stephenhellens

Curriculum

Summary of abilities

Solid conceptual, organisational and project management skills. Works well in a team. Competent, self-motivated, takes projects from concept to realisation. Lateral thinker with a keen eye for detail. Creative, flexible, technically precise worker. Produces strong work based on lasting rather than fleeting ideas. Art background gives a depth sometimes lacking in mainstream graphic and web design

 

Software

Creative Suite 2, Studio 8, BBEdit, HTML, CSS2, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, QuarkXPress, Accessibility (WAI, DDA), Usability, Information Architecture

 

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Recent work | 2006 –
Client Project Work
The Team / Crown Prosecution Service Crown Prosecution Service Careers website
www.cps-careers.co.uk
Production
HTML, CSS
The Team / Touchstone Touchstone website
www.touchstonegrowth.com
Production
HTML, CSS
Score Communications / Latitude Latitude White website
www.latitudewhite.com
Concept, Design, Production
Visual design, HTML, CSS
Diane Charlemagne Diane Charlemagne official website
www.dianecharlemagne.com
Concept, Design, Production
Visual design, HTML, CSS
Crayon Direct Advertising / BT BT Broadband Talk Softphone
VoIP software for British Telecom
User Interface design
Interface design and production, client liaison
Crayon Direct Advertising / 20-4-12 20-4-12 website
20-4-12
Production, HTML
11 page website built in 1 day
Crayon Direct Advertising / BT BT Broadband Talk
www.btbroadbandtalk.bt.com
uStay
www.bt.com/ustay
Frank-Footers' Summer Tour of Germany
www.frankfooters.bt.com
BT Broadband Security
www.broadbandsecurity.bt.com
The Great iTunes Giveaway
www.itunes.bt.com
Production, HTML
Key projects | 2005
Client Project Work
Crayon Direct Advertising / BT BT Online Gaming
www.bt.com/onlinegaming
BT Communicator competition
www.btcommunicator-competition.com (offline)
Production, HTML
Pinewood Media Group / BMW BMW Genuine parts screensaver Production, Flash, ScreenTime
Kirsten Wrigley Kirsten Wrigley microsite Visual design, production, HTML, CSS
Apples & Snakes 1. Temptation poetry tour print publicity
2. Autumn season flyer
Visual design, production, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Lux Living BCN Lux Living BCN
www.lux-living-bcn.com
Visual design, website layout, Flash, ActionScript, Photoshop
Crayon Direct Advertising / Workthing Workthing Employers
employer.workthing.com
Visual design, website layout, Photoshop
Pinewood Media Group / Energi Box
Energi Box
www.energibox.com
Website design, production Illustrator, Flash, ActionScript
The Escape Committee (formerly Web Projects) / Dominic Walmsley The Year Ring
www.theyearring.com
Microsite concept, design, production Photoshop, HTML, CSS
Online work | 2004
SB Communications Group,
Primary Care Diabetes Society
SB Communications Group www.sbcommunicationsgroup.com
Primary Care Diabetes Society www.pcdsociety.org
Website design, production On site consultation, HTML, CSS Website design, production HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL
AOL, Chello Broadband, Tesco, British Telecom, Norwich Union Online advertising banner advertisements
Click here to see examples
Flash, Photoshop, ImageReady
Crayon Direct Advertising / Artemis Artemis Profit Hunter Game Flash edits, website layout, production Flash, ActionScript, Photoshop
BCN2STAY / Correu Vell Apartments BCN2STAY
www.bcn2stay.com
Website concept, design, production Sourced copywriter, PHP backend specialist
Catalunya Home Finders Catalunya Home Finders
www.catalunyahomefinders.com
Website design, production HTML

 

Web design training | 2002 –
Client Course Trainees
Connections Communications Centre Into Action Web Design Course Asylum seekers and refugees
New Opportunities Fund New Opportunities Fund Web Design
N17 student project
School age teens at Hackney Community College
The College of North East London,
BBC London, Bernie Grant Trust
Creative Connections Course Black and minority ethnic media students

 

Selected projects | 1997 –
Client Project Work
Mannafest HEADRUSH: digital arts conference held at the ICA, London Identity and logo design, national magazine advertisements
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art TRACEY: (Biennial fringe)
TRACEY website (archived)
Website, 112 page printed guide - concept, design, production
Warchild / The Free Child Tomorrow's Heroes: children's football competition, raising awareness of child soldiers Advertising campaign concepts, logo
Foundation for Art and Creative Technology Collaboration Programme: Community collaboration introducing web design and production to local women Mercurial States, (In)visible websites
design, production. Project technical support
Poets Get Paid Poets Get Paid: Poetry events blending performance poets, musicians, DJs and dancers Art direction, event organisation, design of publicity material, slideshows

 

Employment | 1997 – 1999
Post Duties
Multimedia Technician, MA Multimedia Arts,
Liverpool John Moores University
Student technical and learning support; software and hardware purchasing

 

Training and Education
Year Course
1996 Digital Integrated Media Course,
CDSTfE Liverpool
1991–4
BA (Hons) Fine Art,
Liverpool John Moores University
1990–1 Foundation Course in Art & Design,
Cheltenham & Gloucester CHE