George Staniland

Since February of 2023 I worked in a freelance capacity, taking on website projects as they arise. I re-built the website for Wellington-based Capital Scaffolding fixing major UI issues, migrating platforms, and improving its SEO optimisation. As a personal project I worked with a Melbourne based designer, creating a portfolio site for my art photography, this was built with NextJs, MaterialUI, React Spring and Sanity Headless CMS.

The Web Guys is a full-service web agency. They employ a staff of 30, and do in-house branding, design, SEO and web development. In this role I collaborated with design and digital marketing bringing designs to life with code. I created web applications that solved complex client requirements, such as integrating with APIs and implementing user log-in features. I followed strict coding standards to deliver manageable code while utilising and contributing to a library of shared React components.

Superstar Websites develops web applications and provides website hosting services. They are a small, dynamic team. I was responsible for coding new websites based on designs. I also oversaw 100+ website code bases managed with GitLab. As we managed a large number of client websites, I performed updates, fixed bugs and added new features when requested. This required constant adaptation to new codebases, analytical thinking and solid problem solving skills

My internship project was replacing an outdated interface with a modern React application, I utilised an in-house design system and a collection of React components organised with Storybook. I worked with the Principal UX Engineer and Director of Product Design, to ensure high code quality and on-brand, intuitive UI. I was also tasked with writing Github actions to increase the visibility of changes to code in our repositories.