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WEB DEVELOPERLIZ BASSON
FULL STACK WEB DEVELOPER | CMS ARCHITECTURE & FIGMA BUILDS
ProfessionalSummary
I’m a full stack developer with 12 years building WordPress, Statamic, Drupal, and headless Shopify sites, most recently as Dev Lead on 4 agency client launches. I specialize in front-end builds from Figma, root-cause debugging, and creating CMS editor experiences that clients call intuitive. I value strong, collaborative relationships and enjoy translating business goals into clear, measurable results.
ProfessionalExperience
Shipped client work across 5 platforms in 9 months, leading development on 4 builds and maintaining about 25 client sites as Dev Lead on an agency brand and digital team.
Key Achievements
- Shipped client work on 5 platforms (WordPress, Next.js with Sanity, Drupal, Statamic, Shopify) in 9 months, leading development on 4 builds and maintaining about 25 client sites
- Built GSAP and scroll-driven interactions from Figma, including one-per-scroll case studies and a clip-path colour mask
- Led a 54-block Gutenberg architecture for 3 sites, with React editor blocks rendered through Blade
- Resolved 950 QA tickets across 10 projects with 98% caught internally before clients saw them, and cut open client acceptance testing tickets by 93%
- Built and launched a product brand site on Statamic with a headless Shopify store, syncing price and stock by webhook and routing form journeys into HubSpot
- Finished 2 builds ahead of plan and ran their production launches, then restored a site after a PHP 8.4 update
- Built a Drupal report builder for a university advancement office with 2 custom modules and 35 Paragraphs types
- Built a Laravel dashboard on the Asana API reporting utilization, aligning 6 metric definitions
- Designed CMS editor back ends with drag-to-order blocks and content checks
- Sped up builds with AI-assisted workflows across hundreds of sessions, scaffolding pages from sitemaps, and shared workflows with the dev team
Technologies Used
FREELANCE WEB DEVELOPER
Freelance / Self-Employed / Liz Basson Studio
Built and maintained WordPress websites for small business clients.
Key Achievements
- Built and maintained WordPress websites for small business clients, handling design implementation and ongoing site maintenance.
Technologies Used
Delivered 25+ custom WordPress websites from Figma designs, including high-traffic Vancouver Island tourism sites, reducing website issues by 60% and improving SEO rankings by up to 40%.
Key Achievements
- Delivered 25+ custom WordPress websites from Figma designs, including high-traffic Vancouver Island tourism sites
- Improved SEO rankings by up to 40% through keyword optimization, schema markup, and performance tuning
- Reduced website issues by 60% with QA audits and launch checklists, and mentored junior developers
Technologies Used
Led the redesign and development of 30+ websites and apps for clients across industries, on budgets up to $50K, and standardized build workflows to cut front-end development time by 20%.
Key Achievements
- Led redesign and development of 30+ websites and apps for clients across industries, on budgets up to $50K
- Reduced front-end development time by 20% by standardizing build workflows
Technologies Used
ProfessionalEducation
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HUMANITIES (SOCIO-INFORMATICS)
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, SA
2013
- Socio-Informatics
- Python
- SQL
- C#
- HTML/CSS
ProfessionalSkills
LANGUAGES
FRONT END
PLATFORMS
DEVOPS & QUALITY
ProfessionalCertifications
GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGN
GetSmarter
2014 – Certificate
KindWords
You were such a great addition to the team. You're a talented developer.
LET'S WORKTOGETHER
Ready to bring your next project to life? I’d love to chat about how my experience and skills can help make it a success. Let’s connect!