About me

Profile

I am naturally passionate in art, design and technology with particular interest in trends and the best practices for the web. My key influences stems from British design to Japanese popular culture, in particular manga and anime. I enjoy maintaining general fitness and competitive sports, notably running and Dragon Boat racing. I am the co-founder and captain for our Dragon Boat Racing Team, S.W.A.T., where we have championed and raised funds in competitive tournaments and charitable events. Like everyone else, I do enjoy music & film of all kinds and travelling around the world to broaden my cultural palette. I am an automotive enthusiast, and occasionally indulge in my favourite past time from childhood, reading comic book graphic novels as well as attending social and networking events. Studying Japanese, photography and learning to play the guitar are my latest recreational activities.

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Education

  • 1991-1994, Central Saint Martins, London University of Art and Design
    Degree, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
  • 1990-1991, Hounslow Borough College
    Foundation, Art and Design
  • 1998-1990, Cranford Community School
    A Levels - Art and Design, Graphics, Maths Statistics
  • 1983-1988, Cranford Community School
    O level - Art and Design
    GCSE - English (Language & Literature), Mathematics, Graphical Com., English, History, Core Science, Further Science Physics

Competencies, skills and experiences

  • Solid information, interaction, conceptual and visual design skills.
  • Experience in user centred research and design, information architecture, wireframes, state transition diagrams, site maps, and flow diagrams.
  • Extensive knowledge of design principles, acute attention to detail, proportion and composition.
  • Hand code scaleable, cross-browser and cross-platform web-based UI in (x)HTML, CSS. Translate detailed designs into validating, standard compliant table-less documents.
  • Extensive experiences in commercial graphic and web authoring applications and tools.
  • Extensive understanding of all things web from e-commerce to Intranets.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of web standards (W3C/WCAG/RNIB).
  • Good knowledge of XML / JavaScript / JQuery / Micro-formats / ASP.net.
  • Experience in working with agile (SCRUM) methodologies.
  • Excellent leadership, project management, interpersonal and strong communication skills.
  • Proactive and self-motivated. Strong multi-tasking skills across projects and products, work creatively and strategically in a fast paced environment under tight deadlines.
  • Structured thinker. Distil knowledge, generate ideas, problem solve and arrive at re/solution(s) effectively.
  • Commercial knowledge and experience in conventional and digital production.
  • Budget and resource management.
  • Forward thinking and innovative.
  • Advocate in digital trends and contemporary culture.

Software and Programming Knowledge

Web Publishing and
Authoring

  • CSS
  • HTML, XHTML
  • Dreamweaver
  • Homesite
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • Fireworks
  • Flash
  • Visio

Graphics, DTP and
Reprographics

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Quark Xpress
  • Corel Draw
  • ArtPro

Office Management
 

  • Outlook
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Power Point
  • Adobe Acrobat