Kevin Rapley

Kevin Rapley

Interface Developer (ID) | Information Architect (IA) | User Experience Designer (UX)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Current
  • Interface Developer at HRO'C Digital
  • Owner at DigiKev (Sole Proprietorship)
Past
  • Web Developer at HRO'C Interactive
  • Web Developer at MarketingNet
  • Web Designer at Diskeeper Corporation Europe
Education
  • Loughborough University
  • North Oxfordshire School of Art & Design
  • Wood Green School
Connections
59 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Kevin Rapley’s Summary

With 5 years commercial experience in digital design and build, Kevin heads up Interface Development (UI), Information Architecture (IA) and User Experience (UX) at HRO'C Digital, Birmingham UK. Working alongside developers and designers he comfortably straddles both design and build scenarios using graphic design software packages Photoshop and Illustrator, Web technologies HTML, CSS and a grounding in how .Net object orientated language operates.

Over the coming months Kevin will be establishing a much stronger UI, IA and UX offering within HRO'C Digital and building up the area as a result.

Kevin Rapley’s Specialties:

semantic web site architecture, user interface development (UI), user experience design (UX), information architecture (IA), search engine optimisation (SEO), web design, digital communication, flash animation, HTML, CSS


Kevin Rapley’s Experience

  • Interface Developer

    HRO'C Digital

    (Online Media industry)

    September 2008Present (11 months)

    Wireframes
    User Journeys
    User Experience
    Interface Development
    (X)HTML
    CSS
    Flash
    Google Analytics
    Web Design
    Email Marketing

  • Owner

    DigiKev (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

    January 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

    DigiKev is a digital media, website design and build outfit. Digital media is interactive and thrives on conversations. I engineer this ability and allow people to converse in a digital space. This type of capability of starting online conversations and social networking has been coined the term Web 2.0. For the rest of us it is just a common sense approach to using the technology for business, social and networking purposes.

  • Web Developer

    HRO'C Interactive

    (Online Media industry)

    November 2006September 2008 (1 year 11 months)

    (X)HTML
    CSS
    Flash
    Google Analytics
    Web Design
    Email Marketing

  • Web Developer

    MarketingNet

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2006November 2006 (10 months)

    (X)HTML
    CSS
    Flash
    Web Design

  • Web Designer

    Diskeeper Corporation Europe

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    20042006 (2 years)

    (X)HTML
    CSS
    Web Design
    Email Marketing
    Google Analytics


Kevin Rapley’s Education

  • Loughborough University

    20012004

    Activities and Societies:
    Arts & Publicity Representative on the Cayley Hall Committee
    Arts & Publicity Representative on the Cayley Hall Winter Ball
    Member of the Loughborough Mountain Biking Association
  • North Oxfordshire School of Art & Design

    Distinction , ABC Diploma, Foundation Studies Art & Design , 20002001

    Specialised in Graphic Design, Photography and Print-Making

    Activities and Societies:
    Achieved a distinction for final major project which brought together a Web site design and concept for a mobile services game that would happen offline whilst being handled and tracked online.
  • Wood Green School

    GCSE, A-Levels 19932000


Additional Information

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Kevin Rapley’s Interests:

Digital Media, Information Architecture, Interface Design, User Experience


Kevin Rapley’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • consulting offers
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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