CV

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Overview

I am multi-disciplined User Experience Architect with a background of working in teams or independently to deliver websites and bespoke web applications. My focus is user experience design, which I find a very rewarding area to be in. I enjoy working closely with my team members, project stakeholders and end users to ensure the end product meets expectations, is usable, pleasurable and is delivered on time. I achieve this through working closely with all people involved and believe strong communication is the key to being successful in this area.

Key skills & experience

Develop effective online user experience through research and user centered activities, such as card sorting, user profiling, paper wire-frame testing and scenario modeling
Work with all stakeholders to understand business requirements, user needs, business processes and objectives
Work with business analysts and project managers to contribute to functional specs and other project documentation
Produce IA deliverables such as wireflows, UI storyboards and wireframes
Analyse and evaluate existing front-end design challenges/usability issues and recommend/implement effective design solutions
Plan, execute and report on usability tests with real users
Understand the capabilities and constraints of design concepts on the web
Excellent hand coding skills in XHTML/HTML and CSS for development and prototyping
Accessible web design methods – W3C.org standards (WCAG 1.0/2.0 & 508) and manual testing
Projects include e-commerce, content management systems, intranets, bespoke web applications and static websites
Ability to multi-task, prioritise work, delegate, coach and communicate across teams
Experience of working in a team environment and individually with creatives, technical staff, clients and customers

Programmes & technology

Omni Graffle, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Visio
Excellent hand-coding skills in HTML 4.0 & XHTML 1.0 (Strict & Transitional) and CSS
Experience working with .NET & PHP technologies
TortoiseCVS
Experience with bespoke e-commerce platforms, content management systems, blogs and forums
Mac and Windows competent

Work history

UX consultant. Stamford Interactive, Sydney, Australia

Senior user experience architect. Snow Valley, London, UK

Freelance front-end web developer. Los Angeles, USA/Derby UK

Front-end web developer. Jupiter Design – Nottingham, UK

Web designer. Leger Holidays – Sheffield, UK

Webmaster. Eurocom Entertainment Software – Derby, UK

Technical author/Multimedia designer. Microlise Engineering – Nottingham, UK

Training & development

OZ IA 2009 (October 2009 (2 days), Sydney, Australia)
UX intensive 2008 (October 2008 (4 days), Copenhagen, Denmark)
@Media 2008 (May 2008 (2 days), London, England, UK)
@Media 2007 (Jun 2007 (2 days), San Francisco, California, USA)
@Media 2006 (Jun 2006 (2 days), London, England, UK)
@Media 2005 (Jun 2005 (2 days), London, England, UK)
Web Usability (Sep 2004 (2 days), User Focus, London, England, UK)
Web Programming with JavaScript (May 2004, (3 days) QA Training, London, England, UK)
Macromedia Dreamweaver (Sep 2000, Prima Computers Training Centre, Nottingham, England, UK)

Education

2:1 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Design For Digital Media – University of Derby, England, UK
10 GCSE’s at grade A* and B. 4 RSA awards. Gleed Girls School, Spalding, England, UK

Personal hobbies and interests

I am a real foodie, love to cook, eat out and find new specialist food shops. I also have a food blog and use twitter to discuss all things food – http://food.zucchetti.co.uk. I also enjoy small cars, mainly classics such as mini’s (not of the BMW kind), Smart cars and the beautiful Fiat 500. Whenever I can, I love to get out and about, travelling around where I live and around the world.