Category: Consultancy

Native Design :: Lead Creative Technologist

Dec 21, 2013

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ricmax

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Native Design is a leading integrated experience design company that delivers both industrial and interaction design solutions to many of the worlds’ leading brands including Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, HP, Audi, Mercedes, Bentley and the BBC. They are based in London, San Francisco and Amsterdam. I was employed as their lead creative technologist, helping them create…
Pernod Ricards Project Gutenburg :: Lead Creative Technologist

Nov 20, 2013

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ricmax

in Client facing, Consultancy, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Debugging, Development, eCommerce, Food, Drink and Cooking, Highlights, Magento, Mobile, Native, Prototyping, Retail, Technical Consultant, UI, UX, Work

As the lead Creative Technologist at Native Design I was responsible for a new intelligent product and platform for one of the worlds largest drink manufacturers, Pernod Ricard whose brands include Absolute Vodka and Beefeater Gin. They have released a press release of the project I was involved with, entitled Project Gutenburg. An NDA prevents me from…
Hewlett Packard :: Android Customisation & Launcher

Nov 19, 2013

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ricmax

in Client facing, Consultancy, Consumer Electronics, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Debugging, Design, Development, Highlights, Leadership, Mobile, Native, Open Source, Prototyping, Technical Consultant, UI, UX, Work

Whilst lead Creative Technologist at Native Design, the integrated design agency, I was required to oversee the technical and development aspects of three new Nexus devices for HP – a 7, 8 and 10 inch tablet. The majority of the project was the modification of the Android platform to make it more aligned with the…
Bowers and Wilkins :: UI, UX & Mobile Applications

Nov 17, 2013

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ricmax

in Client facing, Consultancy, Consumer Electronics, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Highlights, Mobile, Music, Native, Prototyping, Software, Work

Whilst working as the lead Creative Technologists at Native Design I was involved in numerous projects for and client meetings with their client Bowers and Wilkins (B&W) the leading speaker and headphone manufacturer. My work is under a very strict NDA and the products will not be out for another year or so. I am…
SFR – Set-Top Box UI / UX

Nov 15, 2013

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ricmax

in Client facing, Code, Consultancy, Consumer Electronics, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Highlights, HTML, Native, Prototyping, UI, UX, Work

Whilst Natives Lead Creative Technologist I worked for SFR, Frances leading telephone, mobile and broadband provider (part of Vivendi the group). The projects I was involved in ranged from the research, design and build of their next generation set-top box featuring plenty of ground-breaking entertainment and home-orientated technologies accessed via an advanced HTML5 UI. The majority of my work…
HP Sprout :: Lead Creative Technologist

Nov 14, 2013

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ricmax

in Client facing, Consultancy, Consumer Electronics, Contract, Creative Technologist, CV, Highlights, Prototyping, UI, UX, Work

Update: The HP Sprout has now been released. I was the lead creative technologist in its development at Native. Please see below. https://youtu.be/IBnf_lHxPdE https://sprout.hp.com/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11408538/HP-Sprout-is-this-the-future-of-desktop-computing.html It also was considered one of the top 10 items launched at CES 2015: One of the most interesting projects i worked on whilst at Native Design, the leading Integrated…
Billington Cartmell, Brave and Closer Live :: Technical Director

Nov 24, 2012

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ricmax

in Advertising, Client facing, Code, Consultancy, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Debugging, Design, Development, eCommerce, eLearning, Email, Facebook, Flash, Game, HTML, Leadership, Mobile, Open Source, Permanent, Php, Presentation, Prototyping, Software, Technical Director, Work

I was appointed Technical Director of Billington Cartmell (www.bcl.co.uk), their sister adverting agency, Brave (www.brave.co.uk) and their experiential arm, Closer (www.closerlive.co.uk) in January 2012. The group of companies between them represent a phenomenal array of leading clients including Carlsberg, Panasonic, Sennheiser, Philips, Unilever, Kraft, GSK, Lexus, Morrisons and Ernst & Young.
Ellas Kitchen :: The Big Outdoors Facebook App

Nov 23, 2012

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ricmax

in Advertising, Client facing, Client of Perm Employer, Consultancy, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Development, Facebook, Flash, Food, Drink and Cooking, Game, Open Source, Php, UI, UX, WordPress, Work

Whilst at Billington Cartmell i was responsible for the Big Outdoors Facebook App that allowed parents to upload ideas for outdoor activity ideas for their young children. The best ideas were then put into leader-boards and the users could then vote on them. The response was very positive and many parents commented on how useful…
Ellas Kitchen :: Create your own TV Ad Facebook App

Nov 23, 2012

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ricmax

in Advertising, Client facing, Client of Perm Employer, Code, Consultancy, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Development, Employment Type, Facebook, Flash, Food, Drink and Cooking, HTML, Leadership, Open Source, Php, Platform Type, Type of Work, UI, UX, WordPress, Work

Billington Cartmell were asked to create Ellas Kitchens first integrated advertising campaign. I was involved at the story board stage and briefied to source the right type of flash animator to ensure the streamlined portability of their assets for use in the Digital side of the Campaign (both on the website and within Facebook as an App). The idea within the digital execution was…
Ellas Kitchen :: Spin to Win Facebook App

Nov 23, 2012

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ricmax

in Advertising, Client facing, Client of Perm Employer, Code, Consultancy, Contract, Creative Technologist, Creativity, CV, Debugging, Design, Development, Employment Type, Facebook, Flash, Food, Drink and Cooking, Game, HTML, Leadership, Open Source, Php, Platform Type, Type of Work, UI, UX, WordPress, Work

The Ellas Kitchen ‘Spin to Win’ Facebook App was a flash-frontend, php-backend game by which users had to spin a pin wheel on the screen and whatever item it finished on was the item that the user one. Most prizes were voucher based and the fulfillment of these was done via Coupons.com. The ease of use and the significant discounts trough…