Nigel Skeels - Portfolio
PHP
Year in style carousel and voting
Client:Handbag.com
Brief: Build an image coverflow carousel with voting functionality to encourage users to view an image gallery.
The gallery needed to record page impressions on each click without reloading the entire page.
Sony Girls Night In
Client:Sony, Handbag
Brief:Design and build an interactive microsite to promote the Sony DVD and CD back catalogue.
Videos and Music assets were supplied and links to an online store are loaded through XML.
Lovely winter sparkle - Sarah Jessica Parker
Client:Coty perfumes, Handbag
Brief:Design and program an interactive microsite page to showcase the new Sarah Jessica Parker titled Lovely Winter Sparkle perfume.
Boss of Bosses
Client:Clare Longrigg
Clare Longrigg is a journalist who has written extensively on the Italian mafia in Sicily and New York.
Brief: Design and implement a website to promote the Boss of Bosses book along with the authors other publications. The site should have a design in keeping with the feel of the book and use good SEO to attract visitors. An imported rss feed from another mafia news site is used to keep the content on the pages constantly updated.
Mens Fitness Website
Client: Mens Fitness Magazine
Dennis publishing fitness magazine for Men
Brief: Freshen up existing design to separate the brand from Maxim magazine.
The underlying CMS was to stay the same so that any design work had to take into account some of the limitations of the system.
Wilkinson Sword Xtreme 3 Game
Client: Wilkinson Sword
Brief: Production of four games to be set over the period of four weeks, where the player must guess the correct names from visual clues hidden in a photo montage. With free text entry for the answers, the player should be able to get points for variations in spelling or nicknames. Scores times and user details were to be captured to a database.
Burton Advertorial for Maxim Magazine
Client:Burtons advertorial for Maxim Magazine
One of the Uk's top menswear clothing outlets
Brief: Produce a promotional page demonstrating the latest offers with deep links through to the relevant pages on the Burtons online shopping website.
Nigel Skeels - Portfolio
Client: Myself
Brief: To create an easily updatable portfolio of my work that demonstrated my ablilities and skills. The content should be searchable in numerous ways to ensure that users found the relevant information and that the SEO was correct to achive good placement on the various search engines.
Dennis Interactive - Dennis Publishing
Client:Dennis Interactive the online division of Dennis Publishing.
One of the world’s leading independent publishers. Founded in 1974, the group consists of a number of operating companies in both the UK and USA.
Producers of the following titles: Maxim, Bizarre, Mens Fitness, Viz, Auto Express, Evo, Fortean Times, PC Pro, Mac User, Computer Shopper, Custom PC, Poker Player, Total Gambler, Inside Poker, The Week.
Brief: Permanent position as Senior Multimedia designer across all of the interactive titles.
Craftform - Crafts Social Networking Site
Client: The Craft social network -
Craftform is an independent organisation with the simple goal of creating a social network of makers, artists, galleries and shops.
Brief: Development of a Social networking site featuring user generated content, accessed and displayed in a user friendly way.









