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Creative Drupal Front End Developer and Designer
Robert Wild
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Nottingham, United Kingdom
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I am an experienced web designer and developer, with strong client facing and team and project management skills. I simultaneously work across multiple disciplines, on multiple projects and have nearly 13 years Drupal specific experience. I have a proven track quality of timely, quality and objective deliverables. I work within multiple technologies, not exclusively Drupal, however I find it useful tool to underpin almost every project due to its highly flexible nature.
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My experience
2017 - ?
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Creative Director
Atelier7 Ltd.
Atelier7 Ltd are fast growing digital services agency supplying Drupal based solutions into Government and private sector clients. As one of the 7 founding members my role as Creative Director requires full oversight of all the UX, design and front-end delivery tasks undertaken by the business, I keep hands on all these touch points as well as provided stakeholder management and team lead duties.
The business has grown considerably in the first two years and is now undergoing a period of stabilisation, we have 5 full time members working alongside a handful of contractors and has an annual turnover in excess of £1.5m.
The business has grown considerably in the first two years and is now undergoing a period of stabilisation, we have 5 full time members working alongside a handful of contractors and has an annual turnover in excess of £1.5m.
Drupal, UI / UX designer, Frontend, Vue.js
2016 - ?
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Drupal Developer and Consultant
8manj Technologies Ltd.
Working for my personal service company contracting into Atelier7 delivering Drupal based solutions whilst also maintain the flexibility for additional projects, ventures and assignments of interest.
Workload has and is focusing on Drupal7 and new Drupal8 projects, my priority attention is taken on UX, Design and Front End implementation, with secondary requirements to act as Project Lead for client facing delivery and team management.
My current working arrangement allows me to traverse between projects and work on contract-based roles with the understanding that my working day is not the ‘usual’ 9 – 5, I am capable of working to client demands and deadlines in whichever priority they define.
Workload has and is focusing on Drupal7 and new Drupal8 projects, my priority attention is taken on UX, Design and Front End implementation, with secondary requirements to act as Project Lead for client facing delivery and team management.
My current working arrangement allows me to traverse between projects and work on contract-based roles with the understanding that my working day is not the ‘usual’ 9 – 5, I am capable of working to client demands and deadlines in whichever priority they define.
Drupal, UI / UX designer, Web development, Website design, Bootstrap, Vue.js, Php, Html, Jquery, Css, Html5
2014 - 2016
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Lead Creative Developer
Appnovation Technologies Ltd.
Team Lead: Fronting up the EMEA regions Creative assignment programs, working in tandem with various project inputs to ensure a successful product delivery. Primarily concentrating on the presentational aspect of the product, working form the UX workflow, through to creative delivery and finally the technical implementation. Whilst my focus is on the user experience side, I am often required to full voids of resource shortages on the much geekier technical implementation side, requiring me to scope, plan and shape a project lifecycle from inception through delivery covering most skillsets, having the foresight to accurately on board the correct staff with the appropriate skills for the project specific needs.
Time and Resource Management: Due to the nature of my role - covering a lot of the touch points of a project I am required to forecast, shape scope and measure resource impact on a project, or multiple projects concurrently. A challenge with the added complexity of cross time zone teams.
Code Development: Combining the above responsibility, I am also required to provide input the deliverables, this may require front end, back end code development. As well as code reviewing and feedback. My specialism lies within, minimal, accessible and performance driven front-end code development and Drupal build and configuration, generally classed as ‘theme’ and ‘build skills’.
New Business Ventures: On top of all the responsibilities above I am also a key member of the sales team and their working needs. This requires me to scale, rate, estimate and prototype where necessary new inbound sales opportunities.
EMPLOYMENT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Company Rock Award Winner: Every quarter Appnovation recognizes individuals’ inputs against 4 keys ‘rocks’, this is by colleague nomination and votes, as such it’s a rare for a UK team member to receive such an accolade.
Appno-U contributor: Appno-U is a resource to which we look to provide a classroom-based education tool to up skill internal staff of all grades. Originally piloted by an external dedicated educational facility, however a few topics have been written by Appnovation, however such occurrences are rare as such my session of Accessibility is the only provided by a member of the EMEA team
Time and Resource Management: Due to the nature of my role - covering a lot of the touch points of a project I am required to forecast, shape scope and measure resource impact on a project, or multiple projects concurrently. A challenge with the added complexity of cross time zone teams.
Code Development: Combining the above responsibility, I am also required to provide input the deliverables, this may require front end, back end code development. As well as code reviewing and feedback. My specialism lies within, minimal, accessible and performance driven front-end code development and Drupal build and configuration, generally classed as ‘theme’ and ‘build skills’.
New Business Ventures: On top of all the responsibilities above I am also a key member of the sales team and their working needs. This requires me to scale, rate, estimate and prototype where necessary new inbound sales opportunities.
EMPLOYMENT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Company Rock Award Winner: Every quarter Appnovation recognizes individuals’ inputs against 4 keys ‘rocks’, this is by colleague nomination and votes, as such it’s a rare for a UK team member to receive such an accolade.
Appno-U contributor: Appno-U is a resource to which we look to provide a classroom-based education tool to up skill internal staff of all grades. Originally piloted by an external dedicated educational facility, however a few topics have been written by Appnovation, however such occurrences are rare as such my session of Accessibility is the only provided by a member of the EMEA team
Drupal, UI / UX designer, Design, Layout, Digital design, Adobe Photoshop, Web design, Css, Php, Html5, Jquery, Html, Css3
2011 - 2014
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Head of Digital Services Creative Department
Capgemini UK PLC.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Head of Department: During the conception of the new Digital Services business unit, my role was shaped to front the creative technologies arm. This sub department housed all of the creative focused individuals, consisting of UX experts, front end engineers, artwork designers and application specific programmers (e.g. Drupal Themers). The size of the team fluctuated between 20 – 30 individuals working concurrently across multiple assignments.
Team Lead: Overseeing the progress, quality and timekeeping of multiple teams, across multiple projects. This includes non-UK based resources, front end, back end, ‘hardcore’ developers, test teams and live support. The team members may not work under Capgemini and total numbers have reached over 100 staff per programme.
Project Management: Due to coverage of the role, a proportion of tasks fall into project management categorisation, including estimations, staff resourcing, and client management and expectation control. Reporting directly to the programme steering groups and/or client stakeholders.
Code Development: Combining the above responsibility, I am also required to provide input the deliverables, this may require front end, back end code development. As well as code reviewing and feedback. My specialism lies within, minimal, accessible and performance driven front-end code development and Drupal build and configuration, generally classed as ‘theme’ and ‘build skills’.
Personal Mentor: As part of the company policy, senior staff are required to act as a ‘reviewer’ to staff at lower grade. Generally, this is usually two colleagues, I mentored four at the height of a recruitment influx, with a further three requesting regular conversations and advice.
EMPLOYMENT ACHIEVEMENTS:
First year promotion: Due to my consistent high-quality performance I am one of a select few who have been awarded (against a rigid company policy) a mid-year promotion.
Peer commendation: I was part of a very small team to develop the redesign version of the Royal Mail Group website, this project was smoothly managed, developed on time within budget, and despite careful client expectation management, still managed to deliver them a ‘wow factor’ website. My input into this was credited by Capgemini UK CEO, as well as Royal Mail Groups CEO.
Client recommendation: Due to my close relationship development with the client, I was requested to work of each and every enhancement phase of the programme, my superiors noted this, and my input is was requested across multiple programmes. Often this came in ‘critical’ situations where I was able to provide cool and calculated advice or assistance to resolve potential issues.
Working process pioneer: During my time as a contractor I noticed several ‘holes’ in our working patterns. For each and every re-design site on the programme, I adapted our strategic approach to maximise the success rate and reduce deliverable time. I was then requested to document and present this model across the wider business community within Capgemini.
Revenue return: During my time in the senior role within the company I worked on delivering projects that have provided and excellent profitable return. This has been put down to my ability to accurately plan, resource and manage the tasks required for a final deliverable as well as assist in the production of high-quality code.
Head of Department: During the conception of the new Digital Services business unit, my role was shaped to front the creative technologies arm. This sub department housed all of the creative focused individuals, consisting of UX experts, front end engineers, artwork designers and application specific programmers (e.g. Drupal Themers). The size of the team fluctuated between 20 – 30 individuals working concurrently across multiple assignments.
Team Lead: Overseeing the progress, quality and timekeeping of multiple teams, across multiple projects. This includes non-UK based resources, front end, back end, ‘hardcore’ developers, test teams and live support. The team members may not work under Capgemini and total numbers have reached over 100 staff per programme.
Project Management: Due to coverage of the role, a proportion of tasks fall into project management categorisation, including estimations, staff resourcing, and client management and expectation control. Reporting directly to the programme steering groups and/or client stakeholders.
Code Development: Combining the above responsibility, I am also required to provide input the deliverables, this may require front end, back end code development. As well as code reviewing and feedback. My specialism lies within, minimal, accessible and performance driven front-end code development and Drupal build and configuration, generally classed as ‘theme’ and ‘build skills’.
Personal Mentor: As part of the company policy, senior staff are required to act as a ‘reviewer’ to staff at lower grade. Generally, this is usually two colleagues, I mentored four at the height of a recruitment influx, with a further three requesting regular conversations and advice.
EMPLOYMENT ACHIEVEMENTS:
First year promotion: Due to my consistent high-quality performance I am one of a select few who have been awarded (against a rigid company policy) a mid-year promotion.
Peer commendation: I was part of a very small team to develop the redesign version of the Royal Mail Group website, this project was smoothly managed, developed on time within budget, and despite careful client expectation management, still managed to deliver them a ‘wow factor’ website. My input into this was credited by Capgemini UK CEO, as well as Royal Mail Groups CEO.
Client recommendation: Due to my close relationship development with the client, I was requested to work of each and every enhancement phase of the programme, my superiors noted this, and my input is was requested across multiple programmes. Often this came in ‘critical’ situations where I was able to provide cool and calculated advice or assistance to resolve potential issues.
Working process pioneer: During my time as a contractor I noticed several ‘holes’ in our working patterns. For each and every re-design site on the programme, I adapted our strategic approach to maximise the success rate and reduce deliverable time. I was then requested to document and present this model across the wider business community within Capgemini.
Revenue return: During my time in the senior role within the company I worked on delivering projects that have provided and excellent profitable return. This has been put down to my ability to accurately plan, resource and manage the tasks required for a final deliverable as well as assist in the production of high-quality code.
Drupal, Php, Html5, Html, Css, Web development, Jquery
2010 - 2011
job
Senior Drupal Developer
Capgemini UK PLC.
Initially starting as a contractor, I was brought into Capgemini in the early stages of the Royal Mail Group programme ‘phase one - migration’. My role was to lead the content migration side of the requirement. This involved in building brand new themes that had to look exactly like the existing sites, without loading the huge existing asset overhead. As well undertaking client workshop sessions, interpreting and logically assessing any client requests, I was requested to give input into architectural decisions, and views onto best approach for a variety of obstacles.
During my time as a contractor I became lead of the ‘front end’ team of theme developers and site builders, as the programme evolved and matured and better understanding of the Drupal framework was educated upwards to previous non Drupal savvy decision makers - Various teams worked in collaboration to delivery the end result, the heads of each team pivotal to the success.
Due to the success of my input I was offered a permanent position after 9 months of contracting. Initially brought in at an official role of Senior Creative Drupal Developer.
During my time as a contractor I became lead of the ‘front end’ team of theme developers and site builders, as the programme evolved and matured and better understanding of the Drupal framework was educated upwards to previous non Drupal savvy decision makers - Various teams worked in collaboration to delivery the end result, the heads of each team pivotal to the success.
Due to the success of my input I was offered a permanent position after 9 months of contracting. Initially brought in at an official role of Senior Creative Drupal Developer.
Drupal, Web development, Php, Mysql, Html5, Javascript, Jquery, Html, Css, Web design
My education
2000
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2002
New College Nottingham
Higher National Certificate, Graphic Design
Higher National Certificate, Graphic Design
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