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Olivia | Freelance Web Designer

Olivia Meiring

Boulder, CO

Hi, I'm Olivia, a travelling freelance web designer with a real passion for what I do. I love working on creative and technical projects that allow me to learn new skills. Entirely self-taught in this rapidly evolving field over 11 years, I develop new skills on a daily basis to keep up to speed. I take pride in the quality of my work and am known for my attention to detail, as well ensuring sites are bug-free with validated and accessible code on delivery. My programming background has proved to be invaluable when working with developers on large-scale projects.

My other design interests include textile design, architecture and interiors, photography and cinematography.

Other passions include trail backpacking, travelling across the USA in our RV, environmental and human rights issues, volunteering in the community, good nutrition, alternative health and medicine and alternative therapies.

My ideal client would be in the charity sector - a project that promotes positive environmental solutions, animal protection or helps the underprivileged. I am actively seeking out projects that are out to make a difference and am willing to part-volunteer for the right project.

Experience

  • Olivia | Freelance Web Designer
    Boulder, CO
    Mar 2004 - Present
    Yummy Wakame

    • I have remote contracts for various UK ad agencies and US clients across the continent.

    • I specialise in designing and producing human- and device accessible websites that perform exceedingly well on search engines and have long design life-spans.

    • I most frequently work on e-commerce sites, WordPress template designs and magazine ads.

  • New Media Designer
    Brighton, UK
    2001 - 2004
    Designate Advertising

    • I designed and produced websites, banner ads, presentations, e-cards and e-bulletins for clients such as Virgin Holidays, B&W, Best Western and British Airways.

    • I have vast experience producing templates for various content management systems.

    • I designed backend interfaces for custom CMS sites as well as writing their user manuals.

    • Other responsibilities included developer bug testing, correcting sites to work on all major browsers and to adhere to the strictest European accessibility standards.

  • Head Web Designer
    Midrand, South Africa
    1999 - 2001
    First Technology iDevelopment

    • I was the head designer for the agency in charge of a team of designers and developers.

  • Web Designer
    Pretoria, South Africa
    1998 - 1999
    Cinergy WebCraft
  • COBOL Programming Consultant
    Cape Town, South Africa
    1997 - 1998
    Comparex

Education

  • International Diploma in Computer Studies
    Cape Town, South Africa
    1994 - 1995
    WS&L Training

    Pass: 97% with distinctions in all subjects:

    • Basic Computing Principles, Programming, Logic & Design, Nassi Schniedermann

    • COBOL

    • Delphi

    • Maths for Programmers

    • Human Communication & Information Systems

    • Business Systems Development

  • Textile Design
    Cape Town, South Africa
    1991 - 1994
    Frank Joubert Art School

    I loved this 3 year Textile Design course and was fortunate enough to also take additional subjects in History of Art, Ceramics and Fine Art each year.

Skills


  • • Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4, PhotoShop CS4 as well as the usual productivity software like MS Office.

    • Professional design and production in HTML and Flash for all major platforms and browsers including handhelds.

    • Hand coding strict (X)HTML, WAI Accessibility and CSS adhering to highest W3C Standards

    • Front-end/minor JavaScript, PHP, ASP and ActionScript knowledge

    • 6 years experience creating static and animated banner ads

    • 8 years experience creating back-end screens for Content Management Systems as well as embedding CMS systems into websites

    • Writing user manuals for CMS-driven websites

    • Creating SEO websites

    • Bug testing, lateral problem solving and meeting tight deadlines

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