Lewis Sherlock — Designer & Developer
The passion I experience everyday for my profession is driven by the opportunity to create value and empower people through a craft that brings me happiness and contentment.
Work Experience
Freelancer Designer & Developer
Oct 2013 – Presentljsherlock
Frontend Developer
May – Aug 2014 (3 months) Powwow Creative Ltd
HTML Email Development, WordPress Theme Development, Frontend Development with Bootstrap
Fullstack Developer
Oct 14 – Feb 15 (5 months) Prism Production
Bespoke WordPress theme development, Landing Pages, Competition pages, Bespoke PHP applications, Drawing apps with JavaScript and Canvas
WordPress Developer Contractor
Mar 2015 (1 month) Top Left Design
WordPress maintenance, Static to Responsive websites
Frontend Developer
Apr 15 – Jun 16 (1 Year 1 month) Staffcare Ltd
Frontend Devleopment within a complex ASP.NET XML Benefits Product
Contract Fullstack PHP Developer
June 2016 (2 weeks) Origin Design
Bespoke PHP app development and maintenance
Fullstack WordPress Developer
Jul 16 – Jul 17 (1 year) Redwire Design
Bespoke WordPress Theme Development, UI Development with VanillaJS, Twig
Professional Skills
Below is a breakdown of the skills I have accrued and used and use regularly to build websites and web apps.
University Educated Skills
# HTML/CSS
# JavaScript
# PHP
# MySQL
# Relational Database Design
# Cryptography
Commercial Educated Skills
I have worked with numerous successful agencies in London and learnt through dedicated experience, commitment and some of the most beautiful people I have met.
# MongoDB
# WordPress
# Magento
# Drupal
# Craft
# Yii2 Framework
# Composer
# Ansible
# Roots.io Trellis
# Twig Templating Markup
# Nodejs
# React
# Postman
# Travis
# PostCSS
# APIs/REST APIs
# Typography
# Fundementals of Design
Architectures and Methodologies
A very important part of creation is in structure and organisation. The following keep my output as lean, clean, efficient and effective as possible without sacrificing value, time-frame or cost.
# OOP
# MVC
# BEM
# OOCSS
# Modular Design
# Abstraction
# Mobile First
# DRY
# KISS
# Don’t Reinvent The Wheel