FEATURED PROJECTS
Heineken Annual Report 2008
Heineken wanted to increase the functionality of their online annual report and make the content more engaging.
As Interaction Director at Addison Corporate Marketing, I planned the structure and functionality of the site, imported the content using XML/XSLT, and managed the freelance development team and deployment of the site into Heineken’s production environment. SUCCESS!
WPP Annual Report 2008
The WPP Group is the world’s 2nd largest communications group in terms of revenue. While at Addison, I managed the front-end development of both the 07 and the 08 reports.
With over 300 HTML pages of financial information and figures and WPP’s requirement for meeting rigorous AAA accessibility standards (plus a 2 week turnaround time from content import to go-live), we had little room for error. SUCCESS!
Department of Safety
The Department of Safety, a multidisciplinary music and art space located in Anacortes, WA, needed a design refresh and a simple CMS so that resident Workers could easily add events, create new posts, and edit content.
I designed and coded a completely new site for the DoS and customized a Textpattern installation to include features like the events calendar and a Worker Blog. SUCCESS!
Premier League - Creating Chances
Creating Chances is the Premier League’s community outreach program. The web team at Addison created a microsite for their quarterly newsletter.
I worked closely with the Digital Design Director at Addison to implement a simple yet elegant site design and built the site to work in a range of browsers (IE6+, FireFox, Safari, and Google Chrome) with valid, accessible code. SUCCESS!
PORTFOLIO
Anglo American
Annual Report 2008
Anglo digs in the ground for buried treasure. IA, production, and lots of front-end code.*
AstraZeneca
Annual Report 2008
Code, production management, accessibility testing, and deployment.*
Blackbox Republic
Lots of XHTML, CSS, and jQuery for both the public site and members-only pay site.
Department of Safety
Designed and coded this Textpattern-powered site for multidisciplinary art space in Anacortes, WA
Heineken
Annual Report 2008
Produced online annual report for Heineken, the world’s 3rd largest brewery*
HSBC
Annual Review 2008
Managed production and deployment of HSBC’s 2008 online annual review
National Grid
Annual Report 2008/09
Managed front-end production and deployment of National Grid’s 2008/09 annual report*
Premier League Creating Chances newsletter
People in the UK are really into this thing called football.*
Operation Fact Check
I designed and coded this microsite for the ‘Yes on Measures 66 and 67’ campaign in Oregon.
Unilever Annual
Review/Report/SFS 2008
Front-end lead on a triumverate of 2008 reporting sites for food and hygiene giant Unilever*
Veneer Magazine
Various designs and HTML/CSS/JS builds for editions of Veneer Magazine.
I didn’t make that table.
Vodafone
Annual Report 2008/09
Produced and coded 2008 online report for global telecommunications company*
* Projects marked with an asterisk were produced while working as Interaction Director for Addison in London from 2007-2009.
Return to top of pageSKILLS & SERVICES
Services offered:
- Website and interface design
- Front-end coding and development
- IA/wireframing/site planning
- Accessibility testing
- Blog/CMS integration
- Digital project management
- Creative planning
Areas of expertise:
- HTML/CSS hand coding
- JavaScript/jQuery functionality
- Cross-platform/browser compliance
- Coding to WCAG standards
- Search engine optimization
- XML/XSLT
- Photoshop, InDesign, Coda, Subversion, Dreamweaver, Illustrator
ABOUT
Hi everyone. This is me, Alex. I don’t actually like cigars that much, but hey, I was at a beautiful wedding in Slovenia.
I’ve been designing and building websites for about 9 years now, developing an interest in web standards in the early ‘oughties’ and coding my first table-less site in 2001. From 2007-2009, I was employed as Interaction Director by Addison Corporate Marketing in London, planning and developing high-profile reporting sites against extremely tight deadlines for clients such as HSBC, Vodafone, Unilever, Heineken, RBS, and AstraZeneca. I wore many hats in this particular role — information architect, lead front-end developer, freelance team manager, and designer — but I primarily consider myself a ‘front-end web designer and developer’.
This means that I can totally design your user interface and hand-code it using the latest HTML, CSS, and JavaScript techniques, but I can’t program your database-driven dynamic social networking app in .NET/PHP/Ruby/etc. For that sort of thing, we’ll need to work with a back-end developer.
In September, 2009, I returned to my beautiful hometown of Portland, Oregon, and I’m currently seeking front-end web work with clever companies and ingenious individuals, wherever you may be.
I enjoy designing usable and elegant stuff for the web. I like to write clean, accessible code. I love to work with smart people on challenging and compelling projects. I thrive in collaborative environments, but I feel equally comfortable working independently to achieve tight deadlines and deliverables. Sound good? Contact me!