Sean Håkansson - Best flash developer

Flash / Actionscript / Flex / XHTML / Animation

About Me - The early years

It started at age 11, my friend and I created our first website at Angelfire, a free hosting company back in '97. The build was simple; copying and pasting code from websites we liked.
I built websites throughout my teen years, however the website's life span never reached more than 1-2 weeks, it was the actual build process that grabbed my attention. I soon picked up ASP (classic, when .net was just another top-level domain) to make building a bit more challenging.

The first couple of flash websites I built using flash 5, timelines. TellTarget was used throughout. Back then, the sites where heavy, with an long animated intro and hard to maintain.

I always been very interested and involved in design and layout as well, so at age 16, I began my studies of graphical design at Mediegymnasiet (upper secondary school ).

Professional career

About Me - My professional career

2005 was the year I began my studies at Hyper Island - Digital media, Karlskrona Sweden. Famous for the way they approach the education process, and the their close collaboration with Swedish, and some international, digital agencies.

Summer of 2006 I began my 7 months of internship at RedNomad, a small digital agency close to the trendy Shoreditch area in London, as a developer. This was my first real agency job and it was a great experience with loads of creative freedom and work for paying clients.

Once I graduated I decided to go back to London, and got myself a job with a really good team at Euro RCSG 4D Digital who I worked for more than 2 years. My job involved anything from banners, components (slideshows, calculators etc), mini-/campaign sites to full flash/flex websites. Please visit my showcase to view some of my work.

Early yearsFuture career

About Me - Looking forward

The flash platform is maturing away from traditional screens to handheld devices. Where apps replaces, or at least compliments a website.

In the next five years or so I expect from myself to develop both for mobile and desktop/laptop environments. Where digital is our playground and flash is just one of our many tools.

I see my future workplace to be a stimulating environment, leading or creating the latest trends, finding new ways for our clients to reach their target audience, be that a website or a social media application, or maybe something else we haven't thought up yet.

I'm looking forward to be working in a team who are passionate about technology, and not just code monkeys, who will meet today's and tomorrow's requirement from clients in a more globalised world.

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Appraisals

• “Sean's very creative and a fast learner, It's also nice to feel inspired by juniors, a title which he far is beyond by now. You can trust sean with projects and not need to give much guidance. He works hard and fast and is well focused.” February 9, 2009
  Michael Lawrence, Senior Flash Developer, EHSBrann / Euro 4D Digital
• “Sean is very hard working as well as talented, always on time and a pleasure to work with, he'll go far I'm sure. Did I also mention he has a great sense of humour.” February 9, 2009
  John Buckell, Junior Designer, Euro RSCG 4D
• “Sean knows how to turn Flash into professional Digital products. He showed great understanding in technical development that was very helpful to bring the team and projects forward. I have been working very closely with him in the past 12 months and can happily recommend his team spirited attitude as well as his first class web imagery search.” April 21, 2009
  Michael Chau, | Digital | Project Manager, Euro RSCG 4D
• “I have known Sean for two years in my capacity as Creative Director at Euro RSCG 4D and can say that he is a dynamic flash developer who works hard and learns fast. Sean is definitely going places. Will you be one of those places?” September 17, 2009
  Mike Watson, Creative Director, Euro RSCG 4D
• “I worked with Sean on many projects during my time with the company. Sean always stepped up to the demands of the project and delivered against very tight timelines. Sean demonstrated his natural flair, aptitude and full commitment. I highly recommend Sean and look forward to working with him again.” September 19, 2009
  Neil Keating, Senior Project Manager, EHS Brann (freelance)

Find Me

• LinkedInuk.linkedin.com/in/seanhak
• Digg digg.com/users/seanhak
• Facebookfacebook.com/seanhak
• MySpace myspace.com/djriskproductions
• Picasa picasaweb.google.com/Seanhak
• Skype sean.hakansson
• Google Talk seanhak@gmail.com
• MSN Messenger sean@seanhak.net

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