What I Do

I create websites using X/HTML, CSS, jQuery and PHP. I can produce custom content management solutions (CMS) but for clients requiring a less intense (expensive!) solution but who still want to update their own content, or perhaps add a blog, I utilise WordPress as the CMS, creating bespoke themes (the underlying website template) tailored to the needs of each individual website.

I also design posters, flyers, brochures and other print promotional literature.

How I Work

Once the client has provided me with a detailed brief, including as much information as possible as to the final content, I will produce a wire-frame (usually a hand-drawn outline) of the website showing all the elements and how I envisage them being placed. This helps the client to visualise the website and assess whether anything is missing before I proceed to a more detailed mock-up. Once the wireframe has been agreed I produce a graphical mock-up and once finalised with the client, use this to produce the final coded website.

I think it is crucial to keep the client informed and up to date on progress, and I aim to respond promptly to any queries or questions the client may pose, at any time through the process.

Who I Am

I came fairly late to interactive design having left the Post Office after 11 years in the sorting office, to train in something more creative. I spend my non-work time hanging out with my partner and kids, baking bread and playing guitar - my next project is to construct the cigar box guitar kit I got as a Christmas present (wish me luck - I'm handier with a mouse than I am a toolbox…).

If you like what you see please get in touch by filling in the postcard at the bottom of this page. Better still send me a real postcard (Lord knows the PO needs the business) but you'll still need to fill the digital one in order to ask for my address.

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I gave Russell a vague idea and he gave me a brilliant, living, breathing website.

—David James Smith

WEBSITES

Russell's creative design capabilities have assisted our business no end, not to mention the prompt and efficient management of the website.

—Clare Drayton, Piglets

GRAPHIC DESIGN

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