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Amy Varga has 3 years experience in front end web development, interface development, web design, UX design

Profile

Amy Varga is extremely passionate about front end web development. She enjoys the creative process of designing and developing web interfaces that optimise the user's experience. She is an organised and reliable individual who is capable of working independently and within a team.

Skills

• UX design including site structures, navigation flows, wire frames and mock-ups; Microsoft Visio
• Design of interfaces with Photoshop and Illustrator which include general layouts and visual graphics for usable and functional designs
• Development of validating, standards compliant, browser compatible and accessible (X)HMTL pages
• CSS which degrades gracefully utilising CSS 2 and 3 for a variety of display devices
• Development of (X)HTML pages using XSLT, JSTL, JSP and Apache Struts
• Class based javascript which degrades gracefully and uitilises the jQuery framework and plugins
• Management of projects within an AGILE environment
• Development within a CVS / SVN environment

Experience

Front end web developer
Big Fish, London

I worked on the Magento E-commerce platform, skinning the shopping pages to meet approved designs and functionality.

UX designer, Web designer, Front end web developer
BT Library, UK Web Archive, London

I was contracted for 5 weeks to redesign and develop the UK Web Archive website so that it better communicates the UK Web Archive objectives of providing a public portal to the archive as well as promoting their efforts in preserving UK websites for future reference. The website is built on a JAVA platform and uses Freemarker templates. Its XHTML pages are validating, standards compliant and browser compatible. The website uses jQuery to improve the user experience. View showcase

UX designer, Web designer, Front end web developer
Rocklands Boulders, South Africa

I was responsible for the design and front end web development of the Rocklands Boulders website. I continue to manage the Rocklands Boulders website and am responsible for its ongoing improvement. Rocklands Boulders is built on a PHP / Codeigniter CMS. Its XHTML pages are validating, standards compliant and browser compatible. The website uses jQuery and AJAX to improve usablity and is integrated with PayPal for facilitating online payment. View showcase

Front end web developer
BT Fresca, High Wycombe

BT Fresca is the e-commerce division of BT Expedite, the retail specialist division within BT, they are responsible for producing some of the UK's leading e-commerce retail websites.

As part of the web development team I worked on the implementation of validating, standards compliant, browser compatible and accessible XHTML pages using JSTL and Apache Struts to meet approved designs and functionality. jQuery and AJAX were used to improve the users experience, however alway with accessible alternatives. View showcase

UX designer, Web designer, interface web developer
Tangozebra / Doubleclick, London

Working in a team of two we were responsible for all areas of user interface development including:

• Requirements gathering
• Competitor analysis
• Site mapping and wire framing
• Application design
• Front end web development of validating, standards compliant and browser compatible web pages using JSTL, XSLT and CSS
• Implementation of Javascript, jQuery, DOM scripting, AJAX and JSON to improve the user experience
• Usability studies and the timely implementation of requisite findings

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Education

First class Bsc (Hons) Multimedia Productions (76%)
Nottingham Trent University, England

The Multimedia degree builds on the fundamental concepts and principles of producing and managing multimedia projects from conceptualisation of ideas through implementation and development of projects, to final presentation. The degree provides a solid foundation in all areas of multimedia including programming, audio, video, animation and design.