Contracting
I have worked as a contractor for many web design companies including Acumen Republic, Badger Communications, Base Two, Chrometoaster, Codec/SYL, Communication Arts, Cue Design, CWA New Media, Datacraft, Designworks, DNA, Fairfax Digital, Fronde, Heyday, inov8, Insight Consultants, Learning Media, Mission Hall, Optimation, Origin Design, Oryx Technologies, Pikselin, Plan A, Proximity, Shift, The Hive Creative, Topaz Solutions, Touchcast and Vertigo Design.
I have worked as a contractor with many in-house web teams including Bank of New Zealand, Co-operative Bank, Department of Corrections, Department of Internal Affairs, Fairfax Digital, Grosvenor Investment Management, Inland Revenue Department, Land Information New Zealand, Ministry for Primary Industries, Office of Film & Literature Classification, Radio New Zealand, TradeMe, Transpower and Victoria University.
I have also worked as a full-time employee at both Origin Design and Shift following successful contracts with both companies. As WebWeaver I take on freelance web design and development work for a wide range of clients and organisations.
UX design
I'm the UX designer for all our WebWeaver projects, and I've been doing UX and IA as a contractor since 1996.
I often do UX in combination with visual design (UI) and/or front-end development - which comes in particularly handy when I'm working on responsive websites. I focus on wireframing, user flows, customer journey mapping, and the logical structuring of content. Find out more about UX design
Website design
I design websites for many WebWeaver clients. From time to time I also do web design as a contractor.
I can design of the look & feel of a site from start to finish; improve on the design of an existing website; extend and/or develop another designer's work; and advise the designer on the best way to design the website. Find out more about Website design
Front-end dev
I love front-end dev - that combination of logic and creativity - and thinking outside the box to achieve the design using HTML/CSS. I love applying my extensive knowledge of front-end dev techniques in order to build each new website design.
I'm a perfectionist, and replicate designs exactly - to the pixel. Find out more about Front-end dev
Responsive design and development
I find that being able to combine UX design, visual design and front-end development is a real advantage when it comes to responsive web design and development, particularly as I tend to do much of my responsive design in the browser, as HTML.
I'm old-school - I think it's important to get a website looking awesome at every device width - not just at a few break-points. Find out more about Responsive design and development
Government web standards
I've become something of an e-govt and web accessibility standards specialist, and I really enjoy helping government departments to achieve or exceed the standards with their websites.
I also believe that all websites should be accessible to everyone, not just government ones, and so I include a range of accessibility elements in all my websites. Find out more about Government web standards
Web editing
From time to time I take on web editing work. This can include: managing the content-writing process; managing and overseeing site migrations; writing Plain English content; advising clients and editing copy; proofreading; and working on websites with bilingual or multilingual content. Find out more about Web editing