Martin Gaston
Account Director at 8th Light
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Gaston is an Account Director and former Principal Engineer at 8th Light with eight years of professional experience building and leading teams to ship strategic products and campaigns. He blends hands-on engineering, client-facing strategy, and creative storytelling—skills rooted in an English Literature and Creative Writing degree—into practical technical solutions. At 8th Light he progressed from software engineer to leadership, helping translate business problems into software architectures and delivery plans. His background spans startups, agency social content leadership, and developer education at Founders & Coders, giving him a rare mix of product, marketing, and engineering fluency. He offers free consulting availability and is known for pairing technical depth with clear communication to drive outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing, BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing at University of East Anglia
English
Github Skills (34)
react-leaflet9
exams8
coders7
prettier-eslint7
medical7
css6
flex6
flutter5
react5
gatsby5
javascript5
typescript4
nodejs4
eslint4
docker-compose3
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
martingaston/tic-tac-toe-java
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
taking on tic tac toe in java :x: :o: :x:
Contributions:51 PRs, 57 pushes, 61 branches in 1 month
javatictoetac
martingaston/wedding_website
Sep 2018 - May 2019
Using Gatsby to create a website for our wedding :couple_with_heart:
Contributions:7 PRs, 21 pushes, 12 branches in 8 months
gatsbyreact-leafletreactcouplecss
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