Freelance Design & Development
I specialise in User Experience Design, Web Development and Management of websites for both large and small organisations across New Zealand.
Online shops, marketing websites, publishing platforms and WebApps, built with Silverstripe, Shopify or VueJS. With a focus on high performance including monitoring & maintenance.
With a design degree from Whanganui School of Design and over 20 years industry experience designing and coding for small and large design agencies, IT companies and startups. I have customers in Nelson, Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland and Tauranga. Most work is done remotely from my home office in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The work I do varies from new design/builds to renovation projects, consultation and contracting. I use various platforms to build quality sites but mainly build sites with SilverStripe and Shopify.
I started my career as a 3D compositor and CD-rom producer in Melbourne, which soon morphed into web and graphic design in Wellington. I then naturally progressed into development and coding. Freelancing is great because I get to utilise my full range of skills and add immense value to a project.
I am comfortable both in web teams and solo projects. New builds and on-going maintenance. My skillset includes: Front End Development, Back End Development, User Experience Design, Responsive Design, Graphic Design, Server Configuration, Site performance, DNS Management.
I am comfortable coding with PHP, HTML, CSS/SASS, Javascript, VueJS, Liquid(Shopify), Shell script.
Outside of the digital field my career has also included:
- Founding member of the band Eb & Sparrow, extensive gigging and touring; active between 2010-2018. Still gets air time on RadioNZ. Check out the band on Spotify.
- Author of 'Build Your Own Radio Controlled Yacht', published and distributed world wide 2007.
I live in Christchurch, New Zealand.
