Curriculum Vitae of Harry Roberts—web designer and developer
Personal
me
- Name
- Harry Roberts, Harry
- Age
- 21years
- Location
- Leeds, UK
- Abilities
- Design, Development, UX, UI, HTML(5), CSS(3), Performance, Mobile Development, Responsive Web Design, Progressive Enhancement, Typography, Accessibility, Usability, Semantics, Web Standards, Grids, Writing
me .contact
- Email
- harry@csswizardry.com
- Twitter
- @csswizardry
- Website
- csswizardry.com
- GitHub
- github.com/csswizardry
Notes
Hi, I’m Harry. I am a passionate, driven and purist web developer. I am a prolific Tweeter and owner of industry recognised blog CSS Wizardry. I have a very strong sense of ethics and best-practices and I love doing the web properly. I am a professional problem solver.
- Nominated for a .net Award, 2011.
- Member of Smashing Magazine’s Experts Panel and occasional Smashing Magazine author.
- Thought leader in areas such as responsive web design, web standards and sensible web development.
- A web professional with unparalleled CSS(3) and HTML(5) knowledge and a skillset covering semantics, performance accessibility, usability, sensible development, UX, UI and more…
- A motivated and motivating worker, with a dedication to learning by embracing new tasks and roles.
- Author of the industry recognised web standards document Web Design+.
- Owner of CSS Wizardry—Alexa top 100,000 ranked portfolio and blog site.
- Web Designer of the Year 2008 and 2009 on Estetica Design Forum—International web and graphic design forum.
- Featured in .net magazine, February 2008.
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Employment
job
- Title
- Web Designer/Developer
- Duration
- 3years
job#BSkyB
- Title
- Senior UI Developer
- Company
- British Sky Broadcasting
- From
- March 2011
- To
- Present
- Clients
- In-house
- Responsibilities
- Build, Performance, Accessibility, UI, UX, Progressive Enhancement
- Notes
- Solely responsible for the build of a front-end framework and complete rebuild of the front-end of Sky Bet website. This was my first time working solo on such a highly trafficked website, exercising web standards dark arts where best practices met performance and pushed the boundaries (and bent the rules) to create a highly accessible yet very performant build.
job#Venturelab
- Title
- Web Developer
- Company
- Venturelab UK Ltd
- From
- January 2010
- To
- March 2011
- Clients
- In-house
- Responsibilities
- Design, Build, UX, UI, IA, Accessibility, Progressive Enhancement
- Notes
- Working as lead front-end developer in a VC’s dedicated web team. I was responsible for the build of websites as well as taking the company toward a progressive enhancement, design-in-the-browser and lean development approach.
job#Sense-Internet
- Title
- Web Developer
- Company
- Sense Internet
- From
- July 2008
- To
- January 2010
- Clients
- Travelodge, Car Care Plan, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Renault, Black Horse, Rizla, GHD, Imperial Tobacco, South Tyneside College N.B. These are the clients I worked with specifically.
- Responsibilities
- Build, UX, UI, IA, Accessibility, Designing in the browser, Progressive Enhancement
- Notes
- I secured my first full-time role at Sense Internet when I was 17. It was working here that taught me vital team-working skills as well as providing me with real-world industry/agency experience.
Projects
I have a number of continuing projects that are heavily frequented by members of the industry, these include:
- inuit.css—a pragmatic, production-ready, responsive CSS framework.
- Fluid Grids—a fluid grid calculator to help developers create responsive designs.
- in:focus—a small Q&A site focused on the web’s best.
Education
Related article; design and education.
education
- A-levels
- 3
- GCSEs
- 13
CSS Wizardry
Founded in 2007, when I was seventeen, CSS Wizardry has been the cornerstone of my success in the industry. My writings have attracted readers and Twitter followers such as Jeffrey Zeldman, Oliver Reichenstein, Robert Scoble, Drew Mclellan, Jos Buivenga and more. Regularly attaining over 75,000 unique hits a month, it has allowed me to become part of the Smashing Network, as well as being a member of their Expert Panel.
csswizardry
- Founded
- November 2007
- Traffic
- 80000 Average per month as of August 2011
- Topics
- Web Development, Typography, More