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Senior Drupal Developer
At Comic Relief, I served as a Senior Drupal Developer on flagship charity initiatives—including Red Nose Day, Queen’s Young Leaders, and the RND Call Center portal—helping raise global awareness and funds through engaging, resilient web platforms.
I architected and maintained a Vagrant-powered Drupal development environment, leveraging Puppet manifests, host-shell scripts, and NFS mounts to deliver on-brand features consistently across developer machines. By integrating Rundeck for automated deployments and Jenkins-driven continuous integration, I cut release cycles by over 50% and eliminated environment inconsistencies.
To ensure lightning-fast user experiences, I spearheaded page-load optimization using Redis. Detailed profiling unearthed rendering bottlenecks, allowing me to refactor key templates and asset pipelines, resulting in a 35% average decrease in load times on high-traffic campaign days.
I enhanced core functionality through targeted Drupal module contributions and custom patches—improving Page Manager flexibility and streamlining error handling with Fast 404. My bespoke builds extended Drupal’s API with bespoke CKEditor plugins for rich media embeds, empowering editors to craft compelling stories without developer intervention.
Collaboration was central to my approach: I standardized project workflows in Confluence, tracked deliverables in Jira, and introduced Parsley.js for client-side form validation that reduced support tickets by 20%. I also supported WordPress microsites when campaigns required rapid launch timelines, ensuring brand consistency across all digital touchpoints.
Working closely with designers, content strategists, and QA engineers—both onshore and offshore—I provided mentorship on best practices, facilitated peer code reviews, and instituted a shared style guide. This cohesive team structure enabled uninterrupted 24/7 maintenance of twelve concurrent sites, including callcenters.comicrelief.com during peak fundraising campaigns.
Through strategic automation, performance tuning, and collaborative leadership, I delivered scalable, user-focused web solutions that underpinned Comic Relief’s most high-profile charitable programs, driving engagement, donations, and global impact.