Cameron Jones
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia
Toptal member since June 10, 2020
Cameron is a WordPress developer who specializes in building plugins and complex systems. Having worked as an employee, contractor, and freelancer for nearly ten years, he is highly adaptable and excels in a variety of environments. In addition to professional roles, Cameron runs courses and presents on WordPress plugin development at events in Australia.
Portfolio
Experience
- PHP - 8 years
- WordPress - 6 years
- Web Development - 6 years
- WordPress Plugins - 5 years
- SCSS - 4 years
- jQuery - 4 years
- Google Tag Manager - 4 years
- Continuous Deployment - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Sublime Text
The most amazing...
...site I've developed is a learning management platform built from scratch on top of WordPress.
Work Experience
Web Developer
Pixel Palace
- Guided the development team through a transition to using the new WordPress block editor.
- Developed a new starter framework for building new websites.
- Led the migration of a major news site to a new theme, ensuring that the integrity of the content was upheld for older articles.
- Built a site register for monitoring details about websites built and maintained, stored diffs for maintenance runs, and remotely controlled whether plugins should be allowed to be updated.
Web Programmer
Digital Makers
- Built a custom learning management system from the ground up using ACF and Gravity Forms.
- Developed a new base WordPress theme for building new websites.
- Optimized the translation process for a large multilingual site.
Web Developer
Matter Solutions
- Taught the development team how to use Git and introduced version control to the website development process.
- Collaborated extensively with the marketing and SEO teams.
- Built a single-page application job board across multiple sites in multiple countries.
Junior Web Developer
Eightball Media
- Audited and optimized the content architecture for a multinational restaurant franchise, improving the editing experience for the client and increasing search engine rankings.
- Collaborated with the marketing team to manage content updates, content proofing, website audits, and technical SEO.
- Led development team meetings to improve workflows and processes.
- Used a combination of Basecamp, Briefcase, and Harvest for task management.
Experience
NXT LVL Academy
Education
Diploma in Digital Media
Southbank Institiute of Technology - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, WordPress API, jQuery
Tools
Sublime Text, Vagrant, Git, Webpack, Gulp, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Grunt, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel
Platforms
WordPress
Languages
PHP, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, CSS, HTML, SCSS
Paradigms
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Continuous Deployment
Storage
MySQL
Other
WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Ajax, Web Development, Theme Development, APIs, Coding, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Gravity Forms, Google Tag Manager, Google Search Console
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