![Elliot Ackland](../images/me.png)
About me
I am a Visual Designer and UI Developer based in Valencia, Spain. Over the past 20 years I've also had the good fortune to live and work in London, Madrid, Barcelona and Bologna. I am currently focused on helping agile teams with UI design and development for large scale CMS websites or client-side web apps.
Technical Expertise
Professional skills
- W3C Validated HTML5
- CSS3 via Sass
- Front-End Frameworks (Zurb Foundation)
- Graphic Design (Print and Packaging)
- UX Design Process
Working knowledge
- WordPress (Divi Builder, Yoast SEO)
- Javascript Frameworks (VUEjs, React)
- BEM
- Material Design (Vue-Material, Material UI, MDL)
- Automation (Gulp, Webpack, Grunt)
- Git Version Control
Tools
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Sketch
- Moqups (Wireframing)
- InVision
- Atom
- Git Kraken
Work Experience
ASPgems
Front End Designer / 2007 - CurrentUI Designer and Developer in WordPress involving theme design and adaptation using builders such as Divi or Beaver.
UI Designer and Developer for VUEjs builds, creating modular components with Webpack, Json and CSS Modules.
UI Designer and Developer for Rails builds, creating HTML and CSS templates with Zurb Foundation.
Currently working with modern workflows including automation via Gulp, BEM implementation with SASS, and version control with Git. Using Agile Methodology both internally and client-side.
EsteOeste Graphic Design
Senior Graphic Designer 2002 - 2006Designer at graphic design studio based in Barcelona. I helped set up the Madrid branch working on packaging design projects, mainly for the food sector, for many prestigious clients including: Kellogs, Lindt, Unilever, Kraft Foods, Grupo Siro, Bayer...
Qarana Solutions
Web Designer 2000 - 2002Web designer at Qarana, one of the biggest internet consultancies to emerge in Madrid, Spain during this period. Collaborated with art directors, project managers, designers and developers to develop websites, Flash animations and email campaigns. Also a core contributor to project bids creating high-fidelity prototypes.
Redwood London
Flash Designer 1999Freelance collaborator at Redwood Media London office on various Flash projects.
Digital Design Control (Sargra)
Graphic Reproduction 1996 -1999Within the Print Reprographics Industry I trained and worked as a Mac Operator, Scanner Operator and Graphic Retoucher.