Jason Kavanagh
Åre, SwedenI am a freelance Designer/Developer.
When I manage to drag myself away from the computer you'll find me on the slopes snowboarding in winter and in the forest mountain biking during the summer. Working on my motorbikes or vehicles is also a great break, as is doing some film photography or letterpress printing.
With over 12 years experience in Australia, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, the UK and the US. I have worked with small clients, agencies and major corporations.
When I manage to drag myself away from the computer you'll find me on the slopes snowboarding in winter and in the forest mountain biking during the summer. Working on my motorbikes or vehicles is also a great break, as is doing some film photography or letterpress printing.
With over 12 years experience in Australia, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, the UK and the US. I have worked with small clients, agencies and major corporations.
Work Experience
Dirt Merchant
Designer/Developer
I run my own freelance company that I formed in the UK back in 2007. This is where I collaborate with others on projects from development, design and print, with clients in Australia, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, the UK and the US.
June 2007
- Present
Brighton, United Kingdom
Rebello Media
Freelance Wordpress Designer/Developer
Discussing strategy and exploring solutions with non-technical clients so they are part of the process from the beginning so we can arrive at the final product that they need. Designing and developing WordPress themes and custom plugins from scratch.
2015
- 2015
Östersund, Sweden
Honda Europe (UK)
Web Designer/Developer
Acting as the in-house designer for ISD, I have designed multiple sites including CMS based template pages for Honda Dealerships (100+).
Redesign the Motorcycles site to allow users to more easily understand the new E.U. Licensing laws, a new European Initiative to change motorcycle licensing.
Other general design related issues like streamline asset management and creating Photoshop Actions and then training other developers how to use the Actions to speed up development.
I also work as a developer in the Project team. I was responsible for setting up the structural markup and global styling that the team then worked from.
Redesign the Motorcycles site to allow users to more easily understand the new E.U. Licensing laws, a new European Initiative to change motorcycle licensing.
Other general design related issues like streamline asset management and creating Photoshop Actions and then training other developers how to use the Actions to speed up development.
I also work as a developer in the Project team. I was responsible for setting up the structural markup and global styling that the team then worked from.
November 2012
- July 2014
London, United Kingdom
Drive Digital
Lead Designer
As the Lead I would have to talk to clients to help them realise their goal. Creating the designs and then do the development of the sites. All sites were built to be responsive and capable of working on multiple devices.
July 2012
- November 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
EveryScreen Media
Freelance Mobile Developer
The EveryScreen Media team is comprised of serial entrepreneurs, accomplished PhDs, architectural engineers and rocket scientists. They asked me to build them a custom Responsive Wordpress theme from scratch. I built the site with a mobile first approach.
2012
- 2012
New York, New York, United States
Domain 7
Freelance web developer
As a freelance developer I was asked to take a PSD and build a Real Estate site for RE/MAX. I built this project using Luke Wroblewski’s ‘Mobile First’ approach. The site was responsive and built into a custom Wordpress Theme.
2012
- 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lovesocial
Freelance developer
Lovesocial needed some help with custom Wordpress development and design on a tight deadline over the Christmas/New Year period which made this is a fun and challenging project, with continued enhancements.
2011
- 2013
New York, New York, United States
National Press
Letterpress Intern
Sorting, typesetting, organizing, labeling, proofing and otherwise monitoring the type. Learn terminology, perform maintenance and repair of the presses. Assisting in the design and Art Direction for print projects that come into the studio.
April 2011
- March 2012
Vancouver, Canada
VentureWeb Design Ltd
Intern Designer
A short Internship I did during my college break between terms. I worked on designing a new website for a non-profit company that required a community facing website as well as a large event driven back-end for members.
April 2011
- April 2011
Upper Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
Little Penguin Studio
Interactive Developer
Worked on integrating all jQuery into the re-design and build of well known coffee company Ethical Bean. It was a tight deadline as they were being featured in Oprah Winfrey's O magazine.
November 2010
- November 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Epix Studios
Web Developer
Build a new website that would be a online shop for one of the most highly respected hospitality groups in Canada.
October 2010
- October 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Honda Europe (UK)
Web Developer/Designer
I worked as a Developer/Designer for the Lawn & Garden, Energy, Marine and ATV sites upgrade.
January 2010
- August 2010
London, United Kingdom
Banner Corporation
Front End Web Developer
Banner is a London-based marketing agency specialising in the technology sector. I was brought in to finish a Joomla site that had a very tight deadline for Symantec Northern Europe.
January 2010
- January 2010
London, United Kingdom
Virgin Media
Front End Web Developer
At Virgin Media I developed a couple of microsites including a site for the release of Madagascar 2. I developed web pages based on Photoshop mockups and tested across multiple platforms and browsers.
March 2009
- April 2009
London, United Kingdom
Honda Europe (UK)
Web designer/developer
I have worked on many projects at Honda, including the rebuild of Honda Europe’s UK website, to develop pages based on Photoshop files provided from the creative agency Collective. I also worked on the development and design a customer motorcycle site.
August 2008
- December 2008
London, United Kingdom
Barkers
Senior Web Developer
Barkers are an award winning Digital Agency. I developed cross platform/browser websites up to Level AAA. I consulted with the Creative department on upcoming projects prior to pitching and provided technical solutions as required. Assured all sites were compliant to relevant standards provided by scope documents. Worked to tight deadlines to assure delivery of projects. Mentored Junior members of the team.
June 2007
- July 2008
London, United Kingdom
Education
University Of The Arts - London
Typography and Print Production
Short Courses in Typography and Print Production
April 2013
- July 2013
London, United Kingdom
Langara College
Communication Arts
The CA Program incorporates visual communication and experiential design, with regards to analog and digital. Each level builds upon the previous to expand the creative process and skill set with a particular focus on ideation, an integral and vital component of the design process. Throughout the program, concentration is also placed on portfolio development and design strategies. The aim is to provide a thorough and professional education in Communication Design (Graphic Design) and Ideation (Art Direction) through our curriculum.
September 2011
-
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Langara College
Electronic Media Design
The Electronic Media Design (EMD) Program is a one-year, full-time program that strives to teach and facilitate the growth of creative and inspired individuals. To do this, there are three key learnings addressed throughout the program: visual and communication strategy; creative and strategic process; and visual execution.
September 2010
- August 2011
Vancouver, Canada
University Of New England
Diploma of Information Technology
The Diploma of Information Technology covers a broad range of computing topics such as web technologies, operating systems, business information systems, multimedia systems, computer organisation and hardware, the basics of programming, and database management systems.
2001
- 2002
Brisbane, Australia
Awards
Skills
Accessibility,
Ajax,
CSS,
Film Photography,
Final Cut Pro,
Graphic Design,
Grunt,
HTML,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
JavaScript,
Jquery,
JSON,
Letterpress,
Photoshop,
PHP,
SASS,
Typography,
Web Design,
WordPress,
XML,
XSLT,