Projects: Official work
Last updated: January 2012
As a developer it can be a bit of a hassle to present the projects you've done for your clients as some simply won't allow it. When you work for marketing agencies the websites also tend to disappear after a few months e.g. after a promotion has finished.
Below you find a selection of projects I have worked on recently that have survived the evolution of the internet for now.
For a complete list please contact me.
Latest project
Prototyping financial forecast tools at eValue FE
- URL:
- http://evaluefe.com//
- Client:
- eValue FE Ltd
- About:
- eValue FE develop highly interactive and userfriendly financial forecasting tools.
- Work done:
- I was part of the usability team and was wireframing and developing very complex prototypes. The main task was to add new functionality to their tools or improve existing features. I also had to "skin" existing tools to match the look and feel of clients such as HSBC or Barclays. It was a tough job as I had to learn a fair bit of financial lingo as well as how the stock market works to be able to understand what features a system needs that supports financial advisors in their daily job. Due to the "desktop application feel" of the tools I had to code very advanced jQuery which was quite fun!
Biggest project
Lexis®Learning Manager
- URL:
- https://www.lexislearningmanager.co.uk
- Client:
- LexisNexis
- About:
- This is the biggest and longest (almost 1 year) project I've been working on so far. Learning Manager is a central hub for various LexisNexis e-learning products. It helps Training Managers in law firms to keep track of the continuous learning the lawyers have to do each year to earn their CPD points.
- Work done:
-
The project is build in Symfony 1.4 and quite AJAX-heavy. We used jQuery and also relied vastly on the jQuery UI library.
I worked on all aspects of development and planning (wireframing, UI, frontend development, backend development...you name it).
It was a great project and I am quite pleased with the result.
Agency work
When I was part of BD Network (London) I have developed websites for clients such as eBay, Coca Cola, Cineworld, Nintendo or Orange.
Here are some examples!
Cineworld
- URL:
- http://www.cineworld.co.uk
- Client:
- Cineworld
- Work done:
- I've done the complete re-skin of the page. Challenge was to work with a HTML/backend structure (Java-based) that was provided by another agency and could hardly be changed. That's why the page looks modern now even though the HTML is not semantically correct.
Nintendo retailer pages
- URL's:
- http://nintendo-at-asda.co.uk
http://nintendo-at-asdadirect.co.uk
http://nintendo-at-argos.co.uk
http://nintendo-at-morrisons.co.uk
- Client:
- Nintendo
- Work done:
- All retailer e-commerce plattforms share the same PHP codebase. I took the websites from a colleague who left and was in charge for both frontend and backend development of the sites.
eBay for Charity
- URL:
- http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity
- Client:
- eBay
- Work done:
- HTML/CSS build of charity pages in-line with eBay coding guidelines.
Coke Football Promotions
- URL:
- http://www.cokefootballpromotions.co.uk
- Client:
- Coca Cola
- About:
- Unfortunately the page can only be accessed by regional managers of Coca Cola. It's purpose is to give them the possibility to order branded promotional assets (tickets, shirts...) for regional football matches and to monitor the promotions / asset usage.
- Work Done:
- I did the programming of both backend and frontend (HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, PHP, Zend, MySQL) of this page. The site has some nice AJAX features.
Other
Streetcar.co.uk
- URL:
- http://www.streetcar.co.uk/
- Client:
- Streetcar Ltd
- About:
- I got pulled on this one last-minute to help pushing the new streetcar.co.uk website live in time. Within a few days I had to get my head around a massive codebase with a backend based on .NET/Java.
- Work done:
-
The main workload was tweaking and bugfixing legacy code (HTML, CSS, jQuery) to fit design requirements.
Being the most experienced Frontend Developer on the team I was also supporting less experienced
team members and helping management to prioritise features. The code does not reflect my coding style, I was taken on board when the bulk of it was already
written. I've included this project in my portfolio to show that I can get my head around any odd codebase in no time.
