👨‍💻 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%.• Reduced codebase size by 30%, eliminating ~70K lines through template consolidation, reusable components, and refactoring.• Contributed to five concurrent workstreams, including header bidding, bug fixes, UI enhancements, feature development, and internal SaaS improvements.• Implemented hydrateRoot to hydrate server components, enhancing user functionality and removing AMP components.• Reviewed code, mentored new team members, and collaborated with design (Figma, Adobe XD) and development teams (Slack, Jira, ClickUp, GitHub) in an Agile environment.

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.• Led project management efforts, conducting meetings, demos, and training sessions.

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.• Worked both independently and as part of large teams.• Responded promptly to short-notice call-outs across the Capital.Key Achievement:• Successfully redesigned one of Caspian Publishing’s 'Real' Financial Publications after initial hiring.

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 decoration, Brochures/Catalogues, in-house Publications, and artwork for micro-sites.Transitioned from creating repro-ready artwork based on simple scamps to independently developing initial designs without art-direction.• 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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