Jon Dale — Resume

For over 10 years I've been designing and developing websites. I made my first ever website for a local field hockey club and loved it so much I decided I wanted to do it for a living. I've always liked building, dismantling, and re-building things. My favorite childhood toy was Lego and stayed up past countless bedtimes to work my newest creation. When at university in England, I could quickly see how the web would be a perfect place to use my creative & technical passion. Ever since, I've been immersed in the web and its endless possibilities.

Experience

now

Metis Machine / Charlottesville, VA

04/2018 - Present

Currently I'm the primary UI designer and developer of the dashboard for our platform — Skafos. Sketch for design, Clojurescript for development.

04/2018

Type Zero / Charlottesville, VA

08/2016 - 04/2018

My role at Type Zero was mostly full-stack. I wrote AWS Lambdas using Clojurescript & Python, UI design, and Javascript application development.

08/2016

Room Key / Charlottesville, VA

10/2011 - 08/2016

My primary role at Room Key was a front-end developer. I built new features for their single page web app with Javascript, but also wrote Chrome extension in ClojureScript. Often I also designed features from the ground up, starting with sketches and wireframes.

10/2011

Journey Group / Charlottesville, VA

10/2005 - 10/2011

As the primary digital designer, I designed but also developed websites for clients such as USPS, Habitat for Humanity, UVA Curry School and UVA Architecture school. I collaborated with the team in design critiques and code reviews.

05/2005

iWeb Solutions / Stafford, England

06/2005 - 10/2005

In this summer position, I developed and styled html templates with an e-commerce focused creative agency.

Education

Staffordshire University, England

2001-2005 | BA (Hons) Interactive Multimedia.

Skills

Development

Javascript
ClojureScript
Python
Re-frame (cljs)
React
Redux
Underscore / Lodash
Css / SASS / Atomic
Framerjs
Responsive
Webpack

Tools

Pencil & paper
Photoshop / Sketch
Atom (IDE)
Git
Command Line

Interests

I'm fascinated with design, typography, interfaces and interaction, gadgets, Internet of things, and technology in general.

Recently, I embarked on a ceramics course and have been learning to throw bowls, mugs and suchlike on a wheel. I'm finding the process thoroughly enjoyable, challenging, but immensely rewarding.

I also enjoy time with my family, hiking in the Blue Ridge, cooking, hanging out with friends, or going for an occasional bike ride.

References available upon request.