Channelle for hire. I'm currently working full time, but the evenings are long and - occasionally dull - and so I am sometimes available for web projects. Daily rates range from almost nothing to obscenely high depending on the nature of the work. If you want to know more, my contact details are below.
Recent projects and work
www.ifrc.org
Role: editor/manager (04/11-present)
Technology: EpiServer/HTML5
Accomplishments: Developed workflow model for managing distributed editor system. Improved visitor numbers and time on site. Improved quality and quantity of content from various sources. Created integrated micro sites for projects involving corporate partners including MTV.
Technology: EpiServer/HTML5
Accomplishments: Developed workflow model for managing distributed editor system. Improved visitor numbers and time on site. Improved quality and quantity of content from various sources. Created integrated micro sites for projects involving corporate partners including MTV.
Our world. Your move.
Role: developer/manager
Technology: Wordpress/PHP
Accomplishments: Deployed Wordpress on Apache/MySQL. Developed bespoke theme based on Arras framework, including category-based themes. Migrated historical content, including thousands of comments from old platform to new. Integrated new technology including social media sharing, authenticated RSS and Google+ Hangouts.
Technology: Wordpress/PHP
Accomplishments: Deployed Wordpress on Apache/MySQL. Developed bespoke theme based on Arras framework, including category-based themes. Migrated historical content, including thousands of comments from old platform to new. Integrated new technology including social media sharing, authenticated RSS and Google+ Hangouts.
World Disasters Report 2012
Role: designer/editor
Technology: Rapidweaver/CSS
Accomplishments: Designed fully-responsive site based on existing text and imagery. Deployed on time in three languages. Integrated user quiz, download survey and pdf access to full report.
Technology: Rapidweaver/CSS
Accomplishments: Designed fully-responsive site based on existing text and imagery. Deployed on time in three languages. Integrated user quiz, download survey and pdf access to full report.
TEDxRC2
Role: designer/manager
Technology: Rapidweaver/CSS
Accomplishments: Designed site based on strict TED brand guidelines. Managed content from a range of sources. Managed and integrated live stream, archive video, social media and multimedia gallery of award-winning photojournalism.
Technology: Rapidweaver/CSS
Accomplishments: Designed site based on strict TED brand guidelines. Managed content from a range of sources. Managed and integrated live stream, archive video, social media and multimedia gallery of award-winning photojournalism.
University of the West of England: The Abstract (student journalism projects), Media Cult (award-winning educational social network), Loans desk (equipment loans booking and management), Workshop (workshop and venue management), Sideways Looks (graduate show websites)
Freelance web projects: Secret City (film website), Cyderlimpigs (cider festival site), Cyderspace (experimental hyperlocal social network), Spike Island (Drupal based CMS deployment), Gig-Fiction (totally made up gig reviews)
University of the West of England: Senior Instructor: journalism and new media (2006-2011)
Future publishing: Production editor, Linux Format (1999-2001)
Freelance: News editor, Linux Format (2001-2010)
Bristol Post and Press: Deputy Production Editor, features (1998-1999)
Bristol Post and Press: Writer/sub (1996-1998)
Future publishing: Production editor, Linux Format (1999-2001)
Freelance: News editor, Linux Format (2001-2010)
Bristol Post and Press: Deputy Production Editor, features (1998-1999)
Bristol Post and Press: Writer/sub (1996-1998)
Author: Beginning OpenOffice (Apress, 2008), Beginning Ubuntu 4th Edition (Apress, 2009), Beginning Ubuntu 5th Edition (Apress, 2010)
Apostrophien - a story about curiosity
Over the summer of 1511, the last girl in the world makes an amazing discovery in 40 pages of white paper.
Beginning OpenOffice
The best-selling guide to making the most of OpenOffice.org, the open source office suite.
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About
I am a writer, editor and web manager with an abiding interest in technology and communication. I'm also interested in design and user experience.
I currently live and work in Geneva, working for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
I currently live and work in Geneva, working for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
