Websites, CD-ROMs, e-Learning & Communications

Little Death Orchestra

Role: Art direction

Brief: Refresh the art direction from existing identity and create a more accessible design for the redevelopment of the band's website/MP3 store.

Client: Little Death Orchestra

Story Links project interim report

Role: Development, navigation design, script writing support

Brief: Build an animated looping presentation to be used by the Story Links project at an interim project review meeting. The presentation should be no more than five minutes or four slides.

Client: Therapeutic Storywriting

Development environment: PowerPoint and Articulate

Ministry of Justice Leadership Microsite

Role: Development, navigation design

Brief: Build a microsite within an existing learning management system for senior civil servants to access materials and information supporting their personal development as leaders.

Client: Kineo Learning

Development environment: Moodle

Your Accompanist E-cards

Role: Graphic design, technical implementation

Brief: Create Valentine's Day e-cards for Your Accompanist's suite of musical greetings. Together with the client we selected some images from a stock library and created four diverse cards to fit with the accompanying songs.

Client: Your Accompanist

Development environment: Photoshop, Joomla

Your Accompanist Online MP3 Shop

Role: Development, information architecture, identity design, user experience design, project management, search engine optimisation, content managment, copy editing, training, marketing support

Brief: Create a online shop to sell downloadable MP3s of piano accompaniments for singers, assist the client in setting up administration systems, market the website and optimise for Google.

Client: Your Accompanist

Development environment: Joomla

Your Accompanist Newsletter

Role: Development, content management, copy editing

Brief: Create an identity and an HTML template for the Your Accompanist newsletter. Then working with the client, implement a quarterly newsletter about singing. This marketing tool has successfully driven traffic to the Your Accompanist website and increased sales.

Client: Your Accompanist

Development environment: Dreamweaver, Joomla

IEQ Centre Guide CD-ROM

Role: Development, user experience design, navigation design, information architecture

Brief: Create a CD-ROM guide to the City & Guilds suite of International English Qualifications. Include a flash player to allow users to hear sample listening exams. This resource is a marketing tool for potential centres overseas to get a feel for the qualifications and support materials they would get from City & Guilds.

Client: City & Guilds, Marketing

Development environment: Dreamweaver, Photoshop

Finance website

Role: Developer

Brief: Build a brochure website from a supplied design. I created this seven page website using CSS. The navigation and headings are composed entirely from images as the designer selected a non-standard web typeface for the design.

Client: Withheld

Development environment: Dreamweaver

Andy Long Orchestra

Role: Graphic design, development, audio editing

Brief: Create a brochure site with a striking look and a 1950s feeling for this small independent orchestra, include sound clips to give a flavour of the music and lots of images to give an impression of the stage show. Keep the navigation simple and include a bit of a wow-factor. The colour scheme I chose was suggested by the lighting in the images. The client was keen for the whole thing to sparkle a little bit.

Client: Andy Long Orchestra

Development environment: Joomla, Dreamweaver

New World Ensemble

Role: Graphic design, development, photography, audio editing

Brief: Create a brochureware site for the New World Ensemble, a small independent orchestra. Include a concert diary, press pack and photographs of the players. Provide a page linked from the home page marketing their new CD using sound clips. The client should be able to update the website themselves.

Client: New World Ensemble

Development environment: Joomla, Dreamweaver

City & Guilds Retail Resource Pack CD-ROM

Role: Development, information architecture, graphic design

Brief: Create a CD-ROM resource pack providing all the materials required by City & Guilds' centres offering retail qualifications. I designed and built the interface and the on-body artwork. The client suggested that we make the CD look like a credit card, so I created a flat graphic with the appearance of a hologram and gave the impression of embossed credit card number.

Client: City & Guilds, Service Industries

Development environment: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint

City & Guilds Catering & Hospitality Resource Pack CD-ROM

Role: Development, information architecture, graphic design

Brief: As well as on-body art work and an interface, I created a PowerPoint-based e-learning tool introducing and new materials for recording candidates' achievements and demonstrating the method for filling them in.

Client: City & Guilds, Service Industries

Development environment: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint

Albir Luxury Apartments

Role: Graphic design, project management, content management, copy editing

Brief: Create a website to market two flats in Spain, and allow inbound communication from prospective guests. The client wanted to be able to manage their own content easily. The site should include an section for local information to improve search engine optimisation and add value for guests.

Client: Albir Luxury Apartments, Spain

Development environment: Mambo