Freelance Website Design and Development, Washington DC - Drupal, WordPress, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, mySQL, APIs
I am Tarek Anandan, a freelance website development consultant based in Washington, DC. From concept to launch, I work with nonprofit and socially-focused organizations — think tanks, advocacy groups, foundations, and government agencies — as well as artists, creative individuals, and small businesses to develop great websites and web applications.
Services
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Discovery & Planning
Requirements gathering, RFP development, proposal review
Turning your ideas into detailed requirements documents with technical specifications that designers and developers can use to make your project a reality. If that dream house requires a larger team to build it, we'll write up the Request for Proposal (RFP) — geek-speak included — and provide the expertise to help vet and choose the right vendor.
Blueprints (sitemaps, wireframes) and working models (prototypes) to form your information architecture. Colorful design tiles and pixel-pretty custom mock-ups, as well as branding support when needed.
HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, mySQL, APIs and more. A CMS like Drupal or WordPress? Sure. These are the tools of my trade. As a developer that has worked on many federal and federally-funded web projects, I'm well versed in Section 508 and accessibility concerns too.
I serve as a remote, part-time webmaster and developer for several organizations. In other cases, I complement organizations' internal staff by offering an extra set of hands and/or specialized expertise in areas such as analytics, performance testing and speed enhancements, and search engine optimization.
Work Samples
Customers
- America's Promise Alliance
- Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
- Anonymous National Foundation
- American Institutes for Research (AIR)
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
- Center for Implementing Technology in Education (citED)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Charles Lewis, Best-Selling Author
- Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB)
- Committee for Economic Development (CED)
- Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
- Fund for Independence in Journalism
- K-8 Access Center (ACCESS Center)
- Madura Microfinance
- National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI)
- National Center on Student Progress Monitoring (NCSPM)
- National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI)
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth)
- National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth (NCLD/Youth)
- National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk (NDTAC)
- National High School Center (NHSC)
- National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS)
- National WIC Association (NWA)
- Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration
- Sammy Slate Productions
- Scimergent
- Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN)
- Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TAP)
- U.S. Department of Education (USED)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Westmoreland Cooperative
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of DC (YNPNdc)
Experience
I have worked in the web technologies field since 1999. My academic training, however, is in economics and public policy. As a result, I offer a combination of technology expertise and substantive knowledge about a variety of public policy and social issues, providing a unique service to nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, think tanks, and foundations that have missions focused on improving society.
Throughout my career I have maintained a close connection to the nonprofit and social sectors. I previously served in an executive leadership role for a federally-funded, national technical assistance center; was a founding Board Member and treasurer of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Washington DC (YNPNdc); served on the Alumni Board of Governors of the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; and worked with the American Institutes for Research for 10 years, a nonprofit social science and behavioral research organization.