Profile
I have been building websites for 15+ years and have more than 10 years of
experience working with WordPress.
In my current role as Digital Supporter & Platform Trainer, I do a lot of varied tasks. I support our users,
both through training and advice, guidance and documentation. I make regular front-end and back-end developer
changes to our in-house content publisher platforms and WordPress platforms. I've highlighted some key examples
in my portfolio. Here is a quick summary of my
regular tasks:
- implementing front-end changes to www.bath.ac.uk
- implementing front-end changes to blogs.bath.ac.uk
- making back-end changes to change details such as listing a new cohort on our course editing platform
- updating Apache config and implementing redirects
- maintaining and improving technical documentation
- GitLab and GitHub administration
- testing and updating WordPress versions, plugins, PHP
- exporting data from Apache servers, Oracle & MySQL databases
- Google Analytics and Google Tag manager set-up and data analysis
I'm also a trustee for Frome-based charity Black Swan Arts.
Through that, I provide as a volunteer:
- web content editing for all online platforms
- front-end changes and design
- domain and DNS maintenance
- support and set up of PCs, laptops, iPads
- implementation of project management and communication tools such as Trello, Slack and Google Shared
Drives
Skills summary
Technical
I'm currently completing the Front-End Engineer, Career Path course through Codecademy Pro, mostly to
solidify
existing skills and be up to date with current practices. I've also had a varied background of roles,
including
experience with managing projects and staff.
I have substantial experience with:
- HTML5
- CSS and SCSS
- JQuery and JavaScript
- using CSS frameworks such as Foundation and Bootstrap
- using build processes such as Grunt and Gulp with NPM and Node
- testing and updating project dependencies
- user experience testing
- investigating and verifying errors and bugs and proposing solutions
- reviewing and testing code changes by others
- testing that changes meet our code standards
- design tools such as Figma and Invision
- GitHub and GitLab
- WordPress, WordPress multisites and bespoke content management systems
- keeping up to date with version changes, such as WordPress and PHP. Ensuring updates are made within the
supported timeframes
- Shopify and WooCommerce build and maintenance
- Apache config
- database admin, Oracle & MySQL
- constructing database queries to create reports to aid management decisions
- project management
- Agile framework and practice
- Google Tag Manager, Optimize and Analytics
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
I also have some experience with PHP, JSON and Ruby. I regularly make changes to this code, so consider
myself literate. I can usually interpret the code and spot errors if reviewing work by others.
Other
Some other less technical skills I've developed through working in an Agile team and within the wider
university context include: