About
Creative, enthusiastic web developer. Passionate about great design and building dynamic, responsive and intuitive websites using the latest programs and languages
⊳Currently employed full-time as a front-end developer, building and maintaining responsive websites using React, Angular, WordPress, HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript and TypeScript.
⊳Earned a Diploma in Full Stack Software Development, First Class Honours, from Code Institute.
⊳Ability to produce clean, maintainable and re-usable code.
⊳Works well as part of a team or individually.
⊳Fetching and displaying data from external APIs.
⊳Version control using Git and GitHub.
⊳Databases in MongoDB and MySQL.
⊳Many years design experience as an art director.
⊳Creative concepts for web design using Sketch.
⊳Designing with Adobe Creative Suite.
Work
Junior Front End Developer
mipools.comMiPools
October 2021 - Present day
⊳Building a range of projects using React, Angular, WordPress, HTML, SCSS, TypeScript and JavaScript.
⊳Fetching and displaying data from external APIs for dynamic website content.
⊳Using Angular Materials and React MUI to create UI components.
⊳Building and sending responsive HTML emails.
⊳Using Git and GitHub for version control.
⊳Jira system to track and record tasks.
⊳Creative ideas and input into UI for projects using Sketch.
Art Director - Attitude Magazine
Attitude Media Limited / Stream Publishing
February 2017 - September 2021
⊳Art direction, design and concepts for the UK's best selling gay lifestyle magazine.
⊳Concepts for and art directed photo shoots.
⊳Created logos, branding, marketing, supplements and related material for awards and events.
⊳Created interactive iPad issue.
⊳Created behind the scenes videos and 'moving covers' for iPad.
⊳Created visual content for social media.
⊳Mentored and develop other designers.
Art Director - The Liberty Magazine
Stream Publishing
July 2016 - February 2017
⊳Created a glossy in-store magazine for Liberty of London.
⊳Concepts for, and art directed fashion, interior and still life photo shoots.
⊳Commissioned photographers and sourced location spaces for shoots.
⊳Worked with clients to produce the best product to suit their needs.
Freelance Art Director
August 2014 - July 2016
⊳Clients included Hearst Magazines, John Brown Media and The River Group.
⊳Experienced in organising and art directing photo shoots; from food and interiors to lifestyle and celebrities.
⊳Experience running Art Departments and mentoring designers.
Art Director - Restaurant Magazine
William Reed Business Media
April 2008 - August 2014
⊳Art direction, design and concepts.
⊳Commissioned illustrators and photographers, and art directed photo shoots.
⊳Created logos, branding, marketing, supplements and related material for awards and events.
⊳Mentored and developed other designers.
More design experience on request
Projects
MiPools
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ANGULAR
TYPSESCRIPT
HTML
SCSS
Chloe & Ethan Wedding
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REACT
JAVASCRIPT
HTML
CSS
Brandon Diller Photography
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REACT
JAVASCRIPT
HTML
CSS
Wild Bunch Florist
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HTML
CSS
Qualifications
Diploma in Full Stack
Software Development
Accredited by the University of Napier, Edinburgh (2020)
Grade: First Class Honours
⊳Online course learning all aspects of Development.
⊳Earned First Class Honours.
⊳Built projects with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and Python.
⊳Version control using Git and GitHub.
⊳SQL, MongoDB and AWS servers.
HND Graphic Design
Lincoln College of Art, Lincolnshire
Grade: Merit
OND Graphic Design
Ware College, Hertfordshire
Grade: Merit