Design, User experience, Web Apps, iPhone Apps

Proficient in User Experience, Information Architecture, visual styling and standards based XHTML/CSS, with a strong emphasis on providing a detailed site vision and creating intuitive easy to use interfaces.

Dan has designed and built sites ranging from small business start-ups to large Charities, working with diverse clients such as Eurostar, Startups, Oxford University Press, Play N Trade and E3 group. With a clear understanding of the design process and an ability to communicate his ideas in a straightforward and simple manner.

Dan has a broad base of knowledge and is widely read on many subjects. With a BSc Hons in Politics and Economics, Dan believes that it is easier to successfully implement user-centered design if you have a varied background and wide comprehension of human behaviour.

Areas of knowledge: User experience design, Typography, Grid systems, Site concepts, Information Architecture, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, SVN, ZEND, Symfony, Textpattern, Wordpress.

I began as a freelance designer in 2004 working on projects for small business and a Bristol based charity the Bristol Children’s Help Society. With a desire to work on larger projects I began looking for work in design agencies.

I started working at Kwiqq in late 2007. As lead designer I was responsible for all of the creative output from the company, as the company was at startup stage I ended up providing a much greater role. Working on high value projects with little company process was a real challenge but one I met with a constant desire to improve the project management.

For a very small company with limited experience we designed and developed many top quality social sites, among them were E3 group, Gazetme and Kwiqq open, a fully featured open source white label social network with integrated CMS.

On leaving Kwiqq I decided to concentrate on Freelance work with a focus on designing and implementing web and mobile applications. I have wide ranging experience designing architecture, user experience and visual representation for applications and specific knowledge regarding the challenges facing social site design. Using these skills I can incorporate these trends in to all my design projects, leading to clear and navigable interfaces.