articles for every new magazine issue, creating thumbnails, as well uploading interactive pdfs and recruitment ads.Creation of advertisements for magazine pages and notices / vacancy listings with supplied text and images.Designing page layouts and magazine covers for a variety of different health and education publications for the custom clients and the Ministry of Education.Managed purchase orders for the publications as well as updated Google docs with print pricing and order quantity for the General Manager.Organized pickup of the magazines by courier making sure the magazines are printed, packaged and ready for delivery adhering to strict deadlines.Creation of the new NZME. Educational website and redesign of all media packs and advertising material.Made proofing and correction changes to the publications provided by the proofreading and editing team and the Ministry of Education.

Wellington

Designed New Zealand-wide accommodation and travel websites with a focus on point-of-sale using HTML5/CSS3, SEO, jQuery, Basic ASP and mySQL.Incorporated the in-house content management system to sites and trained clients in its use via the remote desktop application Team Viewer.Clients worked with:- Reduced to clear- Abel Tasman Hotel- Wellington Combined TaxisEstablishing Google business accounts for websites and Google Analytics.Implementation of Welman systems in third-party managed websites.Constructing large-scale email newsletter campaigns for businesses to keep clients up-to-date and sending out utilizing applications like Mail Chimp.Provided ongoing client support, training, and website updating.

Diploma In Graphic Design, Information Technology

Diploma In Web Development, Information Technology