Alex Dodwell

Web Design and Development

I have developed and designed web presences for both small and large businesses, ranging from simple to graphically and technically complex sites. My design emphasizes the user experience, ensuring striking visual allure while paying keen attention to flexibility, flow, browsing speed and ease. I try to find visual themes and colors that help serve the communication and goals of the site owner. I am familiar with web and database development and design platforms, CSS, HTML, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, Apache, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash.

Browse some of my web and design projects on the left.

My duties at the Texas Public Employees Association also include magazine design, which holds many stylistic and design similarities to web design. The covers, graphics, and full interiors of the most recent issues of their magazine, the Texas Public Employee, contain my design and artwork.

The hospitality industry increasing relies on concise, informative websites to drive guests to their doors. This Victorian Bed and Breakfast owner wanted an elegant design that also communicated the important information quickly. Because the user wanted to edit the page themselves with limited HTML knowledge, certain portions were streamlined for ease of editing without actually employing a content management system.

Because this was a media piece for a theatrical production, I was able to create a more conceptual website. A musical about Homer's Odyssey, I based the website off of the idea of picking up pieces of Ostrakon (pottery shards that archeologists use to learn about ancient Greece) out of the dirt to "discover" more about the show itself.

This personal protection product website has a large number of products that had to be easily sorted and categorized, and includes a custom-made pricing request system.

This large and complex site for a non-profit association includes a PHP membership management application with a MySQL database that registers new users and provides them access to a member's only section, based on the open-source Quadodo login system. I also manage their social media presence, periodic surveys, and large blast email list.