Chris Scicluna [xik-luna] born on the 24th April 1989, a young and entrepreneurial person who is in love with designing clean, modern & appealing user experiences. He believes that every piece of design can turn out to be a work of art, and whilst doing this always tries to be unique and push the boundaries. Also strongly believes that due to recent advancements in front end technology, one can achieve pixel perfect interfaces that respect the design with minimum loss of detail.

Also fond with management, trying always to achieve user end goals in a quantifiable environment using modeling diagrams, timelines & effective time management.

He strongly believes in self-achievement.

User Experience & Interaction Designer, responsibilities consist in: designing clean and simple user interfaces based on HCI foundations and Usability Principles for major Security & Utility Software.

Iterating through UCD to achieve the most usable and learnable user interface; UCD process consist in conducting competitive analysis, gather requirements, paper prototyping, wireframing, user testing, conducting heuristic analysis & cognitive walkthroughs, designing UI in Photoshop and coding it using the latest technologies in front end development.

Other responsibilities consist in mentoring new User Experience recruits and innovating products through the use of gamification. Also in charge of some interesting side projects which aid in facilitating the day to day processes of the team. Lead Front End Developer, responsibilities consist in: designing user interfaces, developing front end interfaces which are cross browser compliant with all browsers (including IE6 & Safari2). Hands-on experience with multiple programming languages ranging from Java to PHP, responsible for skinning of solutions such as Magento, Hybris & Intershop.

Researching new front end technologies, whilst maintaining code usable & manageable, lead role in optimising websites for both PageSpeed & YSlow. Main role was that of Web Designer & Web Developer, developing user interfaces using XHTML, CSS, Jquery, Flash. Responsible for Database Management and development of News & Events Modules for Hospitality Websites.

Also responsible for the development of flash animated interactive banners. Freelance with a company established in the UK, varying from Flash Banners to Web Design & Development for several notorious names in both the food industry and museum sector.

Progressing his studies further specializing in the interaction between users and any type of media, analyzing their behavioral traits and specializing in user experience. Sitting for an examination in January to get certified as an ACE in Photoshop. Completed a year specializing in E-Identification & User Management before deciding to change courses and specialize in what he really is fond of (User Experience & Interaction) Completing this course not only did he achieve a large I.T knowledge but also developed analysis & management skills which are a must in nowadays fast paced digital world. A-Levels: Accounting, Computing
Intermediate: Maths, Italian, Economics, Systems of Knowledge 13 Ordinary Level Qualifications

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER

The art of designing final products which not only are aesthetically pleasing, but put the users’ requirements as the main and primary goal. In doing so increasing conversion rates, determining a memorable user experience which will impact on the identity of the brand.

This is done through rigorous research, creating personas & wireframes, which later take form into prototypes ready for testing & re-engineering.

FRONT END DEVELOPER

The art of converting a concept into working technology, using latest web standards, paying attention to great detail, whilst making sure the solution is cross browser compatible. Intensive research is done constantly, since this area of development has recently undergone major improvements.

Optimization of the site is held as a primary goal, keeping http requests to a minimum, thus rendering in no time, and SEO considerations are done constantly always seeking to improve the visibility of the solution in major Search Engines.

• Photoshop★★★★★
• Html★★★★★
• Jquery★★★★★
• CSS★★★★★
• In-Browser Debugging★★★★★
• SEO★★★★★
• Optimization★★★★★
• Javascript★★★★

• Php★★★★
• Wordpress★★★★
• Magento Theming★★★★
• Flash★★★
• Mysql★★★
• Illustrator★★★
• ASP.NET★★★