Luke Masters dot com

my interests lie in all things that are geeky and internet related, for the last two years i have been working full-time in seo and web development and have taken on numerous freelance and self-initiated projects in my spare time to learn some new skills to pay the bills!

looking forward i would like to continue working for engaging companies whom cultivate a learning atmosphere where i can further myself by taking on exciting, new challenging projects...

i am personally quite passionate about the internet, websites and design. i enjoy teaching people new tricks and simplifying complex issues so that anyone can understand.

i have a wide background of experience and in the past have worked as a writer, editor, blogger, marketeer, webmaster and general code monkey

here's some stuff i have made, worked on, fiddled with or currently tweaking

londonerseye.com- (self-initiated) co-founded, built and write for
oncampus.net - (full-time) web development, seo and client liason
extant - (consultancy) seo, updating, webmastering and training
spg media - (full-time) seo specialist, data analysis and reports
ruth lie - (freelance) built this one
sheffield docfest - (volunteer) updating, html editing
will martyr (freelance) - coding and altering
wildfire studios (freelance) - cleaning some code
fingerprint jewelry (freelance) - site build (ongoing)
we are photo girls (freelance) - new site build (ongoing)
some photos i have taken on my travels

I'm pretty happy working with the following abbreviations:

(x)html, css, php, seo, ppc, rss, jsp, ftp, cms

I'm also quite handy with these:

wordpress, photoshop, dreamweaver, twitter, WebTrends, Google Analytics, InDesign and office

Nice things people have said about my work

“Luke was such a valuable asset to us when he was working at Oncampus. He was extremely confident and knowledgeable on the needs for our Students' Union web site and always enthusiastic and ready to assist and give advice on whatever we threw at him!” - Marian Sunderland Union

“Luke created a water tight xhtml and css structure for our website - now we achieve all the accessibility requirements that we so believe in. Quick, precise and a great communicator, I have no qualms in recommending Luke to anyone else.” - Daniel from Wildfire

“Luke turned a brief into an effortlessly intuitive website that captured the creative vision of the event. The simple navigation, easy to use maps and restrained colour palette all helped to make the website accessible to a wide user group” - Dan an artist from art with a heart

As I seem to live on the internet email is the best way to get hold of me:

masters.luke@gmail.com