Curriculum vitae

Expertise

Languages
Javascript • CSS • HTML • PHP • MySQL

JS Frameworks
Vue.js • Gridsome • Nuxt.js • React • Aurelia • Angular • jQuery

UI/CSS Frameworks
Tailwind CSS • Twitter Bootstrap • Material • Foundation

Content Management Systems
Craft CMS • Jekyll • Wordpress • Drupal • Magento

PHP Frameworks
Yii • Symfony • Codeigniter • CakePHP

Sub-Languages
SASS • LESS • Twig

Software
Sketch • Adobe Illustrator • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe InDesign • Google Web Designer

Miscellaneous
Git • Netlify • JIRA • Buddy • Amazon Web Services (Opsworks) • Docker

Education

Shillington College 2007
Certificate IV in Design

Macquarie University 2002-2005
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)

Higher School Certificate 2001
St Aloysius College (UAI 87.80)

Employment History

Freelance July 2016 - Now

Responsibilities

With a wide knowledge and experience over the entire online project process, from initial meetings through to deployment and beyond. Ben has been able to deliver projects for clients large and small.

Significant Technical Projects

Moose Toys Websites

With a customer base reaching over 85 countries, it's vital Moose's sites are delivered fast to users all over the globe. Been has designed and developed multiple statically generated sites for various brands.

These projects have involved liasing with the different departments from the beginning to determine the requirements and available assets for designing and developing the ultimate build.

Sample projects:

• The Grossery Gang
• Boom Blast Stix
• Disney Crossy Road
• Really Rad Robots

The Adaptability Practice

Built using a headless CMS (Craft CMS), and a the front-end with Nuxt.js. This clinical psychology practice has an online system that will handle whatever potential growth lies ahead.

View site

SAS Creative July 2010 - August 2016

Responsibilities

• Front-end and back-end development of Web Apps/Sites, HTML E-mails and Banner Ads.
• Delegating, overseeing, and working with junior and freelance developers.
• Liaising with clients, in person and on phone, to discuss technical matters during briefing meetings and ongoing support.

The majority of work was for Disney, Marvel & Star Wars, alongside projects for other small, medium and large businesses.

Significant Technical Projects

Pete's Dragon Is Near

Walt Disney Studios Australia requested a fun personalised experience involving Elliot (Pete's Dragon) appearing in people's neighbourhoods, utilising Google Maps and Streetview, across all major devices (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile). From the initial briefing meeting, the client was uncertain on technical possibilities, and just putting the idea out there. Research and experimentation was needed to see how far the idea could technically be pushed.

Beyond the development of the Web App, responsibilities also included liaising with the client for briefing and progress meetings and generating the planned project time-line.

The project was delivered on time, and the client was thrilled with the final result.

Disney.com.au Website

With limited documentation and direction, the main Disney.com.au site, built by another company using Drupal, had blown out of control. With a new system on the horizon, built by the Disney International Tech team, Disney Australia had no choice but to switch off the lights. However, a large company can not simply pull the plug and put up a holding page. Disney Australia turned to SAS Creative for help.

Ben was required to undertake a major review of the build to understand and clean up the contributed and custom modules, content types and fields setup. Along with the addition of a new major section, the enhanced build was successfully deployed and maintained for another year before the DNS switch was ready to be flicked.

Disney Competitions System

SAS Creative was often requested by Disney Australia and New Zealand to run online competitions. Ben developed a workflow and code base allowing for extremely efficient builds, with custom designs and functionality, to be deployed smoothly through their relatively old staging server system. Codeigniter was selected for its small footprint and high portability. The system has been a great solution and used to run many custom competitions for the past 3+ years.

Australian Defence Apparel (ADA) B2B E-Commerce Sites

Ben developed two gated B2B E-commerce Magento sites for ADA, allowing customers to order and purchase safety apparel for their departments and staff. Magento was chosen as it provided advanced features not readily available by other systems at the time, such as multiple stores, varying user access levels to different product lines, and the ability to handle multiple addresses.

For more examples of Ben's work whilst at SAS creative, view the Featured Projects page.

Go To Wo Consulting October 2007 - July 2010

Responsibilities

• Online design and developments, of Web Sites, HTML Emails and ocassional flash animations.
• Print based graphic design projects and logo developments.
• Liaising with clients for online project planning and technical support.

Significant Technical Project

Shepherd Works E-commerce Website

Having just been nominated for Telstra Businesswoman (2009), Dr Sue Shepherd was gaining a lot of exposure. She required a new website to educate the public about dietary conditions, promote her services and live appearances and to sell her books and gluten free confectionery.

Ben designed and developed a clean Wordpress build, with the Shopp e-commerce plugin. It successfully handled the client's needs for over 7 years.