Portfolio website: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Designer and frontend developer with a strong foundation in visual arts and illustration, focused on building accessible, user-centered interfaces and translating design intent into working code. I’m comfortable working in cross-functional teams and independently, and I bring clear communication and UX judgment shaped by roles with significant responsibility across culture, retail, and civil society. I’ve built multilingual, WCAG-compliant frontends with React/Next.js/TypeScript and contributed UX improvements by flagging confusing flows and proposing form-layout enhancements. Alongside software work, I continue to create freelance illustration and personal projects—strengthening my sense of visual hierarchy, composition, and storytelling that directly informs my UI and design-system work.

Solveig Alda Halldórsdóttir

Portfolio website: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Designer and frontend developer with a strong foundation in visual arts and illustration, focused on building accessible, user-centered interfaces and translating design intent into working code. I’m comfortable working in cross-functional teams and independently, and I bring clear communication and UX judgment shaped by roles with significant responsibility across culture, retail, and civil society. I’ve built multilingual, WCAG-compliant frontends with React/Next.js/TypeScript and contributed UX improvements by flagging confusing flows and proposing form-layout enhancements. Alongside software work, I continue to create freelance illustration and personal projects—strengthening my sense of visual hierarchy, composition, and storytelling that directly informs my UI and design-system work.

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Designer and frontend developer with a strong foundation in visual arts and illustration, focused on building accessible, user-centered interfaces and translating design intent into working code. I’m comfortable working in cross-functional teams and independently, and I bring clear communication and UX judgment shaped by roles with significant responsibility across culture, retail, and civil society.

I’ve built multilingual, WCAG-compliant frontends with React/Next.js/TypeScript and contributed UX improvements by flagging confusing flows and proposing form-layout enhancements. Alongside software work, I continue to create freelance illustration and personal projects—strengthening my sense of visual hierarchy, composition, and storytelling that directly informs my UI and design-system work.

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Language

Icelandic
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Frontend Developer (UTR/Software development) at City of Reykjavík
October 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025
Worked in a cross-functional team (back-end + front-end developers, designer, QA) maintaining and developing My Pages, Reykjavík’s online self-service portal. Built accessible, WCAG-compliant, multilingual interfaces using React, Next.js, and TypeScript aligned with the city’s design system. Contributed UX input during development by identifying confusing flows and proposing improvements to form layout and usability.
Frontend Developer (Internship, Summer) at City of Reykjavík
June 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
Internship focused on developing practical frontend features supporting the city’s goal of minimizing spending.
Freelance Illustrator at SULA - Art & Illustration
January 1, 2014 - Present
Freelance illustrator working on commissioned and personal projects, developing strong visual hierarchy and composition skills that feed into UI and design-system work.
Warehouse Manager at Midbaugur ehf
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2014
Managed receiving, storage, and distribution across three stores, including inventory and pricing. Also worked summer 2018 in the same operational capacity.
Director at Skaftfell Center for Visual Arts
January 1, 2004 - Present
Ran a cultural center in East Iceland, overseeing budget, daily operations, and exhibitions/residencies.
Associate Publisher at Export Publishing
January 1, 2003 - Present
Coordinated content, layout, and production for a tourist guide and maintained its website using web technologies.

Education

Diploma in Web Development at Reykjavík Academy of Web Development
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
BA in Visual Art at Iceland Academy of the Arts
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2003

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Retail, Education, Computers & Electronics