Experience

RED Academy

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Development Instructor

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  Teaching beginners HTML, CSS, SAAS, JavaScript, Git and WordPress. As well as the overall lifecycle of a project. Actively working with community partners, showing the students how to work on real life projects. Work closely with other members of the instructional & operations team to deliver and evolve the curriculum, making sure that all teaching material is up to date & relevant in today's market. Teaching beginners HTML, CSS, SAAS, JavaScript, Git and WordPress. As well as the overall lifecycle of a project. Actively working with community partners, showing the students how to work on real life projects. Work closely with other members of the instructional & operations team to deliver and evolve the curriculum, making sure that all teaching material is up to date & relevant in today's market.



Freelance

• Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada

• Freelance Web Designer/Developer

  • Jul 2012 - Present

  At the beginning I freelanced on my own and had my own clients. I worked while studying, travelling and even on the side of normal jobs. I continue to maintain the websites of my clients that I have designed and built. More recently I was working in Australia. Here I was part of an agency called Artisan. My agent would assign me to contract roles where I would go into the companies’ offices. I worked in-house and in agencies, for companies such as WhyBin, Mercer, JWT and McMillan Shakespeare Group (Maxxia). Mainly I developed HTML 5 animated display banners with CSS and jQuery for companies such as Nissan, Ford, Origin and ANZ Bank. I also worked on designing and developing newsletters (EDM's). As well as developing web pages for eLearning courses for Swinburne Online University. Show less



Another Blank Page

• Canada
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Frontend Web Developer

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2020

  - Collaborating with the Web Designer from day 1 of planning to decide what is achievable within budget/time. And working together to research what the user needs are and ways we can improve UX. - Building WordPress websites from beginning to end. Using Advanced Custom Fields to build a user friendly CMS, with Mamp Pro to set up local server. HTML5, CSS3, SASS, and object-oriented JavaScript for the Front End. - Managing and training multiple clients in different time zones. - Using GitHub to collaborate with other developers on the team and keep source control with gitflow. - Carrying out QA for cross browser, SEO, speed performance and accessibility testing. Show less



Signal

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Front-End Developer

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2018

  Working closely with designers and UX I am responsible for accurately recreating the look and feel of designs for our clients and deliver quality code that conforms to high standards. • Developing mobile first. • Using HTML5 and CSS3, SASS and object-oriented JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks. Grunt, npm and Bower. • Server-side integration and content management systems. • Using GIT for distributed version control. • Following accessibility standards. • Test driven development and agile methodologies Some of the clients we work on are; Signal, Harveys, Sainsbury's, Nando’s, Bank of Ireland and Scottish Friendly. Show less



Kathmandu

• New Zealand
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Developer

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Working at Kathmandu was part of my Freelancing, however it was one of my longest contracts, lasting for 3 months. I helped work on re-branding and the launch of a new part of the business in travel. You can see the website I developed at travel.kathmandu.com.au. My day to day role would be primarily developing animated display banners in HTML 5, CSS and jQuery. As well as developing and designing weekly newsletters. I worked alongside media companies with Sizmek and Doubleclick as platforms to load the display banners. My role was also to develop new technologies and integrating them into BAU work. Such as creating dynamic content for EDM's, which would result in customers receiving more relevant emails. They would be able to filter customer data ie. if the customer was a man he would only get products sent for men. This in turn would produce more revenue. I also worked on cinemagraphs as a way of catching peoples attention on social media, using the tools in Photo Shop and the right photography. Show less



RSTO

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Designer/Front End Web Developer

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

  Now known as Trendzer. An outsourcing company that mainly worked on behalf of BT. In RSTO I was in a client facing role, responsible for the design and build of many different client websites using CSS and HTML. In this role I was a project manager as I had to organise all my work so that the projects were complete within the deadlines. Delivering interactive support to all the clients who needed it, was also part of the role as we took inbound calls through out the day. Another daily routine would be designing company logos and branding in line with customer requirements using PhotoShop. As I spoke to clients every day, I used these opportunities to up sell more features for their websites to increase RSTO’s revenue. I started this job as a Junior Web Developer and increased my skills, which lead me to move onto the bigger packages building ecommerce sites with ePages and Joomla. Show less



Lloyds Banking Group

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Core Banking Advisor

  • 2010 - 2012

  Telephone banking included talking to all types of customers about their own banking needs. I took inbound calls throughout my shifts and worked towards targets for sales aswell as for service. Examples of calls are; fraud related, bank transfers, checking recent transactions, setting up standing orders and bill payments. Security was extremely important and this was followed through each call. I learnt a lot of customer services skills here as I had to deal with customers under a lot of stress. Telephone banking included talking to all types of customers about their own banking needs. I took inbound calls throughout my shifts and worked towards targets for sales aswell as for service. Examples of calls are; fraud related, bank transfers, checking recent transactions, setting up standing orders and bill payments. Security was extremely important and this was followed through each call. I learnt a lot of customer services skills here as I had to deal with customers under a lot of stress.