Producer at Spitfire
New Zealand
- Current
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- Producer at Spitfire Creative
- Owner at Stomp Box
- Past
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- Website producer / designer at Corporate Marketing Directorate - NSW Department of Education and Training
- Website producer / developer at Crash Productions
- Webmaster at Investor Info
- Producer at eStore
- Mastering and post-production engineer at York Street Recording Studios
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Gavin Botica’s Summary
I am a website producer and front-end developer based in Auckland, New Zealand.
I have more than ten years experience in the web and multimedia industries, working with a variety of businesses from digital agencies to publishing houses, recording studios and e-commerce start-ups to large government departments.
In my front-end development work I specialize in web standards-based xHTML, CSS and JavaScript development. I employ the latest development principles and standards and I am particularly interested in usability, user-interface design and quality assurance.
I also have some experience with server-side development using (to varying degrees) PHP, ColdFusion and ASP.NET. I have a great eye for design; proficiency in many desktop applications and extensive experience in audio and video production, including sound-for-picture and music.
I am a creative thinker with a technical mind. Six years as a music production engineer taught me to trust my instincts and be confident in my decision-making. I pride myself on being efficient and methodical and I have excellent written and verbal communications skills along with good analytical abilities.
Gavin Botica’s Specialties:
xHTML, CSS, Javascript, Mootools, jQuery, web standards, accessibility, PHP, ColdFusion, Production, User interface design, Online marketing and advertising, SEO, Audio & video production and publishing
Gavin Botica’s Experience
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Producer
Spitfire Creative
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Producer and front-end website developer
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Owner
Stomp Box
(Internet industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)
I operate as a freelance front-end website developer under the business name "Stomp Box".
I specialize in standards-based xHTML, CSS and JavaScript web development. I write clean, well-formed, SEO-friendly code. I am fluent with both the jQuery and Mootools Javascript libraries. -
Website producer / designer
Corporate Marketing Directorate - NSW Department of Education and Training
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2001 — 2007 (6 years )
Working primarily in the TAFE NSW marketing team I was responsible for on going management of several internet and intranet sites; in addition to planning, design and development of new websites, email campaigns, mini-sites, Flash interactive applications and Flash banners, content management, ad campaign creative and production, SEO, code optimisation, video editing and web publishing. Also occasionally included some desktop publishing, graphic design, training and technical consultation.
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Website producer / developer
Crash Productions
(Internet industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
As producer and developer for Crash I was responsible for all aspects of the project cycle from receiving project briefs and delivering proposals, to project planning, liaison with third party contractors and service providers, testing, QA and client support.
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Webmaster
Investor Info
(Publishing industry)
January 2001 — April 2001 (4 months)
Investor Info is a publisher of investment news and editorial through hard-copy magazines, online newsletter subscriptions and websites. They also offer an exclusive online investment management system.
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Producer
eStore
(Internet industry)
October 2000 — January 2001 (4 months)
In 2000, eStore was once of Australia's largest on-line retailers. As producer I was responsible for supervision of the web production team. This included web and graphics production, staff roster, task assignment, training and reporting to management. I also was responsible for liasing with our service providers and over-seeing development of the website.
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Mastering and post-production engineer
York Street Recording Studios
(Music industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years )
I was invited to join York Street Recording Studios, working in the new Studio 3 – Mastering. New Zealand's first dedicated music post-production and direct-to-CDR pre-mastering studio. Initially second-engineer, I later took sole charge of Studio 3 as it grew to be the busiest mastering studio in the country.
During my time at York Street I edited and mastered dozens of chart success and award-winning albums and singles for music artists such as: Greg Johnson, Stellar*, Bic Runga, Strawpeople, Salmonella Dub, The Mutton Birds, Che Fu, Dave Dobbyn, Dimmer and many more.
Additional Information
Gavin Botica’s Websites:
Gavin Botica’s Interests:
Website development, technology, music, politics, history, cycling
Gavin Botica’s Honors:
My resume / portfolio website (http://gbot.info) has been featured on the "One Page Love" website gallery.
My resume / portfolio website (http://gbot.info) was a runner-up in a Smashing Magazine style sheet switcher competition.
My resume / portfolio website (http://gbot.info) has been featured on the "CSS Brigit" website gallery.
Whilst a Mastering Engineer at York Street Recording Studios, I was invited to judge the Producer and Engineer categories of the New Zealand Music Awards 1996.
Gavin Botica’s Contact Settings
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