Portfolio
NB: This list is far from complete, and as such is not yet representative of my body of work. Stay tuned though. 
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Project: Mike Gayle “Wish You Were Here” promotion for Hodder & Stoughton, hosted by NW (New Woman) Date: June 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP.Net (C#), JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer A simple competition where users can enter personal data, including a story. The information was then presented to Mike Gayle (the author of the book at the centre of the promotion), whose comments were then published at the end of the competition. |
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Project: It’s A Boy Girl Thing promotion Date: May 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer A multiple-choice quiz, which keeps track of users answers. The result at the end shows the percentage of correct answers, and compares the results of “girls vs boys”. The user is then prompted to enter their competition details. |
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Project: Emap “MobileCMS” Date: April-July 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP.NET (C#), JavaScript, MSSQLServer, XML Role: Developer An extensive CMS, including calendar, rich-text editors (with strict validation on content and length), image upload with gallery, content duplication and XML output. Facilities were also in place to allow users to edit multiple data items at once, and to create “slide-shows” of linked articles. This CMS was designed to enable editors to design content and schedule it for output (via XML) to an external company who broadcast the data to various formats, including SMS, MMS, WAP, and standard HTML email. As such, the format of both the XML output and the content itself was strictly defined. |
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Project: John Frieda Collection promotion for Grazia magazine and the John Frieda brand Date: April 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer This was an interactive quiz designed to determine the users hair type, and therefore recommend what hair-care product they would be most suited to. The user was also entered into a draw to win a sample of that particular product. This promotion was incredibly successful, with tens of thousands of entries within a few weeks. |
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Project: Transform promotion for NW magazine (New Woman) Date: April 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP.NET (C#), JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer A simple competition where users can enter personal data, including a story. Form also has the facility to upload an image. |
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Project: Nokia “Music Recommenders” promotion for Kerrang magazine Date: March-April 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer Much of the content on this site was static. The premise was that there are four “Music Recommenders” who each week supply new reviews for the site. Users are then able to vote on which reviewer they like best, giving comments etc. A graph of who is recieving what votes was built dynamically on the page, and a data capture form was provided for taking in user data. |
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Project: The Sims promotion for More magazine Date: March 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer Simple competition form for user details capture to a database. |
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Project: Heat Diet Coke Break cross-promotion for Heat magazine and Diet Coke Date: February-March 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP.NET (C#), JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer Multi-purpose promo, with a news section, competition form, voting page (with dynamic graphs) and downloads section. This site was database-driven and controlled through a CMS. |
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Project: Bacardi promotion for FHM Date: February 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP.NET (C#), JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer Simple competition form for user details capture to a database. The only distinguishing factor in this promotion was that due to the client being Bacardi, it was necessary to have splash page asking for the user’s date of birth. |
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Project: Competitions feature on ZooWeekly Date: January 2007 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer Built and integrated a CMS for user registration and competitions. The features needed to be flexible enough that multiple questions with a variable number of answers can be submitted, users must be signed in to enter (and it must be autodetected whether they’re signed in or not), and facilities were needed to filter winners, correct answers etc. |
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Project: Remington Flirt Academy promotion for Heat magazine and the Remington brand Date: November 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer, Persits ASPJpeg Role: Developer Stage one of this promo was the same as for FHM (below). In the second phase, users were able to submit their stories/experiences. These went into a database to be viewed via CMS, and from there flagged to be shown to the live public. (First image.) The other part of this phase was that users were given the chance to fill out a standard multiple choice quiz, with a JavaScript function which took the user to the correct results page, as defined by whether they chose “Mostly ‘A’s”, Mostly ‘B’s”, etc. (Second image.) |
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Project: Complete Online Diary/Booking system for the 2007 Fleet News Business Forum Date: October 2006-December 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer, Persits ASPJpeg Role: Developer This project involved taking an existing codebase (in ASP) and modifying it to incorporate new features, and to fix previously unresolved bugs. The purpose of this application is to allow Supplies, and Clients, to arrange times to meet using the built in diary system. The software allows users to find which of their counterparts are available, and at what times, easing the process of defining meeting times. There are also facilities to print diaries, block time as busy etc. |
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Project: Forum/Messageboards integration with existing CloserDiets website Date: October 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer, Snitz Role: Developer A Snitz installation with migration from an existing database. User data, including usernames and posts, with related stats, were imported from a previous messsageboard, with a different format. |
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Project: Remington Flirt Academy promotion for FHM magazine and the Remington brand Date: October 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer, Persits ASPJpeg Role: Developer Users enter data (a mixture of free text and multiple choice), then the data is submitted to a database to be browsed via CMS (not shown). Users also have the opportunity to upload an image. |
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Project: Camelot campaign to promote their Monthly Bonus scratchcard, in conjunction with Big City Network radio stations Date: September 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer Security was made a priority with this project, at the request of the client, with external audits being made before it was made live. Functionality included a form for users to enter their details, and, as a separate page, a comments field, with a list of client approved (via CMS provided to client) comments beneath. |
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Project: A Forum/Messageboards site for Yours Over 50’s magazine Date: September 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer, Snitz Role: Developer/Advisor A Snitz installation with very few changes. New graphics added. Please note I am not responsible for the design or maintenance of this website. |
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Project: Forum/Messageboards integration with existing Mother and Baby magazine website Date: August-December 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer, Snitz, HttpXmlRequest Role: Developer/Advisor/Support A Snitz installation with integration with an existing database. Significant changes to the software in order for it to interact with code from an external agency - this project also involved much liason with other agency’s developers. |
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Project: You, Me and Dupree cross-promotion for Zoo and New Woman magazines Date: c. August 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer, Persits ASPJpeg Role: Developer The mechanic for this promotion consists of text fields for user details, a story, and the facility to upload an image (first image). These details are then passed to a CMS (not pictured) where an admitistrator can select images/stories to be published in the Gallery (second image). |
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Project: Nivea Young promotion for More Magazine Date: c. July 2006 Employer: Emap IT UK Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, MSSQLServer Role: Developer This form takes data from the user, including their answer to the question posed on the page, some personal details, and opt-in options, and stores the information in a database. |
