Mathew Devey, visual interaction designer based in Melbourne

Core strengths: User centred design combined with solid technical skills and the ability to translate complex business objectives into workable solutions.

Recent achievements:

Technical skills:

Adobe Creative Suite
I use this software on a daily basis and have been using Adobe / Macromedia software for almost 10 years.
(X)HTML & CSS
I have a broad and comprehensive knowledge of both (X)HTML and CSS (almost 10 years commercial experience) and have kept up to date with these continually evolving technologies and the new opportunities they present. Having worked on several high profile / large volume sites considerations such as accessibility, usability and scalability are second nature. I author clean semantic markup and adhere to the relevant W3C standards.
JavaScript
A decent working knowledge of JavaScript accumulated over the last 10 years.
XSLT & XML
Approximately 1 year's commercial experience
PHP & ASP
Although my focus is on design rather than programming I do have just over 3 years experience programming conventional web sites and online applications / software in both PHP and ASP.
SQL & MySQL
Used in conjunction with PHP and ASP to store and manipulate data.
Subversion & CVS
Version control software
SEO
I have a good working knowledge of SEO principles and practices and act as the SEO liaison person for my team
Agile methodologies
Over the last 3 months the projects I have been involved with have been almost exclusively 'agile' and learning how to effectively incoporate UCD within this has reaped huge productivity increases.

Employment details

Job Title
Visual Interaction Designer
Employer
Realestate.com.au (www.realestate.com.au)
Employment dates
October 07 to current day
Responsibilities
  • Create innovative yet functional visual interaction design concepts within a User Centred Design Methodology. This includes initial wire frames, final high fidelity mocks and the various stages in between.
  • Code prototype pages / sites for User Evaluation testing sessions. Often these prototypes go on to form the foundation of the production code.
  • Responsible for setting up and maintaining portable HCI lab.
  • Plan, recruit, script and conduct User Evaluation sessions to understand the requirements and needs of our consumer base. Typically these sessions are run to either validate new product proposals or to inform improvements to existing products / interfaces.
  • Conduct Heuristic Evaluations
  • Author 'key findings' reports based on the outcomes of the User Evaluation session and feed this information back to stakeholders. Many of these reports have been used to inform key strategic decisions that affect the core product.
  • Project manage internal 'design / HCI' projects.
Job Title
Design Manager
Employer
Sensis (www.tradingpost.com.au)
Employment dates
December 05 To November 07
Responsibilities
  • Providing creative leadership and mentoring multi-disciplinary staff.
  • Setting and monitoring timescales to ensure the team is working efficiently and consistently meeting deadlines.
  • Translating business objectives (& rules) into workable solutions.
  • Designing and developing new interfaces from wire frame to final concept. During key stages I attend HCI (Human computer Interaction) labs to ensure the new UI is performing as expected and delivering a good user experience.
  • Ensuring brand consistency by authoring a comprehensive style guide (and accompanying digital templates / files).
  • Developing strong working relationships with stakeholders and other key departments.
Job Title
Web Designer
Employer
Enable Software (www.enable.com)
Employment dates
January 03 To December 05. Since March 04 I worked remotely as a contractor for Enable here in Melbourne.
Responsibilities
  • User Interface design for both conventional websites and online software applications.
  • Corporate identity design.
  • Hand coding (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML / XSL. Clients include 'Delphi, 'Sage', 'Collins' and many other high profile companies.
Job Title
Technical Designer (contractor)
Employer
Aro (www.aro.ie)
Employment dates
March 01 To December 02
Responsibilities
  • Designing visual concepts for websites based on clients existing corporate identity / brand.
  • Hand coding HTML / CSS templates.
  • Training clients with the companies CMS software.
Job Title
Producer
Employer
Lycos UK (www.lycos.co.uk - The largest European web portal at the time)
Employment dates
June 00 To February 02
Responsibilities
  • Managing the Lycos communities channel 'tripod.co.uk'. During my time at Lycos the 'Tripod' channel was a much larger stand alone site receiving close to 40 million visits a month.
  • Travelling to Germany to project manage a complete overhaul and redesign of the 'tripod.co.uk' site.
  • Key responsibility for creating and sourcing monetary opportunities through the development of new ideas and promotional activities.
  • Producing all the editorial content for the site, including the monthly newsletter.
  • Liaising with both the marketing and sales department to ensure an effective and appropriate marketing strategy and to maximise sales opportunities.
  • Creating banners and other promotional material for in house advertising on both Lycos.co.uk & hotbot.co.uk
  • To manage and recruit the 'Production Assistant' and several 'Link Editors'.
Job Title
Web Developer
Employer
Dot-World
Employment dates
Jan To June 00
Responsibilities
  • Designing and developing web sites.
  • Research and utilise up to date software and programming techniques to achieve the above.

Education

1999 To 2000
Post Graduate Certificate in Business Information Technology (Inc. e-commerce). Middlesex University, Hendon Business School.
1993 To 1996
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Art and Design. Middlesex University.
1991 To 1993
4 A Levels
1986 To 1991
9 GCSE's

References:

References available on request