Adrian Kirsten

Experience

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  Netralink IBSP

  Apr 2004 - Jan 2006

  Junior Web Designer

  I was junior designer with them, working in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. I was in charge of all the small to medium website design and development. Most of the work was done in html and css. Worked on several large dynamic websites within the team, doing primarily conceptual and layout work.

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  JE Financial Consulting

  Nov 2006 - Jun 2007

  Web Designer

  As the web designer I was responsible for the company's website design, development, copywriting & SEO. I had the opportunity to experience the industry intimately from the client's perspective.

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  TraaidMark

  Feb 2007 - Aug 2007

  Freelance Designer

  Tried my hand at starting my own business, while I studied. With a focus on design & development I was responsible for everything from simple mailers, static website all the way through to Drupal websites.

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  Pacific Volt Inc.

  Aug 2007 - Jun 2009

  Web Designer

  Taking care of design, development, management, promotion aspects of our company's website production process.

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  Junk Mail Marketplace

  Jun 2009 - Jan 2013

  Frontend Developer

  I was responsible for managing the digital design (theming) department & the outsourcing of design work that can't be handled internally. I was responsible for the wireframing, design, user experience, usability & implementation of frontend work for Junk Mail, Job Mail & all of our other web & mobile sitesI was in charge of ensuring quality of frontend code (HTML & CSS), developing frontend best practices, internal standards and code procedures. I am in charge of designing and developing our web and mobile css frameworks. I designed user experience and usability patterns and practices used throughout our sites.I was responsible for vetting & approving all online advertising material (both internal & client work), as well as any internal print production. I am responsible for giving digital (screen) design training to the production departments.I was responsible of any CMS work (Drupal, Wordpress, phpBB, etc) that we did internally.I was in charge of Online Advertising from the creative side (technical administration, support and quality control), Banner Designs, Misc Designs. Show less

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  CRIO Mobile Agency

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2017

  Frontend Developer

  I was the lead frontend developer - responsible for bringing our creative work to life!I had the opportunity to experiment a lot with new tools & technologies, and get to work on a wide variety of platforms and projects ranging from simple Jekyll websites to the Holobooth (ask me about that in conversation!)

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  Wealthpoint

  Jan 2018 - Feb 2023

  Frontend Developer

  Responsible for our digital assets, including websites and core contributor of our investment platform. I also spent time mentoring junior developers in the company.

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  Sequure

  Jan 2023 - now

  UX / Frontend Engineer

  I am responsible for Product Design, UX Design and Frontend Development of the Sequure application that's being developed with Nuxt 3. I am also the Designer and Developer of the Wordpress marketing site, and designed other marketing assets and the basic brand direction.I was able to help out with basic backend services built with Node.js, on top of serverless Lambda functions.