Digital agency work (Dec 2009 to Oct 2010)

Fantastic Thinking (Oct 2010)

Build the static website for Grosvenor Poker Tour 2010/11.
Create various template types to stringent specififcation.
Re-factor code for use in .NET templates.

Examples of Fantastic Thinking Work

Homepage template I created a series of css templates and rules for laying out the building blocks for each template/design page type.
Secondary page template Then each page type could be easily integrated into .Net templates.

LBi (Dec 2009 - March 2010 and Aug 2010 to Sept 2010)

Re-work .NET templates to make Parliament website web content accessibility compliant.
Extend functionality and update design of Electrolux Art.
Create new header and content modules for www.corusgroup.com.
Build new campaign pages for group of sites including www.barratthomes.co.uk, www.dwh.co.uk and www.wardhomes.co.uk.
Develop new accessible templates for Marks and Spencer CMS system/Amazon Marketplace. www.marksandspencer.com/.
Extensive re-skinning of www.astrazeneca.com

Examples of LBi Work

Marks and Spencers Online Combination of static build and integration within Amazon Marketplace templates.
Parliament website The existing site was inaccessbile. I had to re-engineer a lot of code within .NET templates to make the site pass basic accessibility standards.
Old AZ homepage (before) The old site needed updating. I had to create a new set of CSS files for inclusion in a CMS system which turned the old markup into the new designs.
New AZ homepage (after) Same old xhtml markup but nav and content elements have moved around. All of this achieved through css reskinning alone.
Old AZ landing page (before) Again, this is the old design and CMS based markup.
New AZ landing page (after) Using the same old markup, I created the new design effects and layout using css reskinning alone.

AKQA (March 2010 - June 2010)

Bug fix and build new functionality for Heinekin project (migrate Heineken corporate site and Heineken Champions League site to Sitecore CMS)
Launch new phase 3 & 4 functionality for Forevermark sites in multiple locales. Build various HTML emails for campaigns.
Content updates for Sky Packages & Sky Digital.
New page build for Fiat ecoDrive.

Examples of AKQA Work

Heineken Champions League Help to move away from old platform to new Sitecore generated environment. Build and populate Sitecore template system.
Heineken FAQs Add jQuery functionality to areas of the site such as hide/reveals, select replacements, overlays and cufon text replacement.
Forevermark non js homepage Update site from new designs and build new page elements.
Forevermark Your Stories Change a live competition to a closed state displaying winners information.
Sky Digital - Packages Update monthly churn with new content.
Sky Digital - Facebook pages Edit FB pages to new designs.
Fiat ecoDrive - The Facts Build HTML page based on a Flash site.

Technologies Used

PC, Macintosh, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, SVN, XHTML, CSS, ASP, Sitecore Web CMS, Amazon Marketplace CMS, XML, Photoshop, XP Pro IIS Admin, Jira, Tortoise, Homesite, Fireworks, Photoshop, jQuery.