Senior Front End Developer at Laithwaites Wine
Reading, United Kingdom
Laithwaites Wine
Senior Front End Developer
May 2015 to Present
Reading, United Kingdom
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Responsible for development of new functionality on Laithwaite's, Sunday Times Wine Club and Averys. Designed, implemented and managed UX EMEA Sprint and SVN deployment processes. Championed new processes and improvements around caching and performance. Responsible for front end performance; made many enhancements; this resulted Page load times reducing from 7 seconds to 3 seconds and Time to... Responsible for development of new functionality on Laithwaite's, Sunday Times Wine Club and Averys. Designed, implemented and managed UX EMEA Sprint and SVN deployment processes. Championed new processes and improvements around caching and performance. Responsible for front end performance; made many enhancements; this resulted Page load times reducing from 7 seconds to 3 seconds and Time to Render from 5 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
What company does Ben Brown work for?
Ben Brown works for Laithwaites Wine
What is Ben Brown's role at Laithwaites Wine?
Ben Brown is Senior Front End Developer
What industry does Ben Brown work in?
Ben Brown works in the Wine and Spirits industry.
📖 Summary
Web professional with extensive frontend, backend, web design, project management, digital marketing, mentoring and management experience. Excellent communication and people skills developed through exposure to stakeholders at all levels. Specialties: lead front end development, application architecture, development, team lead, rapid prototyping, project and stakeholder management, graphic design and digital marketing.Senior Front End Developer @ Responsible for development of new functionality on Laithwaite's, Sunday Times Wine Club and Averys. Designed, implemented and managed UX EMEA Sprint and SVN deployment processes. Championed new processes and improvements around caching and performance. Responsible for front end performance; made many enhancements; this resulted Page load times reducing from 7 seconds to 3 seconds and Time to Render from 5 seconds to 2.5 seconds. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Reading, United KingdomLead Front End Developer (EMEAI) @ Lead Front End Developer for EMEAI responsible for development of secure and stable applications used by millions of users, full end-to-end project management and providing technical direction and guidance to the team and the organisation. From October 2014 to May 2015 (8 months) Reading, United KingdomWeb and Design Manager @ Responsible for defining the look and feel of the company design style and the development and management of Gamma's external web infrastructure. CMS architecture and deployment, systems integration, prototyping, UX/UI design, information architecture and project management. Now responsible for defining the look and feel of the company design style. From May 2010 to October 2014 (4 years 6 months) Senior Web Developer @ Design and development of Hitachi Capital's web infrastructure from the ground up. Developed web applications and systems for Hitachi's insurance product line. Mentored / coached junior and middleweight designers and developers. From September 2005 to May 2010 (4 years 9 months) Web Developer (EMEA) @ Provided in-house e-marketing support and systems training to EMEA users, e-shot & e-newsletter development, worked heavily with Interwoven Teamsite CMS. From June 2004 to August 2005 (1 year 3 months) Reading, United KingdomMultimedia Designer @ Web design / development role working heavily with ASP, Javascript, Flash, Photoshop, Director and 3D Max. Clients included Honda, Samsung, Hitachi & Plantronics. From July 2003 to May 2004 (11 months) Web Designer @ E-commerce web app development lead, general web development, design and SEO. From March 2000 to June 2003 (3 years 4 months) Ben Brown is skilled in: GruntJS, Node.js, JavaScript, Management, Web Design, CSS, Web Development, E-commerce, HTML 5, Photoshop, SEO, Email Marketing, CMS, Lead Generation, Information Architecture
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