Daniel Bogod Email & Phone Number

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

- Guided and mentored junior developers, providing technical guidance and fostering professional growth.- Analysed client proposals to provide accurate technical requirements and time estimates.- Partnered with UI/UX designers to translate concepts into functional, user-friendly interfaces.- Conducted code reviews to ensure code quality and best practice adherence.- Acted as team expert in accessibility best practices and advocated for inclusive design. Key projects/clients:Worcester Bosch Professional App (iOS/Android)- Rebuilt mobile app for Worcester Bosch boiler installers.- Added functionality to add team members, assign jobs, register boilers, manage customers and access knowledge base and support network.- Built with Typescript to keep bugs to a minimum, allowing delivery team to focus on adding features and refining the UX at speed.- Launched app in Apple/Google stores to positive feedback from client and users.Worcester Bosch FastTrack- Replaced existing tool for customers to book a boiler installation.- Used modern React functional components, hooks and Redux to build an improved user interface.- Created new ways of working with legacy packages to capture insightful user behaviour data and deliver dynamic content.Hilton Hotels- Developed a destination search to enable users to find the right hotel.- Combined fuzzy search logic with API sourced dataset for a fluid user experience.- Enriched content using Google Places API.Glenmorangie- Built new, scalable public site for heritage whisky brand to help develop new revenue streams.- Combined Shogun front end with Shopify-driven back end.- Added custom feature pages with scroll-driven animations.- Drove £100k+ in sales within three months of launch.Busy Bees UP (iOS/Android)- Maintained/added features to two mobile apps with global userbase of over 10,000.- Kept apps up to date with Expo SDK, often upgrading/patching individual packages and refactoring legacy code.

Swindon, United Kingdom

- Raised accessibility standards across the code base, boosting our ranking by 200 places in Sitemorse’s index of Government and Public Bodies websites (placed 4th out of 293 sites).- Implemented Civic Cookie Control and worked alongside external agency on Google Tag Manager to bring site in line with GDPR requirements.- Enhanced site performance by implementing smarter lazy loading strategies and serving more efficient image formats, resulting in increased Lighthouse scores and benefits to all users.- Regularly consulted as team expert in front end development and web accessibility, advising on corporate-wide projects regarding viability, development timings and technologies to be used.- Reorganised repository to accommodate satellite sites so that assets such as JavaScript and CSS files could be shared across projects, avoiding duplication of code, reducing development time and increasing consistency.Key projects:Historic England Foundation (HEF)- Lead developer for Single Page Application for the HEF charity, built from scratch.- Created custom components and navigation handling, as well as adding analytics tracking.User-generated Content- Central point of contact for development of new feature to improve the user-generated content offering.- Worked with third-party agency to build accessible, maintainable apps for (a) users who want to leave comments, photos and videos and (b) in-house editors who need to moderate that content.- Resulted in cleaner, more accessible and all-round superior user experience, soliciting enthusiastic responses from visitors to the site and stakeholders alike.National Heritage List for England (NHLE)- Coordinated with team members and stakeholders to successfully implement a redesign of the most visited part of the site.- Restructured content and revamped entire look and feel of the NHLE to deliver a more performant, intuitive and engaging experience.

Swindon, United Kingdom

- Built new features, fixed bugs, and refined styles and functionality across the site as part of an Agile team of developers, testers and designers. - Worked with other developers to refactor and refine the existing front end codebase (including removal of all jQuery) and implement a version control system using a branch model. - Wrote wikis for Git best practices and newly conceived Gitflow model, and subsequently acted as a point of consultation for colleagues learning how to use the system. - Engaged in peer reviews with other developers, offering advice and suggestions where needed while at the same time learning new methods and skills.Key projects:Historic England Archive- Built AJAX search and filters for new section of the site offering public access to 1.5million archival images and records.- Met with stakeholders and back end developers on a daily basis, working to deadlines.Primary Navigation- Rebuilt site’s primary navigation from scratch, creating an elegant overlay solution for smaller screens and an accessible mega menu for larger ones without duplication of code.- Resulted in plaudits from across the business, positive feedback from everyday users and personal performance bonus.

Remote

Sports marketing website maintenance and improvements made just ahead of site launch. Also improved site loading speed by recommending the content team prefer MP4s to GIFs for animated imagery.

Remote

Worked closely with startup business owner to design and build the brand’s digital presence from scratch. Utilised Gatsby and GraphQL to make Wordpress headless, leaving the client with a familiar CMS experience and a faster loading website. Also set up hosting and contact form functionality, and advised the client on best SEO practices and domain purchasing.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Temp role while studying

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism

Fda, Acting