Ben Hayes

Current

• Web Designer at ILRT, University of Bristol
• Owner at Jackfruit Design

Past

• Contract front-end developer at XM London

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Cambridge
• Oxford Brookes University

• University of Leeds

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Recommended

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Connections

48 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Ben Hayes’s Summary

Ben Hayes’s Specialties:

Web usability, user experience design, graphic design, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP

Ben Hayes’s Experience

• Web Designer

  ILRT, University of Bristol

  (Information Services industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• Owner

  Jackfruit Design

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Jackfruit Design builds web interfaces that are easy to use. Our websites are built using web standards and hand-coded using XHTML, CSS and Javascript to the highest standards. We never rest until we've got it just right.

• Contract front-end developer

  XM London

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  October 2006 — March 2007 (6 months)

  HTML/CSS/Javascript build for clients including HSBC, NHS, Office of Fair Trading, Consumer Direct. Some consulting work on usability and accessibility.

Ben Hayes’s Education

• University of California, Los Angeles

  User Experience Design for the Web 2007 — 2007

• University of Cambridge

  MPhil , Computer Speech & Language Processing , 2000 — 2001

• Oxford Brookes University

  MSc , Computer Science , 1999 — 2000

  Passed with Distinction

• University of Leeds

  BA , Chinese , 1990 — 1994

  First Class, with Distinction in Spoken Chinese

Additional Information

Ben Hayes’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Ben Hayes’s Interests:

User Experience Design, Graphic Design

Ben Hayes’s Groups:

UCLA Ext UX Design for the Web

•    UX Professionals
•    WSG
•    User Experience
•    Cambridge University Alumni Group
•    Openhive

Ben Hayes’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests