Digital Designer and Developer
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
I offer a rare combination of strong software technical skills, visual creative flair and appropriate skills to support it, and very strong communication skills. I have extensive experience both in leadership and hands-on in both the visual design and technical architecture and implementation of major digital media projects for clients including major broadcasters & publishers, major retailers, financial services and government bodies (including the BBC, ITV, Channel4, Five, Sky TV, Macmillan, Express Newspapers, Northcliffe Newspapers, Arcadia Group, First Direct). I have worked as an ...IT manager, a technical architect, a project manager, a software developer, a
UI designer, a web
designer, a graphic
designer,... a photographer, a database architect, a technical author, a trainer. If you're looking for versatile, look no further. My formal training is in software engineering and the first ten years of my career were spent with International Computers Limited, but I have also run my own successful business offering identity and graphic design and commercial photographic services, and have trained novice graphic designers to deliver to the high standards expected by major broadcasters and their advertisers. I'm equally happy working on projects of all sizes, from simple office or image processing automation to high-profile web projects. I am proficient in standard web front-end technologies (HTML/5, CSS/3, Javascript, AJAX), LAMP web back-end technologies (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python), Photoshop, Illustrator, and much more.Skills: Adobe Illustrator
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