About me
I'm a frontend developer with roots in design - so if you love pixel perfect layouts... same here!
I started out as a designer many years ago, creating and implementing accessible landing pages in HTML and CSS, and designing advertising materials in Photoshop and Illustrator.
As the online world has changed, so has my skillset. Over the years I levelled up my knowledge by learning to code with Javascript and later React, Next.js as well as TypeScript.
I have since been creating user-friendly applications ranging from web to tablet and mobile.
In my spare time, I’m usually drawing, learning Korean (or Chinese), playing Dungeons & Dragons with my friends, annoying my cat, or running around in Erebus looking for nectar, divine boons and enemies that need to be vanquished.
Since October 2024
Layoff/position eliminated Career Break
- Role at Beauty Pie ended due to engineering department restructuring
- Taking a sabbatical to travel, work on personal projects and relocate from the UK back to Germany
- Exploring new technologies and expanding expertise in React and TypeScript
2021 - 2024
Software Engineer Beauty Pie Ltd
- Developing new features and maintaining the core website using React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Next.js, Chakra UI and Node.js
- Contributing to backend optimization by splitting a monolithic API into modular sub-repos using Nest.js and TypeORM
- Improving internal workflows by migrating hard-coded content to Contentful and integrating it into the frontend
- Ensuring code quality with Playwright and Jest testing
- Creating A/B tests and releasing features via feature flags using LaunchDarkly.
- Maintaining legacy platform using HTML, CSS and Vanilla JavaScript
2019 - 2021
Frontend Developer Beauty Pie Ltd
- Maintaining and enhancing the e-commerce platform using HTML, CSS and JS as well as various tools (IBM WebSphere, Acuity, Contentsquare, Zendesk, Bazaarvoice)
- Creating AB tests to identify areas of improvement (Google Optimize)
- Implementing responsive HTML email templates
2019
Web Designer Freelance
- Designing and coding websites using HTML, CSS and various graphic software.
- Creating responsive designs.
2018 - 2019
Layoff/position eliminated Career Break
- Restructuring and elimination of UK branch of the design team.
- Career break to revitalise creative energy.
- Travelling, working on personal art projects and improving understanding of the latest UI and UX technologies.
2015 - 2018
Senior User Interface Designer Bazaarvoice Ltd
- Designing and implementing Bazaarvoice templates for international clients like John Lewis, Puma, Debenhams and Bodyshop using CSS and XML/HTML.
- Creating responsive designs for new and existing clients with CSS/media queries.
- Creating (responsive) HTML emails.
- Consulting clients how to improve old/current designs.
- Ensuring best practices and usability standards.
- Coordinating internal and external teams during projects.
2012 - 2015
User Interface Designer Bazaarvoice Ltd
- Designing and implementing Bazaarvoice templates for international clients like John Lewis, Puma, Debenhams and Bodyshop using CSS and XML/HTML.
- Creating responsive designs for new and existing clients with CSS/media queries.
- Creating (responsive) HTML emails.
- Consulting clients how to improve old/current designs.
- Ensuring best practices and usability standards.
2011 - 2012
Designer Lieferando
- Revising the user interface of the YD. Yourdelivery website and creating wireframes and prototypes for new layouts.
- Creating newsletter campaigns and advertising materials for the DACH market using HTML, CSS and Photoshop.
2009 - 2011
Web Designer VZNet Ltd
- Designing and implementing accessible landing pages and brand profiles across the DACH region for clients like EA Games, Coca Cola and Ferrero using CSS and HTML.
- Designing advertising materials as well as sales drafts for various audiences in Photoshop and Illustrator.
2006 - 2009
Work Student ReiseBank AG
- Analysing and revising the website navigation as well as visualising and implementing new website contents.