Ian Lunn, Developer in Dawlish, United Kingdom
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Ian Lunn

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Bio

Ian is a front-end developer and web consultant with 12 years of commercial experience. He designs and creates responsive websites that are performant, easy to use, accessible, and built with best practices. His client list includes well-known brands such as Kellogg's Special K and LSU Football. Ian is also the author of CSS3 Foundations (available on Amazon), and he has diplomas in both IT and internet technology.

Portfolio

Ian Lunn Design Limited
Website Performance, SEO Tools, Best Practices, Accessibility, Webpack, Git...
PDS Design
JavaScript, PHP, CSS, HTML
ITM Design
PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Experience

  • Website Performance - 12 years
  • CSS - 12 years
  • JavaScript - 12 years
  • Best Practices - 12 years
  • Accessibility - 12 years
  • HTML - 12 years
  • User Experience (UX) - 10 years
  • React - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS

The most amazing...

...moment of my career was being the first hire for Pet Plate in 2015 and helping the company reach a total investment fund of $13 million by 2020.

Work Experience

Front-end Developer

2010 - PRESENT
Ian Lunn Design Limited
  • Established a successful business and served clients as a freelancer for 10+ years.
  • Developed responsive, fast, easy-to-use, and accessible websites.
  • Created WordPress themes with custom functionality to meet business goals.
  • Wrote CSS3 Foundations, which was well received and earned 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
  • Managed projects, tasks, and issues using tools such as Git, Jira, Trello, and Asana.
  • Developed and implemented social media and marketing strategies to gain market presence and attract new clients.
  • Led projects to success through effective project and time management skills and clear and professional communication.
  • Developed and managed ongoing partnerships with global clients.
Technologies: Website Performance, SEO Tools, Best Practices, Accessibility, Webpack, Git, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Web Consultant

2010 - 2010
PDS Design
  • Designed and developed websites from project conception to completion.
  • Created and managed email marketing campaigns to build business.
  • Collaborated effectively in a small team to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Technologies: JavaScript, PHP, CSS, HTML

Web Consultant

2008 - 2009
ITM Design
  • Designed and built cross-browser compatible websites.
  • Developed and applied in-depth knowledge related to accessibility and other internet standards.
  • Integrated websites into WordPress themes that could be easily managed by clients.
Technologies: PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Experience

Pet Plate Website

https://www.petplate.com
I was the designer and front-end developer for the initial Pet Plate website in 2015. I worked closely with the company as it grew over a period of five years, eventually becoming the lead front-end developer. By early 2020, Pet Plate had raised a total investment fund of $13 million dollars.

My main areas of focus were producing the conversion flow in React, the My Account pages in jQuery (and later moving to React), and the marketing pages in WordPress.

LSU Football Ops

https://ianlunn.co.uk/static/lsu-football-ops/
I developed a smooth interactive front-end experience for the LSU - Football Operations Facility Expansion. The project required solutions to produce a website that matched the detailed designs and interactivity concepts provided by Red Six Media, while remaining fast to use across a wide range of devices.

CSS3 Foundations

http://css3foundations.com/
I wrote CSS3 Foundations in 2012 to guide readers through the process of using CSS3 features and techniques to transform a basic website template into a real-world, modern, and future-proof website. The book was published in paperback and digital formats by Wiley and later translated to Chinese. It was well-received and earned a review score of 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.

Kellogg's Special K | Strong Feeds Strong

I was tasked with converting the designs created by others into a responsive WordPress theme with functionality such as multiple languages, galleries, hero slider, featured articles, and AJAX post loading.

Education

2003 - 2005

Higher National Diploma (HND) in Internet Technology

Staffordshire University - Lichfield City, United Kingdom

2000 - 2003

Business and Technology Council (BTEC) Diploma in Information Technology

Tamworth College - Tamworth, United Kingdom

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, jQuery

Tools

Git, Google Analytics, GitHub, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Webpack

Languages

HTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP

Paradigms

Best Practices

Platforms

MacOS, WordPress

Other

Responsive UI, Accessibility, SEO Tools, Website Performance, Google Search Console, SVG, User Experience (UX), Google Tag Manager

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