Developer, editorial designer and general HTTP professional
Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Current
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- Digital Creative Designer at Trader Media Group
- Past
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- Editorial Designer at Avusa Media iLab
- Head of development / Lead developer at You&Me
- Online Designer at ITWeb
- Education
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- University of Johannesburg
- Connections
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27
connections
- Industry
- Online Media
- Websites
Robin Pietersen’s Summary
I'm a designer by nature and developer by trade. I am currently employed as the editorial designer at the Avusa Media iLab (Digital innovations R&D unit). Over the past 5 years I have applied my unusual blend of design aptitude and development background to media as well as agency environments, on both a managerial and production capacity.
Robin Pietersen’s Specialties:
PHP, MySQL, dotNet, Apache, Linux, Interface design, IA developement, UX, editorial design .
Robin Pietersen’s Experience
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Digital Creative Designer
Trader Media Group
(Online Media industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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Editorial Designer
Avusa Media iLab
(Online Media industry)
March 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Product design
Implementation and production of products
Project briefs and presentations
Design Strategy
Design Development
Project Development (Design, usability, interaction)
Strategic creative infrastructure
Information Architecture
News and Magazine website Design
Publishing Strategy
Photo Editing
New & Emerging Trends
Creative Direction
User Experience
Corporate Branding Development -
Head of development / Lead developer
You&Me
(Online Media industry)
December 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 4 months)
System analysis, system/architecture design, user/needs analysis, web & application development, design, system administration, multimedia design, daily management of the technical team and management of projects on a production level.
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Online Designer
ITWeb
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
December 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 1 month)
I was responsible for design, video production, multimedia presentation and development on various ITWeb products/projects. These products include ITWeb.co.za, one of South Africa's leading ICT news sites as well as CareerWeb.co.za, a top notch ICT career portal.
Robin Pietersen’s Education
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University of Johannesburg
NDIP , Web & Application development , 2001 — 2005
Additional Information
Robin Pietersen’s Websites:
Robin Pietersen’s Interests:
Online & editorial design, web & application development, innovation, Media, new media, news publication, soical media
Robin Pietersen’s Groups:
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Content Management Professionals -
User Experience -
Web Standards Design + Development -
WordPress
Robin Pietersen’s Honors:
National finalist in the Microsoft Project Firefly. Of thousands that entered, my team was one of a hand full of finalists in the 'competition'. We had developed a Radio Frequency Identification Transaction system intended as a replacement technology for conventional swipe card systems (Account cards, Credit Cards etc.) Our project received a Honoree award.
Robin Pietersen’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
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