About Me

I have five years of full time experience working as a web developer, four of these years were based in digital agencies in England. I also have a degree from Bournemouth University in BSc Business Information Technology (hons).

Throughout my time working as a developer I have predominantly used open source technologies including mySQL, Object Orientated PHP, XHTML, CSS, Java Script and XML. I am confident designing object orientated applications and relational databases using UML and design patterns.

I am avaliable on Skype, my phone number is 0208 1448256 and my username is julian.read101. Please feel free to ring me or send me a message if you are looking to build a new website or have any projects that I may be interested in.

Technical Services

  • Zend Framework / Doctrine2
  • PHP / MySQL
  • XHTML / CSS / XML
  • Facebook Applications
  • Magento
  • Database Design
  • Expression Engine
  • Search Engine Optimisation
  • Git / SVN
  • Test Driven Development / PHPUnit

Projects

  • Workplace Week

    Workplace Week For Children In Need

    Workplace Week is a week-long showcase of workplace innovation taking place in the UK between the 7th and 11th November 2011 in aid of the BBC's "Children in Need" Charity.

    I designed and developed this website personally for Advanced Workplace Associates. The site was developed using Zend Framework.

    My Role

    Design and Development

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  • Greenman Festival

    Greenman - Facebook Application

    A competition put on by the Greenman Festival to allow an unsigned band to play. This facebook application was developed to allow entrants to upload their videos from You Tube and have the public vote for the band they wished to see play the festival.

    I developed this application on the facebook platform for Imperial Leisure a creative communications and social media agency based in London UK

    My Role

    Developed Application on Facebook Platform

  • Eloise

    Eloise

    Eloise has been providing women who have had various forms of breast surgery with beautiful lingerie and swimwear for the last 15 years

    I developed this ecommerce system at shine marketing, it was built on Magento.

    My Role

    Built this ecommerce system on Magento

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  • Colemans

    Colemans CTTS Solicitors

    Expert solicitors in Manchester, Cockfosters & Kingston upon Thames.

    I developed this site alongside the rest of the development team at Shine Marketing. The site was built using the content managment system Expression Engine.

    My Role

    Developed Site As Part Of A Team Using Expression Engine

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  • Wilbur and Gussie

    Wilbur and Gussie

    Wilbur and Gussie create designer handbags that are hand crafted in Europe. This website allows people to purchase directly from W&G.

    I developed this ecommerce website personally using Zend Framework. The website allows people to purchase handbags using the payment service provider sage pay.

    My Role

    Developed Site Personally Using The Zend Framework

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  • BeCheeky

    BeCheeky

    BeCheeky is one of fashions leading lingerie retailers offering designer lingerie from some of the worlds top designers.

    I worked alongside a development team at a company called iSolve to carry out a variety of developments on this website. This is an ecommerce platform so security was a top priority in the development of this site.

    My Role

    Made A Variety Of Developments As Part Of A Development Team Using OSCommerce

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Personal Project


Language Community

I have just released a new community based website for language learners in the United Kingdom see Language Community. I wanted to build a social network platform for language learners because I am currently learning Spanish so it’s a subject I am very interested in.

The site was built using Zend Framework.

Contact Information

Julian Read.
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey

t: +44 (0)208 1448256
e: julian(at)julianread.com