I'm Benjamin, and I'm a 21 years young professional web and interface designer. I've been working in the industry for over three years on a variety of proprietary and open source projects. I founded the Ubuntu Manual Project, and am a co-founder and editor of OMG! Ubuntu!
I'm currently based in the lovely city of Dunedin, New Zealand working as the lead designer for Jigsoar and Trackr. Do check them out!
I love designing and building great user experiences for web applications, websites, and mobile devices. Check out my portfolio by clicking on the button below, and make sure to get in touch if you'd like to talk further!
Cheers, Benjamin.
Web design
I designed the visual style for OMG! Ubuntu!, a web magazine that caters to over 250,000 regular readers and gets over one million unique views a month.
My aim was to create the best looking blog design on the internet, and to improve the average time on site.
Interface design, identity design
In October 2011 I was hired full time by Dunedin based web design agency Loop Solutions to work on their content management system, Jigsoar. And I'm still there today!
I'm responsible for the interface design, identity design, application behaviour, testing, and documentation of Jigsoar.
Icon design
As part of the interface overhaul of Jigsoar, I decided to design an entirely new icon set from scratch and make it available as a Creative Commons licensed public download.
The Jigsoar Icon Set has 60 high quality vector icons, as well as bitmaps available in many sizes, and will be completed in early 2012.
Interface design, identity design
Late in 2011 and frustrated with looking for a suitable bug tracker for Jigsoar, I decided to begin work on our own one at Loop Solutions.
I conceived Trackr, its interface, design, logo, and name, as well as worked on the front end development.
Web design
In May 2011 I was contracted by PocketSmith to redesign their product website.
The focus for this project was on user conversions, and in my design I worked hard to ensure a clear and easy sign up process was apparent for visitors. I did not work on the illustrations.
Identity design, web design
In August 2011 I designed the brand identity for web and mobile software development company Holotype, based in Dunedin.
This included the logo, business cards, letterheads, proposal template, and website.
Web design, print design
In 2009 I founded the Ubuntu Manual Project, an open-source documentation initiative for the Ubuntu operating system.
I was Project Leader for twelve months, during which time I was in charge of web design and contributed to the print design of the manual itself.
Interface design
In July 2011 I was contracted by High Performance Sport New Zealand to redesign their athlete resource web application.
I also designed the interface for a powerful web-based sporting events calendar to cater for Australia and New Zealand's top athletes.
Web design, business cards
In August and October 2011 I did some freelance design for SEO company Smartebusiness.
I designed their business cards for the New Zealand branch, and worked on several landing page designs for clients.