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Lena S. - creative developer and visual artist.

Welcome to the world of my coding
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Lena S. - creative developer and visual artist.

Welcome to the world of my coding
practice.

Front End developer CV

BIO / ABOUT

Lena Sitnikova, Front End Developer with UX/UI design background. Passionate about smooth and creative interactivity, performance and problem solving. Experienced in building web projects of different complexity — web and native applications (React, Tonic), landing pages, corporate websites, e-commerce.

Working as an independent web developer in the intersection of code and design, 40+ international web awards and recognition were geined during 2021-2023.

// Open to new Front End Developer job opportunities. Currently based in Belgrade, Serbia. Open to relocation.

Professional contribution also includes teaching (HTML/CSS course and personal lessons), and writing code modifications for website builders (YouTube channel about cargo collective, public speeking for tilda publishing).

SKILLS

  • knowledge
  • Cross Browser dev
  • Responsive dev
  • Testing
  • SEO
  • Web Performance
  • stack
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • React.js
  • Tonic (framework)
  • Git/GitHub
  • Vite.js/esbuild/Webpack
  • npm

other

  • tools
  • Figma
  • Cargo Collective
  • Webflow
  • Adobe PS
  • design related
  • UX/UI
  • Design systems
  • IA
  • Prototyping
  • Mobile first

Awards and recognition

  • year
  • project
  • platform / gallery
  • 2022
  • СODE MODE course
  • Internet Gems by ilovecreatives
  • 2022
  • СODE MODE course
  • 404foundation weekly favorites
  • 2022
  • AZ Studio
  • awwwards Honorable Mention
  • 2022
  • AZ Studio
  • 4xCSSDA
  • 2022
  • Portfolio (2)
  • Minimal gallery
  • 2022
  • dttm e-commerce
  • 404foundation weekly favorites
  • 2022
  • AZ Studio
  • made on tilda
  • 2022
  • Kvart Studio
  • Internet Gems by ilovecreatives
  • 2021
  • Portfolio (1)
  • DesingRush Top10 experimental
  • 2021
  • Antimonopoly Co.
  • awwwards Honorable Mention
  • 2021
  • Antimonopoly Co.
  • Made on Tilda
  • 2021
  • Antimonopoly Co.
  • 4xCSSDA
  • 2021
  • Antimonopoly Co.
  • Tilda trends 2021 (Tilda YouTube)
  • 2021
  • Ivana B. portfolio
  • morrre.dsgn
  • 2021
  • Ivana B. portfolio
  • Minimal gallery
  • 2021
  • AZ Course
  • 4xCSSDA
  • 2021
  • Runo rugs
  • Minimal only
  • 2021
  • Runo rugs
  • made on tilda
  • 2021
  • AZ Studio
  • awwwards Honorable Mention
  • 2021
  • AZ Studio
  • 4xCSSDA
  • 2021
  • AZ Studio
  • abdz. (article)
  • 2021
  • AZ Studio
  • Awwwards Mobile Excellence
  • 2021
  • AZ Studio
  • Behance UX/UI ribbon
  • 2021
  • Rite Finland
  • made on tilda
  • 2021
  • Sven Sorić portfolio
  • Cargo Sites in Use
  • 2021
  • Lena S. portfolio
  • Minimal gallery
  • 2021
  • Lena S. portfolio
  • Uijar.com
  • 2021
  • Lena S. portfolio
  • awwwards Honorable Mention
  • 2021
  • Lena S. portfolio
  • Uprock school (article)
  • 2021
  • Airy Fairy
  • Made on Tilda
  • 2021
  • Airy Fairy
  • Tilda trends 2021 (tilda YouTube)

Experience

  • year position
  • Jun 2023 – present
    Front End Developer (Socket Supply, USA)
  • Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
    Author of HTML/CSS course
  • Jan 2021 – Jun 2022
    Senior UX/UI Designer & Lead Tilda Developer (AZ Studio, Russia/Italy)
  • Sep 2020 - Jun 2023
    Front End Developer & Web Designer (freelance)
  • Aug 2018 - Sep 2020
    UX/UI and Graphic Designer

UX/UI design and website development

Expertise

I create websites and applications that wrap brand solutions into visual aesthetics in a minimalistic and functional way.

// currently available for freelance projects: front-end (vanilla/react), cargo collective + code development.

  • cargo collective
  • UX/UI design (Figma)
  • Protfolio websites
  • Landing pages
  • E-commerce
  • development
  • HTML/CSS Responsive Web Design
  • Tonic (JS framework)
  • React
  • Vanilla JS

Contact:

Feel free to contact me for any project inquiries.

selected work

  • title
  • Pollution App
  • tools
  • React, Vite, Socket Runtime

The Application shows the current air quality index along with hourly rates for each pollutant.

Individual open-source project built with React + Vite (web version). Live version and Native application comming soon.

design, development

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  • title
  • Relay Landing page
  • tools
  • Tonic (JS framework), HTML/CSS

Promo landing page for Relay Messenger - first p2p chat app created by Socket Supply Co.

The page features interactive animation optimized using the Intersection Observer API and GPU hardware acceleration tricks.

design, development

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  • title
  • NextJS Native Landing page
  • tools
  • Vanilla JS, HTML/CSS

Promo landing page for Next.js Native - Socket Supply project that shows how to convert any Next.js web app to a Native Application.

The page features interactive animation, dark/light mode switch, regex for code highlights and animated CLI code copy function.

design, development

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  • title
  • the design dump
  • tools
  • React, Vite

The DD is an experimental non-commercial initiative and a collection of useful links for designers and developers.

Pet project built with React + Vite.

design, development

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  • title
  • DTTM e-commerce
  • platform
  • HTML/CSS/JS, Cargo collective

DTTM is a multidisciplinary design studio based in USA. We worked together to create a design concept that i developed on Cargo collective.

Website is built with plain html/css/js + Cargo e-commerce and CMS, used for project pages.

design (team-work), development

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  • title
  • runo rugs
  • tools
  • HTML/CSS/JS, Tilda

Runo is a design studio based in Zagreb, Croatia. They produce hand tufted rugs made of organic wools. Built on no-code platform - Tilda.

HTML/CSS/JS modifications made it possible to add dynamic animations, fix layout issues and customize the cart view.

design, development

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  • title
  • Antimonopoly Compliance
  • tools
  • HTML/CSS/JS, Tilda

Antimonopoly Co. is a law consulting group that works in the field of Kazakhstan antimonopoly regulation. With AZ studio we created a business strategy that I wrapped into a branding + one-page website.

Website was built with Tilda + code (animation, cursor, layout fixes, and other).

design, development

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  • title
  • ivana borovnjak portfolio
  • tools
  • HTML/CSS/JS, Cargo collective

Ivana Borovnjak is a designer and a founder and member of Oaza Art and Design Collective based in Zagreb. The website was build using cargo collective + code modifications.

Website was built on Cargo Collective + code (interactivity, layout, some css tricks).

design (team-work), development

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  • title
  • Sven Sorić portfolio
  • tools
  • HTML/CSS/JS, Cargo collective

Sven Sorić is a freelance graphic designer and co-founder of an experimental analog printing platform. Zagreb, Croatia. The website was build using cargo collective + code modifications.

Website is built with plain html/css/js + Cargo CMS used for project pages.

design (team-work), development

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