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Calum Brodie - U.K Based | XHTML/CSS, Wordpress, PHP, E-Commerce, Illustrator - Freelance Website / Graphic Designer, United Kingdom

I'm a 23 year old university educated, self taught freelance web designer and developer based in the west of Scotland. Great communication skills, and a hard and honest worker. I have multi disciplinary, complimentary skills including branding/logo design and site design/coding (from personal blogs to simple small business sites through to e-commerce shop design). Currently I’m getting to grips with Ruby on Rails and have previously worked with; Standards Compliant CSS & XHTML, PHP 5,...
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Email Etiquette Certification 4.20 98% TOP 10% 06/27/2008 5 min
Dreamweaver CS3 Test 4.40 97% TOP 10% 3rd Place! 06/28/2008 33 min
Adobe Illustrator CS3 Test 4.40 96% TOP 10% 06/27/2008 29 min
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 4.80 90% TOP 10% 06/25/2008 28 min
Advertising Skills Certification 3.50 90% TOP 10% 06/27/2008 20 min
Job Category Interests

Web Development

Writing

Administrative Support

Graphic Arts & Design
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
Adobe Illustrator 2 yrs 4.0 2008 Been using this program for a couple of years. Proficient in doing most things, especially website layouts, creating graphics, logo's, working with colour and typography.
Adobe Photoshop 2 yrs 2.0 2008 Use this program for optimising and tweaking images for the web rather than print work.
CSS 5 yrs 5.0 2008 Have been using CSS for years along with HTML to create valid websites. Try to create light, yet well commented CSS code. Tend to use a CSS reset and usually code from scratch in a text editor rather than using a CSS framework.
HTML / XHTML 5 yrs 5.0 2008 Have been coding HTML and XHTML for years to a high standard. I understand the importance of solid, valid code (both for accessibility, cross platform support and SEO). I tend to code in Textmate thesedays although I have used Dreamweaver in the past.
PHP5 2 yrs 3.0 2008 Self taught on php5, with some experience of MVC programming and using classes.  Used in making a test application for an online shop and used on a week to week basis while customissing wordpress themes. Still have some things to learn using PHP but am educated to a decent level. Usually code in textmate. Refer to PHP.net for some functions.
Useability Testing 1 yrs 1.0 2008 Performed my own useability tests using what I've learned online and by reading various books (Krug, Nielsen). Tests informal and carried out using screencasting software.
Wordpresss 2 yrs 4.0 2008 Used this CMS for a while in order to provide clients with websites that they can update. Experienced with creating custom themes and custom installs integrating various plugins including e-commerce and SEO optimisation.
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Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
03/2008 04/2008 Jungle Boogie Web Designer / Independent Contributor This club asked me to create a webpage where they could post video and photographs as well as live sets and mixes from their various DJ's. Site awaiting hosting. Visit http://ccgi.libbybrodie.plus.com/jungleboogie  or look at my portfolio site on http://www.calumbrodie.co.uk for other projects.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
08/2002 05/2006 University of Aberdeen Bachelors Philosophy

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  • Project Title: My Website (Portfolio)
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  • Completed: 06/25/2008
  • Category: Web Development > Web Design
  • URL: http://www.calumbrodie.co.uk
  • Description: This is my Homepage which I update when I complete new projects. All images and code were produced by me as is all the content linked to in my portfolio.

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  • Project Title: Jungle Boogie
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  • Completed: 06/01/2008
  • Category: Web Development > Web Design
  • URL: http://ccgi.libbybrodie.plus.com/jungleboogie
  • Description: A Blog created for the Jungle Boogie Drum & Bass club night. Awaiting a permanent host.
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Email Etiquette Certification 4.20 98% TOP 10% 06/27/2008 5 min
Dreamweaver CS3 Test 4.40 97% TOP 10% 3rd Place! 06/28/2008 33 min
Adobe Illustrator CS3 Test 4.40 96% TOP 10% 06/27/2008 29 min
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 4.80 90% TOP 10% 06/25/2008 28 min
Advertising Skills Certification 3.50 90% TOP 10% 06/27/2008 20 min
Windows XP Test 4.25 87% TOP 20% 06/26/2008 6 min
HTML 4.01 Test 3.60 74% 06/25/2008 28 min
CSS 2.0 Test 3.50 66% 06/25/2008 30 min
AJAX Test 2.90 52% 06/27/2008 23 min