Declan Chidlow

Front-End Developer & Writer | Design & Implementation | HTML, CSS

Perth, Western Australia, Australia🇦🇺

Open to:Contract rolesCollaborationsFull-time rolesPart-time rolesCommissioned work

Preferred workplace:On-siteRemote (same country)Remote (worldwide)HybridRemote (same region)

Front-end developer with a skew towards the front-of-the-front-end, specialising in core web technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Paired with a proven track record of striking graphic design and high-quality technical writing for industry-leading publications.

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Career: 3

Freelance Front-End Developer, Writer, and Designer

Freelance · Hybrid

Jan 2024 - Present

Applying technical expertise on contract basis for organisations ranging from small local businesses and indie studios to large global enterprises, such as bunny.net.

Doer of Assorted Things

Stoat Chat (Revolt Platforms Ltd)

Remote

Jun 2023 - Present

Assorted work at a user-first chat application, helping it grow and scale from under 100K users to over a million users. https://vale.rocks/portfolio/stoat

Tech Support

CapChord

Self-employed · Hybrid

Nov 2021 - Jun 2024

Established an independent tech-support business catering specifically to elderly and technologically inexperienced clientele. Services were offered both physically and remotely, with outreach via print advertising, which was optimal for reaching the target audience.

Education: 3

North Metropolitan TAFE

Diploma, Information Technology (Front-End Development)

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

Completed units on object-oriented design, validating application designs against specifications, managing client problems, building dynamic websites and web apps (including with Next.js), completing user experience testing and audits, developing information architecture, creating complex website layouts with CSS, building documents using markup languages, and writing client-side scripts. A real client project (https://vale.rocks/portfolio/public-libraries-western-australia) was involved. National ID ICT50220

Mount Pleasant College

Certificate IV, Graphic Design

Feb 2023 - Dec 2023

Completed units on articulating, presenting and debating ideas, investigating business opportunities, applying colour theory, generating design solutions, exploring and applying the creative process to 2D forms, creating typefaces and applying typographic techniques, user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design, approaching briefs, and applying information on design history and theory. National ID CUA40720

International Institute of Business and Technology

Certificate IV, Information Technology

Jan 2022 - Nov 2022

Completed units on cyber-security risk management, writing scripts for software applications, designing and implementing network security infrastructure, evaluating cloud solutions and services, installing and configuring virtual machines and small enterprise branch networks, resolving ICT problems, monitoring and administering systems, and applying programming techniques. National ID ICT40120