Rick Williams

Current

• Lead Creative Developer at AKQA

Past

• Senior Creative Developer at AKQA
• Freelancer & owner at pixelpod

Education

• University of London

Connections

70 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Blog

Rick Williams’s Summary

In 2007 I was responsible for managing a team of Flash developers and delivering the Fiat.co.uk showroom site.

I also presented future insight & innovation to our clients and internally on a number of subjects ranging from social network platform development and planning, Social Media & blogging, Joost advertising, online video & widget platforms and distribution models.

Most of my time is spent generating ideas, scoping and architecting of RIA solutions for global brand sites, across mobile and the internet. I specialize in managing large teams of Flash developers, in a similar vein to a Technical Manager, but specifically concerned with client-side interfaces and interactions. Clients include: Fiat (recently re-launched www.fiat.co.uk), Nike, Coca-cola, Xbox, Microsoft, Orange and Sainsburys.

AKQA recently recieved the Flash Forward 2006 Rich Internet Application award for the Orange Phone Trainer application. The development project was led by myself with the help of Emmanuel Oykere and Tristan Celder.

As well as the above, I also consult and advise on new and emerging digital trends, from internetTV to Social Media & Social Networking; from Installation Experiences to emerging Micro Media.

Rick Williams’s Specialties:

Flash, Flex, AIR, AS3, eclipse, actionscript 2.0, actionscript 1.0, Flash Media Server, Social networks, Flash integration with Ajax, Silverlight & WPF

Rick Williams’s Experience

• Lead Creative Developer

  AKQA

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  August 2006 — Present (2 years)

  As Lead Creative Developer I scope and deliver future insight and digital innovation as well as managing teams of developers in the building and maintainence of Rich Internet Applications and Rich Media websites and other digital experiences from kiosk to mobile to gesture based interaction technology.

• Senior Creative Developer

  AKQA

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2003 — August 2006 (3 years 8 months)

  As a Senior Creative Developer I was responsible for developing and delivering Rich Internet Applications and rich media websites.
  My final project in this role was for Orange and it won the FlashForward Rich Internet Application of the year in 2006.

• Freelancer & owner

  pixelpod

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  May 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 5 months)

  Freelancer and owner of pixelpod.co.uk, a site in need of a spring clean but still running. For more information please see my blog www.pixelpod.co.uk/blog

Rick Williams’s Education

• University of London

  BA, Film & Aesthetics, 1994 — 1997

Additional Information

Rick Williams’s Websites:

• My Blog

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