MARK WALLIS
1 Carraroe Avenue, the Donahies
Dublín 13
(353) 86 30 65 645
mark@markwallis.ie
http://www.markwallis.ie
KEY SKILLS
1 Extremely strong front-end web development skills in (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery
2 Very high level of visual flair.
3 Excellent knowledge of typography and layout techniques
4 Expert in Adobe Photoshop
5 Ability to create unique, clean, modern sites that are easy to understand and to navigate
6 Webdesign and development skills in Adobe Flash and Actionscript
7 Excellent knowledge of SEO website development best practices and techniques
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Hostelworld Dublin, Ireland
Web Designer/Front-End Developer Oct 2007 - Present
Senior designer on company websites. Responsible for information architecture, graphic design,
CSS/XHTML template development and Javascript development.
Worked with the marketing department on new website designs from conceptualization through to final
design then worked with a team of developers to implement the new designs on the company websites.
Interface designer and front-end coder on company's Google map application.
Optimised websites key pages to adhere to best practices regards performance. Improved page loading
times by 40%.
Introduced updated Javascript coding concepts in to the front-end developement lifecycle.
Sentient Solutions Dublin, Ireland
Web Designer/Front-End Developer Mar 2006–Oct 2007
Web designer on company's web service Sitris. The Sitris web application was built using Flash,
Actionscript and XML.
Designed the Sitris supporting website, which was implemented using XHTML, CSS, Javascript.
Implemented search engine optimization (SEO) best practice techniques on the Sitris supporting web site
which greatly improved search engine ranking.
Designer and front-end developer on sentient's suite of reporting tools used by Board Gais, Perlico and
Permanent TSB.
Luzern Solutions Dublin, Ireland
Web Designer/Front-End Developer Sept 2005–Mar 2006
Responsible for design and front-end development of a fully functional e-commerce store.
Developed the site adhering to industry best practices in web-design and search engine optimisation
(SEO) and secured a top 10 Google listing. This significantly increased the volume of visitors to the online
store.
Colonial First State Sydney, Australia
Web Designer/Front-End Developer Sept 2004–July 2005
Worked within a team on the re-branding of colonial’s web site. This involved working with project and
product managers and developers to create, implement and document new website designs.
Redesigned many web page layouts removing outdated code and replacing with standard compliant
XHTML and CSS. The pages were also coded to overcome browser inconsistencies. The re-design proved
very successful, resulting in reduced page weight and loading times.
Responsible for the production of all promotional graphics used within the Colonial First State website.
Netsure Telecom Dublin, Ireland
User Interface Designer Apr 2003–Jun 2004
User interface designer on a reporting tool used by Eircom to analyse network traffic.
Openet Telecom Dublin, Ireland
User Interface Designer Sept 2001–Mar 2003
Design and development of front-end interface used for analysing and reporting on network traffic.
EDUCATION & QUALIFAICATIONS
W3c Html Developer Certificate (HTML4, XHTML1 and CSS2)
NCAD (CEAD) Visual Communications, Oct 2006
18 week course covering the fundamentals of visual communication and design.
Dublin City University, May 2001
BSc Honours Degree in Computer Applications (2:1), May 2001
This covered Software Engineering, Formal Methods, GUI Programming, Computer Architecture,
Operating Systems, Database Design.
Chanel College, June 1997
All honours Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate.
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
I have a keen interest in typography and love reading about the history of type and graphic design.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 24th January 1978, Dublin, Ireland.
Nationality: Irish.
Marital Status: Single.