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About me

Hi, my name is Dave Rayner. I'm a creative guy who has been converting ideas, user and business needs into online 'reality' for over nine years.

A brief history

  • Born in New Zealand in 1977 and moved to Australia in 1980.
  • Went to school in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney
  • our beautiful girlStudied at Enmore Design Centre - Diploma of Graphic Design (I ended up teaching web design there in my last year)
  • I worked as an all-round graphic designer for about a year
  • Started a web design / development company with three other guys in late 2000
  • Gained six years of invaluable production and leadership experience as a designer, writer, analyst, project manager, company (and eventually) managing director
  • Started my freelance web design practice in late 2006 (to enjoy more time with our first child)
  • I'm now a busy and happy freelance designer and front-end coder (+ husband & father of two :)

What are you looking for?

An outsource / overflow / code solution

  • Proven track record as an outsource contractor
  • Rates you can work with
  • High quality front-end code
  • Fixed quotes or by the hour
  • Speedy turnaround (where possible of course)
  • Confidentiality assured

A web designer

  • 9+ years corporate and boutique experience
  • High quality design and code
  • Search Engine Friendly code and construction
  • Broad range of skills
  • Connections with other designers and developers
  • Brochure sites, eNewsletters, online stores

I am good at:

  • Interface design and graphics
  • HTML and CSS - W3C compliant & WAI conscious
  • Usability principles
  • Writing for the web & organising content
  • Understanding your business, customers and how that can work online
  • Brand / logo design
  • Online store creation / eCommerce principles
  • Email newsletter campaigns
  • Image slide shows (using JavaScript)
  • Setting up Google accounts / maps / analytics
  • If I can't do it, I have connections with talented designers, Flash professionals and developers

A selection of agencies who utilise my services :

BMF, Bullseye, G2, Singleton Ogilvy Interactive, Sensory Creative

A selection of clients I work with directly:

NRL, Slader, Corality, ZeroOneTwenty, Department of Education, Blake Dawson, Syncplicity, Chandler Macleod, NewMatilda.com, LoveJungle, LouLou Shoes, Tourism Technology, Minter Ellison, somedays

Contact Dave Rayner, freelance web designer and front end coder on 0409 037 250.

Skill & software overview

  • Yes:Trained graphic designer
  • Yes:9+ yrs commercial web experience
  • Yes:User-centred approach
  • Yes:Advanced Photoshop
  • Yes:Advanced Illustrator
  • Yes:Advanced HTML & CSS (hand code)
  • Yes:W3C & WAI compliant
  • No:Complex JavaScript
  • No:Flash - will refer a pro
  • No:Development - will refer a pro

Testimonials

Very impressive turn around! Thanks mate, I really appreciate it. In hindsight, this should have been done a long time ago. Looking forward to the next stage of development!

Oskar B, Sino Resources Capital


This is perfect, well done. For future reference things like this is why we like working with you, so keep it up.

Rickard Wärnelid, Corality


David, we keep getting nothing but rave reviews and overly positive feedback on the website – people love it. Thanks so much for the fantastic work!

Isaac H, Syncplicity.com


Thanks again, excellent job.You're a superstar.Good work!

Andy Talbot, Freelance Designer


Great effort! I really like working with you as you can work off my short scribblings and make sense from the resulting in a cracking web page!

Rickard W, Corality


Thanks for helping out at such short notice...

Dylan K, BMF


I really appreciate your no fuss, nothing is a problem attitude.

James N, Designer & Photographer


Thanks for your great work on this, I’m really happy with the end product.

Sallie D, New Matilda


Thanks again – the website looks amazing.

Rosslyn T, Business Coach


Perfect thanks mate!

Chris H, SingeltonOgilvy Interactive


Dave interprets a brief really well and most often gets it right straight away which leads to great client satisfaction. He's easy to work with, has great suggestions and ideas and gets the job done quickly and efficiently. I highly recommend his services.

Chris K, CKWEB