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Proof-reading

I have a photographic memory for word shapes, which makes me a natural (and fast) proof-reader - as incorrectly-spelled words leap off the page at me as I read. I'm also a details-oriented person and a perfectionist, which means I…
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Technical and/or design handover documentation

Some of the websites I build are developed and integrated by other companies, which means that my perfect code must be sent away to be handled by a team that doesn't really know how I built it. Occasionally a large…
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Teaching and tutoring

I was a primary teacher in the UK for three years, I have trained as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and was also a tutor of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). My educational background…
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CMS training

Once their website has been integrated into the Content Management System (CMS) I generally build a skeleton site as part of my CMS-testing, which I use as the basis for training my clients how to use the CMS to update…
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Publicity, PR and event management

From 1995 until 2000 I took on a number of event management and publicist roles. My first role was organising and publicising a show called World Without Strangers for our world music ensemble, Many Hands. The success of this show…
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Extending and/or developing another designer's work

This can include: customising and making improvements to a WordPress theme; development of multi-template website designs following specifications, guidelines or rough sketches from another designer; using the style and layout of a single page to complete the design for the…
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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,…
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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
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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
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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
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