Managing Editor at SitePoint
Melbourne Area, Australia
- Current
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- Web Designer at 99designs.com
- Manager of Online Media at SitePoint
- Past
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- Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Education
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- Grenadi School of Design
- Flinders University
- University of Adelaide
- University of South Australia
- University of Adelaide
- Marion High School
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Matthew Magain’s Summary
A well-rounded and productive professional with a passion for the Web. Matthew is equally able to create an illustration in Adobe Illustrator as design a standards-based web site using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript and code the same site's back-end using PHP or Ruby on Rails. He has experience leading teams, delivering training, and possesses excellent writing skills.
Matthew Magain’s Specialties:
Standards-based web development: CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby on Rails; technical editing: Docbook XML; technical writing; graphic design for both print and web: illustration, logo design, interface design, user-centred design.
Matthew Magain’s Experience
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Web Designer
99designs.com
(Internet industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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Manager of Online Media
SitePoint
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for all content on sitepoint.com, including articles, blogs, reference material, advertising and the community forums. Sourcing new authors and commissioning articles for publication. Shaping the strategic direction of the site, including online advertising and new ventures.
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Technical Editor
SitePoint
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
November 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Editing of web development books for clarity, accuracy and best practice; commissioning of authors for the SitePoint blogs and for books; authoring of technical commentary and marketing copy for sitepoint.com; creation of illustrations for sitepoint.com.
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Consultant
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 4 months)
IT consulting for large enterprises; various development team lead roles; development, testing and deployment of a large J2EE project; authoring of functional and design specifications for large hotel car park automation.
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Language Consultant
Interac
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
Taught conversational and business English to company employees in the insurance, pharmaceutical and government sectors; taught English conversation to Junior High School students; taught songs and basic English skills to primary school students; curriculum development for all classes, including conversation worksheets, board games, reading comprehension activities and public presentation tasks.
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Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Matthew Magain’s Education
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Grenadi School of Design
Diploma of Graphic Design , 2005 — 2005
Complete part-time. Explored all aspects of design for print -- colour, typography, layout, illustration, pre-press etc, as applied to various projects in print and on the Web. Gained extensive experience in Adobe CS2 Suite -- InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop.
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Flinders University
M.Eng, Information Technology & Telecommunications , 1996 — 1997
Coursework Masters degree combining technology and business studies; completed with subjects taken from across three universities. Topics researched include: Telecommunications, Graphical User Interfaces, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, Computer Networks, Network Traffic Theory, Marketing.
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University of Adelaide
M.Eng, Information Technology & Telecommunications , 1996 — 1997
Coursework Masters degree combining technology and business studies; completed with subjects taken from across three universities. Topics researched include: Telecommunications, Graphical User Interfaces, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, Computer Networks, Network Traffic Theory, Marketing.
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University of South Australia
M.Eng, Information Technology & Telecommunications , 1996 — 1997
Coursework Masters degree combining technology and business studies; completed with subjects taken from across three universities. Topics researched include: Telecommunications, Graphical User Interfaces, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, Computer Networks, Network Traffic Theory, Marketing.
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University of Adelaide
B.Eng (Computer Systems) , Computer Science, Telecommunications, Business , 1993 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- basketball team, gliding club, AUScA (Science Association)
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Marion High School
Year 12 , 1988 — 1992
Additional Information
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Matthew Magain’s Interests:
Swimming, reading, 90s rock, 30s jazz, illustration, design, cycling, travel, trying to play the bass guitar.
Matthew Magain’s Groups:
Web Standards Group: http://webstandardsgroup.org/, FullCodePress, Web Directions South
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SitePoint
Matthew Magain’s Honors:
1996 - Winner, M.Eng(IT&T) student web page competition
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