Jack Russo
Teacher at Northern Beaches Secondary College - Manly Selective Campus
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Russo is a Sydney-based secondary teacher with a decade of professional experience who transitioned from a hands-on career in product design and front-end engineering to teaching English and HSIE. He spent several years building design systems and UI at Atlassian and startups, shipping components, design tokens and high-fidelity React prototypes that balanced performance and accessibility. Jack combines classroom practice with deep technical fluency—while completing a Master of Teaching he continued contracting on the Atlassian Design System, illustrating an uncommon blend of pedagogy and production engineering. He has led frontend architecture, mentored engineers, run Scrum teams and built education and public-speaking programs as a freelance tutor and coach. His background in content strategy, VR design and youth climate organising shows a pattern of translating complex ideas into engaging learning experiences. Jack brings a pragmatic, design-led approach to curriculum and classroom technology that helps students connect critical thinking with practical skills.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyVirtual Reality Design, Virtual Reality Design at Academy XiHigher School Certificate, Higher School Certificate at Northern Beaches Secondary College - Manly Selective CampusUNSW Sydney
Github Skills (143)
compile-time10
css-in-js10
drag10
npm-package10
compiler10
parcel10
gatsby10
static-site-generator10
static-site10
compile10
fastest10
css10
webpack10
graphql10
frontend10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jacklorusso/ninety-nine-days
Sep 2018 - Jun 2024
Travel blog for my partner Sarah.
Contributions:63 PRs, 768 pushes, 16 branches in 5 years 10 months
jacklorusso/com
Jul 2023 - Mar 2024
My corner of the web.
Contributions:4 PRs, 139 pushes, 3 branches in 7 months
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