Tom Bamford

Called in to assist with finalise theming of project, while also updating requirements and functionality of platform base theme

Member of Web and Marketing committee to enhance the web presence and ensure a wide audience reach

Theming for large e-commerce site, working alongside Commerce Guys and Capgemini France

Involved in the final stages of the Bristol City Council website, particularly tweaking to optimise accessibility along WCAG 2.0 guidelines and refine a number of User Experience issues.

Freelance Drupal themer on Urban Gateway [urbangateway.org] and My Farm [my-farm.org.uk]

Drupal theming specialisation and consultancy

Member of Web and Marketing committee to enhance the web presence and ensure a wide audience reach

HTML5 semantic site architecture and templating of Symfony modules built with developers.
Design and UX of Rafiki, social community web application.

Evaluation of CMS/Template possibilities for build of new website within current hosting restrictions. Build of documented HTML/CSS templates according to in-house designs, training of marketing team for content input. Write detailed specs and docs for handover to replacement developer.

Main role consisted of preparing Wireframes and Information Architecture, setting up Drupal websites and implementing theme design, as well as support agent for clients and all static, CMSMadeSimple and Drupal websites. Other functions included managing/installing Debian servers, educating designers on design for the web, training clients on CMS.

Cogworks used an in-house ASP.NET CMS, this required implementing design from PSD into a static HTML/CSS model that was then templated for the CMS.

The redesign of greenbee.com required a tighter design harmony with the quote system calling the various Insurance Company APIs, while taking into account the consequent limited flexibility. Updates were also required for the various insurance cover booklets to be provided to customers.

T5M run a video magazine website, at the time they were working closely with Microsoft, where I would build the various designs to pass on to the developers, this included the use of newly released MS Expression Studio. While the company was still small, I was also IT support and print designer. As the company grew, I specialised in building the corporate site and numerous HTML/CSS snippets to be implemented in the application.