Ann-Cathrin Will | Frontend Developer

I'm an experienced Frontend Developer that has worked at a variety of digital and marketing agencies for over 12~ years. I started my career in 2007 and spent 4 years getting a Computer Maths Foundation degree and a Web Development with Business BSc (Hons) degree.

I have strong core skills in writing semantic, accessibility-friendly HTML, and modular, modern CSS using a mix of SCSS and tailwind. Over the years I have experienced a few flavours of JavaScript, my favourite being vanilla and React.js, but I was around for the jQuery days and I've nibbled on vue.js.

Lately I've been enjoying getting more into Sanity CMS for my web builds as it is a fast solution with a lot of flexibility, and I've been using Next.js for a few years now so that pairs well. That said I've experienced a variety of CMS-enabled e-commerce and marketing sites, working closely with backend developers, and creative teams from conception to deployment.

I'm as passionate about continually improving the Developer Experience (DX), as I am improving the User Experience (UX) of the sites we build.

Of course, I'm always hoping to build the fastest sites I can and getting 4 of those 100% scores on Lighthouse is what truly brings me joy. However, since I have a day job I can't say that about this portfolio site just yet, I am sure it will forever be a work in progress as the technology moves fast and there's always something new and shiny to implement.

I've been a manager since June 2020, and have seen enough CVs to know never to claim "I have great attention to detail". That's not to say I don't enjoy trying to beat the QA team and get the much sought-after all clear.