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Made Tech
Senior Software Engineer
Bristol, UK
February 2022 - present
Building civic tech and services for the public - currently working on a Django/Express/React stack and providing infra/DevOps suppor
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FutureLearn
Software Engineer
London, UK
September 2020 - February 2022
I believe in the power of accessible education, and I was pleased to put my skills to good use at this online learning platform. I worked on a mobile (React Native/GraphQL/Rails) R'n'D team, as well as to improve legacy code, on a Rails and React stack.
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ThoughtWorks
Software Developer
London, UK
June 2019 - August 2020
At this reknowned software consultancy I continued to hone my craft, applying my commitment to quality and best practise to TDD, pair programming and CI/CD. I worked on a range of full-stack technologies, including React, Java, Spring, Firebase and Vue.
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American Express
Junior Software Engineer
Brighton, Sussex, UK
July 2018 - June 2019
I worked on an innovative new initiative to improve data configuration for a set of microservices. Working on both front and back-end development (Java and Javascript), my role involved liaising with product owners, senior engineers and external stakeholders.
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Uken Games
Community Representative
Toronto, ON, Canada
April 2017 - present
At this leading Canadian mobile games company I worked to provide the best possible experience for our users, and to connect the developers and designers with player feedback. Writing FAQs, looking at analytics and investigating bugs, I had a close understanding of our products and the opportunities and challenges of mobile development.
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Penguin Random House Canada
Consumer Marketing Coordinator
Toronto, ON, Canada
July 2016 - April 2017
I worked on brand direction for this new kind of bookstore, produced marketing materials and helped to run the shop itself.
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Writing copy for blogs, newsletters and social campaigns.
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Overseeing operations and ensuring they run smoothly.
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Toronto International Film Festival
Facilitator, POPxTIFF
Toronto, ON, Canada
June 2016 - Aug 2016
I worked with the Exhibitions to team to ensure the smooth running of this innovative and challenging project, an exhibition of the world’s most exciting virtual reality experiences. I am trained in the use of all major VR headsets.
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Problem-solving and communicating instructions and narrative information with hundreds of visitors a day.
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Liaising with artists to ensure installations ran correctly.
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Penguin Random House UK
Assistant Editor, Digital
London, UK
April 2012 - May 2016
As part of the digital publishing team, I handled a diverse portfolio of projects across fiction and interactive narratives. I produced ebooks, apps and websites. Projects included the web-based book STRATA, a global arts and tech campaign for Stephen Fry called YourFry and the Summer of Penguin advertising campaign.
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Writing copy for blogs, newsletters and social campaigns.
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Managing content creation between authors and suppliers.
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Copyediting and proofreading manuscripts.
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Commissioning authors and artists.
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Producing and overseeing video and audio production.
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