I’m a senior full-stack developer with almost twenty years of experience building thoughtful, high-quality digital products. My strength is combining deep technical capability with a strong creative instinct. I can architect complex JavaScript components and custom WordPress systems, but I’m just as comfortable delivering polished, design-accurate front-end work. What really defines me is perspective. I’ve lived enough life, worked with and led enough teams, and navigated enough challenges to build with purpose rather than ego. I focus on clarity, collaboration, and leaving both the codebase and the people I work with better than I found them. If you need someone who can solve hard problems while bringing calm, meaning, and direction to a project, then get in touch. ★ Front-end stack: JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS/SASS ★ ★ Frameworks & libraries: React/Next, Angular, jQuery, Laravel, Bootstrap ★ ★ Templating: PHP, Node, Handlebars, XSLT, XPATH, XQUERY, XSL-FO ★ ★ Data modelling and API methodologies: JSON, XML, RESTful, WPGraphQL, MySQL★ ★ Content Management Systems: WordPress, Unify, Squarespace ★ ★ Debugging & problem-solving: DevTools, Stack Overflow, Copilot, Kilo Code ★ ★ Git, CI/CD, & code management: Github, Bitbucket, AWS, Docker ★ ★ Design tools - Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Canva, Balsamiq. ★ ★ Project management: Jira, Trello, Agile, sprint, Kanban, waterfall ★…

Yorick Brown

I’m a senior full-stack developer with almost twenty years of experience building thoughtful, high-quality digital products. My strength is combining deep technical capability with a strong creative instinct. I can architect complex JavaScript components and custom WordPress systems, but I’m just as comfortable delivering polished, design-accurate front-end work. What really defines me is perspective. I’ve lived enough life, worked with and led enough teams, and navigated enough challenges to build with purpose rather than ego. I focus on clarity, collaboration, and leaving both the codebase and the people I work with better than I found them. If you need someone who can solve hard problems while bringing calm, meaning, and direction to a project, then get in touch. ★ Front-end stack: JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS/SASS ★ ★ Frameworks & libraries: React/Next, Angular, jQuery, Laravel, Bootstrap ★ ★ Templating: PHP, Node, Handlebars, XSLT, XPATH, XQUERY, XSL-FO ★ ★ Data modelling and API methodologies: JSON, XML, RESTful, WPGraphQL, MySQL★ ★ Content Management Systems: WordPress, Unify, Squarespace ★ ★ Debugging & problem-solving: DevTools, Stack Overflow, Copilot, Kilo Code ★ ★ Git, CI/CD, & code management: Github, Bitbucket, AWS, Docker ★ ★ Design tools - Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Canva, Balsamiq. ★ ★ Project management: Jira, Trello, Agile, sprint, Kanban, waterfall ★…

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I’m a senior full-stack developer with almost twenty years of experience building thoughtful, high-quality digital products. My strength is combining deep technical capability with a strong creative instinct. I can architect complex JavaScript components and custom WordPress systems, but I’m just as comfortable delivering polished, design-accurate front-end work.

What really defines me is perspective. I’ve lived enough life, worked with and led enough teams, and navigated enough challenges to build with purpose rather than ego. I focus on clarity, collaboration, and leaving both the codebase and the people I work with better than I found them. If you need someone who can solve hard problems while bringing calm, meaning, and direction to a project, then get in touch.

★ Front-end stack: JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS/SASS ★
★ Frameworks & libraries: React/Next, Angular, jQuery, Laravel, Bootstrap ★
★ Templating: PHP, Node, Handlebars, XSLT, XPATH, XQUERY, XSL-FO ★
★ Data modelling and API methodologies: JSON, XML, RESTful, WPGraphQL, MySQL★
★ Content Management Systems: WordPress, Unify, Squarespace ★
★ Debugging & problem-solving: DevTools, Stack Overflow, Copilot, Kilo Code ★
★ Git, CI/CD, & code management: Github, Bitbucket, AWS, Docker ★
★ Design tools - Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Canva, Balsamiq. ★
★ Project management: Jira, Trello, Agile, sprint, Kanban, waterfall ★

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Skills

Experience Level

Web Design
Expert
WordPress
Expert
CSS
Expert
Freelance Gig
Expert
HTML5
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
PHP
Expert
API
Expert
React JS
Expert
Figma
Intermediate
Large Language Model
Intermediate
MySQL
Intermediate
AngularJS
Intermediate
Laravel
Intermediate
Tailwind
Intermediate
TypeScript
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
French
Intermediate

Work Experience

Head of Technology (Fractional) at Swell Force Consulting
September 1, 2025 - Present
As Fractional Head of Tech at Swell Force, I act as the primary conduit between complex business objectives and high-performance technical execution. We don't do "body shopping." I lead bespoke, specialist teams of SMEs to deliver end-to-end digital transformation for organisations navigating the waves of AI maturity and cloud migration. My focus is on bridging the "Business-Tech Gap" through: - Technology Strategy & Solution Design: Architecting sustainable, bespoke technical roadmaps that replace generic, off-the-shelf consulting failures. - AI Maturity & Scaling: Leading assessments to move organisations from AI-curious to AI-integrated, ensuring technical foundations are robust and ethical. - Technical Implementation Lead: Overseeing the delivery of complex transformations across Salesforce and custom CMS architectures. - Vendor Assessment & Risk Management: Acting as a senior partner to founders and stakeholders to safely navigate vendor selection and technical project turnarounds. - Agile & DevOps Governance: Implementing elite-level workflows that ensure change is not just delivered, but is sustainable and scalable. I designed and engineered the digital infrastructure for Swell Force, ensuring our own tech stack reflects the high-fidelity, high-impact change we provide to our clients.
Senior Developer at Angry Creative
March 22, 2022 - May 31, 2025
• Managing networks and websites and extending WordPress core features with custom plugins and themes. • Building on the latest features of WordPress from Gutenberg Blocks to Full Site Editing. • Implementing designs and style guides from Figma. • Integrating with third party plugins and software for eCommerce, custom fields, translations and localisation, and marketing. • Front-end development - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, compile and build tools. • Back-end development - Object-Oriented Programming, PHP, MySQL, React (custom Gutenberg Blocks), ElasticSearch and Filters. Achievements include: ★ Working on custom plugins to help with B2B bulk product orders, ecomm and checkout processes, block registration, download products, tax and pricing information. ★ Theme development includes template parts, block patterns, forms, settings, user roles, taxonomies, custom post types, blocks, themes, landing, blog, archive and product pages. ★ Multinational clients ranged from fashion and hairdressing to financial advice and farming.
Developer at AmericanEagle.com
March 19, 2021 - June 6, 2022
Working on large-scale, enterprise eCommerce sites built on the WordPress/WooCommerce platform. Building complex search pages with filters based on product variations and taxonomy - PHP, CSS/SASS, and JavaScript.
Senior Developer at Angry Creative/Pragmatic
December 19, 2018 - June 11, 2021
Web Developer (Freelance) at The Yorick Touch
November 1, 2017 - December 14, 2018
Various developer projects including: • Product help site for Discovery Education Espresso service - developed templates, enhanced dynamic breadcrumb, and indexing, for user-generated articles and provided support to users.
Lead Developer (CMS) at Discovery Education (Previously Espresso Education)
October 1, 2007 - October 31, 2017
• Managed the migration and creation of content and assets for multiple and multilingual subscription services, applications and promotional websites • Planned, developed and maintained templates for an enterprise content and asset management system • Architected and developed framework for separating content from code to enable component-based web applications using both injected or API data • Promoted best practices for workflow methods, responsive web design, and CMS use • Supported and advised CMS users and developers, creating tools to simplify processes • Worked in multi-disciplinary teams - project managers, producers, designers, developers, and QA testers - on Scrum Agile sprints across planning, refining and retrospectives • Maintenance work using JIRA, including problem-solving, debugging and fixing issues, and elevating issues with external providers Achievements include: ★ Scalable, component-based templates - mastheads, hero banners, dynamic columns and grid layouts, video indexes, tabs (XSLT, XPATH, XML, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, LESS) ★ Created and established a network of user-generated help sites (XSLT, XML, HTML, CSS, LESS, Bootstrap, jQuery) ★ Instrumental in architecting model for CMS app framework and generating web applications based on combination of injected and API data (API, AngularJS, Handlebars, LESS, HTML) ★ Document library - index with multiple filter options (HTML, CSS, RESTful API, AngularJS) ★ Created a dynamic template that converts HTML into PDF formats (HTML, CSS, XML, XSL-FO) ★ Implemented email templating for auto-generating support emails (HTML, CSS, MJML) ★ Developed templates for learning project on phonics, grammar and punctuation. Nominated for Primary Digital Content award at BETT 2014 (XML, XSLT, XPATH, HTML, CSS, jQuery)

Education

BSc (Hons) Politics & International Studies (2.1) at University of Southampton
September 18, 1989 - July 24, 1992
Conferences, workshops & training at React Conf, WordCamp Europe, WordUp, WordCamp, FFConf, dConstruct London, Brighton, Oxford, Berlin, Porto, online
March 23, 2010 - March 23, 2025
Graphic Design - Typography, layout, & image-making. at Central St Martin’s
March 23, 2025 - March 23, 2025
Magazine Sub-Editing (Certificate with Merit) at London School of Publishing
September 3, 2007 - October 29, 2007

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Non-Profit Organization, Education, Media & Entertainment, Government, Professional Services, Retail, Software & Internet
    paper Together Trust

    I was lead developer on a redesign for non-profit [Together Trust](https://www.twine.net/signin - migrating from a single site to a multisite, and including custom blocks for mega menus and events with filters, both using the fairly new WordPress Interactivity API, and custom post types and meta fields. There is also a big focus on Core Vitals, particularly accessibility, achieving scores of 90-100% across each of them.

    The feedback has been excellent: “[The client] is very happy with the site 🎉 She quoted flexibility around using the editor, functionality they didn’t have before, quality of design and build. Great work, Yorick!”