Charlie Merrill
web developer
Portfolio
Projects.
HearSay
Ruby on Rails
Description: HearSay is a Twitter game where users are presented with a tweet and four celebrities from our database. They then guess which celebrity wrote the tweet. Once logged in, users can appear on the leaderboard and connect with friends.
My Roles: Made the logic, artwork and page design for in-game achievements, designed the user profile and login forms, implemented a user follow feature, added metadata for SEO, created and managed a database of nearly 500 tweets and promoted the site on social media.
Reel Jobs
Ruby on Rails
Description: Reel Jobs is designed to help local filmmakers gain experience and break into the film industry. Search for and apply to work on projects in your area that utilize your skill set. Or post a project and find the help you need to film your vision.
My Roles: Designed landing page with Flexbox, built user profile with Bootstrap and jQuery tab navigation, added a job-application viewer, created user login with Devise and Omniauth, applied Cloudinary image upload, scaled pages for mobile devices and reworked backend logic and models.
Moviemoji
Angular
Description: Moviemoji is a trivia game. Users are presented with a group of emojis that describe either the plot or the title of a movie. They must then guess which movie it is.
My Roles: Created the logic for gameplay with AngularJS, designed and coded the frontend, and created an archive of hundreds of emojis and over 100 movies.
Local Weather
jQuery
Description: Local Weather is a simple app that displays the weather in your local area. It uses the Open Weather Map API.
Calculator
JavaScript
Description: A simple calculator app made using JavaScript.
Education.
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science
Digital Cinema
Chicago, USA
2009 - 2013
Le Wagon
Coding School
Lisbon, Portugal
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
9-week full-stack web development course, which taught Ruby on Rails, SQL, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, startup entrepreneurship, database management, and team workflow.
Code School
Online
Courses Completed:
Try Ruby, Ruby Bits, Rails for Zombies 1 - 2, Accelerating Through Angular, Try SQL, The Sequel to SQL, Try jQuery, JavaScript Road Trip Parts 1 - 3, Front-end Foundations and Formations, CSS Cross Country, Try Git
Codecademy
Online
Courses Completed:
Learn Ruby, Learn Ruby on Rails, Learn AngularJS 1.X, Introduction to jQuery, Learn Javascript, Make a Website, Learn HTML & CSS
Work
Experience.
English Teacher
Colegio Salesianos Loyola
Aranjuez, Spain
Sep 2015 - Jun 2017
• Gave EFL classes to students aged 6 to 18 years old.
• Prepared students for Cambridge exams.
Aranjuez, Spain
Sep 2015 - Jun 2017
English and Photography Teacher
FairMail
Huanchaco, Peru
Nov 2014 - Mar 2015
• Taught photography, Adobe Photoshop and English to underprivileged youth.
• Facilitated the production of students’ photos into postcards. Profits from this help pay for their education and living expenses.
• Organized a photo exhibition of the students' photos.
Huanchaco, Peru
Nov 2014 - Mar 2015
