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My name is Peter Chermanowicz, but you can call me Chermie. I am Senior Front-End Developer, specialising in responsive and adaptive front-end development (and also design). If you are looking for an experienced and reliable senior front-end developer, who can provide a bespoke and comprehensive solutions for a wide range of digital projects, I might be the right person for your needs. My goal is to work for a company related to the widely understood digital projects, possibly as a Senior or Lead Front-End Developer or User Interface (UI) specialist. For the last few years, I have been successively moving from the design, towards pure front-end development. Nevertheless my design skills are usually very beneficial for the companies I’m working for. Currently, I’m entirely focused on the responsive and adaptive UI development (involving AngularJS), with special emphasis on mobile devices and so called ‘mobile first’ methodology. I have all necessary resources of knowledge, equipment, software, experience to fully satisfy the clients. For the full portfolio, please visit my website at http://www.chermie.comSenior Front-End Developer @ From November 2015 to Present (2 months) Senior Front-End Developer @ Type: contract Responsibilities: Senior Front-End developer working on the web application (insurance project) for Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax. Responsible for the UI development, branding and final refinement of all three brands. Working closely with the server-side developers and the designers on the client-side. The project has been built using Visual Studio C# on the server side and JavaScript (mainly jQuery) on the front-end side. The UI includes fully responsive design and build, targeting all kind of devices - from mobiles, to desktops. Technologies used: Object Oriented JavaScript, jQuery, CSS3, HTML5, LESS Software involved: Mac OS X, Sublime Text (IDE), Microsoft Visual Studio, Serif Affinity Designer, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop) From August 2015 to October 2015 (3 months) London, United KingdomSenior Front-End Developer @ Type: contract Responsibilities: Responsible for research, prototyping, building and looking for the best possible solutions for the YouView's next-gen TV platform UI. The old UI was mainly Flash-based and YouView goal was to entirely re-invent it, including switching to HTML 5, CSS3 and pure, agnostic JavaScript as main technologies for the UI. The major part of my work was to research, prototype and test different solutions and approaches to make the YouView TV platform UI as smooth and easy to use as possible and cross-device friendly (responsive). The new UI will be implemented in the next-gen YouView TV platform. Technologies used: Front-end development technologies, mainly agnostic (object-oriented) JS, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, but also Angular.js, Require.js, jQuery, Handlebars, JSON, NodeJS, Gulp Software involved: Mac OS X, Sublime Text (IDE), Adobe Creative Cloud (mainly Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator), GIT, JIRA From November 2014 to August 2015 (10 months) Senior Front-End Developer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Responsible for building front-end of a video streaming web application for TV stations. The application is dedicated to variety of desktop and mobile devices. Responsible for the UI and front-end logic of the application, also researching and implementing different video streaming technologies (HTML5 video and DRM-enabled technologies), building and implementing templates for application views (using Handlebars), working in a team of 5 front-end developers. The core of the application is using Marionette.js, Require.js and jQuery, sub-applications and some modules are using Angular.js. Technologies used: Front-end development technologies, HTML5, CSS3, LESS, Angular.js, Backbone.js, Marionette.js, Require.js, jQuery, Handlebars, JSON, object-oriented JavaScript Software involved: Mac OS X, Sublime Text (IDE), Adobe Creative Cloud (mainly Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator), Axure Wireframing software, Cornerstone (SVN), JIRA From July 2014 to October 2014 (4 months) Lead Front-End Developer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Working on a web application dedicated for tablets (iPads and Android-based) for Carphone Warehouse and other big multinational clients. Responsible for entire front-end part of the project, planning and building a responsive UI and layout, leading a team of 5 offshore (based in India) front-end developers. Project was based on Backbone.js and AngularJS frameworks, using Java back-end environment with Thymeleaf templating on the back-end and Handlebars templating framework on the front-end side. The project has been successfuly delivered to the first client and is currently under the extension and customisation process for the other clients. Awards: Received an ‘Outstanding innovation’ award for creating the scalable and customisable theming system based on Sass and Bourbon technologies and fully integrated with the application build flow (Maven). Technologies used: Mainly front-end development, HTML 5, CSS 3, AngularJS, Backbone.js, Handlebars, object-oriented JavaScript, jQuery Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite CC (mainly Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator), Spring Tools Suite, GIT (version control), Agile reporting software From July 2013 to June 2014 (1 year) Lead Front-End Specialist @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Responsible for the front-end of the entirely new and fully responsive ee.co.uk website. Also a lead front-end developer of MyEE section – an online self-service system for EE users. Involved in the entire website creation process (from choosing the right technologies, through building the responsive grid, core styling and Javascript libraries, all the way to building responsive modules (like basket, handset matrix etc.) and tweaking the website sections to match the specific business owner needs. Also working on the post-launch website meintanance and improvements. Technologies used: Mainly UI development, HTML 5, CSS 2 / 3, object-oriented JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 5 (mainly Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver), StarTeam (SVN), Agile reporting software From March 2012 to June 2013 (1 year 4 months) Senior Front-End Specialist @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Responsible for successive redesign and redevelopment of t-mobile.co.uk website, handset zones and UI elements, with the main goal to bring the front-end experience to a new level. Working closely with the sales team and product managers, responsible for building the front-end code to the wireframes and prototypes, creating final layout design and testing it on selected groups of users. Actively involved in the development process, building XHTML / CSS / JavaScript UI code. Involved in 2011 T-Mobile Christmas Shop design and development, responsible for BlackBerry products zone redesign and redevelopment and for a number of various t-mobile.co.uk website improvements. Technologies used: Mainly UI (front-end) design and development, XHTML (Transitional), CSS, object-oriented JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 5 (mainly Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver), StarTeam (version control), Agile reporting software From September 2011 to March 2012 (7 months) Senior Front-End Developer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Responsible for the BoA’s international transactional system front-end redesign and redevelopment. I’ve been responsible for the whole front-end part of the project, starting with the UX wireframes, complete UI designs and ending with the HTML / CSS / JS development. The key goal of the project was to build the intuitive UI, to minimise the need for the system operators training. Technologies used: UI/UX design, HTML 4 with HTML5 elements , CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, AngularJS Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Fireworks, Photoshop) From August 2011 to September 2011 (2 months) London, United KingdomSenior Digital Designer & Developer @ Type: Contract Responsible for two online media campaigns for Royal Opera House and Albert Hall. I was a lead designer and developer for Royal Opera House World Stage 2011/2012 online advertisement campaign, working on dynamic Flash banners, MPUs, expandable, client-managable repertoire ads. The second campaign was the Albert Hall Phantom Of The Opera by Cameron Macintosh – posters, billboards, Flash banners, MPUs, microsite and video footage editing. Technologies used: Mainly design with some web development, Flash design and ActionScript development - XHTML (Transitional), CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, After Effects) From July 2011 to August 2011 (2 months) London, United KingdomLead Front-End Designer and Developer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: A lead designer and developer of a product online campaign for GlaxoSmithKline. The campaign was based on a series of dedicated websites and four interactive, user-engaging multimedia presentations. I was responsible for the design, assets preparation process, front-end coding, testing and final delivery to the client. I’ve been also involved in a smaller online campaign for Roche. Technologies used: Mainly web technologies, also Flash design and ActionScript development - XHTML (Transitional), CSS, JavaScript, Ajax (jQuery) Software Involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator), Adobe After Effects, other graphics, development and management software From March 2011 to July 2011 (5 months) London, United KingdomSenior Digital Designer & Developer, UI/UX Designer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: My main responsibility was to prepare the PC World and Currys front-end to be accessible from all kind of devices – desktops, tablets and mobile phones. The process required a complete redevelopment of the UI and making it responsive with adaptive elements. I was responsible for delivering responsive modules, built in HTML / CSS and with object-orietned Javascript. I have also been involved in online advertisement campaigns for PC World, Currys and Dixons - mainly for major Dixons Retail brands (Amazon, Visa, Apple, Panasonic, LG, Samsung , Toshiba, IBM, TomTom, Microsoft). Technologies used: Mainly web design and development technologies - XHTML (Strict), CSS, JavaScript, Ajax (jQuery) Software Involved: Mac OS X and Windows 7, Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator), Adobe After Effects, Apple FinalCut Pro, other graphics, development and management software From November 2010 to March 2011 (5 months) Hemel Hempstead, United KingdomSenior Front-End Designer and Developer, Mobile UI Designer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Responsible for a number of digital projects, from websites (for Vodafone, Walkers, ITV), through Flash GUI solutions driven by ASP.NET APIs (for The Sun, News of the World), to a mobile applications UI/UX design and front-end development (mainly for iPad and iPhone), video streaming solutions for the web and mobile devices, SEO consultancy Technologies used: Mainly UI/UX design and front-end design and development technologies: XHTML (Strict and Transitional), CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery, ASP.NET Software involved: Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign), SVN software, Apple FinalCut Pro, other graphics, development and management software From September 2010 to November 2010 (3 months) London, United KingdomSenior Front-End Designer and Developer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Responsible for online digital projects design and development process, working on promotional websites, multimedia presentations, marketing campaigns (banners, emails etc.), involved in the arrangement and creation process with main VCCP clients, mainly involved in healthcare projects (MSD, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche). Technologies used: Mainly graphic design and front-end design and development technologies: XHTML (Strict and Transitional), CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, MooTools Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign), Adobe After Effects, Apple FinalCut Pro, other graphics, development and management software From March 2010 to August 2010 (6 months) London, United KingdomSenior Front-End Developer @ Type: Contract Responibilities: Responsible for rebranding, redesign and redevelopment of PC World, Currys and Dixons websites (moving to a new eCommerce platform). Involved in theme websites creation and online advertisement campaigns for major DSGi brands, (Apple, Panasonic, LG, Samsung , Toshiba, IBM, TomTom, Microsoft) as a senior front-end developer. Technologies used: Mainly front-end design and development technologies: XHTML (Strict), CSS, JavaScript, Ajax (jQuery), also Flash Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator), Adobe After Effects, Apple FinalCut Pro, other graphics, development and management software From December 2009 to March 2010 (4 months) Hemel Hempstead, United KingdomSenior Front-End Designer and Developer @ Type: Contract Responsibilities: Providing a comprehensive front-end design and development, responsible for innovative creations for medical and pharmaceutical companies (including GlaxoSmithKline, Roche and Pfizer), specializing in advanced web creations and Flash animations (Actionscript 3 and ActionScript 2) - from the first sketch to the finished product, e-learning solutions, front-end user interface (UI) design and development, following W3C accessibility guidelines (usualy W3C Priority 1), SEO solutions Technologies used: Mostly graphic design, HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript (including Ajax), ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3, BrightCove video solutions Software involved: Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Apple FinalCut Pro, Microsoft Office, other graphics, development and management software From April 2009 to October 2009 (7 months) London, United KingdomSenior Front-End Designer and Developer @ Type: Permanent Responsibilities: Responsible for big web projects for the international media agency, providing mock-ups, front-end design and development, coordinating User Expericence (UX) tests, providing ‘ready-to-use’ solutions for back-end developers. Implementing SEO solutions.Team leader of four (two designers and two front-end developers) Technologies used: Mostly graphic design, HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP/MySQL, ASP.NET/MS-SQL JavaScript (including Ajax), Actionscript 2 and Actionscript 3, video editing Software involved: Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Microsoft Office, other graphics, development and management software From August 2007 to April 2009 (1 year 9 months) London, United KingdomSenior Front-End Designer and Developer @ Type: Permanent Responsibilities: Main concept designer, digital graphic designer, front-end designer and developer, online marketing campaigns main designer, following W3C Accessibility Guidelines Technologies used: Mostly graphic design, HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript (including Ajax), Actionscript 2 and Actionscript 3 Software involved: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, other graphics and management software From September 2005 to August 2007 (2 years) London, United KingdomSenior Digital Designer @ Responsibilities: Web projects director, web designer and Macromedia / Adobe Flash specialist, graphics concepts creative director, web projects team leader, PHP/MySQL/XHTML/CSS projects manager, graphic designer; Technologies used: Mostly graphic design, HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, Actionscript 2 Software involved: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Macromedia MX / MX2004 Suite etc. From March 2002 to September 2005 (3 years 7 months) Digital Designer, later a team leader @ Responsibilities: Web design specialist, web projects team leader, HTML/CSS developer, Macromedia Flash designer and ActionScript specialist Technologies used: Mostly graphic design, HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, Actionscript 2 Software involved: Macromedia Graphics Suite, other graphics software From May 2000 to March 2002 (1 year 11 months) Digital Designer @ Responsibilities: E-marketing, online advertisement specialist, web designer, web applications user interfaces designer, Macromedia Flash designer, later I have been promoted to Marketing and Web department manager Software involved: Macromedia Graphics Suite, other graphics software From February 1997 to May 2000 (3 years 4 months) Digital Designer @ Responsibilities: Computer helpdesk and support, later I have been promoted to general web graphic designer and desktop publishing specialist, Micrographics Picture Publisher specialist Software involved: Macromedia Graphics Suite, other graphics software From January 1996 to February 1997 (1 year 2 months) Peter Chermanowicz is skilled in: HTML 5, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, User Experience, Web Applications, User Interface Design, React.js, AngularJS, Backbone.js, JSX, Flux, Redux, CSS3, SASS