Contract Front End Developer
Front End developer specialising in React, Drupal & Wordpress projects (June 22 - current)
- Current contract with 542 Digital
- https://www.gold.org/goldhub/research/library (React, Algolia, Typescript)
- https://gold.org/ (Drupal 9, Storybook, Cypress, Typescript)
- https://invest.gold/ (NextJS, Typescript)
- https://powerwithgold.mygoldguide.in/ (NextJS, Typescript)
- Past contracts include Imperial College Business School (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school)
- Perform accessibility & performance audits, create recommendations & make changes to codebase to rectify issues
- Implement Storybook based component library, reworking & refining existing theme to include more robust tooling, code splitting, reduced reliance on outdated third party libraries
- Perform general bug fixing & site maintenance
- Guide & setup testing & workflow tooling (including Cypress E2E tests, Tugboat PR previews, visual regression testing & CircleCi implementation)
Domain7
UK Team Lead / Front End Developer (June 21 - June 22)
- Responsible for leading & supporting UK development team
- Review & update project & development workflows, including setting up of CI pipelines, automated testing etc
- Technical point of contact for all UK business development
- Develop a range of solutions using Drupal, Wordpress & React (Typescript)
- Champion & present modern FE techniques to global company development team
- Begin the process of Contentful certification
- Recent examples of published work:
- https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/ (Contentful, Wordpress & React/Typescript)
- https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/ (Drupal)
- https://www.carbontrust.com/ (Drupal)
Williams Commerce Ltd
Tech Lead (April 13 - June 21)
- Responsible for building & maintaining sites with an emphasis on accessibility & performance
- Built & maintained in-house & public facing tools for improvements in project efficiency & workflow (e.g. https://github.com/TincanPipPip/Syd-D9)
- Trained new employees in Drupal 8/9 development best practices
- Recent examples of published work:
- https://courtauld.ac.uk (Wordpress & React)
- https://coinstreet.org/ (Drupal)
- https://performingartscollections.org.uk/ (Wordpress & React)
- https://venue.rigb.org/ (Drupal)
Freelance Front End Developer
April 13 - present
- Worked with a number of agencies & organisations delivering a multitude of projects
- Notable clients include Netflix, Festival Republic (LiveNation), Samsung & Red Bee Media
- Recent examples of published work:
- https://p1-im.co.uk/ (Wordpress)
- https://eupati.eu/ (Wordpress)
- https://www.dentally.co/ (Hubspot)
- https://stopcyberbullyingday.org/ (Headless Wordpress w/Gatsby/React)
Gilroy Corporate Comms Ltd
Full Stack Developer (Dec 12 - May 13)
- Created websites, email campaigns & digital marketing materials for a range of clients, including Netflix, Nokia, Samsung & Red Bee Media
- Development technology ranged from Drupal/Wordpress, to custom PHP & plain HTML, as well as client based legacy CMSs
LiveNation/Ticketmaster
Front End Developer (Aug 11 - Dec 12)
- Responsible for building & maintaining websites for the UK festival arm of the business, including Download, Reading, Leeds, Longitude & Latitude festivals
- Worked with internal stakeholders to manage & release high traffic landing pages for lineup release events, ticket on sales & festival announcements
- Worked with partners agencies & organisations to create & maintain corporate websites, for example Wembley Arena (.NET)
- Development initially revolved around a custom .NET based CMS, eventually transitioning to Drupal
Pentacor plc
Designer / Full Stack Developer (Nov 09 - Aug 11)
- Designed & built websites for a primarily publishing based agency, including corporate websites, educational publishing companies & solo author websites
- Tools included Photoshop, Illustrator, Drupal & Wordpress
- Responsible for managing on & off site hosting for all clients