- Extensive knowledge of XHTML, HTML, CSS
- Acute awareness of web standards
- Extensive experience with Photoshop and Dreamweaver
- Skill set to be able to take project from initial sketches to final stages
- Strong client communication skills.
- Able to work strongly as an individual or as part of a team.
- Content Management Systems (CMS) experience with Wordpress and Joomla.
- Intermediate skills with Flash, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat.
- Flexibility to work in both Windows and Mac environments
- Extensive hosting and domain experience (current hosting reseller)
Hi! My name's Tim and I’m a web and graphic designer with a BCA in Graphic Design & New Media. I'm 24 years old and have had commercial experience in the web design field for the last 3 years. I am a passionate graphic designer who loves to keep my finger on the pulse of the online design community via sites like Smashing Magazine, A List Apart, Best Web Gallery and more. I also love to code! I find nothing more relaxing then being able to sit down and code up a beautiful design into perfect W3C compliant code. In my free time I also have my own blog on technology and design news. A selection of my work can be found here. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
- University of Wollongong - BCA in Graphic Design & New Media (2005-2008)
- Sutherland Shire Christian School. Completed the HSC in 2004
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HotelClubIn August 2010 I joined HotelClub as a UI Engineer. My work consisits of crafting clean semantic HTML and CSS for a variety of projects ranging from, our main website which recieves well over 2 million hits per month, to wide reaching campaigns, cutting edge mobile applications and HTML5/CSS3 projects.
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Excite Digital MediaFrom the end of 2008 till October 2009 I worked at Excite Digital Media. Excite Digital Media was the largest privately owned search network in Australia in 2008. My responsibilites included designing sites, html/css coding, creating backend user interfaces, and newsletters campaigns.
- "Tim was my direct report in his role of Graphic / Web designer at Excite Digital Media, for almost 12 months. Tim is diligent and hardworking and has excellent creative flare and talent. In addition, Tim exhibits strong project ownership and is a motivated finisher and completer. Tim is an quality graphic designer and web designer, who creates strong sites that scale well, and have excellent HTML and CSS. This is demonstrated by the strong portfolio of sites created by Tim working alone or as part of a design team of two. Tim works well as an individual and as part of a team, and is responsive to the variety of varying deadlines of projects assigned to him. I have enjoyed working with Tim and recommend him and his work while at EDM." - Russell Banks, (Technical Director at Excite Digital Media)
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Practice AdvantageWorked with Practice Advantage (a small marketing firm for accounts) from the beginning of 2008 to create several websites for them. Additional roles included creating sites for clients and giving IT support for website issues.
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Boccia AustraliaIn the final year of my design course I worked in a team to create a website for Boccia Australia. I was elected Art director by my teachers and this role allowed me greater insight to working in a team. This role required the following tasks of me:
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- Concept and initial design ideas
- Coordinate team design response
- Representing brief to the client
- Negotiating the design with client
- Revise design based on client response
- Develop style and style instructions (Style Guide)
- Design quality control of all team member's work
- Website maintenance
- This work is ongoing and I continue to work for the Boccia organisation as a volunteer.
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Tim Olthof MediaIn mid 2008 I started my own company, Tim Olthof Media, through which I freelance to a range of clients (see below). Due to non-disclosure agreements some of the work completed while at the following companies are not seen in my portfolio.
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Switch IT - Digital agencyDuring my time at Switch my role was focused around frontend development and design. I worked with Switch IT for 4 months ending in June 2010. I worked on both web based sites and email marketing campaigns. While here I had the privilege of working with some high profile clients such as Royal Randwick, Foxtel, Fifa, The W channel and Tourism Wollongong.
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Morgan Creative - Digital agencyI have worked at Morgan Creative several times whenever they need the extra manpower or have a tight deadline. They are a small but efficient and passionate team based at Darling Harbour. One of my favourite projects was working with them on the new Australian Labor Party website.
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Profero - Global marketing agencyDuring November of 2009 I worked with the Sydney team of Profero to cover their lead front end web developer. During this time I worked with some large clients including, EA Games, Weight Watchers, Ben Sherman, Rockport and Pizza Hut. My key work was the construction of microsites and email marketing campaigns.
Email: timothyolthof@gmail.com