Jonny Kates Email & Phone Number

Web developer for a B Corp certified creative agency. We create user-centred and accessible digital products for charities; social enterprises; academic institutions; and healthcare organisations in the UK.• Integral part of a cross-functional agile team developing content led websites, primarily on Craft CMS (PHP/Yii2)• Working closely with designers to translate Figma designs into component driven frontend code, using Sass and the Twig templating engine to WCAG AA standard• Converting client requirements into technical proposals, to be broken down into epics and deliverable tasks with product managers• Actively contributing to responses to client RFIs, project proposals, and pitch interviews; with a strong strike rate• Responsible for DevOps - including Git workflows, hosting solutions, and CI/CD pipelines - across multiple digital products

Integral part of a start-up (Raising IT) through rapid growth period to exit. Company acquired in May 2019. Job description below also describes previous role prior to acquisition.• Designer and front-end developer for one of the UK’s leading charity website and fundraising platforms, operating within The Access Group.• Key interdisciplinary member of the product development team; translating between engineering, design, delivery and support• Revolutionised customer site design process by creating a multi-tenancy, design token driven SCSS framework; reducing costs of delivery by £40k per quarter• Completely redesigned our core product’s dated UI with 98% customer endorsement• Introduced a cross-product UI component library built with React and Storybook• Designed and developed new brochure website for Australian franchise using GatsbyJS, Sanity CMS, and Netlify• Delivered internal training on the fundamentals of web development to non-technical team members as part of a skill share initiative• Hired in-house after excelling as an external contractor

London, United Kingdom

Description as per subsequent role at The Access Group - Raising IT was acquired by The Access Group in May 2019.

St Albans, United Kingdom

Worked as part of a creative digital agency for a broad range of clients, rapidly prototyping solutions for feedback and testing

London, Uk

Head of digital strategy during fast-growth start-up phase for a pioneering company that helped to raise £250m of investment for social enterprises.

Worked as part of a small team helping to translate client requirements into a clear digital strategy and structured site map