How To Develop A Website

Peter Hebert

Skills

Creative: page layout, typography, illustration, photography, photo retouching & RAW image processing, film/video production & editing

Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Fireworks, Acrobat Professional and Flash (incl. ActionScript), Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Microsoft Office, LibreOffice

Content management systems: WordPress, Drupal, ExpressionEngine, DNN/Dotnetnuke, CoreMedia, Jekyll I developed an open source CMS, phSite, using the CodeIgniter PHP framework, and have also built custom CMS solutions in PHP and ASP/VBScript

Project management tools: Basecamp, gitHub, Launchpad, Pivotal Tracker Source code version control systems – git, svn, bzr

Web technologies: HTML (3,4,5), CSS (including LESS, SASS/SCSS), JavaScript, JQuery, Jquery UI, AJAX, DOM, npm, node.js, rpm, rubygems, object-oriented PHP, PHP MVC frameworks (CodeIgniter, Symfony and Laravel), Apache, IIS, Tomcat, Ubuntu, Linux, XML, Atom, RSS, JSON, ruby (gems), vagrant

Software design patterns/methodologies: Model-View-Controller, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall Databases: MySQL, Postgresql, MS SQL, Sqlite, FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server Advanced, ODBC Operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android, iOS

Employment

Owner - Rex Rana Design and Development Ltd.

June 2013 - present

Consulting and development for web, databases, graphic design and IT project management. Clients/projects:

Digital Media Consulting – Methanex Corporation July – Oct 2014 (current project)

 Assist with project management for website redevelopment on the Drupal platform  Develop and implement Drupal training plan for website editors

 Manage technical support for company intranet (DNN/Dotnetnuke)

FileMaker Pro database upgrade - UBC MedIT (Island Medical Program), Vancouver BC 2013

 Upgraded database tracking system for faculty payments and appointments, from legacy version of FileMaker Pro (v. 5), to the latest supported version (v. 12), a 2-step process (version 5 to 7, 7 to 12)

 Improved database structure to take advantage of the new capabilities of FileMaker Pro 12  Developed project plan and scope in consultation with product owners, managers and users  Documented existing databases and work-flow

 Integration with Active Directory for external authentication, enabling Single-Sign-On capabilities

Hélène Chevrette website – 2013 + ongoing support  Development in 2013 – ongoing support

 WordPress site development and theme customization See gitHub profile for more projects

Web and IT Manager, Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), Vancouver, BC

Dec 2010 – March 2013

The VIFF is among the top five film festivals in North America in terms of both attendance (approx 140,000) and number of films included (392) (stats from 2012). Traffic spikes to 85K views/month during the festival period (Sept-Oct).

I was part of 2 major projects that helped modernize the festival's operations, which were done concurrently in a compressed 3-month schedule, and both delivered on time for the 2012 festival.

 Re-development of viff.org to Drupal 7 platform. I managed the redevelopment of viff.org from 3 WordPress sites to a unified platform built with Drupal 7. I was responsible for:

 Defining the required site functionality in consultation with festival staff  Leading the vendor selection process for a Drupal development agency

 Participating in daily scrums with developers to guide the development process and perform quality control

 Integration of the Drupal website with 3rd party software, including the festival's internal festival management database (FileMaker Pro) and box-office ticketing.

 Training of key staff on Drupal content management

 Selection and implementation of a new box-office ticketing system. This allowed the festival to expand online tickets sales hours (up to 1 hour before showtime), and introduced print-at-home and mobile ticketing options. I was part of criteria definition, vendor selection, and the implementation project.

Duties:

 Website content management and server maintenance for the Festival, Vancity Theatre and the Film and TV Forum web properties

 Manage online box office ticketing system, and integration of ticketing to the main Festival website  Develop standards-based templates for email marketing in line with VIFF branding

 Assist marketing department with email marketing and social media campaigns  Front-end design/theming of web properties

 Ensure branding and identity standards are maintained across web properties.

 Conduct web analytics and reporting for internal stakeholders, funding agencies and sponsors  Determine IT needs, priorities and policies, working with senior management and staff to support

VIFF's operations

 Manage contracting of IT consulting and support services.

 Develop technical requirements and scope for major IT and web projects

 Participate in Agile/Scrum web development process with web development agencies as product owner / project manager

Technologies: WordPress, Drupal, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, XML, JSON

Software and Services: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, AudienceView Ticketing, Basecamp, Pivotal tracker, HootSuite, Constant Contact, Google Analytics

Webmaster, Cultural Olympiad’s Digital Edition (CODE)

Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games - Nov 2009 – April 2010

The Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition (CODE) presented information about the installations, concerts and performances that comprised the Cultural Olympiad. The CANADA CODE sub-site received over 20,000 submissions (pictures, videos, songs and stories) from Canadians that told the world about daily life in Canada.

Duties:

 Content management for the CODE and Cultural Olympiad web properties.

 Responsible for execution of online communications, publicity and news publishing  Collaborate with other resident web developers to stream-line web publishing process.  Coordinate production, editing and translation of copy by staff writers.

 Web graphics production using Fireworks, Illustrator and Photoshop.

 Tracking and regular reporting to management on site metrics using analytics software. Technologies: XHTML, CSS, Flash, ActionScript, XML

Software and services: Google Analytics, CoreMedia CMS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, SharePoint

Front-End Web Developer, Blast Radius, Vancouver, BC

Aug – Sept 2008, Nov 2008 – May 2009

 Created structured, semantic HTML and CSS from PSD design mockups and technical specification documents

 Worked with designers, back-end developers and quality assurance engineers to ensure site-wide standards for quality, performance and design.

 Attached JavaScript methods to DOM for interactivity and connectivity with back end using in-house JavaScript framework (based on dojo)

 Worked as part of development team in Agile/Scrum development methodology Technologies: XHTML, CSS, JSP, Subversion, Apache Tomcat, JavaScript, Dojo toolkit Software: Aptana Studio, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks

Webmaster, Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces (DND/CF),

Ottawa, ON

Web Services - Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Affairs - Dec 2004 – Feb 2008

 Web content management for the DND/CF official website (forces.gc.ca), one of the most heavily visited Government of Canada websites, receiving approx 590K visitors per month.

 Post departmental news releases, backgrounders, media galleries, departmental sub-sites, and online version of DND/CF newspaper The Maple Leaf.

 Maintain intranet website for the Public Affairs division.

 Design and develop intranet websites for departmental clients.

 Design websites using standards-based design based on W3C guidelines; using XHTML and

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and following the Common Look and Feel (CLF) standards to maximize accessibility

 Develop custom web content management systems and media galleries

 Advise management on best use of technology to keep site current with evolving standards, and to improve security, functionality and accessibility.

Technologies: ASP, VBScript, MS SQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, IIS Software used: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Access

Graphic Designer / Project Manager

Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces (DND/CF), Ottawa, ON

Creative Services - Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Affairs - July 1999 – Dec 2004

 Design, layout and production of communications products (print, display products, presentations, promotional items, web design and multimedia)

 Write detailed project specifications for design projects, and Liaise with and contract services from private sector design and print firms on supplier list

 Provided advice, direction and project management services to departmental clients  Ensured quality of end product and best value for the use of public funds

 Developed and maintained project management database using FileMaker Pro Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, FileMaker

Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, Fireworks, Acrobat Professional, PowerPoint

Training & Professional Development

Learning Laravel framework via screen-cast training (laracasts.com) 2014

Attended Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit, Vancouver 2013

Trained on administration and setup of AudienceView box-office ticketing software 2012

Attended DrupalCon Denver 2011

PHP for Web Development: Hands-On (2 day workshop) 2005

Learning Tree International, Ottawa ON

Safety Management Course, Department of National Defence, Ottawa ON 2003

Education

Multimedia Production (certificate), Fondation Travail Sans Frontières, Montréal QC 1997

Broadcasting – Television, Algonquin College, Ottawa ON 1992-94

Desktop Publishing (certificate), Algonquin College, Ottawa ON 1992