Jason Kavanagh

Åre, Sweden
I 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.

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.
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

MI-6

Online Marketing - Winner

2008

Tesco Stores Ltd

Best Campaign - Winner

2008

Crown Prosecution Service

Professional Services - Winner

2007

Mi6

IT, Electronics & Telecommunications - Winner

2007

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,