Reading Room Ltd - Soho
From July 2007 // Full Time Work
Post Description: Front End Developer
Responsible for taking Designs, Information Architecture and Technical Specification into initial development, templates and prototypes, for the client to visualise designs as a website.
I am focused on web standards, promoting validated code, conforming Accessibility/Usability guidelines and SEO best practice.
I am involved in the build and back end technologies, such as Drupal using PHP or Rhythmyx using Velocity, integrating templates within the CMS.
Key skills:
- W3C Recommendations
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Markup Validation
CSS Validation
Compatibility with User Agents and Assistive Technologies
SEO best practice - Web Languages
XHTML / CSS
XML / XSLT
ASP.NET - PHP - Velocity
JQuery - CMS
Sitecore
Immediacy
Drupal
Rythmyx/Percussion - Miscellaneous
Using Photoshop for imagery
SVN / Issues Tracker / Various Environments (DEV-UAT)
Current project:
- National charity
Templating and prototyping three platforms providing Services, Informations and Personalised Content. Technologies involved are XHTML/CSS, jQuery, FlowPlayer, AJAX and ASP.NET.
Previous projects:
- Terrence Higgins Trust Service
http://www.youngandfree.org.uk/
In charge of templates and prototype using XHTML/CSS/jQuery and ASP.NET. - Open University - Platform
http://www.open.ac.uk/platform/
In charge of templates and prototype, involved in the build with back end developers using Drupal and responsible to develop the theme. - Enterprise Road
http://www.eeda.org.uk/enterpriseroad/
In charge of templates. - Turn2Us
http://www.turn2us.org.uk/
In charge of styles finalisation during the build using Immediacy. - Open University - OUBS
http://www.open.ac.uk/oubs/
In charge of templates finalisation and prototype