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: