Aaron Newton Creative Interactive Developer

Updated: 05 February 2009

Name: Aaron Newton

Mobile: 07960 158 474

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I have over 9 years, experience in creative multimedia technology and development. In which time i have been involved on all aspects of the creative process, from a designer to developer, scoping and leading projects. For the past few years, my main focus has been on interactive development for web, mobile and interactive installations at agencies such as AKQA, Tag Worldwide, Holler, TMPW and Trocadero Studio working on projects for Heineken, McLaren Automotive, Microsoft, Xbox, Nike, Orange, Channel 4, Land Rover, HSBC, Barclays and Abbey to name a few. I have a good eye for design and in depth knowledge of both application and web development technologies.

Personal qualities

Confident, outgoing and enthusiastic individual who likes to rise to a challenge, with a passion for working as part of a team and strong ideas.
Excellent at leading people, positive people manager.
Proactive team player and established ability to work alone.
Highly creative and have experience of working under tight, high quality deadlines.

Freelance and Employment History

11th June 2008 to Present	Company: AKQA Website: www.akqa.com Position: Senior Creative Research Developer Projects worked on: Heineken, McLaren, Nike, XBox Fiat, Orange
28th May 2008 to 10th June	Company: GR/DD Website: www.grdd.co.uk Position: Freelance Flash Developer Projects worked on: Nokia
31st March 2008 to 06th May 2008	Company: Tag Worldwide Website: www.tagworldwide.com Position: Freelance Flash Developer Projects worked on: Land Rover G4 Challenge
23rd January 2008 to 29th March 2008	Company: TMPW Website: www.tmpw.co.uk Position: Freelance Flash Developer Projects worked on: Yell, HSBC, Abbey, Barclays, amec
08th October 2007 to 14th January 2008	Company: Holler Website: www.holler.co.uk Position: Senior Web & Flash Developer
03rd September 2007 to 05th October 2007	Company: TMPW Website: www.tmpw.co.uk Position: Freelance Flash Developer Projects worked on: Yell, HSBC, Abbey, Barclays, AMEC
2000 to 03rd September 2007	Company: various companies Website: n/a Position: Freelance Designer and Developer Projects worked on: n/a

Computer Skills

Programming Languages

Android Java
Actionscript 3 - (PureMVC, Robotlegs + Signals, OOP, Design Patterns)
JavaScript
PHP
MySQL
CSS / HTML5
Search engine optimization (SEO)

Software

Flash CS5
Flash Builder (Flash, Flex, AIR, AIR for Android)
FlashDevelop
Eclipse
Tortoise SVN
JIRA issue tracker
Photoshop CS5
Illustrator
After Effects (basic)
Premiere (basic)
Video Compression
Video Streaming
Sound Design
Audio Compression
Audio Editing
Logic Audio
Digidesign Pro Tools
Ableton Live

Knowledge of and interests

UX
Semantic Web
REST / JSON Services
Design Patterns and MVC Frameworks
Data Visualization
Mobile Web Apps (jQtouch)
WebGL
Titanium Mobile
C#
SilverLight
Processing
Cinder
OpenCV
OpenGL
OpenAL
Arduino (electronics prototyping platform)
MakingThings (electronics prototyping platform) (www.makingthings.com)
3D Projectors mapping
360 degree Product photography
Multi-Touch Screen
Brainwave technologies
Tobii eye tracking technologies

Current Work

Web Design & Development Projects

Client:Heineken
URL: http://www.heineken.com
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript 3, Robotlegs + Signals, Away3D
Descriptions: Your Heineken - Customize your own Heineken bottle

Client:McLaren Automotive
URL: http://www.mclarenautomotive.com
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript 3, PureMVC, 3D
Descriptions: McLaren Automotive

Client:Orange
URL: Orange Sony Ericsson Satio
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript 3, PureMVC
Descriptions: Orange Sony Ericsson Satio

Client:Nike Football
URL: http://nikefootball.nike.com/nikefootball/
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript 3, XML, 3D
Descriptions: Nike Football Zoom T-7, 3D 360 Degree Trainer with Parallax

Client: XBox
URL: www.xbox.com
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript 3, XML, 360 Degree Photography
Descriptions: XBox Hardware page.

Client:Xbox Live Moments
URL: www.xbox.com
Jobs implemented:Flash, Actionscript 3, XML, Video
Descriptions: Xbox Live Moments homepage. HD Video menu interface

Client: Nike
Location: Nike ID Store London
URL: photo 1 / photo 2
Implemented: AIR, Actionscript 3, touch membrane
Descriptions: Installation, touch window

Client: Nike
Location: Selfridges London
URL: Play Video (mp4) photo 1 / photo 2
Implemented: AIR, Actionscript 3, Bluetooth
Descriptions: Installation, AIR Bluetooth

Client:Nike Midnight Madness
URL: Nike Midnight Madness Games Video Player
Jobs implemented:Flash, Actionscript 2, Flash Media Server, XML
Descriptions: Flash video player using Flash Media Server for real time video streaming XML driven

Client: Land Rover G4 Challenge
URL: http://landroverg4challenge.tagworldwide.com
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript 2
Descriptions: Part of the Flash Development team for the G4 project.

Client: Holler
URL: http://www.holler.co.uk
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript 2
Descriptions: Holler company website

Client: Spin Plan
URL: www.spinplan.co.uk
Jobs implemented:HTML, CSS, Flash, Actionscript, PHP, SEO
Descriptions: Spin Plsn is a 3D - 360 degree product photography company for on-line websites and marketing.

Client: Allise
URL: www.allise.co.uk
Jobs implemented: Flash, Actionscript, PHP, XML
Descriptions: Allise is a new UK Artist Singer and song writer. She needed a profile website to show her work.

Client: Lost Souls Promotions
URL: www.lostsoulspromotions.co.uk
Jobs implemented: HTML, CSS, PHP, CMS, Flash, Actionscript, MySQL
Descriptions: Lost Souls Promotions is an event and DJ agency company based in London. The website uses a full content management system with multi user login interface and flash mp3 player.

Client: Cineaqua / Trocadero Studio
URL: www.cineaqua.com / www.trocaderostudio.com
Jobs implemented: Flash Actionscript, XML, PHP
Descriptions: Flash media player to play Video and audio with Multilanguage English and French.

Graphic Design & Print

Click here to view some of my graphic design and print work