Freelance Web Consultant at Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
Melbourne Area, Australia
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- Freelance Web Consultant at Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
- Freelance Web Consultant (Owner) at Never Run Out Aust Pty Ltd
- Past
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- Freelance Web Consultant at Defence Science and Technology Organisation
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Developer at Boomworks
- Freelance WordPress Developer at TV Tonight
- Freelance Website Developer & Project Manager at CSIRO
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at The Music Page
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at Spin Communications
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at Feedcorp Pty Ltd
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at Sensis
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at ChilliByte Pty Ltd
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at Rain Design
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at The Hiser Group
- Freelance Web Designer at Melbourne IT
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at Sensis
- Web Designer at BHP Billiton
- Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant at Victoria Online
- Contract Web Designer at Self Employed
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David McDonald’s Summary
Based in Melbourne, Australia, David is a freelance web consultant with over 10 years of experience. He specialises in creating clean, usable websites using web standards such as XHTML and CSS, and building web sites using open source CMS technologies such as WordPress.
As well as working with many design agencies and companies in Australia, David also successfully works remotely with clients in the UK and the USA. David's clients have included BHP Billiton, The Hiser Group, Melbourne IT, Sensis, Boomworks, Victoria Online, Eclipse Group, Vision Australia, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Mkyi, Information Victoria, Spin Communications, Ocean Software, Skills Media and many others.
All David's work is valid, cross browser compatible, standards compliant XHTML/CSS and meets W3C WCAG Accessibility requirements.
David is also a member of:
* Web Standards Group
* Web Industry Professionals Association (WIPA)
David McDonald’s Specialties:
XHTML, CSS, interface design, usability, accessibility, W3C standards compliance, web standards, WordPress, SEO, website design, website development
David McDonald’s Experience
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Freelance Web Consultant
Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
(Government Relations industry)
June 2009 — Present (7 months)
David works with Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development on an ad hoc basis, helping them to develop and design various web projects, both internal and external.
This has included development and customisation of open source software tools such as WordPress and OS Commerce, XHTML/CSS template development and visual design concepts for public facing sites. -
Freelance Web Consultant (Owner)
Never Run Out Aust Pty Ltd
(Internet industry)
January 1998 — Present (12 years )
I build standards compliant, accessible XHTML and CSS websites and interfaces, as well as manage various web development projects for clients. I also sub-contract for many web design companies both here in Australia and in the UK and USA.
Some of my clients have been BHP Billiton, The Hiser Group, Melbourne IT, Sensis, Dept of Treasury and Finance, DSTO, Eclipse Group, Dept of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Boomworks and many other small to medium businesses. -
Freelance Web Consultant
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
May 2009 — October 2009 (6 months)
Working with The Hiser Group, David developed and managed the creation and implementation of an internal daily news content management system for DSTO's 1000 + users.
David did this using a customised version of WordPress, enabling users to access the WordPress CMS using their Windows logon, submit news content and events for approval by administrators and view news content categorised by internal divisions. -
Freelance XHTML/CSS Developer
Boomworks
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2009 — August 2009 (8 months)
Boomworks contracted David to produce standards compliant XHTML/CSS for various projects, including:
- Telstra Business Search
- Telstra Business Shop
- NRL Email Marketing Campaign
- ING wesbite redesign -
Freelance WordPress Developer
TV Tonight
(Entertainment industry)
September 2008 — October 2008 (2 months)
TV Tonight, the most popular TV blog in Australia, employed David to redesign their website, improve admin work flow and move from a hosted Blogger platform to a self hosted WordPress platform.
A highly customised WordPress install was built and deployed, and 1000s of posts and comments were successfully imported from Blogger to the new WordPress install.
The new design presented a home page to users that enabled them to explore the categories, posts or archives of their choice, along with updated post pages that allowed easier commenting and a simpler navigation structure. Work flow was also made easier and more intuitive for the site administrator. -
Freelance Website Developer & Project Manager
CSIRO
(Government Relations industry)
December 2007 — August 2008 (9 months)
CSIRO contracted David to build a web based application, called 'Your Development', which is a meeting point for builders and developers who are concerned with sustainable building practices.
David built a team consisting of a graphic web designer, a front-end XHTML/CSS coder (himself) and a PHP developer in order to build the application. David managed the team remotely, managed expectations and regularly reported to the client with progress. -
Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
The Music Page
(Music industry)
July 2008 — July 2008 (1 month)
The Music Page asked David to build XHTML/CSS templates for the new design for their website. He worked closely with them for four days to create around 15 different standards compliant, XHTML/CSS templates.
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Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
Spin Communications
(Internet industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year )
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Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
Feedcorp Pty Ltd
(Internet industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year )
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Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
Sensis
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)
David was contracted to build 44 standard compliant XHTML/CSS templates, based on design concepts. The templates were for a web based, customer self-service application (SSEP).
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Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
ChilliByte Pty Ltd
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)
David built standards compliant XHTML/CSS templates, based on design concepts supplied by ChilliByte, for a commercial web application.
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Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
Rain Design
(Internet industry)
February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)
Rain Design engaged David to build accessible, standards compliant XHTML/CSS templates, based on the interface design concepts they had produced for the new Victorian State Government transport ticketing system (Myki) website.
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Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
The Hiser Group
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2007 — May 2007 (1 month)
David was contracted to build standards compliant XHTML/CSS templates, based on design concepts supplied by Hiser Group, for a commercial banking application.
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Freelance Web Designer
Melbourne IT
(Public Company; MLB; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2007 — April 2007 (1 month)
David was asked to provide design concepts and build XHTML/CSS templates, using WordPress as a content management system, for a Melbourne IT newsletter website.
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Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
Sensis
(Internet industry)
November 2006 — December 2006 (2 months)
David was contracted to build XHTML/CSS templates, based on a design supplied by Sensis, for an internal advertising booking tool.
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Web Designer
BHP Billiton
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BHP; Mining & Metals industry)
April 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 9 months)
- Built and maintain front end for BHP Billiton website (http://www.bhpbilliton.com) using W3C standards compliant CSS & XHTML
- Built and maintain front end for BHP Billiton Global Intranet using W3C standards compliant CSS & XHTML
- Web consulting services for BHP Billiton Investor Relations and other BHP Billiton business groups -
Freelance XHTML/CSS Consultant
Victoria Online
(Government Relations industry)
September 2006 — November 2006 (3 months)
David was asked to implement a new design and code structure for the Victoria Online Government contact pages, as well as fix cross browser issues that existed in the current site.
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Contract Web Designer
Self Employed
(Internet industry)
1997 — 2001 (4 years )
Working through agencies, David took on numerous short and long term web contracts for both large and small companies in Melbourne.
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David McDonald’s Groups:
Web Standards Group, WIPA, Web Directions
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