Jeroen Coumans

Current

Web Designerat Jeroen Coumans (Self-employed)

Past

Co-founder, board member at LOSS
Web Designer at Solide
Web Master at Universiteit Maastricht

FAQ & Website maintainer at Linux From Scratch
Student consultant at University of Maastricht

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Education

Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg
Universiteit Maastricht

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Jeroen Coumans’s Summary

I'm a multi-disciplinary web designer with a background in Arts and Culture, who is now working on a Master in Communication and Multimedia Design. My main interest is web design, in which I try to follow a user-centered approach with a strong focus on usability, accessibility and web standards. Furthermore, I'm very interested in the social and cultural implications of the Open Source movement and the development of the Web and related new media.

Jeroen Coumans’s Specialties:

Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Web Design, Usability, Accessibility, CSS, XHTML, Drupal, Open Source, Front-end

Jeroen Coumans’s Experience

Web Designer
Jeroen Coumans (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)

As web designer, I focus on interaction design, front-end development and Drupal theming. My specialties are graphic design, HTML and CSS, usability and accessibility.
Co-founder, board member

LOSS

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

October 2004 — January 2008 (3 years 4 months)

LOSS ("Limburgs platform voor Open Source en Standaarden") is a local Dutch platform of companies invested in Open Source Software, who want to spread realistic, unprejudiced information on OSS. As co-founder I've worked on establishing the platform mission and organisation, and created the initial website at http://loss-platform.org.
Web Designer

Solide

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 9 months)

Responsible for the complete development trajectory of dozens of websites, from the initial user research, proof of concept, information architecture and visual design to implementation and deliverance. I was also responsible for the architecture and deployment of the hosting solutions and web application development methodology. Did an ethnographic research for the development of a virtual community and conducted a widely-reported research on the accessibility of municipal websites.
Web Master

Universiteit Maastricht

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for the maintenance, design and all technical aspects of several websites.
FAQ & Website maintainer

Linux From Scratch

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

November 2001 — April 2005 (3 years 6 months)

Linux From Scratch is a collaboratively written book that describes how to build your own Linux system, using nothing but the source packages. It's a volunteer effort led by a community of users, readers and contributors. I've been an active member on the support and development mailing lists (later, as official FAQ maintainer), and led the redesign of the website.
Student consultant

University of Maastricht

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2002 — August 2004 (2 years)

Active member of the student board (STOV), for which I setup a Wiki website,
student consultant with the Educational Management Team and the ICT team. Worked as a student-assistent on an historical research on e-learning which was used for an international benchmark between universities. Worked as researcher for the PRIME network on a feasibility study on e-learning (report co-written with W. Bijker & E. Sol).

Jeroen Coumans’s Education

Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg

Master, Communication & Multimedia Design, 2006 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Part of several 'think tanks' for HasseltLokaal.be to discuss marketing and design.
Universiteit Maastricht

Bachelor, Arts & Science, 1998 — 2005

Major in Visual Culture, thesis finished with Prof. Dr. Ir. Wiebe Bijker on the relationship between technology and the online communities of Linux From Scratch and Wikipedia. Worked as a student-assistent on an historical research on e-learning which was used for an international benchmark between universities. Internship as researcher for the PRIME network on a feasibility study on e-learning (report co-written with W. Bijker & E. Sol).

Activities and Societies:

STOV, Educational Management Team, ICT team.

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Jeroen Coumans’s Interests:

Web 2.0, Ethnographic research, design, Open Source, Drupal, Joomla, Ruby on Rails, the Semantic Web and the semantic web, new media, Google, Apple, McLuhan, user-centered design, user experience