Jonathan Harte
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since December 3, 2018
Jonathan is an experienced web developer and since 2015, he's been building primarily WordPress themes and some smaller React-based sites. Jonathan joined Toptal to look for new work challenges and to upskill as much as possible using the latest web technologies and frameworks.
Portfolio
Experience
- WordPress - 5 years
- PHP - 5 years
- JavaScript - 5 years
- Sass - 5 years
- React - 4 years
- Gatsby - 2 years
- GraphQL - 2 years
- Redux - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
FileZilla, GitHub, Atom, PhpStorm, MAMP, MacOS
The most amazing...
...website I've built was for Preto Brazilian Steakhouse. It was visually stunning and needed a lot of WordPress customization for the admin and animations.
Work Experience
Web Developer
Kota
- Planned new projects consisting primarily of custom WordPress themes.
- Built new sites from scratch.
- Managed, fixed, maintained, and updated client sites once they were live.
- Supported clients.
Campaign Manager
Profusion
- Built HTML emails.
- Set up and deployed email marketing campaigns.
- Managed client mailing lists and data.
- Supported clients.
Experience
Preto Brazilian Steakhouse
https://www.preto.co.uk/Tasks Accomplished:
• Developed a Roots/Sage custom WordPress theme.
• Implemented Advanced Custom Fields to build WordPress administration.
• Integrated Mailchimp for newsletter sign-ups.
• Facilitated page loading via Ajax for animated page transitions.
• Implemented custom hover, scroll and page transition animation using GreenSock.
The Language of Flowers
https://lof.kotacreative.co.uk/Build and send a virtual bouquet of flowers to your valentine. This custom app allowed users to select three flowers—each with their own meaning to create a virtual bouquet. This would then be emailed to the recipient and revealed on a separate area of the site. This app was part of the most successful Valentine campaign that our client has ever had—capturing thousands of new marketing sign-ups.
Tasks Accomplished:
• Developed a 100% custom app using React.
• Implemented all animations with GreenSock.
• Integrated the Mailchimp API for data capturing and email delivery.
The Female Lead
https://www.thefemalelead.com/I was responsible for building the entire site and also maintaining it for 18 months after it was launched.
The Transmission
https://thetransmission.com/Tasks Accomplished:
• Developed a custom Roots/Sage and Bootstrap WordPress theme.
• Implemented Advanced Custom Fields to build WordPress admin and events.
• Loaded more content via Ajax instead of standard pagination.
• Integrated advanced searches and filtering.
• Embedded the latest Facebook and Instagram posts into the homepage.
Mecum Monthly
Tasks Accomplished:
• Developed a Roots/Sage and Bootstrap custom WordPress theme.
• Implemented Advanced Custom Fields to build WordPress admin and events.
• Loaded more content via Ajax instead of standard pagination.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Kingston University - London, UK
Certifications
Headless WordPress with Gatsby
JavaScript for WordPress
Learn Redux
Wes Bos
ES6 for Everyone
Wes Bos
React For Beginners
Wes Bos
Responsive Web Design
The Gymnasium
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, React, Google Maps, Mailchimp API, Barba.js, Google Places API, Node.js
Tools
IntelliJ IDEA, GitHub, Mailchimp, GreenSock, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), PhpMyAdmin, MAMP, Git, Gutenberg Editor, PhpStorm, Atom, FileZilla, Adobe Photoshop
Languages
CSS, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Sass, GraphQL, ECMAScript (ES6), SQL
Platforms
WordPress, MacOS
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Redux
Paradigms
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Storage
JSON, MySQL
Other
WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress, SVG, Gravity Forms, Gatsby, Yoast SEO, Sage 9, Ajax, Styled-components, ESLint
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