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Elliot Williams. Web developer
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Hi, I'm Elliot – Full-stack web developer

Based in Cornwall, UK, with six years of experience shipping production-ready websites and apps for businesses across a diverse range of industries.

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Elliot Williams

Selected work

Contributions & Personal Projects

Contributions at Hiyield

A selection of client projects I worked on during my four and a half years at Hiyield. You can read more about my role there in the career section.

Hub of Hope

The UK's largest mental health support directory: a full-stack web app built with Nuxt, TypeScript and Firebase.

  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase
  • Played a key role in technical planning, mapping out the data structures and TypeScript types ahead of the build to keep later sprints running smoothly
  • Helped build custom UI components, the account login system and the user dashboard
  • Developed API endpoints and the service search and filtering features
  • Worked on the client's admin dashboard, including a preview system for approving or requesting changes to users' draft services
  • Contributed to creating the service registration flow, including schema validation and error handling
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Open Up Music

A website for a charity making music more accessible to young disabled people, built on WordPress with a bespoke theme and custom ACF blocks.

  • WordPress
  • PHP
  • ACF
  • Tailwind
  • Worked with the design team to turn mock-ups into a consistent theme design system
  • Built flexible content blocks that make it easy for the client to update their own site
  • Created custom post types with dedicated templates for Events and Stories
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Zero100

A website for a thought-leadership community of global supply chain leaders, built as a bespoke WordPress theme.

  • WordPress
  • PHP
  • Gutenberg
  • Turned the client's AI-generated HTML mock-up into dynamic, editable content blocks
  • Built custom blocks and block patterns to simplify the client's editing experience
  • Helped migrate blog posts from the old site and adapted the post template to the new design system
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Personal projects

A couple of ongoing side projects: one to make my own development work easier, and one with start-up potential. Mostly, though, I just love building things.

PHP App Starter

A lightweight starter template for building PHP web apps without a framework. It provides a working foundation (routing, database, auth and a front-end build) so I can skip the setup and get straight to building features. This portfolio is built on it.

  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Vite
  • Tailwind
  • Docker
Code

ShapeHub

A work-in-progress marketplace where surfers can buy and sell surfboards. It's a full-stack app built with Nuxt and Firebase, with an advanced search and filtering system powered by custom Algolia indexing to help surfers find the right board.

  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase

About

A bit about me

I'm a full-stack web developer with a passion for crafting fast, accessible websites and web apps that people enjoy using. Over the past six years, I've taken projects from the first scoping conversations through to launch, for clients ranging from charities to global businesses.

Skills & experience

  • Bespoke web application development
  • Bespoke WordPress theme development
  • Collaborating in a team using Git and code review
  • Building pixel-perfect user interfaces from prototypes, mock-ups or wireframes
  • Auditing and enhancing website performance and accessibility
  • AI-assisted development and problem-solving
  • QA, testing and debugging
  • Creating CI/CD pipelines

Away from the desk

I love what I do, but when I'm not working, you'll find me out surfing, going to the gym or being used as a human climbing frame by my five-year-old daughter.

Tools I use day to day

  • HTML5
  • CSS
  • Tailwind CSS
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Vite
  • Vue.js
  • Nuxt
  • PHP
  • WordPress
  • WooCommerce
  • Firebase
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Claude

Experience

My career so far

  1. –

    Looking for my next opportunity

    After four and a half years at Hiyield, I'm now open to new roles and freelance projects. I'm looking to join a team where I can keep building thoughtful, high-quality web products and continue to grow as a developer. If that sounds like your team, I'd love to hear from you.

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  2. –

    Hiyield

    Climate-conscious digital agency

    Full-stack web developer

    I worked as part of the WordPress and web apps teams at Hiyield. My role involved collaborating with the product and design teams to scope, build, test and deliver solutions for clients across a range of industries. Some of my day-to-day tasks included:

    • Building user interfaces from hi-fi designs and wireframes in Figma
    • Developing custom WordPress blocks, themes and user flows tailored to specific client requirements
    • Building bespoke full-stack web applications powered by Vue/Nuxt/TypeScript
    • Auditing and enhancing website performance and accessibility
    • Scoping, planning, budgeting and delivering products throughout the project lifecycle
    • Reviewing and testing code from other team members on GitHub/GitLab and giving feedback
    • WordPress
    • WooCommerce
    • PHP
    • Vue
    • Nuxt
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind

  3. –

    Continued self-guided training

    After a short stint in agency work, I spent a few months deepening my skills to prepare for a permanent full-stack developer role at a digital agency. Specifically, I spent this time learning:

    • PHP and back-end development, strengthening my existing knowledge
    • Building custom WordPress themes
    • Tailwind CSS
    • Git and source control
    • Docker and some DevOps basics

  4. –

    Solve Web Media

    Website design & SEO agency

    WordPress developer

    My introduction to agency work began at Solve Web Media, where I spent a short time working as a WordPress developer. My responsibilities in this role included:

    • Creating marketing and e-commerce WordPress sites from mock-ups in Adobe Illustrator
    • Identifying and resolving technical SEO issues
    • WordPress site maintenance
    • Developing bespoke features with custom PHP and JavaScript
    • WordPress
    • WooCommerce
    • CSS
    • JavaScript

  5. –

    Freelance

    WordPress developer

    I began my career as a freelancer, designing and building websites and online shops for clients using WordPress and WooCommerce.

    • Building and maintaining marketing websites and e-commerce stores
    • Working closely with clients to shape bespoke designs around their goals
    • Testing sites across browsers and devices before launch
    • Collaborating with external agencies to deliver projects to their brief
    • WordPress
    • WooCommerce
    • PHP
    • JavaScript

  6. –

    Self-taught

    Eager for a change of career, I began learning to code and the basics of web development alongside my existing job in hospitality. When Covid later hit and we were all stuck at home, I saw that as an opportunity to accelerate my learning and commit to a new path. I haven't looked back since.

Contact

Want to work together?

If you think I'd be a good fit for your team or project, I'd love to hear from you. I'm happy to work remotely and open to hybrid arrangements.

elliotlukewilliams@gmail.com 07597 188811