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MR PORTER — The Journal
Lead UI Developer on MR PORTER's weekly online magazine 'The Journal' — comprehensive platform overhauls, agile transformation, and a culture of mentorship.
MR PORTER — Lead UI Developer
London
Lead UI Developer with extensive experience in leading comprehensive website platform overhauls — focused on MR PORTER’s weekly online magazine ‘The Journal’.
What I did
- Led platform overhauls of MR PORTER’s web experience — expert in UI/UX, modern front-end technologies, and strategic project planning.
- Brainstormed fresh ideas for each edition of The Journal and brought them to life with hardcoded HTML and CSS for exciting, bespoke web experiences.
- Organised the editorial team to ensure all content was delivered on time and in full.
- Introduced an Agile framework to improve the editorial production workflow.
- Mentored junior developers and implemented coding standards, performance optimisation, and automated testing frameworks.
Selected projects
- Redesign of mrporter.com
- Workflow process documentation
- New templates for the online magazine
- Translating designer concepts into HTML/CSS/JS experiences
Skills applied
Frontend Leadership · UI / UX · Editorial Design · Agile · Mentoring · Performance Optimisation · Automated Testing · Luxury Menswear
Strong communicator with a track record of delivering successful projects aligned with business objectives.