Kevin Ansfield
Senior Developer at Ghost Foundation
Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKevin Ansfield is a Senior Developer with 15 years' experience building publishing-first web platforms, currently shaping Ghost's editor and admin UI with Ember.js and Node.js. He combines deep front-end expertise—refactoring the Casper theme, enhancing Ghost's admin components and improving mobiledoc editor behavior—with full-stack Rails, PHP and Linux skills acquired across freelance and founder roles. Comfortable moving between UX, performance and SEO concerns, he has a track record of shipping pragmatic, well-tested solutions that improve real-world usability (e.g., infinite scroll, Koenig gallery support). Based in Tunbridge Wells, he pairs technical craftsmanship with business-facing experience from running agencies, making him adept at turning product needs into maintainable code.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Vocational A-Level, Information & Communication Technology, Vocational A-Level, Information & Communication Technology at ECAT
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (27)
javascript10
jquery10
testing10
css10
html-editor10
ui-design10
ghost10
uid10
emberjs10
wysiwyg10
front-end-development10
html-parsing10
html10
web-components9
layout9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
TryGhost/Admin
May 2016 - Aug 2022
Ghost's admin client
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:26 reviews, 2653 commits, 1776 PRs in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily contributed to front-end development within the Ghost admin client, focusing on the user interface and component interactions. Their work included implementing features such as the email-cta card with dynamic options and updating components like GhInputWithSelect and GhTextArea. They also focused on enhancing user experience by addressing styling issues and improving component behavior and by updating the structure of the editor.
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TryGhost/Ghost
Jun 2014 - Jan 2023
Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:101 releases, 267 reviews, 4262 commits in 8 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Kevin refactored and implemented various UI components and features within the Ghost publishing platform, focusing on improving user interface elements and overall functionality. They contributed to the styling and structure of email-related functionality, and created a number of editor components and the creation of settings features.
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