Jordan Walkley | About Me

Professional History

2014 - 15
Internships at iCreate, Shortie Designs & Website Blue

Undertook three web design and development internships while studying in the final year of university. iCreate, Shortie Designs, and Website Blue are web and design studios based around Brisbane.
2015
Graduated University

Graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a dual degree in Business and Creative Industries.
2016 - 19
Web Developer at iCreate Agency

Began working with the team at iCreate Agency after graduating university. Primary role at iCreate Agency was as a Web Developer.
2019 - 21
JET Programme Language Teacher

Travelled to Japan and began teaching English to students of all ages as a participant of the JET Programme.

Completed remote freelance work for web companies based in Australia while overseas.
2022 - 24
Web Developer at Pixel Palace

Joined the team at Pixel Palace and developed skills further in web development & design by building professional websites for world class companies. My role was primarily front end but involved complex back end tasks and creating designs in Figma.
2021 - now
Freelance Web Developer & Designer

Upon returning to Australia, began completing freelance projects outside of full time work hours, creating relationships and performing work for local businesses.

HTML & CSS/SCSS Expert

Daily professional use. Comfortable with BEM naming conventions and Bootstrap grid styling.
Javascript & jQuery Skilled

Frequent professional use and experimentation in personal projects. Common JQuery use for DOM manipulation.
PHP Skilled

Frequent use for backend interaction and frontend display.
Git Version Control Skilled

Frequent professional use. Confident working on team projects without conflicts.
React & React Native Basic

Experimental use for personal projects (web and mobile app development).
Python Basic

Experimental use for personal projects (web scraping and automation tools).
Wordpress Expert

Creating entirely custom themes from the ground up. Especially skilled with "Genesis" framework.
Figma Skilled

Solid insight into eye-catching designs. Well developed skills in creating and developing from Figma designs.
Adobe Suite Skilled

Common use of Photoshop and XD. Occasional use of Illustrator, Premiere Pro & InDesign in personal projects.

Technology

Learning about technological improvements in hardware and software, especially in PCs and mobiles, amongst others technologies.
Development

A keen interest in both the design and coding side of web development, as well as maintaining personal development projects outside of professional life.
Fitness

Keeping active with touch football and other sports. An interest in snowboarding & skiing has led to a lot of travelling.
Arts

Reading and illustrating — a lot of free time is spent drawing or with a book.
Language

Currently learning Japanese after working for a period of time in the country.