Dan Edington's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

📖 Summary

I am a passionate front end / Javascript developer with over a decade’s experience in web development and design. In 2006, I took 2 years out from my career as a front end developer to study graphic design. As a result, I have a strong grasp of design concepts and I work excellently with design teams. During my career, I have worked on projects for a number of large clients including Lexus, Coca Cola, PWC, Atos and Harvey Nichols.Software Engineer @ From May 2015 to October 2015 (6 months) Front end developer @ Working as part of a medium sized team of front end and back end developers, I was tasked with building and maintaining e-commerce websites built upon the Magento platform for a wide range of devices. Main responsibilities: Creating page templates in HTML / CSS (using SASS) from supplied Photoshop designs Use of Agile development methods Using Backbone and jQuery to write code in an MVC like manner Small amounts of PHP coding Working with colleagues within the front end team to decide upon coding conventions, best practices etc. Provide mentoring to junior developers Use of SVN and GIT version control Use of Grunt and Gulp build tools Reason for leaving Health problems (now resolved) From November 2014 to April 2015 (6 months) Manchester, United KingdomFull stack Javascript developer @ Working as part of a highly skilled team of developers, I created web applications for clients including PWC and Atos using a full Javascript stack comprising of Angular, Node and MongoDB. I also built and designed a complex UI for an browser based design tool that is due to be used by a number of large clients including Audi and Asda. Main responsibilities Design and build of robust web applications using appropriate technologies Communication and collaboration with remote team members, often in different time zones Working to fluctuating deadlines Use of Mercurial version control Use of Grunt and Gulp build tools Reason for leaving Lack of job security From October 2013 to October 2014 (1 year 1 month) Manchester, United KingdomFront end developer @ As a member of a small development team I worked on projects for a range of clients to create responsive HTML5 websites and applications. I also developed a Javascript framework for creating touch based apps that run in the browser or on a device using Phonegap. Main responsibilities Creating responsive, cross browser websites from Photoshop designs using HTML, CSS (using SASS) and Javascript Use of GIT version control Creating a bespoke Javascript framework for building touch based apps Reason for leaving Redundancy From January 2013 to July 2013 (7 months) Manchester, United KingdomFront end developer @ A member of a large front end development team. I worked closely with artworkers to produce websites and HTML5 based interactive apps predominantly for the iPad. Main responsibilities Creating responsive, cross browser websites from Photoshop designs using HTML, CSS and Javascript Building interactive content for an in-house iPad application framework using HTML, CSS and Zepto Use of SVN and GIT version control Provide mentoring to junior developers Reason for leaving I wanted a fresh challenge From October 2011 to January 2013 (1 year 4 months) Manchester, United KingdomFront end developer @ Working with back end developers and artworkers, I worked on projects for clients including Coca Cola and Lexus. Main responsibilities Creating page templates in HTML, CSS and Javascript from supplied Photoshop designs Use of Agile development methods Small amounts of C# coding Use of SVN version control Reason for leaving Due to a lack of constant, challenging work From March 2010 to October 2011 (1 year 8 months) Manchester, United KingdomWeb Designer / Developer @ From June 2009 to March 2010 (10 months) Freelance Web Designer / Developer @ From August 2008 to June 2009 (11 months) Manchester, United KingdomWeb / Print Designer @ From February 2006 to September 2006 (8 months) Web Designer / Developer @ From February 2004 to February 2006 (2 years 1 month) HND, Graphic Design, Pass with merit @ City College Manchester From 2006 to 2008 GCSE, English, Maths, Science, IT @ Urmston Grammar School From 1994 to 1999 Dan Edington is skilled in: HTML 5, CSS3, Responsive, JavaScript, Node.js, AngularJS, Backbone.js, React, MongoDB, Web Applications, jQuery, Photoshop, Illustrator, User Experience, User Interface Design