Emily Parkes
Frontend Developer at Advice Link
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily Parkes is a Frontend Developer based in Wellington with eight years of experience building accessible, user-focused web interfaces and mentoring new developers. Combining a creative background in cinematography with formal training from Dev Academy Aotearoa, she brings a visual, pattern-oriented approach to UI design and problem solving. Emily has worked in production and education roles—rising from Graduate Developer to Lead Bootcamp Kaiāwhina—then delivered product-facing frontend work at Flick Electric Co. and now Advice Link. She’s passionate about accessibility, diversity and inclusion, and actively supports career transitions into tech through teaching and facilitation. Known for curiosity and a habit of turning hobbies into creative experiments, she blends craft skills with code to produce thoughtful, human-centred solutions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Glendowie CollegeDiploma Cinematography and Film/Video Production, Diploma Cinematography and Film/Video Production at South Seas Film & Television SchoolCertificate in Applied Software Development Web Development, Certificate in Applied Software Development Web Development at Dev Academy Aotearoa
English
Github Skills (42)
grads10
webpack10
mailgun10
boilerplate10
testing9
redux9
redux-thunk9
fullstack-development9
react9
vscode9
gherkin8
nunit8
eda8
javascript8
linode8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
emilyparkes/emilyparkes.me
May 2018 - May 2023
Portfolio website to advertise myself and display my work.
Contributions:1 release, 8 PRs, 84 pushes in 5 years
javascriptmyself
cool-people-make-things/smart-shopper
Jul 2025 - Sep 2025
Compare prices of grocery items from different grocery chains for the cheapest item
Contributions:99 reviews, 18 PRs, 68 pushes in 2 months
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