Experience

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  Front-end Development South Africa

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Co-Founder and Administrative Director

    • Oct 2019 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Managing all NGO/non-profit related administrative tasks● Liaising with contributors and volunteers● Overseeing and curating content creation● Sourcing sponsors and partners in order to ensure financial sustainability

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  Palmetrics

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • UI Engineering Lead

    • Jul 2020 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Overseeing and scaling dashboard engineering and design processes● Establishing guidelines around the usage of internal MVVM-based architecture.● Designing and architecting core UI system shared between web and cross-platform native apps.

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  Pattern

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Design System Lead

    • May 2022 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Leading internal cross-functional design system team● Liaising with broader engineering team around usage of design system● Overseeing visual design process and internal Figma operations

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  Operativa

  • Cape Town

  • Independent Consultant

    • Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
    • Cape Town

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  CodeSpace Academy

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Subject Matter Expert

    • Oct 2020 - Mar 2024
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Developing and reviewing curriculum used in full-time Software Engineering program● Enforcing a minimum standard of competency and familiarity with content amongst all code coaches● Ensuring all students are evaluated in a manner that aligns with industry requirements and with a focus on employability

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  Open Window

  • Gauteng, South Africa

  • Post-Graduate Moderation

    • Nov 2023 - Nov 2023
    • Gauteng, South Africa

    ● Review and compile feedback on post-graduate research papers● Provide recommendations in terms of general examination process● Assess the relevance of practical projects against theoretical outcomes

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  Creative Academy

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Curriculum Development and Lecturing

    • Jul 2020 - Mar 2023
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Developing curriculum for 3-year NQF LEVEL 7 accredited Interaction Design (IxD) degree and Creative Coding (CC) electives.● In-person lecturing and student workshops● Creation of written and pre-recorded video material

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  Umazi

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Product Design Lead

    • Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    ● Working with all stakeholders to create information and interaction architectures based on HCD● Creating and maintaining visual design system and pattern library to be used by developers● Working with developers to ensure best practices and product maintenance

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  Western Sydney University

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Technical Advisor

    • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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  Seedstars

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Product Design Advisor

    • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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  Codebridge

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Community Manager

    • Oct 2017 - Jul 2022
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Partnering with donors/sponsors in order to ensure the sustainability of Codebridge.● Advocating for increased adoption/re-orientation of tech for social good/civic ends.● Supporting the creation of inter-municipal spaces in service of local tech communities.● Encouraging and/or co-hosting monthly events by the local tech community for the local tech community.

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  Code Capsules

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Community Management

    • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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  Project codeX

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Workplace Incubator Program Lead

    • Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Exploring the intersection of youth unemployment and the critical programming skills gap.● Serving as lead technical and career mentor for individual participants.● Running six-month, Agile and Scrum-inspired product design cycles with teams of four.● Helping participants identify real-world needs and launch a product to address said needs

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  Ritza

  • Netherlands

  • Lead Front-end Development Writer

    • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
    • Netherlands

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  University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Lecturer

    • 2022 - 2022
    • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

    ● Teaching NQF LEVEL 7 module in Information Design degree (Bachelors of Arts).

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  OpenUp (formerly Code for South Africa)

  • City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Technical Consultation and Project Coordination

    • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
    • City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Contributing to the inter-organizational technical recommendation working group● Facilitating community-focused events such as hackathons and public events● Contract-based contributions and consultation on front-end development coding

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  Academy of Digital Arts

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Corporate Training and Short Courses

    • Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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  Voyc (Techstars '18)

  • The Randstad, Netherlands

  • Consultation and Remote Code Reviews

    • Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
    • The Randstad, Netherlands

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  Sea Monster Entertainment

  • Front-end Development

    • Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

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  Cogency cc

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Front-end Development Consulting

    • May 2019 - Sep 2019
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Writing project on-boarding documentation● Contributing to core product codebase

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  CodeSpace Academy

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Lecturer: Advanced CSS

    • May 2019 - Sep 2019
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Introduction to concept of W3C, browser vendors and browser specs.● Introduction to the CSSOM and browser-rendering lifecycle.● CSS-authoring methodologies like SMACSS, BEM and SUIT CSS.● Using flexbox and CSS-Grid for site-wide layouts.

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  OpenUp (formerly Code for South Africa)

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Front-end Development Lead and Project Manager

    • Oct 2017 - Jun 2019
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Mediating relationship between creative direction, front-end and back-end teams.● Creating technical specifications/briefs based on project or product-owner needs.● Enforcing code/process quality control by means of pair programming and code reviews.● Architecting/maintaining ready-made/boilerplate systems to bootstrap internal projects

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  Creative Academy

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Co-lecturer: Usability Testing

    • Jan 2019 - May 2019
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    ● Co-presented module on Usability Testing alongside Steve Barnet (naga.co.za/about)● Partnered with Reclaim the City (reclaimthecity.org.za) for students to real-world testing.● Covered traditional UX-processes as well as more radical Lean-based approaches.

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  RunwaySale

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • UI Development Lead

    • Mar 2016 - Oct 2017
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Facilitating and supporting the design team in the creation/iteration of UI designs via Figma.● Translating designs into self-contained HTML, CSS and JavaScript components as needed.● Maintaining inter-department/inter-platform pattern libraries and style guide documentation.● Configuring UI tooling (Webpack, React, Redux, Apollo, et al) and training team in their usage.

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  GAPdesign

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Front-end Developer and UI Designer

    • Nov 2013 - Mar 2016
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Managing and mentoring team members.● Reviewing all team member code and design work before implementation on production.● Design and developing website interfaces according to clients needs.● Implement and maintain all front-end build processes and tools (Gulp, Webpack, etc.).

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  See-Saw-Do

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Digital Design and Project Facilitation

    • Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Maintaining and developing the website, online press portals and additional online platforms.● Writing and compiling letters of inquiry, grant applications and project-specific proposals● Identify and obtaining grants for operational costs and project development● Aiding in the physical preparation and facilitation of projects

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  University of Stellenbosch

  • Stellenbosch

  • US Art Gallery Assistant

    • Aug 2009 - Aug 2011
    • Stellenbosch

    ● Answered general inquiries● Assisted in the supervision of the space

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  Am I Collective

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • On-site Freelance Work

    • Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    ● Illustrated work for Grey (Germany) and Design Indaba Magazine (RSA)● Sketched, inked and coloured work for various projects as part of a team.