Charles Stuart
Web Design and Development
Expertise
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Design.
Skills
HTML5, Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Perforce, Subversion, Git, Adobe Creative Suite, OmniGraffle, ExtJS, Prototype, Clearcase, Bash, JSP, PHP.
Education
B.A. New Media
School of Art & Design
Northern Michigan University
Professional Experience
- 2009
- Web Development
- Zumobi
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- 2009
- Web Development
- Spectrum Culture
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- 2009
- Web Development
- The Colbalt Group
- I currently work at Cobalt as a contract web developer. I work in a Java development environment developing with Perforce, JSP, CSS and jQuery.
- 2009
- Web Development & Design
- Doxo
- At doxo I re-designed their web application user interface, and implemented CSS, HTML and Javascript within a Ruby on Rails environment.
- 2006-2009
- User Experience Design, Web Development & Design
- Amdocs Qpass
- At Amdocs Qpass I worked on web applications for use in managing mobile phone storefronts. In the past Amdocs Qpass applications lacked a consistent visual design and user experience. I created a visual design and a User Interface Standards document to be referenced by developers and testers. I then implemented the visual design for all of the Qpass applications, which used various web frameworks (GWT, Struts, ExtJS).
- 2008-2009
- Web Development
- Walsh Gallery
- walshgallery.com
- Walsh Gallery required a new site which they could use to make regular updates. I built out the backend using Silverstripe CMS, an object-oriented PHP5 web framework.
- 2008
- Web Development & Graphic Design
- Sara Anderson
- saranderson.com
- Sara Anderson is a nationally-known children’s book author from Seattle. I designed promotional posters which were put up at Pike Place Market to coincide with the release of her new book “A Day at the Market”. Also, I re-factored her website to make it easier to update and faster to view for visitors. By minimizing the page weight and the amount of required page loads the performance was significantly improved.
- 2006
- User Experience Design, Web Development & Design
- Chameleon Technologies
- I started out as a contractor at Amdocs Qpass. See above.
- 2006
- Web Development & Design
- Lux
- I worked at Lux for a short time during which I completed work for various clients including Microsoft, where I designed the templates for Microsoft Sharepoint. Other clients included Imperium Renewables and the Washington Association of Family Physicians.
- 2005-2006
- Website & Graphic Design
- Cranked Magazine
- Cranked Magazine was a short-lived, but successful magazine about bicycle culture in the Northwest and elsewhere. I did page layout, graphic design, and a bit of writing.
- 2005-2006
- Website Design
- Urban Sparks
- urbansparks.org
- Urban Sparks is a non-profit dedicated to community building. I completed the visual design and information architecture.
- 2006
- Web Development & Design
- Page Ahead Partner Site Application
- A colleague and I designed and built a web application with PHP which accepted applications for services from Page Ahead. I completed the design, usablity testing, HTML, CSS, javascript & some of the PHP.
- 2006
- Web Development & Design
- Megan Perry Photography
- meganperry.com/
- Megan Perry needed a brochureware site to market her photography business.
- 2005-2006
- Web Development & Design
- Clara’s Imagination
- clarasimagination.com
- Helen L. Edwards required a brochureware site for her new children‘s book.
- 2006
- Web Development & Design
- Dish Up Literacy
- dishupliteracy.org
- Dish Up Literacy is a yearly fundraiser for Page Ahead, a children’s literacy non-profit. This site allows businesses to sign up and advertised the event to attendees.
- 2006
- Web Development & Design
- Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program
- pageahead.org
- I completed an update to their sites visual design, and a complete re-factoring of the code to increase the performance and lower the maintenance time.
- 2006
- Web Development & Design
- Ann Arbor Autism Foundation
- annarborautism.org
- Ann Arbor Autism required a brochureware site to advertise their services. I did the visual design and front-end code.
- 2005
- Web Development & Design
- Community Orthopedic Surgery, P.C. & Huron Valley Hand Surgery
- communityorthopedics.com
- A seven physician surgical practice. I did the visual design and front-end code.
- 2004-2005
- Web Development & Design
- Help Me Read
- Help Me Read is a website devoted to helping children improve their reading and writing skills. I created the design, organized and acquired new content, and implemented the design.
- 2004-2005
- User Experience Design, Web Development & Design
- Khronos
- Khronos is a Mac OS X application which keeps track of time spent on projects. I designed the Mac OS X interface, designed and implemented the website & wrote the help documentation.
- 2003
- Web Development & Design
- Euro Pair Agency
- euro-pair.co.uk/
- Euro Pair is an Au Pair agency. They required a brochureware site which also included the ability to apply for services.
- 2003
- Web Development & Design
- Northern Michigan University
- The Telecommunications department required a site which advertised their services and available products (phones, network connections, etc.), along with a form to request services.
- 2002
- Web Development & Design
- World Medical Fund
- World Medical Fund focuses on Africa’s orphans and most vulnerable children.
References are available upon request.