James Morris
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Experience
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Together
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United Kingdom
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Front End Developer
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Jun 2023 - Present
Responsibilities: - Tech stack: Next.js, React, Framer Motion, TailwindCSS, Styled Components, Vue, Nuxt, SCSS, CMS (Wordpress, Storyblok), Figma - Worked effectively over both the retainer and production teams - Effectively solved existing client issues (visual bugs, functionality, animation) and built new pages within tight timelines - Had to understand codebases across different legacy and modern tech stacks - Effectively worked with multiple international clients Responsibilities: - Tech stack: Next.js, React, Framer Motion, TailwindCSS, Styled Components, Vue, Nuxt, SCSS, CMS (Wordpress, Storyblok), Figma - Worked effectively over both the retainer and production teams - Effectively solved existing client issues (visual bugs, functionality, animation) and built new pages within tight timelines - Had to understand codebases across different legacy and modern tech stacks - Effectively worked with multiple international clients
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YourWelcome
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Front End Developer
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Apr 2022 - Jun 2023
Responsibilities: - Tech stack: React, GraphQL (Relay), SCSS, Styled Components, Zeplin - Worked across 3 software products - Redeveloped an existing product from scratch (took full ownership, sole contributing dev) - After the new version went live - monthly subscriptions increased by 15% total users increased by 10%, customer support enquiries reduced in amount by 33%, user sessions were 25% longer in duration than before - Created custom typed React components and hooks - Refactored legacy class components to modern functional components - Refactored to make better use of React composition and context - Integrated GraphQL queries via classic Relay - Worked closely with UI/UX designers to review, query and improve designs and user flow - Worked closely with senior front end developers to improve standards & technologies for the team going forward - Worked closely with senior back end developers to troubleshoot and discuss architecture of the GraphQL backend Show less
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IronmongeryDirect
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United Kingdom
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Wholesale Building Materials
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mid/Senior Front End Developer
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Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
Responsibilities: - Tech stack: Next.js, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, SCSS, REST APIs, IIS, Sketch - Legacy tech stack: MVC ASP.net, Bootstrap, SCSS - Converted a large amount of infrastructure from MVC ASP.net & React to a modern Next.js, Typescript app (project managed and developed) - Managed front end development team, set a code standard to follow, pushed for innovation and open communication, reviewed pull requests - Interviewed & hired for front end developers, tutored a junior developer - Created extensive team documentation for front end best practice and all internal processes - Managed CI pipeline (Jenkins and Octopus) and release process - Managed, integrated & troubleshooted third party integrations - RichRelevance, Increasingly, FoundIt - Worked effectively with marketing, design, SEO and the overseas development team - Carried out IT support (familiar with SQL queries) Show less
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Saffron Interactive
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United Kingdom
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Front End Developer/IT Technician
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Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
Responsibilities: - Developed bespoke learning course web apps - Integrated new features for existing apps - Updated styling (SCSS) and responsive design (Bootstrap) - Fixed bugs & refactored legacy code - Converted Backbone infrastructure to React - Set up end to end testing via Cypress - Used SVN for version control - Managed content and styling updates for company's main site (Wordpress - Elementor) - Managed domain network - Troubleshooted and audited hardware and software - Managed Windows and Linux servers - Provided systems training and support for 15+ new employees Show less
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University of Kent
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Msc Computer Science
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Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
Developed skills: - Java - HTML, CSS, JS - PHP - SQL - Blender - Photoshop - Systems architecture Developed skills: - Java - HTML, CSS, JS - PHP - SQL - Blender - Photoshop - Systems architecture
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Asda
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Section Leader
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Sep 2014 - Aug 2018
- Managed a team of 10+ colleagues - Gave me insight into how a leading global retailer successfully operates from a customer and backend perspective - Strong team leader/managerial skills, communication and problem solving skills developed from the role - Managed a team of 10+ colleagues - Gave me insight into how a leading global retailer successfully operates from a customer and backend perspective - Strong team leader/managerial skills, communication and problem solving skills developed from the role
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Education
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University of Kent
Msc Computer Science, Merit -
University of Portsmouth
Bachelor's degree, Forensic Biology