👨‍💻 Steven Jones Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

• Lead Front-End Developer on greenfield projects specialising in React and Next.js.
• Created and maintain a reusable Next.js boilerplate to accelerate development, featuring Playwright, Jest, and Storybook.
• Collaborated with stakeholders during the scoping phase of Greenfield projects to define requirements and establish project goals.
• Built a bespoke commenting and review system for a UGC project and integrated AWS Cognito for user authentication and management.
• Prior to greenfield projects, contributed to 80+ websites across five codebases, supporting 300M+ monthly users.
• Migrated a JavaScript codebase to TypeScript, cutting technical debt, eliminating unused code, and optimising components by 90%.

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

• Built responsive, pixel-perfect websites from Adobe XD and Figma designs, and defined the GraphQL schema, working with Vue.js, Nuxt.js, React.js, and Next.js.
• Developed component-based UIs with SASS/CSS, Tailwind, and Twin, integrating headless CMS platforms such as WordPress and Sanity, with GraphQL, Apollo, Redux, and Recoil.
• Collaborated with leading design and branding agencies on innovative projects, ensuring seamless integration between design and development.
• Mentored a junior developer through pair programming, detailed instruction, and ongoing support to promote skill development.
• Managed end-to-end project delivery, working directly with clients to scope work, provide timing estimates, and ensure project success.

• Led website re-architectures, transitioning to statically generated Next.js (SSG & ISR), integrating headless CMS solutions like DatoCMS, Hygraph, and KeystoneJS, and optimising content delivery via CDNs.
• Implemented CD (Vercel & Render) and managed source control.
• Developed client-side APIs to integrate third-party APIs and process responses.
• Built custom themes for platforms such as Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla, while also designing and overseeing email marketing campaigns from strategy to execution.
• Designed and overhauled websites, leading site architecture improvements and UI redesigns, working independently to deliver impactful solutions.
• Delivered branding, print design, and produced master creative assets.

Exeter, United Kingdom

• Designed and developed Drupal websites.
• Acted as brand champion for Calgon (Reckitt Benckiser).
• Collaborated autonomously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Trained and mentored studio artworkers.

• Contracted as a print and digital designer at Oyster House Media.
• Designed and created artwork for five titles.
• Conducted Photoshop retouching for projects.
• Designed and built html newsletters.
• Engaged in ongoing research and development of digital publications and AIR applications.

Exeter, United Kingdom

• Drupal website design and development.
• Brand champion for Calgon (Reckitt Benckiser).
• Autonomous collaboration in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Trained and mentored studio artworkers.

Madrid Area, Spain

• Co-founded and running of design company.
• Website design and development.
• Launched numerous publishing titles.
• Commissioning, writing, photography.
• Studio set up, handling artwork and pitches, IT issues, source print.

London, United Kingdom

• Freelanced in London, collaborating with numerous design agencies across the Capital.
• Rapidly acquired a wealth of industry experience and skills.
• Subsequently, freelanced for Aquent in Madrid.Key Responsibilities:
• Engaged in design and creative artworking.
• Produced a wide range of materials, including Advertisements, Branding Style Guides, Brochures, Direct Mail, Displays for shop-fronts, Magazines, in-house Promotional material, and Retouching.
• Joined projects at various stages, from mid-flow to completion.

London, United Kingdom

• Worked at DLCF Integrated for over a year, serving a diverse range of Blue Chip clients in a design and artworking capacity.
• Held a creative artworker role, actively contributing to the design and artwork of various projects, including Global Advertising Campaigns, Door-Drops/DM, POS, Advertising on London Transport, Packaging and Shipper.
• Managed multiple accounts concurrently, maintaining close collaboration with an international partner studio.
• Conducted presentations, handled data transmission, and communicated effectively with a repro-house.

Canterbury, United Kingdom

• Joined Trinity Mirror Southern (Trinity Mirror Group PLC) as a typesetter, later advancing to the position of Senior Artworker within a few months.Key Responsibilities:
• Conducted creative artworking, encompassing property supplements from inception to completion, involving the creation of new layouts and updates to existing designs.
• Managed twenty-two newspapers and various other supplements, overseeing page-planning for editorial and advertisements, ensuring smooth digital transmission and printing.
• Provided guidance, software support, and instruction to typesetters.
• Undertook in-house repro-scanning, retouching, and color correction.
• Engaged in discussions with clients to understand and fulfill project briefs.

Norwich, United Kingdom

• Engaged in part-time employment at a marketing and PR media agency while pursuing studies at The University of East Anglia.Key Responsibilities:
• Managed graphic design from concept to final artwork.
• Worked on advertising projects.
• Conducted scanning and retouching tasks.
• Assisted with proofreading duties.

Plymouth, United Kingdom

• Commenced my career as a typesetter at the Western Morning News Co Ltd, responsible for all titles covering the South West of England.Key Responsibilities:
• Conducted typesetting tasks.
• Handled scanning and retouching duties.
• Assisted in proofreading activities.

Ba, Joint Hons In English Literature & Philosophy

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