Brad Yates

About

I'm a web developer based in London, Ontario with experience in WordPress, Concrete5, SilverStripe, and HTML email templates. I have experience working with a diverse clientele ranging from barbers to corporations. This portfolio is meant to display my past projects, experience, and education.

When I'm not developing anything I enjoy reading history literature, watching an abundance of television shows, watching/playing/coaching sports, and playing Xbox.

Feel free to contact me at any time.

Freelance Portfolio

Portfolio

2019

Where you currently are! I created this portfolio to showcase my work and to keep track of projects and education experiences I complete along my journey. As it was the most recent at the time of creation, I also wanted to get more in depth with PageSpeed insights. I aimed for green scores with my other sites, but this page often scores 98+ for both mobile and desktop. Pretty neat!

tindAR

2018

TindAR is a prototyped augmented reality version of the most popular mobile dating app - “Tinder”. This video shows both a mobile screen recorded video, and a video taken in real time which both illustrate the functionality of the application. View the project on GitHub below and read the readme file for a product overview writeup.

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Footwork Orthotics

2018

This was mainly a WordPress theme development project. The theme was applied to three other sites, but functionality remains the same. These websites generate leads (approx. 15/month) which are emailed to a receptionist and tracked in a spreadsheet.

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Underground Barbershop

2017

This was my first freelance project as I was just learning about web development. The website is built off of WordPress and links out to a booking service used to manage appointments at the shop and is a one page informational resource.

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Experience

Freelance Web Developer

September 2017 - Present

Developed multiple WordPress custom templated websites for a company spread across Canada which produces over 15 natural leads a month in a very niche market
Worked with a SEO specialist and implemented proper SEO strategies to generate more visits/leads while also getting better search engine index rankings
Worked directly with business owners and sat down with them to ensure constant communication and proper execution

Arcane

Junior Web Developer Co-op

January ‑ May 2017 / September 2017 ‑ January 2018 / May ‑ August 2018

Lead development on a Concrete5 build for a persistent client
Lead development on a SilverStripe upgrade and website makeover which included implementing ground work for an eventual nine language site
Lead developer for any email marketing needs including HTML email templates and signatures that worked on majority of email providers
Worked directly with the helpdesk to perform fast paced support requests from clients whilst juggling ongoing development on larger projects
Created training videos and presentations for handoffs which onboarded clients and taught them how to use different Content Management Systems that were developed
Created internal documentation which outlined over 90 ongoing development clients and status reports of each external service the company was using