Curriculum vitae - Fabio Venni

Web designer, UI developer and web architect with a 10 years experience designing and implementing websites, web portals, catalogues, blogs, online newspapers and web-based GUI in general. His diversified background and his large set of skills let him focus on user experience without leaving out the technical, aestetic and functional aspect of the job.

Date of birth
16/11/1979
Phone
(+44)(0)7854123487
Address
Hackney - London E5
E-Mail
fabiovenni@gmail.com
Citizenship
Italian citizen

Portfolio

www.goldworld.it
Online magazine for an italian fashion brand.
Graphic design, Prototyping, Iterative design, IA, XHTML, CSS, Php, Wordpress, SEO.
www.informaworld.com
Web portal hosting journals, eBooks, abstract databases and reference works.
Web design, Prototyping, Iterative design, IA, User testing, XHTML, CSS.
epaper.lloydslist.com
Epaper for the newspaper Lloyd's list and a few supplement magazines.
Prototyping, User testing, XHTML, CSS, DHTML, Javascript.
www.lmiu.com
Database of extensive info about vessels, shipping companies and ports world wide.
Web design, Prototyping, Iterative design, SEO, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, JSTL, Jsp templating.
www.originetherapy.com
Small website for an aromatherapist, and masseur.
Graphic design, Web design, XHTML, CSS.
www.tuscanynwild.com
Small website for a tour operator.
Graphic design, Web design, XHTML, CSS, Wordpress.

Experience

from February 2005

Web Designer

Informa plc, London, UK

Responsible for the design of the look & feel, branding, UI/UX of several web portals, intranets, epapers and web based applications.

Implementation of XHTML/CSS templates supporting all the major browsers, implementation and debugging of Javascript scripts using Prototype, YUI and EXTjs, implementation of those templates on the application itself using JSTL in Spring/Hibernate/JSF apps.

Prototyping, wireframing, producing mockups and liasing with management to get designs, project plans or ideas signed off was also one of my main duties and was a big boost for my communication skills.

Being hired with the position of "Web Usability Evangelist" I would often be asked to give advices to management and/or to train developers on new technologies like CSS positioning and SEO techniques.

from February 2004 and December 2004

Web project manager, web architect, web developer

Methezine Consulting, London, UK

Assembly, co-ordination and instruction of a team of developers, designers and database programmers on the creation of a highly sophisticated web administration system in conjunction with a dynamic web portal for the public registration of non profit organisations & charities.

from April 2003 and December 2003

Web designer, Graphic designer / Marketing

Truelite s.r.l, Florence, Italy

Design of the corporate logo, desing of a few printed brochures, design and implementation of the first corporate web site and of several UI for several web-based applications. Implementation of a few Drupal and Wordpress templates.

All of the mentioned jobs were assisted just by free software (Scite, Gimp, Sodipodi, Inkscape) on Debian machines, languages used included BASH, PHP and Python.

from April 2003 and September 2003

Web designer, web master, web developer, system manager

Itti.it, Florence, Italy

Design and implementation of UI/UX for web applications based on Jboss, using STRUTS.

Design and implementation of dynamic Flash catalogues (web and cd) rich in Actionscript.

from March 1999 and July 2003

Web architect, Web master, Web developer, system manager

Filarete.net, Florence, Italy

Design and implementation of the UI/UX of a quite complex portal for online hotel bookings (www.filarete.net), using STRUTS, Javascript for the admin section and Flash for the maps; tasks included Linux server management, Tomcat and Apache configuration, Mysql databases management, promotion on Google, marketing.

Design and implementation of dynamic Flash catalogues (web and cd) rich in Actionscript.

Education

from September 1999 and September 2003

Electronic engineering

University of Florence, Italy

Passed many exams but never got the degree.

Languages

  • Mother Language Italian
  • Fluent English
  • Intermediate/conversational French
  • Basic Spanish

Interests

  • Photography (my photoblog on flickr)
  • Wildwater canoeing and kayaking (more than 12 years at semi-professional level)
  • Fine arts
  • Yoga