Freelance: Kroon Webdesign (front-end & WP websites)

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2017-2018

I have created and edited several websites for Kroon Webdesign for several different clients, including:

And many others.

Besides setting up small WordPress websites with a selection of themes and plugins, I have also edited and developed custom functionality on top of them by leveraging WordPress’ PHP API. One example of this is the Members page on BV Hilversum, which includes a custom display of the profile page and listing.

Custom PHP/HTML/CSS/JS work has also been done, for example for the HTML version of Voila’s annual report of 2017. (This work has been done through the marketing agency Concentus.) The CMS that their annual report is displayed in is based on PHP and needed some adjustments and additions to the code as well.

On each of my projects, I tend to have a lot of feedback and advice I can give back to the organization so that it can have an idea of possible future improvements and changes in their system, content and their online offerings.

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Internship CloudResident

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April-November 2017

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I interned at web hosting company CloudResident between May and November of 2017. I created and worked on several different products during my time there.

What I’ve done there

  • Designing several websites built in WordPress for different clients
  • Updating and maintaining websites
  • Adding requested features to websites and finding the best solution
  • Sometimes using plugins
  • Sometimes a custom solution with HTML/CSS/PHP

For CloudResident’s brand and website:

  • Functional design, many wireframes, mockups for their new website after going through brainstorm sessions with them
  • A style guide with an updated logo
  • A Brand Voice Guidelines document
  • Graphic design: two flyers and new business cards.
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Creative Industries: concept “the new letter”

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2014

This was a college project done for the businesses Océ and BührmannUbbens.

Premise

In a time where the classic envelope and letter are dwindling in popularity, Océ and BührmannUbbens wanted to find new ways to innovate the written letter and to make snail mail a little more attractive to the public again.

Result

In a team of five people, we came up with a concept that allowed a letter to be supplemented by extra content that could be accessed digitally. Examples of this content would be videos, photos, gift cards and presents. This was the result of taking the angle that a letter is considered more classy and personal.

The concept ultimately wasn’t implemented, but it taught me a lot about research, concepting and ideation, as well as creating wireframes and prototypes and working in a team.

Concept pictures:

Prototype website for submitting data:

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Creative Industries: wireframe public website

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2014

In college, the entire class had been tasked to create a public-facing website for the specialization we were doing (which was Creative Industries). After the ideation process, where many ideas were thrown around and refined, we had a general idea of what the website was going to feature. I took the task to create wireframes for this new website and implemented any feedback given back to me.

The wireframes were designed responsively: I created website, mobile and tablet views.

The website ended up implementing what was shown on the wireframes quite nicely.

The website is no longer available as each year, the website got replaced by the next batch of students.

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Creative Industries: Intranet wireframe & prototype

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2014

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My first adventures in responsive web design. Made for a school project Creative Industries. Coded by me, visual design by Sander de Waal. Made from wireframes, which were also sketched out by me, based on features determined by other people in the team. I also worked out the functional design involving these features.

Wireframes and part of the functional design:

 

Screenshots:

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Minor: Co-Design Studio

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2014

Co-design Studio is a minor I followed in 2014 at the Hogeschool Utrecht.

The focus was on the Design Thinking methodology, the user experience, and user-centered design. In fact, the user is involved as much as possible in the design process, which is very beneficial for the resulting product.

There were several projects involving several companies.

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NDD: concept, designs & Drupal prototype Kerckebosch

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2013

Premise

In the project “Do New Things” (Nieuwe Dingen Doen), the goal is for students to gain practical experience working on a project at a company, while still having available expertise to help them achieve success with the project. Processes include ideation, research, concepting, prototyping and working in teams using the Dutch project development method known as Project Driven Creation.

I worked in a project team of five students for the company Kerckebosch Media, where a cross-media concept was developed. This concept was based around their need to communicate and provide information about their offering of offline events (e.g. organizing debates and readings).

Results

The main products ended up being:

  • a concept and prototype database of all information from all readings for their clients;
  • a prototype Drupal-based website that serves as a microsite for each of their offline events;
  • a Mailchimp newsletter system to inform their clients.

I have mainly contributed to the first and second ideas, developing wireframes, prototypes a functional design and documentation for the two websites.

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