Summary
Martin Banks is a Senior Frontend Developer based in Sydney with 10 years of experience crafting interactive editorial products and internal productivity tools for major news organisations and agencies. He began his career as a designer and now bridges design and engineering, teaching teams to code to bring ambitious, user-focused ideas to life under tight deadlines. Proficient in JavaScript, React, Vue, Node and modern build tooling, he has built bespoke CMS components and interactive embeds used by journalists across News Corp and The Daily Telegraph. Currently at LEVO and freelancing, he blends hands-on implementation with stakeholder collaboration, making complex editorial workflows simple and reusable. An approachable maker with formal design training and a General Assembly JavaScript background, he quietly prefers solving UX constraints through elegant technical solutions.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Javascript, Javascript at General Assembly
BA(hons), Visual Information Design, BA(hons), Visual Information Design at Ravensbourne University London
Diploma, Graphic Design, Diploma, Graphic Design at Plymouth College of Art and Design