Ahmed Nuaman

Current

Front-end Developer at Enrich Social Productions Ltd
Owner, Director, Designer and Developer at FireStarter Media Limited

Past

Consultant and Developer at Freelance Designer and Developer
Creative services designer and developer at Google
Web Designer at The Bubblegate Company Limited

Interation Design Student at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication

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Education

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication

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Ahmed Nuaman’s Summary

I'm a freelance designer and developer with a first class degree in Interaction Design. I have strong knowledge of the web design and development industry and my skills include the design and development of web sites, gadgets and rich media adverts. I'm a self-motivated individual, I'm happy to work as an individual or in a team and believe that it's better to try than to not try at all.

My skills range from OOP Actionscript 2 & 3, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript to design and real time video streaming to computer and mobile, and I'm a fully qualified Google AdWords Reseller. As I am comfortable with both design and development needs, I enjoy the challenge of balancing client and business needs in order to achieve the best outcome possible.

I've got professional knowledge of:

Server-side: PHP, Python and MySQL
Client-side: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Actionscript and MXML
Programmes: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash and Flex Builder
Usability: KISS, Accessibility and interaction design
Designing: Web sites, YouTube brand channels, Rich-Media adverts (for TABS/GCN) and print media
Programming: YouTube APIs, GData APIs, Flickr API, Protx 3Dsecure, PayPal API and QTSS

Check out my portfolio: www.ahmednuaman.com

Ahmed Nuaman’s Specialties:

Web site design and development, including: PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Actionscript 2 and 3, and Flex (MXML). MVC/MVP framework knowledge including PureMVC for AS2 and 3, CodeIgnitor for PHP. Multiple JavaScript framework knowledge including jQuery, Scriptaculous and Prototype and Mootools. Professional knowledge of Google APIs including Maps, GData, YouTube and many more. Day to day working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Flash.

Ahmed Nuaman’s Experience

Front-end Developer

Enrich Social Productions Ltd

(Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

– Working with Ruby on Rails, skinning the scaffolding using XHTML, CSS and jQuery JavaScript
– Creating a custom FLV video player built around a set of chromes that allow user voting, in-video advertising and the ability to embed on external web sites
Owner, Director, Designer and Developer

FireStarter Media Limited

(Internet industry)

2001 — Present (8 years )

– Designed and built over 37 web sites for over 30 different clients ranging from paving, theatre, consultancy, sports to photography;
– Developed a number of custom applications and web sites such as content management systems, customer relationship managers and newsletter systems to sports management applications and online/offline corporate contacts database;
– Developed a number of libraries for use with frameworks such as CodeIgnitor (PHP) and PureMVC (AS2 & 3);
– Ran a number of search engine optimisation services to help increase ROI through PPC and natural listings;
– Expert knowledge of DoubleClick ad-serving platform and techniques;
– Expert knowledge of Google products such as Analytics, AJAX APIs, AdSense and AdWords;
Consultant and Developer

Freelance Designer and Developer

(Internet industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
Creative services designer and developer

Google

(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

July 2008 — June 2009 (1 year )

– Worked on Flash rich media banner ads and micro sites projects in XHTML and CSS for a range of clients such Visit Iceland, RBS, Natwest, Best Westin and Swatch;
– Designed YouTube Brand Channels for various clients within automotive, FMCG, retail, consumer and business services;
– Designed and built an assortment of iGoogle themes for numerous clients;
– Developed a custom location tool for the RBS Coutts web site;
– Designed and developed an iGoogle ‘mash-up’ gadget of last.fm and YouTube services (it’s had 31,000 hits since November 2008);
– Developed a custom YouTube widget for the Davos Questions Brand Channel using the YouTube contest API (the channel and gadget have been vetted and praised by Google’s UX team);
– Developed a set of custom AS2 & 3 classes including an improved and customised YouTube API;
– Developed a proxy for the YouTube GData API in Python and hosted on Google Appengine.
Web Designer

The Bubblegate Company Limited

(Design industry)

August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year )

– Designed and developed a range of customised content managed web sites for a wide range of clients built in PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Flash;
– Developed an internal customer relationship manager that supported the day to day operations of the business. Functionality included: task managers, calendars, project management and time lines, ticket system and email client;
– Developed an intranet for the European Advisory Board for Supplements and Nutritions that allowed their employees to manage their projects, work and tasks as well as having an internal database of key contacts;
– Designed and developed an innovative fund-raising community web site that allowed charities to create virtual mosaics and sell tiles to gain donations;
– Ran a number of AdWord accounts on behalf of clients and increased clients’ ROI in the range of 20-50%;
– Ran search engine optimisation campaigns for a number of clients that resulted in traffic increasing by at least 500% on average;
Interation Design Student

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2004 — June 2007 (2 years 10 months)

– Learned the fundamental rules of designing for interaction, understanding the user and why interaction must be designed at every step;
– Created a number of projects for the web including custom content management systems, TV schedules, IPTV applications and live chat in PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript;
– Designed and built a number of applications for deployment over IDTV (’red button’ TV);
– Implemented one of the first systems that allowed the streaming of realtime video to mobile phones (3PG);
– Learnt about 3D spaces and interaction within them and constructed a virtual file storage system in 3DS Max;
– Created an award winning collaborative project, called Colloco, that centred on the use of an interactive table and integrated seamlessly with client machines; it allowed users to be present at a meeting on the interactive table and those who weren’t could log in remotely from any Java or widget enabled machine (The project won a £5,000 award for its innovations).