Tim Reader

9 Alma Court • Alma Vale Road • Clifton • Bristol • BS8 2HQ

e: tim.reader@gmail.com • t: 07808 205178 • w: www.timreader.co.uk

PROFILE

Tim is a creative and technical web developer with 7 years’

experience in standards-based coding, web project
management, strategy and user-centred design.

Together with a full range of technical skills (listed below), I am

also an efficient, organised, university-educated individual with
a commitment to high standards.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

April 2006 - Present day | Futurelab Education, Bristol

Web Strategist / Developer

Design and development of Futurelab’s websites, Intranet and

associated e-communications.

• XHTML, CSS and JavaScript (jQuery) coding of

Futurelab’s website , Intranet, blog and associated
project sites (see www.timreader.co.uk )
• Project management and production of these sites
• CMS customisation, notably WordPress and
ExpressionEngine.
• Server-side coding of interactive elements, notably
using PHP, XML, Ajax and Python
• Strategic lead on two Podcast and Vodcast series
• Pro-actively developing audiences/communities on- and
off-line using social networking sites including: Twitter,
Slideshare, Blip and YouTube.
• Direct liaison with customers and suppliers, internal
and external.
• Managing, co-ordinating and briefing staff, freelancers
and agencies across a range of disciplines – copy-
writers, researchers, designers, information architects
and usability consultants.

April 2004-April 2006 | NHS UK Transplant, Bristol

Internet Officer
Editing, coding and strategic development of UK Transplant's
website.

• Conversion of 1,500-page site to standards-based,

 semantic HTML, table-less CSS design
• “User experience” and accessibility overhaul of site
• Devising strategies and tools for visitor tracking,
statistical analysis and Search Engine Optimisation

2003-Present day | Freelance website design, Bristol

Freelance and contracting
Freelance website consultancy for private clients, averaging
2-3 sites per year.

This involves building close working relationships with clients

for the duration of the project, from requirements
gathering/audience analysis to training them on the systems
at launch.
My portfolio is at: www.timreader.co.uk

2000-2002
Various administrative and project-related contract roles
Including Orange (2003), VCI Systems (2002) and Lloyds TSB
(2001).

CORE SKILLS

Web skills
Expert in front-end web languages (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript,
jQuery) and competent with back-end languages (such as PHP,
Ajax, XML, XSLT, Python). Also: CMS (notably WordPress and
ExpressionEngine), audio/video on the web using Flash,
copyediting for the web, SEO, podcasting, blog writing and
strategy, project management for the web (information
architecture, design briefs, requirements gathering, people
managing), web accessibility, usability.

IT skills
Other software and computing skills include: Windows XP,
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, MS Office Suite, Sharepoint and
touch-typing at 45 wpm.

Communications & Organisational skills

As a life-long "people person" I instinctively seek positive
relationships with colleagues and customers. I communicate well
and am a team player. I pride myself on excellent time
management and first-rate organisational skills, using a variety
of approaches and methodologies for working efficiently and
Getting Things Done (David Allen).

Other
 Full clean driving licence.

EDUCATION

B.A.(Hons), 2:1 in Music – Exeter University 1997-2000

4 A Levels: English (A), Music (A), Psychology (B) and Media
Studies (B)
9 GCSEs including Maths (A) and English (B)

Further training courses include

• Illustrator intermediate (Multimedia Centre, 2008)

• Running Effective Meetings (Rhodes Training, 2008)
• Presenting with Confidence (Rhodes Training, 2007)
• Wireframing for the web (Message, 2006)
• Writing for the Web (The Centre, 2005)
• Proofreading (The Centre, 2004)
• Introduction to Java (City and Guilds, 2003)
• Windows XP (ComputaCenter, 2003)
• HTML, JavaScript, PHP (correspondence courses from
home, 2002)
• Italian for beginners (City of Bristol College, 2001)

• Word, Excel and touch-typing (Pitman Training, 2000)

PASSIONS AND PURSUITS

Music
I play and teach jazz and classical piano.
I regularly sing with amateur and professional choirs, notably
Bristol and Wells cathedrals, The Exultate Singers and The Serlo
Consort.

I manage and conduct my own choirs and deputise with a

number of others, leading them in rehearsals, services and
concert performances.

Sports, words and gadgets

Other hobbies include long-distance running (two half
marathons and two 10ks), new media, social psychology,
linguistics and communication, and modern literature.

REFERENCES
Current line Previous employer Character reference
manager Robert Creech Revd Toby Sherring
Amanda Bowman IT Managing Director Chaplain and Community
Communications VCI Systems Service Coordinator
Manager Unit 22C Horseshoe St Hilda's Anglican High
Futurelab Park School
(contact details upon Pangbourne Perth, Western Australia
request) RG8 7JW T: (08) 9285 4280
robert@vcisystems.co. Toby.Sherring@sthildas.wa.e
uk du.au