Maria Warnes

Hi, I'm Maria. I'm a developer trained in design based in Mildenhall, just outside Thetford. I work for Holiday Property Bond.

Blog

TextExpander Snippets for Developers

My 8 Essential Personal Productivity Tools

Mac-style Windows DateTime Format

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Work

Fred’s House ‘Faultlines’ Album Artwork

Chip Magazine

Fred’s House ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ Album Artwork

Photoshop Unlocked

Rundfunk Logotype

Fred’s House Single Variants

L’Artisan Parfumeur D&Ad Competition Entry

Cultural Concepts Book Cover Series

Myopia Consortium Branding Entry

‘Create Something Beautiful’ Typography Poster

Fred’s House Logotype

Überpong “Kawaii” Paddle

Languages & Technologies

HTML

CSS

LESS/SCSS

JQuery

C#

WordPress

PHP

Advanced Custom Fields

Oracle SQL

JavaScript

Gulp

Umbraco

ASP.NET Razor

WooCommerce

Skills

Responsive Web Development

Mobile First Approach

Modular Programming

Web Accessibility

Web Design

Semantic Web

Photo Restoration

Graphic Design

Typography

Editorial Design

Identity Design

Digital Art

Photography

Fine Art

Software

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

SourceTree

Visual Studio

MAMP

Sublime Text

Oracle SQL Developer

Koala

VSCode

Adobe After Effects

CodeKit

Atom

Maxon Cinema 4D

Experience

2018–

Web Designer/Developer

Holiday Property Bond

2017–2018

Web Developer

Black Pig

2014–2017

Junior Developer

CrowdCat

I designed and built websites and social promotions for clients such as Studio Universal and Universal Music.

2014

Graphic Designer

I Love My Town

As leave cover for four days I helped to finalise the Summer 2014 issue of the Leighton Buzzard magazine. My duties included: designing and laying out adverts.

2011–

Freelance Designer

Self

As a freelance designer I interacted with clients to arrange briefs, revisions, invoices and payment for print and online media designs.

Education

2011–2014

Cambridge School of Art

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

My 6,000 word dissertation/research project was awarded a first during my final year – “Is Photo Manipulation Ruining our Idea of Beauty?”.

2009–2011

St. Ivo School Sixth Form

A-Levels

Art, Crafts and Design – A*
Design and Technology: Graphic Design – B
English Literature – C
AS Level: Applied IT – C

Volunteering

2017–

Photo Restoration Artist

Self

When I have some spare time I visit Imgur or Reddit looking for photos to restore.

2012–2013

Photo Restoration Artist

Operation Photo Rescue

I digitally restored water damaged photos for flood victims.

2012–2014

Contributing Writer

Origin Of Cool

I searched for and wrote articles about current and interesting design, art or technology stories. I then submitted then for approval via the WordPress site.

2010–2011

Retail Assistant

Oxfam

I worked as a retail assistant in a local Oxfam shop. My duties included: organising stock, pricing up stock, displaying stock, operating the till and interacting with customers.