Jonathan Kahn

Current

• Principal at Together London

Past

• Senior web developer / technical lead (freelance) at Radley Yeldar
• Web developer at Hoop Associates
• Freelance web developer at wild lime (Self-employed)

• Economic researcher (freelance) at Indepen Consulting
• Web developer (freelance) at Hildebrand
• Web developer (freelance) at Citipages

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Education

• London School of Economics and Political Science

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Industry

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Websites

• twitter

Jonathan Kahn’s Summary

Principal of Together London, a collaborative, user-centred web design agency based in Soho.

A web developer, user experience designer, and strategist, for clients including Grosvenor, RBS, PwC, DFID, the Man Booker Prize, and Bold & Noble.

I specialise in explaining the complex topics of strategy, code, standards, and web browsers in non-technical language, enabling team members to make informed decisions without having to decipher the jargon.

I'm also a published “A List Apart” author.

Jonathan Kahn’s Specialties:

Web strategy, information architecture, user research, user experience design, content management, web standards, web development.

Jonathan Kahn’s Experience

• Principal

  Together London

  (Internet industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Together is a web design agency I founded, that specialises in collaborative, user-centred design for the web. Based in Soho, London.
  
  We specialise in designing great experiences for the web, whether you’re publishing, selling, or offering a service—employing disciplines like information architecture, user experience design, and content strategy. We believe a collaborative approach is essential—you need to practise design too, by working with us throughout the process.
  
  Find out more on our website: http://togetherlondon.com

• Senior web developer / technical lead (freelance)

  Radley Yeldar

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  August 2007 — January 2008 (6 months)

  Led team that developed ‘Generico’ website, showcasing best practice in online reporting while demonstrating modern techniques, for PricewaterhouseCoopers, CIMA and Radley Yeldar. Worked closely with project stakeholder, Creative Director and designers, information architect, editorial team, project managers, Technical Director and a technical team that included front-end, back-end and Flash developers. Helped scope the project, estimated timescales, specified the technical architecture and hosting, contributed to the information architecture, designed the database schema, supervised other developers and wrote a substantial portion of the code.

• Web developer

  Hoop Associates

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  February 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  Built websites for clients including Grosvenor, RBS, BFI and the Man Booker Prize, plus internal projects. Working closely with graphic designers, copywriter and project managers; collaborating with clients using Basecamp and regular meetings.

• Freelance web developer

  wild lime (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  February 2005 — January 2006 (1 year )

  Main project was redeveloping coachtrips.com, the UK’s premier coach holiday site, to incorporate online booking using an XML feed to a major tour operator; a world first for coach holidays. £100k turnover in first 4 months from online bookings. Designed with web standards. (Site has since been redesigned, but online booking functionality remains.)

• Economic researcher (freelance)

  Indepen Consulting

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

  Freelance researcher in Telecoms practice of this economic consultancy, reporting to a Director. Areas of research included spectrum licensing, broadband uptake modelling, R&D and communications regulation. Produced case studies for report presented to the European Commission; also analysis for a report presented to the South African communications regulator.

• Web developer (freelance)

  Hildebrand

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Reporting to Lead Developer, built sites for clients including a major accounting firm and an industry body supported by a UN agency and a Government department (DFID).

• Web developer (freelance)

  Citipages

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2000 — January 2001 (6 months)

  Reporting to the CTO, worked both as remote freelancer and onsite during my gap year. Developed an events guide which imported and indexed data fed from the Press Association, and a business directory.

Jonathan Kahn’s Education

• London School of Economics and Political Science

  BSc , Government and Economics , 2001 — 2004

  Classification: 2.1. Subjects studied:
  • Modern political thought / Political science.
  • Microeconomics / Macroeconomics.
  • History of Economics.
  • Logic / Philosophy of Science.

Additional Information

Jonathan Kahn’s Websites:

• twitter

Jonathan Kahn’s Groups:

•    An Event Apart
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Glug Events - More Notworking than Networking™
•    Content Strategy

Jonathan Kahn’s Contact Settings

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• expertise requests
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