Clientside Engineer, Clearleft
Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Senior Clientside Engineer at Clearleft Ltd
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- Freelance Web Professional (Self-employed)
- Event Organiser (Self-employed)
- Web developer and Project Manager at Torchbox
- Rapid application developer at Eli Lilly
- Education
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- University of Bath
- Exeter College
- Clyst Vale Community college
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Natalie Downe’s Summary
The always excitable Natalie Downe works for Clearleft, in Brighton, as a client-side web developer. An experienced usability consultant and project manager, her first loves remain front-end development and usability engineering. She enjoys Doing Things Right and occasionally dabbling in the dark arts of Python and poking the odd API.
Natalie Downe’s Specialties:
Project Management, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Standards based development, Usability, Information Architecture, Accessibility, HCI, User Interaction design, Behavioural design, Microformats, ColdFusion, PHP, Lisp, Java, Python, XML, Ajax, POSH
Natalie Downe’s Experience
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Senior Clientside Engineer
Clearleft Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2008 — Present (9 months)
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Freelance Web Professional
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)
Working on client-side development projects (CSS, JavaScript and semantic standards compliant accessible (X)HTML)
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Event Organiser
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Events Services industry)
February 2007 — September 2007 (8 months)
During my spare time I enjoy organising social and professional events for the web industry.
I was one of three organisers for the successful BarCamp London 2 which was held in February 2007. http://barcamp.org/BarCampLondon2
I also set up the Oxford Geek Nights and organised the first three events, each attracting over 120 people:
* http://oxford.geeknights.net/2007/february-7th/
* http://oxford.geeknights.net/2007/april-11th/
* http://oxford.geeknights.net/2007/july-25th/
Oxford Geek Nights are events that provide an opportunity for web developers and designers in and around Oxford to get meet, share their skills and talk about new ideas, techniques and technologies.
I also set up the Oxford geek community site http://oxfordgeeks.net/ in association with Simon Willison. I was responsible for the specification, design and front-end development of the site. -
Web developer and Project Manager
Torchbox
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2005 — August 2007 (2 years)
At Torchbox I worked on several projects as a (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript & ColdFusion developer. Clients I worked for include:
* The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
* The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) http://www.ndcs.org.uk
* The Carbon Account http://beta.thecarbonaccount.com/
* Rethink http://qurl.net/1Ws
* Slivers of Time http://www.sliversoftime.com/
* RecycleNow/Wrap http://qurl.net/1Wr
I took on the role of project manager, overseeing projects for the International Committee of the Red Cross & the National Deaf Children's Society.
I also held the role of lead usability consultant at Torchbox, performing usability tests and Information Architecture analysis for ICRC, NDCS, Oxford Policy Management, The Health Foundation, Powher & Slivers of Time. http://qurl.net/1VY
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Rapid application developer
Eli Lilly
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 2 months)
One year University industrial placement. Worked as a Systems Developer and Web Analyst for many successful web development projects, mainly implemented with CSS2 and HTML4[strict] for the front facing elements. These then used Interwoven as the content management system, interfacing with ColdFusion custom tags and XML based web-services.
Completed a number of projects as Project Manager. Introduced a standards document for the whole team to follow, technologies covered include JavaScript, HTML and XHTML, CSS Java, ColdFusion and XML. Participated in regular meetings where oral communication of ideas and project status were essential. Worked as part of a team in a multicultural environment for customers in Hungary, Russia, Germany, France, Austria, Spain and the UK. (Written reference available).
Natalie Downe’s Education
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University of Bath
2:1, Computer Information Systems, 2001 — 2005
Obtained 2:1 degree classification, with a first for my final year dissertation
- Activities and Societies:
- Mentor in the Bath University Mentor-ship scheme, Secretary of Bath University Computer Science society, Steward for Bath University Freshers week 2004, Nightline (University counselling service), Social secretary of Bath University Alternative Music Society - received award nominations for organising and coordinating events, Steward for Bath University Freshers week 2002,
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Exeter College
B,C,C,C, A levels in Information Technology, Art and Design, Mathematics and General Studies, 1999 — 2001
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Clyst Vale Community college
GCSE's 1994 — 1999
Achieved 12 GCSE A to C grades (including GCSE General Studies awarded at Exeter College) GCSEs include Art and Design [A*] , Science [A], Information Technology [A], General Studies [A], Mathematics [B], English Language [B], English Literature [B], Business Studies [B], Graphic Products [B], Religious Education [C], Statistics [B] and German [C].
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Natalie Downe’s Interests:
making things, photography, exploring, travelling, eating, maps, rugby, swimming, (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript, Standards based development, Usability, Information Architecture, Accessibility, HCI, User Interaction design, Behavioural design, Microformats, ColdFusion, Java, Python, XML, Project Management, kites, cooking
Natalie Downe’s Groups:
Britpack, ATG
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