Ronald Aveling
Principal Designer at Thinkmill
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRonald Aveling is a Principal Designer based in Hobart, Tasmania with 11 years of experience crafting multidisciplinary digital products and structured content systems. At Thinkmill he progressed from Senior to Lead and now Principal Designer, combining UX, content strategy, and front-end fluency to deliver cohesive Admin UIs and documentation. He contributes to notable open-source projects like KeystoneJS, improving docs and Admin UI features, reflecting a rare mix of design and hands-on development. His background ranges from boutique consultancy and eCommerce integrations to founding a small fermentary, showing a pragmatic, maker-oriented approach to problem solving. Trained in design and spatial information architecture, he excels at translating complex information into accessible interfaces and compelling narratives.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityDesign MBA Business Design, Design MBA Business Design at d.MBAGraduate Certificate Spatial Information Architecture, Graduate Certificate Spatial Information Architecture at RMIT University
English
Github Skills (12)
content-management-system10
cms10
javascript10
content-management10
keystonejs10
react10
documentation10
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
nodejs9
graphql9
ui-design8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
keystonejs/keystone
Mar 2021 - May 2022
The superpowered headless CMS for Node.js — built with GraphQL and React
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:116 reviews, 82 commits, 207 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Ronald contributed to the KeystoneJS documentation and codebase, primarily focusing on frontend and documentation improvements. They updated documentation, including guides and examples, and improved the Admin UI by adding features like custom logos and navigation. The user also implemented changes to the codebase related to UI elements and content management.
graphqlheadless-cmsnodejsreactcms
raveling/rwa-jekyll-1-siteleaf
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:68 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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