Hi, I'm
Alvin Sovereign
a London-based
Senior Front End Developer
with over 6 years experience in breaking, making and testing user interfaces.
I'm currently unavailable as I'm doing some awesome UI stuff with
Wunderman Thompson.
- Now
Wunderman Thompson
Project: Supporting two high fashion brands: Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger
Contract Senior Javascript Developer
Technologies used: NextJS , Core Media Cloud CMS , Typescript
Doing some awesome stuff
- Oct - Dec 2020
Tinizine Ltd
Project: A New Web Billing Experience
Contract Senior Frontend Web Developer
Technologies used: ReactJS , Typescript , Emotion (CSS-in-JS) , React Hook Form , Storybook , Braintree , Vodafone Pay
Tinizine Ltd is the parent company for both Azoomee and Da Vinci which are global streaming channels providing educational content to under 18s. The project was to modernise their bespoke web billing platform, integrated with third-party payment providers, to capture payments from users via their marketing channels.
- June - Sep 2020
Idean UK
Project: Modernising Superdrug Mobile
Contract Senior Frontend Web Developer
Technologies used: GatsbyJS , ReduxJS , Typescript , CSS Modules , Jest
Superdrug Mobile is an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) from 3G Hutchinson, providing a mobile network on a rolling contract basis. Idean UK is the digital agency responsible for Superdrug Mobile’s online presence via its marketing website, and user account management via its web application. This project included building new features and migrating their tech stack from Ruby-on-Rails to a GatsbyJS frontend.
- Nov 2019 - March 2020
DixonsCarphone
Project: Bridging Marketing and Analytics for Currys
Frontend Web Developer
Technologies used: Vanilla JS , Adobe Analytics , Adobe Launch/DTM , Google Analytics , Google GTM
To support multiple data dependent teams by developing, testing and implementing new data collection to enable the analysis of web behaviour, marketing activity, personalise experiences, and experiments. This was achieved by interpreting business goals from various stakeholders to a technical requirement, then configure digital tools such as tag management systems, analytics and experimentation tools, to create the flow of data necessary for targeting users based on behaviour and analysing that behaviour.
- July - Nov 2019
Micro:bit Educational Foundation
Project: Supporting the creation of BBC micro:bit educational content
Frontend Web Developer
Technologies used: GatsbyJS , CSS Modules , SanityCMS
Micro:bit mission is to expose and inspire children into computer science, by providing mini-computers akin to the Raspberry Pi with educational content globally. I supported the creation of their educational content by utilising a custom content management system (CMS) and consuming the data via the frontend.
- Oct 2017 - July 2019
Aventus (previously Homelyfe Ltd)
Project: Creation and maintenance of Homelyfe/Aventus Products
Frontend Engineer
Technologies used: ReactJS , React Native , CSS Modules , Styled Components , ReduxJS , Formik , Jest
This was a permanent position where I was supporting and building new features into Homelyfe products.
- April 2016 - Oct 2017
Chambers & Partners Ltd
Project: Maintenance of the Chambers and Partners website
Junior Frontend Web Developer
Technologies used: AngularJS , Bootstrap CSS
- April 2015 - April 2016
Freelance Web Development
Freelancer
Technologies used: Wordpress