In November 2012 I was tasked with building a Drupal 7 powered website and intranet for the Victorian Government Solicitors Office. Working as an independent contract with close contact to the IT department, I helped build and deliver a responsive and engaging web experience that gave the VGSO more of a 'law firm' look as opposed to the 'government' look they had been brandishing since their last website launch. Migration of 1000's of high profile users as well as LDAP exchange integration, Varnish and memcache acceleration and creating a fully function Faceted SOLR powered search (that even scans PDF's and PPT's using TIKA) kept the job engaging and challenging. The project had high demands on code quality and accessibility whilst also giving me the opportunity to push the expectations of what a government Organization expects out of their website.

During my 15 months as a contractor at Catch Digital I worked on a variety of Drupal projects both in-house and out of office for high profile UK clients. I also took pride in taking time out during the day to teach junior developers Drupal skills and best practice procedures. Despite having returned to Australia, I still work on projects from time-to-time for Catch Digital and hope to work with them again when I return to London.

• Built and maintained several Drupal and Wordpress projects.
• Consulted with accessibility experts on developing AJAX websites that are at a AA standard.
• Built and maintained Facebook Apps.
• Assisted other developers in the office on a wide variety of projects.

In 2010 I started working with Cecile Park Conferences to design and build a website that would allow office staff to create conference microsites in-house without having to hire a developer. My work with Cecile Park Conferences has continued ever since with minor site extensions and updates.

My position at the Crocodile was my first position in London and gave me a great chance to gain exposure with UK clients and the fast paced European agency environment. Many campaigns had to be translated in 5 - 6 languages which gave me a deep insight into the difficulties of translating copy whilst maintaining design and structure. After leaving my permanent position at The Crocodile I continued to work as a contract developer for them and, whenever I'm in London, still go for beers with them.

• Configured, themed, extended and deployed websites on a variety of CMS platforms including Drupal, Wordpress and Expression Engine.
• Designed and built sites and email campaigns for high profile US and European business-to-business clients.
• Developed Flash micro-sites and jQuery widgets.

In Australia, and throughout my TAFE course, I held a position as an in-house web developer at Contemporary Arts Media, an independent educational film production and distribution company.

• Designed and built online campaigns.
• Worked in-house in collaboration with a back-end developer to deliver and maintain an e-commerce site.
• Designed widgets for use on the site.
• Designed and built interactive banners and micro-sites for product launches.