Freelance web developer
London, United Kingdom
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- Strategic Web Development Coordinator at Culture Is Not Optional
- Freelance Web Developer/Consultant at jystewart.net
- Web Developer at Greenbelt Festivals
- Past
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- Vice President Education and Representation at Reading University Students' Union
- Campaigns and Networks Assistant at Jubilee 2000
- Education
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- The University of Reading
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James Stewart’s Summary
Working as a freelancer and consultant for a broad range of organizations, largely in the local business, non-profit/campaigning and arts fields, I have built sites and developed strategies using a wide range of technologies.
My particular interest is to building sites that play well with others, allowing for integration and aggregation on a number of levels, and leveraging existing content in new ways to deepen and enrich the experience. I enjoy working on sites that aim to build and enhance communities, both online and off.
I currently work primarily with Ruby on Rails, though current projects also call for use of various PHP-based content management systems, and a variety of other technologies. I employ buzzwords when the project requires.
I am happy working directly with clients or in a sub-contracting position, and enjoy collaborating as part of a small team.
James Stewart’s Specialties:
Strategic planning, site transition, cross-site integration, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Perl, Python, JavaScript/AJAX, RSS/Atom (syndication) and RDF, XHTML/CSS.
James Stewart’s Experience
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Strategic Web Development Coordinator
Culture Is Not Optional
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Culture Is Not Optional coordinates a number of web-based projects and I work to develop the functionality of those, to work out appropriate integration between the different applications, to develop appropriate workflows around those applications, and to make sure all online work supports the organisation's overall vision.
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Freelance Web Developer/Consultant
jystewart.net
(Online Media industry)
August 2004 — Present (4 years)
Primarily subcontracting for design and infrastructure organizations, working on content management systems, web services integration, and custom solutions.
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Web Developer
Greenbelt Festivals
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
October 1999 — Present (8 years 10 months)
Member of a team responsible for design, development and planning for the festival website. Recently my focus has been widening the festival's profile on the web through integration with various services (often of the infamous 'Web 2.0' type) and making the website experience richer by connecting together information and exploring opportunities for moving more of the archives online.
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Vice President Education and Representation
Reading University Students' Union
(Online Media industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
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Campaigns and Networks Assistant
Jubilee 2000
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Working in the Campaigns and Networks team, I helped fashion pioneering strategies for online campaigning that were an integral part of Jubilee 2000's high profile campaign to eradicate Third World debt.
James Stewart’s Education
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The University of Reading
BSc, Physics, 2000 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- Co-founded local SPEAK, international development campaigning group. Co-founder of city-wide Trade Justice Group. Occasional contributor to Spark, the student newspaper. Went on to be sabbatical officer in Student Union
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James Stewart’s Interests:
new technology, service integration, film, music, local business promotion, environmental and development campaigning
James Stewart’s Groups:
Greenbelt, LRUG, Festival of Faith and Music, Tuttle Club, Social Media Café
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London Ruby Users Group member
James Stewart’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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