Charles Stuart

Web Design and Development

Expertise

HTML, CSS, Javascript, Design.

HTML5, Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Perforce, Subversion, Git, Adobe Creative Suite, OmniGraffle, ExtJS, Prototype, Clearcase, Bash, JSP, PHP.

B.A. New Media
School of Art & Design
Northern Michigan University

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
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
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.

References are available upon request.