Hi, I'm James 🧑‍🔧

I'm a software engineer.

I have always appreciated the challenges and satisfactions that come with making things.

As a copywriter I created and told stories. I make furniture as a hobby and, as a developer, I want to build websites and apps.

React | TypeScript | Next | Tailwind CSS | Sass | Node | MySQL | MongoDB | Jest | Heroku | Express | Knex | Git

Experience

Junior frontend developer

Regulars

September 2023 - September 2024
I have helped to develop the company’s website and mobile components. During this time I gained experience with TypeScript, Next.js and Tailwind CSS. The ongoing project also involves collaboration with other developers and using git for version control.
Regulars is a company geared towards restaurants with B2B and B2C digital solutions and strategies that offer a new way for businesses to engage with and retain customers.

Freelance strategist and copywriter

Serious Moonlight Consulting

July 2020 – September 2024
I have freelanced for Serious Moonlight Consulting, developing strategies, concepts and content for about three years. What often makes or breaks a strategy is the story it tells, and the uniqueness of this story. A brand’s identity can be complex, with many assets, aspects and asides. But, at the end of the day, it’s a story - one which should be simple and cohesive, finding meaning in empty spaces.

Education

Software Engineering

BrainStation

September - December 2024
An immersive twelve-week software engineering bootcamp. Covering everything from HTML to DevOps, BrainStation’s bootcamp is a comprehensive, hands-on approach to learning and the real-world application of the hard and soft skills required by developers.

Certificate in Design Techniques,
User-centred Design

Red & Yellow, Creative School of Business

February 2021 - January 2022
Red & Yellow focusses on practical experience and, alongside technical know-how, the school emphasises the development of distinctly human traits like creativity and empathy.

Diploma in Copywriting

Red & Yellow, Creative School of Business

January 2015 - December 2016
Passed with merit and two of my projects were finalists in the Loeries’ student competitions, which recognises and awards advertising agencies and campaigns.