Daina Price

Current

Web Developer at SAS Design
Web Developer & Workshop Co-ordinator at Blues Revolution
Freelancer / Self-employed at a muse design

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Past

Web Developer at Reactive Media
Front end developer at SAS Design
Web Developer at AKQA

Web Developer and Accessibility Consultant at BP
Email Marketing Manager and Assistant Producer at Friday Media
Information Architect at Friday Media
Web Designer / Front end Developer at Friday Media
IT Production Executive at The Events Company

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Education

Monash University
Monash University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Daina Price’s Summary

I have been working within the digital industry for over 3 years. I began as a designer for a digital agency and acquired a range of skills as a developer, client liaison and project manager. I have focused my interests towards front-end development with a passion for user experience theory and information architecture. I am an efficient multi-tasker and pay close attention to detail with hand coding websites, ensuring my code is up to W3C Standards and the best examples of usability and accessibility.

Daina Price’s Specialties:

XML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web usability, Web Accessibilty, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, WYSIWYG layout tools

Daina Price’s Experience

Web Developer

SAS Design

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)

While at SAS I have helped with the template build for the new Savills website and am heading the web build of the new BBA Aviation website.
Web Developer & Workshop Co-ordinator

Blues Revolution

(Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )

Blues Revolution organises social dances, workshops and parties in London. Blues Revolution are dedicated to promoting the music, dance and social spirit of the blues and our events are as much about hanging out and having fun as they are about improving your dancing.

I have developed the new website as well as set up many complex booking forms for various events. I also help co-ordinate workshops that Blues Revolution run such as the Blues Extravaganza with Damon Stone.
Freelancer / Self-employed

a muse design

(Internet industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

a muse design is an outlet for design and development. I manage all my clients hosting and domain name details and provide services in the latest trends for web presence, marketing and accessible design.

I have worked independently on several projects for small companies in creating new websites, which involve:

Creating a consistent brand for website, printed materials and email correspondence;
Developing a W3C compliant front end system;
Being up to date with the latest technology, web standards and accessibility; and
Launching a CMS based website with PHP/Smarty functionality.
Web Developer

Reactive Media

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 2009 — October 2009 (2 months)

During my time with Reactive I completed the new development for the Tesco Magazine issue November, December.
Front end developer

SAS Design

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2009 — September 2009 (1 month)

I supported the development team in several projects, which were launched consecutively. I assisted SAS with XML, HTML, CSS and flash coding on projects such as BP and Diageo.
Web Developer

AKQA

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2009 — September 2009 (1 month)

At AKQA I helped with the content entry for several complex XML pages, created and managed assets for a large flash based website.
Web Developer and Accessibility Consultant

BP

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BP; Oil & Energy industry)

December 2008 — June 2009 (7 months)

During my time at BP I worked with a team of project managers in launching a series of reports on BP.com such as the sustainability report, financial review and statistical review. I liaised with a lot of third party companies to provide design and development solutions for the BP.com platform such as SAS, WIPRO and VSA. I helped improve:
Accessibility standards with custom XHTML fixes;
Consistency across the global BP website;
Create new process documents to manage complex XML Flash Tools; and
Improve the BP.com team's development skills and understanding of XHTML/CSS and accessibility guidelines.
Email Marketing Manager and Assistant Producer

Friday Media

(Internet industry)

January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)

Friday Media is a digital agency in which I was part of a team of professionals who provided services to high profile clients and sub-divisions of large corporations. During my time at Friday, I developed my skills in client management and maintaining good morale among the team.

Email Marketing
Due to demand for email marketing, I worked with the Business Development manger to develop email campaign procedures and client-management guidelines. I fully managed the email marketing system and liaised with the client after the contract was finalised.
Designed and produced several HTML email templates
Fully managed campaigns that were sent to databases of over 1000 email addresses
Conducted client training session on e-marketing software package and templates.

Assistant Producer

I handled the scoping, budget and proposals for small projects based in the real estate industry
Researched new technology, digital trends and online marketing for new projects
Maintained and restructured the Friday website with the Development manger to reach our target audience more effectively
Researched web standards, W3C standards and new techniques to implement accessibility features

Miscellaneous Tasks
Researched light-box technique to create a flash banner portfolio - Friday Media
Aided in the production of Kikki-K flash banners, created under tight restrictions such as file size, height and width limitations.
Created interactive banners featuring Google maps using CSS and JavaScript

- Search Engine Optimization Skills
I was responsible for implementing Search Engine Tools into the following websites:
Furnace Engineering
Hannan IT
Friday Media

I also worked closely with Top Rankings, Friday Media's SEO partner in optimising Friday's new domain.
Information Architect

Friday Media

(Internet industry)

June 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 2 months)

In my role I worked with the project manager and business development manager in creating sitemaps, wireframes and flowcharts for upcoming web design briefs and online applications:
Try Youth
Hannan IT - I created and managed the content inventory
Heidelberg School Artists Trail
Furnace Engineering - Content Input and inventory
Pinnacle Training
Vic Parks - Ranger Roo Children's website - created flow charts for several online games

- Online Applications
Independence Solutions - Online application for an internal online ordering system
The criterion for Independence Solutions was to create a digital interface for an online system, which featured a login page, interface and logout page.

Vic Roads Quick Plates Application
The application's purpose was to allow the user to search the Vic Road database to find out which combinations were available for purchase. I helped in the testing of this application.

- Online Communities
ESO Australia - Online networking portal for Engineers
It featured a supplier's search feature and equipment product catalogue, with an online jobs portal and forum soon to come. In this project, I helped with the sitemap of the website and process flow charts for the backend. I also helped in testing the forms and user profiles to work out any bugs.
Web Designer / Front end Developer

Friday Media

(Internet industry)

April 2007 — June 2007 (3 months)

I began my career with Friday Media as a Web Designer / Front End Developer and I was responsible for the updates and maintenance of over 100 websites.
Dealt with the client in creating new solutions for existing websites.
Input content and created style guides for recently launched websites;
Created splash pages for upcoming websites as well as designed promotional buttons and banners;
Dealt with several support issues involving email, spam and CMS systems support; and
Created contact forms for small websites with PHP and Smarty programming languages.
IT Production Executive

The Events Company

(Internet industry)

January 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 3 months)

At the Events Company I was head of the all I.T. productions, which included dealing with marketing firms, events managers, exhibitors and clients such as Telstra. My duties ranged from:
Maintenance and content management (joomla CMS) of the business show website
Created digital interactive magazine
Designed brochures and The Business Show Magazine
Liaised with print companies, clients and web support teams.

Daina Price’s Education

Monash University

Masters in Multimedia , Web Design / Development , 2006 — 2006
Monash University

Bachelor of Arts , Sociology and History , 2002 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

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