Exploring. Efficiency. Challenges. I love all that stuff.

Hey there, my name is Jason. I work as the lead developer for Seven planning, designing and developing websites. I’m passionate about making things that look beautiful and work really well. I don’t think you can (or should) separate the two. If I get to listen to people and help them in the process, I’m a happy camper. Read On »

I enjoy meticulous planning, careful consideration of user habits and finally sweating the small stuff in the development process. Typically I use Flash, PHP and Javascript but I like to determine the right tools for the job first, even if that means learning something new.

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I love what I do and feel blessed to get to do this for a living. I used to do a lot of freelance, but now I work full-time for Seven. I grew up in beautiful Cambridge New Zealand and currently work in Auckland, but I’m not rooted here and would love to travel and work overseas at some stage.

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Favourites

Listening

  • [photo: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]
  • [photo: The XX - XX]

Side Projects

Star Wars CCG Database

A search website for a card game that stopped being produced a few years ago. People still play it though, so I keep this site updated.

Adventures

Work

Autex Industries

Date

April 2009

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven; Autex Industries

Responsibilities

IA, Build & SEO

Info

Take an enormous amount of content, categorise it efficiently, display it cleanly and make the whole site updateable and optimised for search engines. And have multiple versions for different countries. Done!

Link to Website

AutexIndustries.com

Clooney Restaurant

Date

October 2009

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven; Clooney Restaurant

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Clooney is one of Auckland’s premier fine dining restaurants. This simple website is almost entirely run by a CMS managed by the client.

Link to Website

Clooney.co.nz

Giona Bridler Photographer

Date

November 2008

Type

Website & CMS

Worked For

Seven; Giona Bridler

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Giona Bridler is a talented young photographer who needed a clean website with an intuitive CMS to help him manage his portfolio. Really wonderful shots.

Link to Website

GionaBridler.com

Johnson & Laird Management

Date

October 2008

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven; Johnson & Laird

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

Talent agency Johnson Laird needed a website that actually helped them in their day to day responsibilities. This site is run from their local database, allowing them to manage the talent data in one place yet update several presentation areas.

Link to Website

JohnsonLaird.com

101 Things To Do Before You Die

Date

May 2008

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven; Once Life Australia

Responsibilities

Build

Info

A simple microsite built for Australian life insurance company Once Life.

Link to Website

ThingsToDo.OnceLife.com.au

Huljich Wealth Management

Date

November 2007

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven;
Huljich Wealth Management Ltd

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

Seven developed the identity for Huljich Wealth Management; an independent, specialist funds-management company. My job was to design and build a clean, professional site while they set up business. They have since re-designed the website.

Link to Website

Archived Version

Simon Miller Jeans

Date

January 2007

Type

Website & CMS

Worked For

Seven; Simon Miller

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Simon Miller is a NZ designer making perfect-fit, Japanese denim jeans in the US. This website was built to show off his latest range selling in Los Angeles. A simple custom CMS was developed to allow him to upload new stock and manage his stockist list.

Link to Website

Archived Version

Best Awards Presentation

Date

January 2007

Type

Presentation

Worked For

Seven; AGM Publishing

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

The BeST Awards is an annual event, honouring the best talent in the NZ design community. Seven produced the identity for two years running and I created the presentation to show on the awards night. It drew animations dynamically and reacted to the operators commands on the fly.

Becky Nunes Photography

Date

January 2007

Type

Website & CMS

Worked For

Seven; Becky Nunes

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Becky is a well-known NZ photographer. Her site was a custom-built portfolio to focus on her work and keeping the site updated with an easy to use custom CMS.

Link to Website

www.beckynunes.co.nz

BAC Simulator

Date

June 2005

Type

Program

Worked For

Chris Yates;
TheTrainingMarket.com

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

This interface was created a while back to help bar staff understand the factors that go into making a person intoxicated and what they are doing to influence that. Test it out and see what your limits are...

Link to Program

Launch: BAC Simulator