I’m James Teale,
Availability
I'm finishing up my contract at PokerStars and will be available for work from the 1st February 2010
Recent Projects
I have been over at PokerStars creating Flash banners, mailers and web graphis
During 2009, I did some slick Flash animations for DDB Health, a tidy Flash presentation for Four Communications, game development for Haymarket Network and Flash and ActionScript development for the RHS
I have also been developing a Flash platform adventure game in my spare time.
Studios, agencies and charities
I have been fortunate enough to work with some awesome studios, some really talented people and some cool brands. The Studios I have freelanced for are OgilvyOne Worldwide, Greenroom, Dare Digital, Reed Business Information, DSGi (PC World), Think Jam, Evidently, Haymarket Network, Royal Horticultural Society, DLG and Dig! Marketing and currently PokerStars
Coding
I develop in ActionScript 3, semantically correct XHTML (with CSS) and XML. I also do a small bit of PHP, normally for web forms or integrating it with Flash. I have been developing for the web for 6 years
Design
I started my career as an Art Director, and migrated to all things Web. I have been designing for 14 years
Programs
I work extensively in Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator and more recently Flex.
Responsibilities
- Conceptualise, plan, design and develop web applications
- Build RIA's (Rich Internet Applications)
- Design and develop Flash sites and micro sites
- Design and develop XHTML and CSS web sites and micro sites
- Design, build and HTML mailers
- Story board, design and build Flash banners and web animations.
Reading Matter
I'm currently reading Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns (Joey Lott and Danny Patterson)
The other books I've worked through are:
- Essential ActionScript 3 (Colin Moock)
- Search Engine Optimisation for Flash (Todd Perkins)
- Actionscript Animation (Keith Peters) (both AS2 and AS3)