Profile: I have 15 years Front End development experience of semantic hand coded HTML, cross browser CSS and Javascript. As a keen web developer, my strengths lie in attaining goals, developing strong interpersonal relations with clients and teams and solving issues with creative and technical precision and attention to detail. I have excellent communication skills. Web skills: Handed coded HTML/XHTML 4/5, CSS2/3, 00 Javascript, JQuery, JSON, Ajax, Backbone, Jasmine, AMD, SASS, Less, Stylus, Accessibility, Web standards, W3C standards. Agile, Scrum, TDD, SVN, Git

Front End Developer (Javascript) @ Currently working within the Audience Facing Services team. I am working on a project to create responsive versions of the widgets and components that are used across many BBC sites. This involves re-writing the existing PHP and Javascript code using a TDD and BDD approach (Jasmine and Cucumber). I am mainly focused on re-writing the Javascript part of the commenting module that is used on many BBC sites. Skills: 00 Javascript, Cucumber, Ruby, PHP, CSS3, HTML5 From January 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) London, United KingdomSenior Javascript Developer @ Working closely with product owners, java developers and designers, within an Agile environment this greenfield project has created a suite of 4 web applications for a Loyalty Management Platform e.g Nectar. Mainly working on the Callcentre single page app, I have been converting existing code to Backbone as well as developing new functionality. Jasmine is used to write unit and integrations test using a TDD approach, the test suite being run via Grunt, which is also used to manage other UI tasks. I introduced RequireJS to manage dependencies within the application. CSS is theme-able using SMACSS principles, written and maintained using LESS. Skills: Backbone, OO Javascript, Grunt, HTML 4/5, CSS2/3, Jasmine, Ajax, RequireJS, Less, SMACSS, Git. No live or public urls From October 2012 to January 2014 (1 year 4 months) Client Side/Javascript Developer @ Working at the World Service involved extensive use of OO Javascript and the integration of 27 languages. Initially I worked on the Queens Jubilee, creating an accessible quiz in Javascript, next I worked on the Olympic offering from the World Service, using Ajax (XML feeds) to create up to date medal tables relevant to each language, a table of the top 5 countries by medals won, the latest gold medalist and a schedule showing the next 5 events of the day. Next I worked on Responsive Design Project for the World Service, using a mobile first approach. We initially developed for 3 languages (Indonesian, Hausa and Russian) on mobile and tablet, introducing translations and configurations to the existing BBC News code. All code was tested using QUnit, PHPUnit and Cucumber. SASS was used to handle different languages requirements such as RTL and LTR. Skills: OO Javascript, Responsive Design, HTML 4/5, CSS2/3, SASS, GIT, Agile, PHP, PHPUnit. Jubilee - http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2012/05/120530_rainha_facts.shtml Olympics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/syndication/features/olympic_live_wide/sinhala/ Responsive - http://www.bbc.co.uk/hausa/ (needs to be viewed in a mobile) From May 2012 to October 2012 (6 months) Senior Front End Developer @ Working within the European multi-language group of Expedia sites, I have been helping with developing new pages of the new Java platform and also developing and maintaining pages for the existing asp.net platform. This has involved working within a fast paced production environment and being involved in the full project cycle, dealing with stakeholders, producers, designers and working through from the design stage to defect resolution. Skills: XHTML, HTML5, CSS2/3, Javascript. Xslt, xml http://www.expedia.de/Winterschlussverkauf-3PP.aspx, http://www.expedia.co.uk/hotels-sale.aspx From October 2011 to May 2012 (8 months) Senior Front End Developer @ Working within an Agile and Java E2E environment using TDD, I have been involved in two large projects, the re-launch of the Wiley Online Library and the development of an internal administration site. These projects have involved working with international teams across Wiley and within a team of Java developers using Agile and Scrum methods. I worked closely with all members of the team including business analysts and information architects providing technical solutions and advice. I was involved with the complete project life-cycle associated with creating a high-end transactional website; building pages from designs, creating prototypes, general maintenance and defect fixing. From October 2008 to September 2011 (3 years) Front End Developer @ Working on the Nature Palgrave site, I completely recoded the front-end of the site to a required high standard of accessibility using compliant web standard XHTML. The work was done within a velocity templating system. Skills: XHTML, CSS, JQuery, Javascript, Accessibility From August 2008 to September 2008 (2 months) Senior Front End Developer @ Initially I developed Ajax and Javascript prototypes for use in the re-branding and implemented browser and coding standards for the site. This involved re-coding parts of the site to be more standards compliant. Later I project managed and contributed to the development of the re-branded website and managed three front end developers, working within a team of PHP developers and IA's using Scrum techniques. Skills: XHTML, CSS, Ajax, JQuery, Javascript, Flash Actionscript 2/3, Smarty, PHP, MySql, CVN www.glassesdirect.co.uk From November 2007 to August 2008 (10 months) Front End Developer @ Miomi was a web 2.0 application and web site that recorded personal and historical moments in time. I was brought into fix problems with the site pre-launch, add new pages and recode existing ones. @www.com Front End Developer Various; I worked for this design agency on a number of projects, including the complete front-end coding of The Apprentice and the Niquitin websites. The code for the Apprentice site was initially done for the 2007 programme and was resused in 2008. From September 2007 to November 2007 (3 months) Front End Developer @ I worked on a number of sites for this provider of e-commerce sites to blue chip clients. The work involved working with Venda's only code (Perl based) within a team of designers and developers. I worked on a number of sites such as BT and those listed below. From June 2006 to October 2006 (5 months) Front End Developer @ I worked on this high profile site developing the Manchester United site using standards compliant XHTML within a .Net and XLST framework. I worked on various parts of the main body of the site, within a pre-built framework. I worked on various sections of the site such as Mu Finance, MUTV and Old Trafford. www.manutd.com From May 2006 to August 2006 (4 months) Front End Developer @ I worked on a number of large e-commerce sites and other statics site providing complete front-end coding support using semantic XHTML and web standards. I was the first front-end developer to use these techniques for Big Interactive and my knowledge of accessibility issues was used to good effect on sites such as Cadburys and London ExCel. E-commerce work was done within a perl or asp.net environment From June 2005 to May 2006 (1 year) Client Side Developer @ I worked at the BBC for 4 years and it has influenced my work ever since because of the insistence on high coding standards and accessibility. Working within a large team of developers and producers developing all the major radio sites such as Radio1, Asian Network etc. I also worked on a number of large scale pan BBC projects. Within my team was an early adopter and advocate of web standards and CSS and helped to implement them. From August 2000 to March 2005 (4 years 8 months)

University of Birmingham From 1988 to 1991 Langley Park From 1979 to 1986 Geology Degree @ Birmingham UniversityLangley Park School Jason Cowlam is skilled in: jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, AJAX, User Experience, Front-end, Agile Methodologies, HTML 5, HTML, Accessibility, Web Development, User Interface Design, SEO, Advanced CSS, Web Standards, CSS3, JSON, W3C