Passed the Adobe Certified Expert exam in Adobe Flash CS4

available from 9 August      site updated 15 July

I’m James Teale,
an experienced Flash developer (OOP & OOD), Flash designer, Flash animator, web developer, web designer, Wallace and Gromit fanatic and a coffee snob based between Teddington and London.

• Recent updates

• Virgin Mobile Experience RIA
• Fun Greymatter Animation (this link has now been fixed)
• PokerStars Pro concepts
• RHS's Books & Gifts concept site

• Featured work

• Virgin Mobile Experience RIA
• Help assemble my site
• Flash presentation
• Map application
• Video application

Recent Projects

I have developed an awesome interactive campaign at Start Creative - working mainly on the ActionScript side of things. I have just completed a new Flash (ActionScript 3) Game for Kew Gardens and a Flash site for Alstom Chattanooga at Large Blue.

Before that I finished over at PokerStars earlier this year, creating Flash banners, mailers and web graphics.

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 Start Creative, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Greenroom, Dare Digital, Reed Business Information, DSGi (PC World), Think Jam, Evidently, Haymarket Network, Royal Horticultural Society, DLG and Dig! Marketing and 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, FlashBuilder (formerely Flex), Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks and Illustrator.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise, plan, design and develop flash actionscript 3 web applications (RIA's), websites, microsites and Flash Games
• Build RIA's (Rich Internet Applications) in ActionScript 3
• Design and develop Flash sites and micro sites using ActionScript3 and XML
• 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)