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I dig handcrafting shit for the web. My background is in code and my passion lies in design and typography. Extensive experience with HTML(5), CSS(3), Photoshop, PHP, WordPress, jQuery and JavaScript. My left and right brains take turns bitch-slapping each other until something good comes out.

I like to think I'm adept at fusing creativity with practicality. I love relaxing in front of a text editor and coding just as much as I love engrossing myself in a sketchbook, Photoshop or Illustrator and designing away.
Experience
Director of Awesome
@Scott Riley Designs
My freelance design studio where I handcraft websites and web apps for awesome clients around the world. I get to wear many hats. Some of which look ridiculous. Employed by various small businesses, artists, musicians and design agencies on a regular basis.
Location
Liverpool, UK
Dates
Apr. 2010 - Present
Website
http://www.scottrileydesigns.co.uk
Lead Developer
@Lantech
Worked as lead developer on a contract basis on a number of client projects. Mostly medium-scale, bespoke projects e.g. CMSs, CRMs, booking management systems. Powered by hand-coded PHP backends, HTML and CSS front-ends and jQuery for interaction enhancement. Learned a hell of a lot. Got to get my hands dirty with all sorts of web technologies. Worked part-time throughout University and full-time for a short while after leaving. Quit in order to take the plunge and start Scott Riley Designs.
Location
Southport, UK
Dates
May. 2006 - Dec. 2010
Education
Computer Science
@Lancaster University
Expanding upon previous Software Engineering qualification. A hell of a lot more development. Specialised in Java. Realised I hated Java. Tried to do all assignments in PHP, HTML and CSS. Dropped out because Java horrifically abused me and I had no passion for the work.
Location
Lancaster, UK
Dates
Sep. 2007 - Apr. 2009
Software Engineering
@KGV College
More development assignments than you can shake PASCAL at. Learned a good number of programming languages, but most importantly obsessed over methodologies and project management. Had to suffer the agony of a VB side-project. Made pong on my first day. Bitched the course up with a 98% overall. Remember 10% of what I was taught. The good 10%. I hope.
Location
Southport, UK
Dates
Sep. 2005 - May. 2007