William Meleyal

Current

• Designer/Developer at ARS Electronica

Past

• Designer/Developer at GraphicsPlus
• Designer at Clarks International
• Contractor at Irregular Choice

• Project Officer at London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
• Design Intern at Council of the European Union

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Education

• De Montfort University
• De Montfort University

Recommended

1 person has recommended William

Connections

10 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio
• My Blog

William Meleyal’s Summary

* Visual designer and front-end developer for web and mobile software
* Confident working with pixels and code
* Keen awareness of emerging technologies and platforms

William Meleyal’s Specialties:

Visual Design
Layout, Hierarchy, Typography, Color Theory, Patterns

Interaction Design
User-centered Design, Information Architecture, Prototyping

Client-Side Development
HTML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX, Web Standards, Microformats, Progressive Enhancement, Debugging

Server-Side Development
PHP, Ruby, SQL, XML, MVC, REST, Version Control, Apache, Unix

William Meleyal’s Experience

• Designer/Developer

  ARS Electronica

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  http://www.aec.at/

• Designer/Developer

  GraphicsPlus

  (Internet industry)

  January 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 6 months)

  http://graphics-plus.co.uk/

• Designer

  Clarks International

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

  May 2005 — December 2005 (8 months)

  Design and artwork for print / web / multimedia

• Contractor

  Irregular Choice

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  October 2004 — May 2005 (8 months)

  Design and build of consumer website, ~35,000 unique visitors per month.

• Project Officer

  London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  October 2003 — September 2004 (1 year )

  Contributed to re-design of community information website (usability, copywriting)

• Design Intern

  Council of the European Union

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 2003 — July 2003 (2 months)

  Design, layout and illustration for press office.

William Meleyal’s Education

• De Montfort University

  MA (Distinction) , Design & Manufacture , 2002 — 2003

  Specialism: Multimedia Design

• De Montfort University

  BA , Multimedia Design , 1999 — 2002

Additional Information

William Meleyal’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio
• My Blog

William Meleyal’s Interests:

Learning German, Music, Cinema, Net Culture, Open Source, Game Design, Processing, Ruby

William Meleyal’s Groups:

Textpattern (open source CMS) -- plugin contributor

•    Ars Electronica

William Meleyal’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch