Design Showcase: Jaguar Cars

I have built a number of database and event management systems for Jaguar Cars during the last 7 years. Each has required not only a stunning design befitting a client of such status, but also an intelligent back-office system.

Design Showcase: Siemens

At the back end, is a full-featured event registration admin system, which enables event managers to view delegate details, which options they have chosen (hotel, diet, additional meetings etc.) and produce on-screen and spreadsheet reports in real time.

Design Showcase: Halfords

A cool and on-brand design coupled with an industry-leading back-office admin system made the Halfords project another winner.

Design Showcase: SAP

Software giant SAP and their UK sales Conference design. As usual, behind the scenes is a World-class administration system for the event managers.

Systems Showcase: BP

An Intranet / Internet based system which not only allows employees to take an online Health & Safety Training course, but also tests comprehension and provides an organised audit trail.

Extranet Showcase: Renault

A complete dealer extranet with internal publishing and staff training areas.

Design Showcase: Hewlett Packard

One of the many event registration systems that I have built and managed for HP.

Design Showcase: Canon

Canon’s Launch event website. Turned around in a timescale that the people over at Guiness would be interested in.

Design Showcase: Gibbs Technologies

Gibbs are designers and manufacturers of the World’s most advanced amphibious vehicles. They required a website which would not only showcase their vehicles, but one which would also act as a content-managed PR and Media portal.

Design Showcase: BP Twenty|20

BP’s online magazine, with restaurant reviews, shopping information and travel news for staff travelling to the Docklands office.

Welcome to Ian Richardson.com

If you need web design, or programming, you’ve come to the right place.

Hi. I’m Ian and I’m a freelance web developer. I’ve worked with some of the UK’s biggest brands, including BP, Jaguar Cars, Halfords, Currys, Renault, and HP to deliver websites that go beyond presentation, to being fully-fledged business systems. I also work with small businesses and individuals. I’m skilled in both front-end design and programming in PHP/MySQL and associated technologies such as javascript (jquery), AJAX, HTML and CSS.

Intelligent Design

A web design analystIn over 15 years of experience with these companies, I’ve learned how to avoid the common pitfalls of designing and building web-based systems.

Whether they are Intranets, Extranets, Websites or a combination of all three, there are plenty of bumps in the road that I can show you how to avoid.

I’m based in the Midlands, but travel frequently all over the country and occasionally further, so it doesn’t usually matter where my customers are located. I also run my own production and testing servers, so I can get up to speed on a project very rapidly.

As I have a lot of experience in the field, I’m sometimes asked to act on behalf of clients as a technical consultant, Systems Analyst or Project Manager – and I’m happy in these roles too. I have experience of managing development teams of up to 80 people. I’ve acted as Systems Analyst for BP, also Project Managing and supervising the build of their staff induction and training system. I performed a similar role for the energy company E-on.

At the other end of the scale, I often work for web or design agencies for just a few days or weeks helping them to overcome temporary staff shortages, or problems where they don’t have the relevant skill set in-house.

I can help with:

  • Programming (PHP/MySQL, javascript, jquery, AJAX, SOAP, XML)
  • Design (Photoshop, CSS layouts)
  • Content Management systems (Wordpress and custom CMS Systems)
  • Server Administration (LAMP webserver setup and configuration)
  • Database-driven websites
  • Intranet Business Systems
  • Shopping Carts
  • Paypal and Google Checkout integration.
  • Server-to-Server transactions
  • Project Management
  • Systems Analysis