James Hofton - Websites - Animation - Interactive Design - Graphic Design
About me.

Working life - what's important

James Hofton - Working life - what's important

Thanks for popping in. I’m James, a freelance designer and developer, who loves delivering creative projects from my office in sunny Hertfordshire. Whether you need help with a website, graphic design, animation or software development project, I’m always keen to hear about new projects. Why not drop me a line?

I’m passionate about design and development. Once into a project, I sometimes need to be dragged away from my computer to eat! The same cannot be said for tea. I always work with a good supply of tea to hand.

Over the past 11 years, I’ve worked on a varied range of design and development projects, where my skills as a self-starter, a planner and multi-tasker have been crucial. Despite being a self-confessed ‘techy,’ one of my key strengths is communication – there’s no ‘geek-speak’ here, just clear, straightforward information.

What I do.

The lovely chart opposite shows my current ‘geek rating’ across a wide range of design and programming tools. As you can see, there’s plenty in the toolbox to choose from, so I can be flexible, depending on the needs of your project. If the tools don’t mean much to you – don’t worry; just take a look at what I’ve done.

I have lots of experience of educational publishing – where I’ve enjoyed developing software products for children. Other key areas of experience include website and mini-site development, CMS systems, animation, creating wordpress themes, design for print and sound fx creation.

I’m happy working as part of a team, often alongside busy marketing departments, or just working on my own initiative - whatever the project requires.

James Hofton - What’s in the toolbox
How I work.

The Plan.

Planning is key. I find it critical to spend time working closely with clients to define a clear brief at the outset. What do you want to achieve? Who is it for? How can I help?

The Look.

Let the design commence. I will beaver away on a selection of design options for you to consider, based on The Plan.

The Development.

Following agreement on The Look I’ll develop your design project through to completion, with regular chats throughout to ensure we’re on track and you’re happy with progress.

The Results.

Following The Development and a phase of thorough testing and checking, it’s over to you for approval. If everyone’s happy, it’s time to unleash your completed design project on the world!

A little note about words. Writing copy isn’t my thing, but successful design projects usually go hand-in-hand with effective words. A good copywriter will tease out your USPs and tell the world about it in exactly the right way. I’ve worked with a copywriter on lots of projects and she knows her stuff – so we can help out here too, if required.

Fancy a chat?
I am here to help

If you’d like an initial discussion, why not drop me a line? I look forward to hearing from you.

I can be contacted using any of the following:

Email: speaktome@jameshofton.co.uk

Twitter: @jameshofton
Skype: james.hofton
LinkedIn: here

My CV: Download

Speak to me.