My profile

Joe Stickings, web designer and front end developer

I am a web designer and front end developer based in Kent, United Kingdom with over 7 years industry experience. I have worked with a number of large and global companies aswell as local small businesses. I am currently employed at the worlds largest online travel comany, Expedia.

I have always had a passion for all things creative and technical. With every project the aim is to produce stunning and eye catching designs with user experience as the main focus. as well as a front end HTML, CSS and JavaScript solution of the highest standard.

Since leavng school at 16 after completing my GCSE examinations, I started my career as a freelance graphic and web designer working for a number of local businesses before joining a small concert package company as Lead Web and Graphic designer in January 2003. I learnt and huge amount and grew my knowledge of the design and development industry over the next two years when an opportunity arose at the worlds largest online travel company, Expedia, whom I a still currently work for.

I initially joined Expedia as a contractor working on design projects for their Merchandising and price point initiatives while still working on a small number of freelance projects. I gladly accepted the offer of a permantent role with the company in January 2007 as Merchandising Design Lead.

Through the years I have progressed through a number of roles including Web Designer, Technical Producer and Customer Experience Implementation Manager. In 2009 the Expedia.de web site won 2 'Online Star - web site of the year' awards in the 'Best home page design' and 'Best navigation' categories as a direct result of my work as Customer Experience Implementation Manager.

I am currently employed by Expedia Affiliate Network as a User Interface Engineer working on front end development projects for partners and companies with their own branded travel web sites powered by Expedia technology.

Socially I am a committed footballer and play searal times a week. I have previously represented the London Borough of Bromley and Crystal Palace Football Club. I am a competitive tennis player having competed in the Kent League as well as winning local club tournaments. When I am not playing Football or Tennis I like to try and get out on the golf course, but judging by the number of balls I loose per round, I think I need a bit more practise at the driving range.

What I do

Areas of expertise

  • User Interface design
  • Front end web development
  • Usability
  • User Experience
  • Accessibility
  • Web Standards
  • Wireframe creation
  • Prototyping
  • Usability testing
  • Search engine optimisation
  • Project management

Software

  • Adobe Photoshop CS5
  • Adobe Illustrator CS5
  • Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
  • Adobe Flash CS5
  • Microsoft Visual Studio

Key techincal skills

  • (X)HTML and HTML 5
  • CSS including CSS3
  • JavaScript, JQuery & YUI
  • PHP, .net C# & FreeMarker
  • JSON, XML, XSL and XSLT

Personal details

  • Full Name: Joe Matthew Stickings
  • Date of birth: 10th October 1985
  • Nationality: British
  • Driving licence: Full UK

If you are interested in any of my design, web development or photography work or would like a copy of my CV you can contact me by either completing the online enquiry form or by emailing js@joestickings.co.uk.