About Me
I grew up in Hervey Bay, QLD, attending high school at Urangan SHS where I studied two strands of IT in my senior years. In my out of school time I was actively involved in a variety of sports, instrumental music, socialising with my friends and furthering my skills in web design and development.
Once I graduated high school, I was accepted in studying a Bachelor of IT at QUT in Brisbane, which was my first choice on my tertiary application. During my first two years of study I lived at Kings College at UQ, where I participated in many of the sporting and cultural activities offered, as well as working in the kitchen and on the grounds staff.
After leaving Kings, I juggled working to support myself with study. I worked as a builder's labourer and as an order assembler in a warehouse as well as completing a number of small web based freelance jobs.
After a few years working and several more studying in Brisbane, I have decided it is time for a change and have chosen Melbourne as my destination. The combination of having friends already living there and the experiences I have had in the city were the deciding factors in the decision.
I would like to continue on as a front end developer, which I am currently employed as by Mooball. This is because I enjoy the work in this area as well as it being most suited to my existing skills.
Resume
Objective
To further my skills and career in web development, focusing on front end but also exploring other areas when required.
Skill Set
Advanced
- HTML/CSS
- Photoshop
- W3C Compliance
- Browser Compatibility
Moderate
- Illustrator
- Javascript/jQuery
- InDesign
- Plone/TAL
- SQL
- MS/Open Office/Google Docs
- Linux Console/SSH/SVN
- SEO
- PayPal API
Beginner
- PHP
- Python
Work History
Web Designer/Developer - Mooball IT - Coorparoo - QLD
March 2008 - Current
- Plone CMS front end development. Plone is an Open Source CMS written using Python and based on Zope. I take Photoshop designs created either by myself or other designers and get websites completed to a stage where our application programmers can take over development for the back end development.
- Design and creation of email marketing newsletters, both html and pdf based on a regular basis, including dealing with clients in regards to drafts and updating databases. These are all sent using Interspire Email Marketer.
- Front end development for static sites, smaller CMS sites and an e-commerce implementation (including standards compliant HTML/CSS and Javascript, using libraries such as jQuery for advanced functions.
- PayPal shopping cart implementation
Web Designer - Express Sites/Managed Solutions - Bowen Hills - QLD
September 2007 - March 2008
- Website and print design
- Joomla and CMS Made Simple template design/development
- Template design and front end development for custom coded web based software
- Working with clients from the early stages of their projects through to support once they were released
Web Designer - Diggy Internet Services - Acacia Ridge - QLD
February 2007 - August 2007
- Template Design
- Logo and company image consultation and design
- SEO and organic web marketing
- Working with clients from first contact to site support
Tuff-Span Hervey Bay - Freelance Design/Development
January 2005
- I was contracted to produce a small advertorial website for this franchise of Tuff-Span. (Currently not live.)
Education
QUT, Brisbane, QLD
2003 - 2007
- Bachelor of Information Technology, Majoring in Interactive Media
- Course GPA - 4.1
Urangan SHS, Hervey Bay, QLD
1998 - 2002
- Finished year 12 with an OP 8.
- Enrolled in ITS and IPT (2 different strands of IT).
- Finished 3rd in the state wide QLD Schools Web Design Challenge in year 12.
Referees
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