Jennifer Harper
Hi, I'm Jen — a front-end developer and web designer based in Wellington. With a keen eye for design and an attention to detail (edging on obsessive), I specialise in building engaging web applications, crafting user-friendly experiences, and solving UX challenges. Explore my timeline and work experience below, or feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn!
Jan 2025 - Present
Freelance Developer
Since leaving Ambitious Aotearoa, I’ve been working as a freelance web developer, building and looking after sites for a range of clients across Craft CMS, Shopify, and Squarespace. Day to day that covers site updates, design changes, and shop management.
Recently I migrated two Craft CMS sites between servers. This meant provisioning the new server on DigitalOcean and managing it with Ploi, rebuilding each site locally in DDEV to test safely, moving the code and database across, and shifting image storage to DigitalOcean so media stays fast and independent of the server.
I also built a Craft CMS site for a client with nested Matrix fields, so he can create his own page templates and layout variations right from the control panel, with no developer needed for new layouts.
August 2023 - Jan 2025
Jnr. Web Developer @ Ambitious Aotearoa
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Jan - April 2023
Dev Academy Aotearoa
In January 2023, after spending six years abroad, I enrolled at Dev Academy Aotearoa to expand my technical skills and transition to a developer role. In just 17 intensive weeks I graduated with React skills, confidence with Javascript and a new understanding for peer programming.
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2017 - 2022
Web Designer@ Spotzer Digital
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Personal
Projects
In 2017 - 2022, during my spare time, I enjoyed building product mockups/pitches from scratch (html/css/javascript). Below are recent examples of project pitches I've worked on. The first project 'Educapps' is a website mockup for a games based education app for children. The second example 'B.Sylvia' is a website mockup for a beauty brand.
