Freelance Website Designer and Developer
United Kingdom
- Current
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- Founder at SWOO Digital Media
- Past
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- Senior Web Application Developer at Freedom Direct Limited
- Senior Web Developer at Wheaton Design Associates
- Web Developer at The Creative Cake
- Web Developer at VeriSign
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Steven Woods’s Summary
A professional since 1999, i've worked for numerous agencies for clients large and small.
In 2007 I formed my own tiny studio called SWOO to cater for the design and development requirements of local SMEs, as well as to pursue my own ideas based upon the online marketplace.
My goal at present is to turn SWOO into a full service design and development house by opening a small office from which to conduct business, although at the moment I am currently building a client and contact network while establishing myself.
Steven Woods’s Specialties:
Website Design, Website Development (Classic ASP, ASP.NET C#), Software Development (C#.NET), Front-end Design and Development (XHTML/CSS), Branding, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Affiliate Marketing
Steven Woods’s Experience
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Founder
SWOO Digital Media
(Design industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
SWOO is the freelance studio of Steven Woods, a website design & development expert based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
It was formed in 2007 to provide professional affordable design and development services to small businesses and startups in the North East of England and throughout the United Kingdom.
SWOO was formed with one goal in mind; to provide professional design and development services. By professional we mean being attentive, suggestive, creative and pretty much awesome at what we do. We want to make sure your project screams value not expense, and our small, dynamic nature allows us to quickly change direction to make sure this happens - without any middle managers in the way. -
Senior Web Application Developer
Freedom Direct Limited
(Computer Software industry)
April 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Key Responsibilities in this role:
* Development of flagship HotSunHolidays.co.uk website
* Project management and liaison between 3 developers and 1 designer
* Implementation of source control for all future projects
* Design and Development of corporate intranet
* Development of statistical analysis / book report system
At this position, I am part of a team developing the flagship company website, as well as additional related sites.
I am also the sole developer and designer of the corporate intranet system, which primarily deals with bookings from all of the customer facing websites, as well as providing an information repository for staff within the company.
In addition I am also part of the team responsible for integrating our web systems with TravelCat, the industry standard holiday booking and transaction monitoring system used nationwide. -
Senior Web Developer
Wheaton Design Associates
(Design industry)
September 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Key Responsibilities in this role:
* Design, Development and Deployment of all client websites
* Managing the flow of projects in and out of the web department
* Liasing with clients to discuss project requirements at all stage of the implementation process
At this position I was solely responsible for the design, development and deployment of websites and web services to both regional and national clients.
I was also the primary technical support contact for all of our deployments, while maintaining the operation of our servers and internal systems. -
Web Developer
The Creative Cake
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Web developer and designer, working on client sites for companies such as Ann Summers and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Web Developer
VeriSign
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRSN; Internet industry)
July 2001 — July 2002 (1 year 1 month)
I was part of a large team responsible for the design and implementation of domain registration software which talked to various companies such as Nominet in order to register website domains for our customers.
In addition, I developed (and maintained) a customer support service for the corporate intranet which consisted of a knowledgebase application and "trouble ticket" system.
Additional Information
Steven Woods’s Websites:
Steven Woods’s Interests:
Programming, New media, Accessibility, Usability, Effective User Interfaces, Social Networking, Mobile Web Design
Steven Woods’s Groups:
Newcastle New Media
Refresh Newcastle
Designers InHouse
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Designers Talk member
Steven Woods’s Honors:
CoolHomepages Design Award
StyleGala Design Award
SmallBlogsNetwork Award
W3CSites - Editors Pick (http://w3csites.com/profile.asp?u=woodss)
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