Gon Fernandez
Full Stack Developer

Gon Fernandez

Past clients include Chanel, Vodafone, & Evian.

About

Gon Fernandez is an interactive front-end and web developer with over 20 years of programming experience and over 12 years of experience in the advertising industry. He is proficient in CSS, XML, and is skilled at using ActionScript 3 and Adobe Photoshop. Among the awards he has won include the Creative Award as well as the Marketing for Society Award. Gon is experienced at moving projects forward from conceptualization to full implementation.

Employment

7 roles
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018 2 months
Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) Frontend Web Developer
Telegraph Media Group

Telegraph Media Group is a multimedia news publisher behind The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.

  • Created several interactive components for articles for clients like Dubai and Vodafone.
  • Styled some existing webpages to conform to the different branding and designs using Vue.js and Sass.
  • Helped with the maintenance of React.js apps.
Nov 2017 - Jul 2018 8 months
Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) Frontend Web Developer
JCDecaux Dynamic/VIOOH

VIOOH is a platform for automated out-of-home and programmatic digital out-of-home, backed by JCDecaux SA, an outdoor advertising company.

  • Spearheaded the conceptualization as well as the building and maintenance of various projects.
  • Created all dynamic campaigns for their SmartContent platform.
  • Helped maintain and fix bugs on the front-end for the React platform.
  • Built different dynamic campaigns using VanillaJS and Vue.js, targeting weather conditions, location, time of day, airport and train stations data.
  • Clients: Chanel, Bacardi, Evian, Unilever, Mars, Ribena, Oxford Street, and Sky.
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017 1 month
Banner Developer
ICP

ICP is a global agency specialized in creative production and digital asset management for leading brands.

  • Created many HTML online banners and templates for Diageo sub-brands for use on DoubleClick and standalone, in several formats and languages.
  • Helped with the creation of animated online banners for Calvin Klein and Johnny Walker, creating templates and adapting them for multiple formats and dimensions.
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017 1 month
Web Developer
Telegraph Media Group

Telegraph Media Group is a multimedia news publisher behind The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.

  • Created a web app to be part of an article for Werlabs and coded in HTML5 and JS.
  • Featured an interactive body map with hotspots to identify possible health warnings.
  • Helped with several maintenance tasks across their existing platforms.
May 2017 - Aug 2017 3 months
Web Developer
The Marketing Store

The Marketing Store is a London-based consumer engagement agency specializing in brand strategy, integrated marketing, CRM, data and analytics, retail marketing and social media marketing.

  • Created an eReader app that was to be installed on over 4,000 tablets across 2,000 McDonald's restaurants in the UK, where kids could sit down in designated restaurants, browse through the gallery of the latest books in the app, and choose the one they want to read.
  • Was responsible for writing efficient code and worked closely with other web designers and programmers to produce the app.
Apr 2017 - May 2017 1 month
Frontend Developer
Grand Visual

Grand Visual is a production company providing creative services for digital OOH.

  • Built the DOOH campaign to launch YouTubeTV in the US.
  • Created over a dozen different banners to be displayed in major cities across America.
  • Planned content that changed dynamically based on area traffic, weather, and location.
  • Developed a campaign for National Geographic to be displayed in Times Square.
Apr 2007 - Dec 2016 9 years 8 months
Senior Frontend Developer & Creative Technologist
WCRS

WRCS is an integrated marketing and advertising agency specializing in integrated marketing, digital marketing, mobile marketing, advertising, social media marketing and community management based in London.

  • Worked closely with project managers, creatives, designers, social media, and account managers to efficiently deliver projects on time and form, from concept to production.
  • Developed Flash and HTML banners, full-on online games, and from experiential installations to eye-tracking DOOH billboards.
  • Clients: Sky, Santander, Warburtons, Churchill, and the RAF.

Education

Jan 2004 - Dec 2004 11 months
Graphic Design, PC Assisted Graphic Design Course
Instituto Superior Romulo Raggio
Jan 2001 - Dec 2001 11 months
First Certificate in English, English Language & Literature
University of Cambridge, Local Examinations Syndicate
Jan 1993 - Jan 1997 4 years
GCSE Equivalent, Computer Oriented Expert Accountant
Santa Teresa del Niño Jesus

Portfolio

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