James Wheare Curriculum Vitae

James is a British national born in Hong Kong on September 29th 1985. He holds citizenship in the UK, Canada and Hong Kong and speaks English natively, French fluently and Italian sparingly.

Experience

• Developer - Last.fm 2007-present

• Founder/principal - Sparemint Design 2004-2007

  Ran a freelance business designing and producing web sites for world-wide organisations and small businesses alike.

  Gained experience in

  Solving user experience problems

  Client relations

  Realising business goals

  Communicating ideas

  Developed skills in

  Graphic design

  Typography

  Copywriting

  Coding for the web:

  • XHTML (expert)
  • CSS (expert)
  • Python/Django (expert)
  • Javascript (expert)
  • PHP (good)
  • Movable Type (expert)
  • Cold Fusion (basic)

  Web server and database administration

  • SVN (good)
  • Apache (intermediate)
  • SQL (intermediate)

  Software:

  • Photoshop (expert)
  • Adobe InDesign (good)

• Freelancer - Torchbox 2006

  Worked on various websites from design to templating and implementation stages.

• Student Staff Liaison Commitee - University of Bath 2005-2006

  Represented the year group at regular faculty meetings. Relayed concerns and expectations between student and staff to help with the smooth running of the course.

• Photography services - Bath University Student Theatre 2005-2006

  Took and edited portraits for the student produced theatre for publication on campus and in the student newspaper.

Education

• BSc General Architecture Studies, University of Bath 2005-2006

  Developed skills in

  Drafting

  Model making

  Development and communication of design ideas

  Teamworking

  Keeping to a tight deadline

  Design critique

• Bryanston School, Dorset 1999-2004

  A-level results

  Mathematics	A
  Physics	A
  French	A
  Further Mathematics	C

  AS results

  English Literature	A

Interests

Photography

Flickr

James' photos

Web Design

Sparemint Design

Architecture

Notebook

Travel

North America 2005