Career snapshot
| Company | Role | Details |
|---|---|---|
| WebWeaver Productions | Company director, project manager, information architect, web designer, front-end web developer (freelancer) | October 2006 - present Working as an informal collective with designers Sue Quigley and Shelley Masters and programmer Tom St George, I design and build websites for freelance clients. My responsibilities include client liaison, project management, scoping, wireframing and information architecture, design, HTML/CSS, jQuery, e-govt compliance and accessibility, site testing, preparing sites for CMS integration, content-loading and Quality Assurance (QA). View my freelance sites |
| Ministry for Primary Industries | UX designer, web designer, DBMS designer, front-end web developer (contractor) | June 2019 - January 2024 Contractor at MPI, working on a series of biosecurity-related online tools and a database management system (DBMS) for the PIER Search project (Product Import and Export Requirements). View the sites and DBMS I designed for MPI |
| TradeMe | Front-end web developer (contractor) | October 2017 - March 2018 Contractor at TradeMe, helping to complete various elements and pages within their new responsive Preview website. View the site I worked on at TradeMe |
| Acumen Republic | Front-end web developer (contractor) | April - July 2017 Contractor at Acumen Republic, building a responsive WordPress website for the Marlborough Vintners Hotel. View the site I built for Acumen |
| Transpower | Information architect and UX designer, application designer, front-end web developer (contractor) | June 2016 - March 2017 Contractor at Transpower, designing and building a new custom-made web application for the organisation's Grid Operators to use. View the application I built for Transpower |
| Touchcast | Front-end web developer (contractor) | April - August 2016 Contractor at Touchcast, doing responsive front-end dev for Education New Zealand and New World Club Card websites, ready for integration into SilverStripe. View the sites I built for Touchcast |
| Grosvenor Investment Management | Information architect and UX designer, web form designer, front-end web developer (contractor) | October - November 2015 Contractor at Grosvenor, prototyping a new online joining/transfer process for their KiwiSaver advisers and website visitors. View the prototype I designed and built for Grosvenor |
| Bank of New Zealand | Front-end web developer (contractor) | September - December 2014 Contractor at BNZ, finishing off the build on the new Community section of their website. This is a responsive site, with the Community forums and message boards managed within the Lithium CMS. View the site I built for the BNZ |
| Department of Internal Affairs | Web designer, front-end web developer (contractor) | December 2013 - June 2014 Contractor at DIA working on the ground-breaking new Govt.nz website. Responsible for web design and front-end development of this responsive site, incorporating the highest possible level of NZ Government Web Standards. View the site I designed and built for DIA |
| inov8 | Front-end web developer (contractor) | October 2013 - January 2014 Contractor on inov8 web design projects, working on small websites doing HTML/CSS site builds within a Sitecore environment as and when required. View the sites I built for inov8 |
| The Hive Creative (formerly Insight Consultants Ltd) | Web consultant, front-end web developer (contractor) | July 2013 - present Project partner and web consultant with The Hive Creative (formerly Insight Consultants Ltd). Responsible for information architecture, design consultation and front-end development on a number of government and organisation websites, acting as Hive's web expert on projects where they have an existing design relationship with the client. View the sites I developed with Hive |
| Proximity | Front-end web developer (contractor) | May - June 2013 Contractor at Proximity, doing HTML5, CSS3 and SCSS for the new Toyota website, plus browser and accessibility testing. View the site I built for Proximity |
| Department of Corrections | Web content co-ordinator (contractor) | April - May 2013 Contractor at the Department of Corrections, doing content-loading, web editing, and web development consulting. View the site I edited for the Department of Corrections |
| Co-operative Bank | Front-end web developer (contractor) | October - December 2012 Contractor at the Co-operative Bank, doing HTML5, CSS3 and LESS and jQuery for their new website, design development, testing, web editing and QA. View the site I built for the Co-operative Bank |
| Radio New Zealand | Front-end web developer (contractor) | October 2012 and February/May 2013 Contractor at Radio New Zealand, doing HTML5, CSS3 and LESS and jQuery for their new website, e-govt accessibility compliance, design development, testing and QA. View the site I built for Radio New Zealand |
| Heyday | Front-end web developer, SilverStripe integrator (contractor) | August - October 2012 Contractor at Heyday, doing HTML5, CSS3, LESS and some jQuery for Kirkaldie & Stains' new website, and integrating my new code into SilverStripe, building the CMS's layout and include files. View the site I built for Heyday |
| Fairfax Digital | Information architect, web designer (contractor) | January - March 2012 Doing the information architecture and design development for Fairfax Digital's new website, Essential Mums. View the site I designed for Fairfax Digital |
| Learning Media | Web editor (contractor) | January - June 2011 Editing the Ministry of Health's HealthEd website, responsible for ensuring that all 600 resources were titled and described consistently and with SEO in mind; that the 200+ resources with HTML versions were formatted correctly; and that the build matched the design pixel-perfectly. View the site I edited for Learning Media |
| Designworks | Front-end web developer (contractor) | November 2010 - October 2011 Contractor on Designworks web design projects, working on small websites doing HTML/CSS site builds as and when required. View the sites I developed for Designworks |
| Datacraft | Information architect, web designer, front-end web developer (contractor) | June - October 2010 Contractor at Datacraft, working on a web-based application project for SPARC, responsible for IA, design, XHTML/CSS template build, testing and bug-fixing. View the app I developed for Datacraft |
| Plan A | Information architect, web designer, front-end web developer (contractor) | June - August 2010 Contractor on a Plan A web design project, working as part of the team on a small website doing IA, design development, HTML/CSS site build and QA/proofreading. View the site I developed for Plan A |
| Chrometoaster | Front-end web developer (contractor) | February 2010 - January 2012 Contractor on various Chrometoaster web design projects, working as part of the team on large and complex websites doing HTML/CSS builds and e-govt accessibility compliance as and when required. View the sites I developed for Chrometoaster |
| Shift | Front-end web developer (contractor) | April 2009 - January 2010 Contractor on various Shift web design projects, doing HTML/CSS and jQuery builds and e-govt accessibility compliance as and when required. View the sites I developed for Shift |
| Badger Communications | Flash developer (contractor) | March - April 2009 Creating a series of Flash advertising banners in a range of different size and shape variations, with further variations for a number of different countries. View the banners I developed for Badger |
| Optimation | Information architect, web designer, front-end web developer (contractor) | January 2009 - December 2011 Ongoing contract work on various Optimation website and web app projects. My roles include information architecture for some new projects, building HTML/CSS templates within .net, bug-fixing for IE6 and IE7, acting as a design consultant on new and existing projects, and improving on the CSS within existing sites and applications. View the sites I developed for Optimation |
| DNA | Front-end web developer (contractor) | January - February 2009 Responsible for building a large set of templates for the new Cavalier Bremworth website. The build included XHTML/CSS and a wide range of dynamic jQuery interactivity. I wrote my own jQuery functions wherever possible, and achieved other dynamic effects by using, adapting and altering existing jQuery plug-ins. View the site I developed for DNA |
| Origin Design | Front-end web developer (contractor) | January 2009 HTML/CSS on a website build project for Origin Design clients. I worked with my programming partner Tom St George, who integrated my templates for Tourism Exchange into the SilverStripe CMS. View the site I developed for Origin |
| Optimation | Web designer, front-end web developer (freelancer) | September 2007 - December 2008 Initially designed and developed a website in HTML/CSS for New Zealand Business Assessment which was integrated by Optimation into a .net environment. Ongoing updates to site as functionality increased and new sections were added. View the site I developed for Optimation |
| Shift | Website producer (employee) | May 2006 - December 2008 Responsible for building a wide variety of pure CSS websites in HTML/XHTML, utilising JavaScript libraries, preparing them for CMS integration, and ensuring that all sites met or exceeded e-government accessibility standards and were consistent across a wide range of browsers on Mac and PC. 27 sites are listed as case studies here. View the sites I developed for Shift |
| Base Two | Senior web integrator (employee) | March - May 2006 Supporting web team leader, taking over his responsibilities when necessary. Training/mentoring the third member of the web team who was learning HTML and CSS. Planning work timetables, client liaison, project management. Developing and maintaining a range of CSS websites, most within Content Management Systems. View the sites I developed for Base Two |
| Land Information New Zealand | Website designer and front-end web developer (contractor) | November 2005 - March 2006, May 2006, June 2007 Initially contracted to redevelop and add new content to the LINZ website. Then retained as an e-government expert to advise on a range of technical issues. Designed and developed the LINZ Statement of Intent and ten other key LINZ documents into subsites. Subsequent ongoing contract work on Annual Reports and SOIs. View the sites I developed for LINZ |
| Shift | Front-end web developer (contractor) | July - October 2005 Contractor on three large site build projects. My responsibilities included HTML/CSS coding (building a complete set of templates for each site), accessibility and e-government compliance. View the sites I developed for Shift |
| Origin Design | Front-end web developer (contractor) | June 2004 - March 2005 Contractor responsible for HTML coding, accessibility and e-govt compliance on a number of sites, as well as design development on some projects, and Flash animation on others. View the sites I designed and developed for Origin |
| Oryx Technologies | Web designer and front-end web developer (contractor) | May - August 2004 Designing and/or building a range of HTML websites and Flash animations. View the sites I designed and developed for Oryx |
| CWA New Media | Web designer (contractor) | April 2004 - April 2005 Designing a range of 20 pure CSS and Flash websites, with additional XHTML/CSS and Flash coding and CD-ROM design work. View the sites I designed and developed for CWA |
| The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand | Technical editor for a web design course (contractor) | November 2003 - February 2004 My responsibilities were to comment on the accuracy, currency and relevance of the learning material being written for this new online course. View the work I undertook for the Open Polytech |
| WebWeaver Productions | Company director, web designer and front-end web developer (contractor/freelancer) | May 2002 - December 2006 Freelance web design and development work for various clients. View my freelance sites |
| Origin Design | Senior web developer (employee) | July 2001 - December 2003 Responsible for HTML, CSS, design development, Flash, accessibility and e-govt compliance for 30 websites in three years. View the sites I developed for Origin |
| Modus Seminars | Developer, writer and tutor - web design management seminars (contractor) | May - November 2000 I taught marketing managers and startup web design companies the details of managing the web design process, with regular seminars in New Zealand and Australia. View the tutoring work I undertook for Modus |
| WebWeaver Productions | Developer, writer and tutor - web design courses (freelancer) | December 1996 onwards I have developed and taught a number of web design courses, covering HTML and CSS coding and the use of web design software including Dreamweaver. View my web design courses |
| WebWeaver Productions | Company director, web designer and front-end web developer (contractor/freelancer) | August 1996 - July 2001 Contract work as a designer/developer for various design companies. During this period I designed, developed and built websites ranging in size from 5 to 1,000 pages. Major design company clients included CWA New Media (1996-1999), Base Two (2000), Mission Hall (2000) and Origin Design (2001). I also designed and built sites for freelance clients during that time. |