About the Designer

Hi, I’m Dave Woods and I’m a 30 year old Web Designer based between Nottingham and Derby in the UK. I’ve been in the industry for 10 years and am currently working for PilotBean but also take on freelance web design projects for a variety of small and large businesses throughout the world.

Web Design Skills

  • Branding and style guidelines
  • Website design, (X)HTML, CSS using the latest web standards
  • Usability
  • Accessibility (WAI)
  • Cross browser compliance
  • Search Engine Optimisation including PPC
  • Good knowledge of programming technologies (PHP/.NET/JAVA/MySQL) to support presentational skills

Freelance Work

I also undertake freelance work which involves all aspects of the development life-cycle from the initial concept and requirements gathering through to the build, deployment and hosting of a client’s website. These are either completely bespoke applications or incorporate a third party application to satisfy the client’s requirements including Wordpress, Joomla and Zencart.

Work Experience

PilotBean

March 2009 – Present

  • Graphic design for PDF promotional documentation
  • Website branding, design and creation
  • HTML/CSS development in collaboration with .net development team
  • SEO consultancy

Kybotech

February 2008 – March 2009

  • Design and development of e-commerce solutions
  • HTML/CSS development in collaboration with .net development team
  • SEO analysis, including on-site and off-site search engine optimisation
  • Collaboration with sales team for creation of promotional material

Eurocom Entertainment Software

November 2005 – February 2008

  • Design and maintenance of the Eurocom external website.
  • Design and development of presentational elements for in house web applications
  • Branding (including logo and icon creation) of all in house Windows applications
  • SharePoint maintenance and development

Morse / Diagonal Consulting

June 2000 – November 2005

  • Design consultancy / user requirements
  • Wire-framing / Prototyping
  • Website branding, design and creation
  • Variety of clients including Houses of Parliament, Birmingham City Council, Orange Games, Littlewoods and BAA

Welcome

Hi, I'm Dave Woods and am a freelance web designer based in the UK and work for a variety of small and large businesses throughout the world.

I specialise in HTML and CSS using web standards to provide usable, accessible and search engine friendly websites that are designed and delivered to the highest standard.

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