Robin Stewart online CV

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Address: 46B Cambridge Avenue NW6 5BA
Mobile: 07870 196 167

Objective

Keeping updated with the latest technologies and applying this knowledge to present and future projects in a professional manner. Good communication skills.

Education

July 2002 - Dec 2002

NIIT

Bangalore, India

- Programming SQL Server 2000 Database
- T-SQL, Triggers, Views, Stored Procedures, Indexes, Queries
- Data Reports, COM, ADO, ActiveX Controls, N-tier Architecture
- Client-side scripting (JavaScript) and server-side scripting (VBScript)
- XML using XSLT & CSS style sheets

Sept 1999 - Aug 2000

Vancouver Community College

Van, B.C.

- Application Support Specialist Program
- Technical support training in Microsoft Office Hardware
- Maintenance, Formatting, Partitioning, CPU swap

1981-1982

Burnaby North Sen. Sec. School

Burnaby, B.C.

- General studies, Mathematics, Business, Nation profiling

Work Experience

Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

EHS 4D Group

London, UK

As part of a development team, we developed molpresents.com for the city of London. Code was imported into Drupal CMS. Site developed for cross-browser support. Core skills used where XHTML, CSS, jQuery and image cropping with Photoshop.

Nov 2011

BrocklebankPenn

London, UK

Developed a few pages remotely for Trend Micro. Skills being XHTML and CSS and jQuery (embedded a Carousel into bottom of main page)
Trend Micro

Nov 2011

Workcomms

London, UK

Developed cross-browser web build using Umbraco CMS. Site developed from PSD files with core skills being XHTML and CSS.

Oct 2011

Whitewater

London, UK

Corrected styles to fix major cross-browser issues with IE6,7 and 8. This was applied to the web builds British heart Foundation and Save the Children. Core skills: CSS and XHTML.

Sept 2011

Trading.co.uk

London, UK

Working with Visual Studio, developed webpage in a modular form to be put into Umbraco CMS. Core skills XHTML, CSS, Photoshop SVN:Tortoise

April 2011 - Aug 2011

Eviivo

London, UK

Worked on developing and maintaining websites across the Eviivo brand range. This included such sites as www.bookdirectrooms.com and www.toprooms.com and other accommodation booking websites. Along with using TortoiseSVN, tasks where allocated using Jira bug and issue tracker program in an Agile environment.

Feb 2011 - March 2011

RAPP

London, UK

Developed a microsite for GlaxoSmithKline with XHTML, CSS and pre-written JQuery which was later to be put into Umbraco CMS. Webpages checked in and out with TortoiseSVN Version control. Cropped and optimised imagery with Photoshop

Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

Harrods dept store

London, UK

Developed email advertisements for Harrods department store using HTML, CSS and Photoshop. After coding and sign-off, Tabled structured HTML was loaded into SilverPop Engage and Litmus in which code was tested against various email clients.
Examples:
Harrods email example 1
Harrods email example 2
Harrods email example 3

June 2010 - Sept 2010

SAS Designs

London, UK

As part of a development team worked on Standard Chartered Banks website (graduate section) and Diageo annual reports. Development tools used where Umbraco CMS.

April 2010 - May 2010

Arcadia Group

London, UK

Populated template pages that where created on Arcadias in-house CMS system. Created email Newsletters from PSD's for some of the Arcadia high street stores. These included Burtons, Wallis and Outfit. Cheetahmail was used for creating and uploading text and HTML versions of our emails and tested in Googlemail and Hotmail. Programs used: Basecamp, Websphere smartFTP, TortoiseSVN.

April 2010

GyroHsr

London, UK

Worked on Regus international email campaign. Implemented various languages into template pages, including Asian and Arabic characters. Table structure used along with inline CSS.

Dec 2009 - Jan 2010

HiPPs Organic Baby food

London, UK

Developed cross-browser Hipps organic webpages in conjunction with a back-end developer. Targeted browsers include: IE6, 7, 8 and FireFox. Core skills XHTML, CSS and Photoshop.

Nov - Dec 2009

Peter Cruddas

London, UK

Developed the www.petercruddasfoundation.org.uk website to WCAG 2.0 (Level AA) standards. Core skills html, CSS (Doc Type Transitional). Supported for IE6, 7, 8, Firefox and Safari (Mac) browsers. Images optimised and created in Photoshop along with Sprites for navigation.

Oct - Nov 2009

Ogilvy

London, UK

Working within a Visual SourceSafe environment, My task was to developed from PSDs, email advertisement and promotions for such clients as American Express, and PoGo.co.uk. Emails tested across Lotus Notes, Outlook, Hotmail, Google, Yahoo and AOL. Also tested against all major browsers. Tables and inline styles used.
Examples:
American Express
American Express Preferred Seating
pogo.co.uk

July - Sept 2009

RMG

London, UK

Developed Christmas at Ascot website (www.christmasatascot2009.co.uk) and McCain site (http://photos.mccaintrackandfield.co.uk) from PSD files. Both sites developed to meet cross-browser support with the use of PNG files and PNG fixes for IE6.

May - June 2009

Sapient

London, UK

As part of a development team, My role was the Css and XHTML development of the NHS Teen Life online questionnaire. (http://www.teenlifecheck.co.uk). Cross-browser support for IE6.

April 2009

Billington Cartmell

London, UK

Developed Fridge Raiders website: fridge-raiders using XHTML, CSS and Photoshop. Site developed from designers Photoshop files for IE 6, 7 and Firefox browsers using strict Doc type. (Note: This website promotion is no longer live)

March 2009

Blacksun

London, UK

Using XHTML, CSS and Eclipse SVN. Populated template pages for Standard Chartered's year end financial statements. Along with Semantic mark-up, website was developed to support mainly IE6 browsers as well as IE7. Validated to XHTML strict Doc Type and W3C standards

Oct 2008 - Dec2008

Tobias & Tobias

London, UK

Using CSS and XHTML (Strict), developed WebPages for Barclays Capital (www.barcap.com) website. Pages were validated to AA Accessibility using Total Validator. The WebPages where created in a modulated fashion, so that different section can be used throughout the site (ex: right side advertising sections). Common templates where identified and used throughout the site (ex 2 or 3 column centre sections etc).

May 2008 - Aug 2008

Barclays Wealth Management

Glasgow, UK

Working within an investment banking environment, I was part of a team developing a new portal intranet site for Barclays Wealth Management. Core responsibilities was to create and edited Pages within the RedDot Content Management System (CMS). Working within RedDot’s SmartTree, I would create working pages from foundation page templates. Then working within SmartEdit, my role as Content Editor was to populate pages with signed of content from MS.doc files. Skills XHTML and CSS.

March 2008 - April2008

Passado

London, UK

Using Table structure and inline CSS, developed email advertisements. Cropped and optimised images for emails from Photoshop files.

Jan 2008 - Feb 2008

Poke

London, UK

As part of a development team, migrated data from redundant intranet site into Red Dot CMS system. This included the development of webpages from various templates and linking the completed pages together. Project also included XHTML hand-coding, DHTML, CSS, updating XML files and photo manipulation with Photoshop. Other responsibilities included proof-reading text, fixing alignment issues.

Dec 2007 - Jan 2008

Haymarket

London, UK

Developed XHTML and CSS code in modular form to be input into CMS system. Browser issues addressed to conform to IE 6 and Firefox. Handcoded CSS and used Photoshop for imagery.

Sept 2007 - Nov 2007

RedBeeMedia

London, UK

Developed companies international web pages from PSD's to conform to Double-A Accessibility standard (Div structure). Targeted browsers are IE 7 and Firefox 2. Cropping and image optimising with Photoshop, and linking up Flash, Wmv and QuickTime movies. www.redbeemedia.sg/sing-live-graphic.html

June 2007 - Sept 2007

Communique360

London, UK

Developed HTML advertisements for railway promotional email alerts. (Table structure with embedded CSS). Also developed pages for c2c and First Great Western Railways from PSD files. Web pages where tested in Watchfire (WebXACT) to meet double A accessibility using Div structure. Targeted browsers where IE and Firefox. Cropping and image optimising with Photoshop.

Sept 2005 - Jan 2006

Transport for London

London, UK

As part of a development team, migrated data from redundant intranet site into Red Dot CMS system. This included the development of webpages from various templates and linking the completed pages together. Project also included XHTML hand-coding, DHTML, CSS, updating XML files and photo manipulation with Photoshop. Other responsibilities included proof-reading text, fixing alignment issues.

April 2005 - Aug 2005

Yoomedia

London, UK

Monitored and collected SMS text messages into an SQL Server Database for the TV show "Who wants to be a millionaire". This role included developing Stored Procedures with Input and Output parameters and bringing into ASP pages. Other tasks involved HTML, CSS, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet reports.

April 2005

Lowe Worldwide

London, UK

As part Lowe Worldwides bid to developed Kia cars (South Korean auto maker) of Frances Extranet site, I designed and developed the site for there bid. Although not the winning design it had gotten shortlisted. Kia Extranet prototype

Feb 2005 - April 2005

www.ogilvy.com

London, UK

After design stage process, developed Lotus Notes email mail-outs for IBM, Cisco and BT. Macromedia Homesite and Photoshop used. Other in-house projects included the use of XHTML (hand-coding), Javascript and CSS positioning.

Oct 2004 - Jan 2005

BBC

Bush House, London, UK

Developed the BBC's New Media & Technology intranet with Immediacy content management system. CSS & XHTML pages following W3C Accessibility Guidelines where applied.

June 2004 - July 2004

Hemscott (Client: Richemont)

London, UK

Contractor, www.richemont.com/investorinfo/index.php Developed Multiligual investor relations annual reports, (Japanese, German, French and English). The use of XSL to generate HTML pages was used after querying XML live stock exchange feeds. W3C Accessibility Guidelines where followed. XHTML, CSS, ASP, XML, XSL, basic SQL.

March 2004 - May 2004

Sapient UK (Client: Vodafone)

London,UK

Redesign and development of the Vodafone intranet User Guide. As senior HTML developer my responsibilities included conference calls with German client on technical matters. HTML (hand-coding), DHTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Nov 2003 - Mar 2004

London,UK

Working within a team of fellow contractors to re-develop the British Horseracing Boards website. Main responsibilities included the implementation of the creative design teams work into code using HTML, CSS, ASP, XML, Javascript. This included the creation of email advertisements.

July 2003 - Sept 2003

London,UK

This contract job required me to do all Graphic, HTML, ASP, and programming MsAccess database.

July 2002 to Dec 2002

 
 

Accepted at NIIT in Bangalore, India(Microsoft certified college)

Dec 2000 - June 2002

Online Dot tv Ltd

London,UK

Developing portal websites under the online.tv portal included graphic work using Photoshop. This included iImplementing page designs and overall portal site structure. Creating rotating static banners and graphics after the initial sites where created was one of my major roles with online.tv .Along with Photoshop, I worked with Illustrator and Flash (animated banners) Technical aspects of this position included validating forms with JavaScript, Using CSS wherever possible along with HTML. Developing the online.tv websites I worked with HTML (hand-coding and with Dreamweaver UltraDev).

Aug 2001 - June 2002

London,UK

(part-time contract, while working at Online.Dot tv Ltd)Lgihome.co.uk is a house in South London where artists can display there artwork. They where looking for an online presence, in which I developed a site that depended heavily on graphics and graphic optimization.

Aug 2000 - Dec 2000

Caregivers Association

Vancouver,B.C.

Contract. Implemented page design and graphics HTML coding, graphics in Photoshop.

July - Aug 2000

Owen Bird Law Office

Vancouver,B.C.

- Setting up end user workstations and printers on the network.
- End user support
- Microsoft NT Server (incl. Installation)
- Computer upgrading and formatting hardrives
- Initiated a web design concept for company web site

Nov 1995 - June 1999

Caradon Indalex

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

- Press operator
- Aluminum fabricator

Sept 1986 - Aug 1995

Dairyland Foods Ltd

Burnaby, B.C.

Production and Distribution

Graphic and Other Web Related Software Skills

- Dreamweaver
- HomeSite
- Photoshop

Web Application Programming Skills

- XHTML (hand-coder)
- HTML (hand-coder)
- CSS
- XML
- CMS (RedDot and Immediacy)
- Designing and coding web pages, graphics

 

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