Richard Hoar
Software Engineer at Electronic Arts
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Hoar is a versatile software engineer and former senior graphic designer with 15 years of experience blending front-end development, UX and corporate creative design. Based in Victoria, BC, he builds and maintains high-profile web properties at Electronic Arts, applying practical expertise in HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP/Symfony, Node.js and web standards. His background in professional writing and localization management complements a strong visual sensibility from years designing print and digital systems with Adobe Creative Suite. Richard excels at translating complex brand and editorial requirements into cohesive templates, forms and visual frameworks that scale across products. Comfortable wearing many hats, he bridges design, copy editing and engineering to deliver polished user experiences and production-ready deployments.
15 years of coding experience
BA, English (Literature) & Professional Writing for Web Environments, BA, English (Literature) & Professional Writing for Web Environments at University of VictoriaDiploma, Network & Electronics Technician, Diploma, Network & Electronics Technician at Camosun Community College
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Github Skills (21)
symfony9
php9
adafruit7
xml6
fopen6
simple-xml6
backstopjs6
encoding6
javascript6
utf6
arduino5
firmware5
css5
screen-capture4
code-generation3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chaffneue/houston
Nov 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:1 release, 29 commits, 19 pushes in 1 year 8 months
century-synthetics/hybris
Jan 2018 - Feb 2019
Firmware for the Hybris mechanical keyboard
Contributions:70 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
firmware
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