Namegavinwye Wye
Job TitleInformation Architect / User Expiriance Designer / Web Producer
OrganisationFreelance
Member Since21 Feb 2008
Areas of ExpertiseUser Experience and Usability, Web Project Management
Contact Details
Email:
Telephone: 01273 711280
Mobile: 07876 441836

About Me

I am an Information Architect with over 7 years experience running and managing user experience research and design projects. I am well versed in research methodologies, including user testing, ethnographic field work and card sorting. I am also a very capable designer, making me equally at home doing information architecture and prototyping as well as running and managing research projects. I am creative, persistent and enthusiastic design and the internet, I am also keen blogger and participant in the Brighton User Experience community.

My Links

My Website gavinwye.com
My online presence, see my portfolio and read my thoughts

Linked In

Education and Qualifications

I have a degree in Product Design and attended to day Interaction Design course, with Bruce “Tog” Tognazzini in 2004.

  • I have a broad understanding of current web technologies and social media.
  • Wireframing and IA design using OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & Indesign.
  • Prototyping with HTML, CSS and JQuery.
  • Use of Basecamp and it’s API to build  a custom feedback tool for group use.
  • Use of Silverback to run Usability testing projects and generate highlight videos.
  • Wordpress as a CMS and Blogging platform.
  • Working knowledge of Apache, Subversion, Microsoft IIS, CPanel & WHM (web hosting control panel), the LINUX command line, PHP MySQL, DNS, LAMP & MAMP, FTP, OO Programming methodologies.
  • Experiance of several different CMS’s including Drupal, Joomla, Mambo and CMSMS.