Phil Thompson

Current

• Web Designer / Developer at Freelance

Past

• Web Developer at Soapy Co
• Web Developer at Ichameleon
• Web Coordinator at JJB Sports

• Web Designer/Developer at Manchester City Council: Education Dept

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Education

• The Manchester Metropolitan University

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Phil Thompson’s Summary

A freelance web developer / web designer, with over 3 years experience, specialising in websites that look great, are easy to use and produce great results.

Phil is well versed in all technical areas of web design/development including writing back-end and front-end code, designing both websites and HTML email newsletters. Phil is comfortable with the technical aspect of web design and also able to liaise confidently with clients, stakeholders and colleagues to gain great results.

He has a proven track record of managing successful web projects from start to finish which meet goals/deadlines.

Phil Thompson’s Specialties:

SEO, accessibility, user testing, designing and developing websites and email newsletters, branding, developing front-end (XHTML/CSS/JavaScript) and back-end code (PHP/MySQL), interpreting web analytics, taking client requirements, meeting with software suppliers/agencies, employee recruitment, project management and much more.

Phil Thompson’s Experience

• Web Designer / Developer

  Freelance

  (Online Media industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  Regularly working for top agencies in Manchester as a front-end developer/designer.
  
  Clients include LOVE Creative, TBWA\Manchester, Fluid Creativity, Workcomms, Cahoona and Flame Digital.
  
  Nominated for 'Best Freelancer/Micro-Enterprise' in the 2009 Big Chip Awards.
  
  Created the WordPress theme, Dylan which has been downloaded over 1,500 times since its launch.

• Web Developer

  Soapy Co

  (Online Media industry)

  November 2007 — October 2008 (1 year )

  Lead Developer on the Cart45 project. An easy-to-use ecommerce application for small businesses.
  
  Improved SEO and ecommerce solution of online wine retailer www.slurp.co.uk

• Web Developer

  Ichameleon

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  October 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Ichameleon specialise in work for charitable and non-profitable organisations plus some commerical organisations.
  
  As a web developer, I create/update/maintain numerous websites for clients that run on Ichameleon's own (easy to use) content management system, called Treeline. Treeline is both affordable and reliable.

• Web Coordinator

  JJB Sports

  (Public Company; Retail industry)

  June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  This role covered numerous areas in web design, development and site management from designing emails to adding new features to the ecommerce site.

• Web Designer/Developer

  Manchester City Council: Education Dept

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 2003 — July 2004 (11 months)

  As part of my degree, I completed a year long work placement, as a web designer, for Manchester City Council's Education Department. It was here, where I honed my skills in the field of web design.
  
  I produced the first incarnation of MEWAN (mewan.net) which at the time was the internet start page for the majority of primary schools in Manchester.
  
  I also successfully created a CMS for the management of education courses. The system was easy to use for administrators and end-users.

Phil Thompson’s Education

• The Manchester Metropolitan University

  Computing 2001 — 2005

  I completed my Computing Bsc (Hons) including a 1 year work placement.