Always seeking to increase my skill set, I do not limit myself to front-end development, instead aim to understand related fields. This has enabled me to get involved with areas ranging from IT to development, usability and testing.
Drupal has been a main interest since September 2008, not only working with the framework but attending meetups, Drupalcamps and DrupalCon Paris, this allowed me to get involved in it’s amazing community and Drupal’s future. My aim is to continue expanding my skills in a comprehensive way, while staying up to date with my current assets and abilities.
Bilingual French-English.
Passed French Baccalauréat General Scientifique.
Years of hand-coding semantic CSS and XHTML, working with multiple CMSs, especially Drupal.
Studied Graphic Design at Cambridge School of Art.
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.
Tom Bamford — [javascript protected email address] — +61 (0)4321 851 903