A hybrid designer and front-end developer who builds and helps keeping clean, performant web applications and websites. Portuguese, currently based in Berlin. Key: Responsive design, mobile first, progressive enhancement, web standards, semantic markup and microdata, accessibility, in-browser prototyping, usability for web and mobile, interoperability, performance, information design, content strategy, web typography. Development: HTML5 and CSS3 (SASS), SVG, JavaScript, PHP and Ruby, RESTful APIs, Unix, Git, Continuous integration, SCRUM and Kanban. Experience with Angular JS, Rails, WordPress, Grunt and Gulp, Node.js, Jekyll, jQuery/Zepto, Bower, etc.

Front-end & Lead Designer @ From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Berlin Area, GermanyFront-End Developer @ From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Berlin Area, GermanyFront-End Developer @ Front-end development and design. From March 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 5 months) Berlin Area, GermanyResearcher @ Research of state of the art in social network analytics tools, prototyping of a tailor-made solution for tracking conversations and shared items, and design and development of a final analytics application for a big publishing company. From September 2011 to April 2012 (8 months) Aveiro Area, PortugalTeaching Assistant @ Teaching communication strategy, online media marketing and strategic planning for the Interkulturel Markedskommunikation Master's program. From February 2011 to June 2011 (5 months) Master's candidate @ I conducted my research in the areas of zone-based visualization, simplicity and interface design, in an exchange Master's degree study program. My work is available here: http://joaoramos.org/via From November 2010 to June 2011 (8 months)

Master's degree, Interface Design and Usability @ IT-Universitetet i København From 2010 to 2011 Bachelor and Master's degrees, Communication Technology and Design @ Universidade de Aveiro From 2006 to 2010 João Ramos is skilled in: Web Application Design, Visual Web Developer, User Interface Design, HTML 5, CSS, Wordpress, jQuery, CSS3, Mobile Devices, User Experience, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Web Design, PHP, HTML