David Little

Web user interface designer / developer

London, United Kingdom

Current
Past
  • Systems officer at Wellcome Trust
  • Systems Assistant at London Library
  • Interactive Developer at BBC
Education
  • The Open University
  • Birkbeck, U. of London
  • University College London, U. of London
  • University of Kent
  • The University of Kent
Connections
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Industry
Internet
Websites

David Little’s Summary

A creative and enthusiastic web professional with over nine years’ experience. I’m passionate about designing and implementing web interfaces that are easy to use and meet users’ needs and expectations.

I'm currently seeking to refine my career more in the direction of my key interests in web user interface / interaction design and usability.

Please note I am not looking for front-end developer roles, unless they contain a substantial UI design / usability element.

Most recently I’ve been working on UI redesign projects and user testing and have recently completed a postgraduate-level course on User Interface Design and Evaluation with the Open University (UK), for which I gained a distinction. In addition to these skills and knowledge I have strong web development skills, with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS and Javascript and back-end coding with Python for the Plone CMS.

I'm involved with the Out of the Box Plone Themes group, producing alternate visual designs for the open source Plone content management system.

I've recently completed my third year of German (to first undergraduate level).

David Little’s Specialties:

User experience design (inc. site audits, use cases and user scenarios and documenting specifications).

User interface design and evaluation, including wireframing, prototyping and user observation and testing.

Creation of content management system (CMS)-based sites with the open source Plone CMS (versions 2.5 and 3x).

Excellent front-end web design and development skills, including HTML, CSS and Javascript.

First class communication and writing skills.


David Little’s Experience

  • Web Developer

    Birkbeck, University of London

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    August 2004Present (5 years)

    User interface design and evaluation, including wireframing, prototyping and user testing.

    Champion of user-centred design within my own and other teams producing web-based interfaces.

    Creation of easy to use content-managed websites using the open source Plone content management system.

    Zope/Plone scripting and programming using Python, Zope Page Templates and DTML.

    Client-side design and development using XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Photoshop and some Flash.

    Involvement in whole project life-cycle, from discussing and documenting requirement specifications with clients, designing and developing their sites and training them in editing and maintaining their new sites.

    Documentation and production of training materials for developers and website maintainers.

  • Systems officer

    Wellcome Trust

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; E-Learning industry)

    November 2001August 2004 (2 years 10 months)

    Website development using Dreamweaver and Stellent content management system using HTML, CSS, Javascript, Perl, XML and XSLT.
    Project management of a Wellcome Library website and creation of content.

  • Systems Assistant

    London Library

    (Libraries industry)

    19992001 (2 years)

    Website and Intranet redesign and redevelopment
    General IT support

  • Interactive Developer

    BBC

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Media Production industry)

    May 2001November 2001 (7 months)

    Client-side development using HTML, CSS and Javascript
    Working with teams of producers and designers to deliver projects within established timescales.


David Little’s Education

  • The Open University

    User Interface Design and Evaluation 20082009

    Postgraduate-level course in user interface design and evaluation. I obtained a distinction (examinable component: 81%, course work: 90%).

  • Birkbeck, U. of London

    German 20062009

    Activities and Societies:
    German Society
  • University College London, U. of London

    MA , Information studies , 19981999

  • University of Kent

    MA , Modern history , 19951996

  • The University of Kent

    BA(Hons) 2:1 , History, Politics and Government , 19901993


Additional Information

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David Little’s Interests:

photography, reading, writing, walking, cycling, history, music

David Little’s Groups:

  •    Plone
  •    Content Management Professionals
  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Boxes and Arrows
  •    WSG
  •    User Experience Group
  •    UI Designer
  •    UX Book Club

David Little’s Contact Settings

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