Scott Nash
Tech Volunteer at AbilityNet
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Nash is a self-taught frontend specialist and engineering manager with 11+ years building accessible, semantic, and well-tested web experiences across companies like Canonical and Wealthify. He pairs deep HTML/CSS/JS expertise (SCSS, ES6, React) with backend experience in Ruby, PHP and Laravel, and has shipped work for brands such as Adidas and On Running. At Canonical he contributed to ubuntu.com and the Vanilla design system, driving accessibility improvements and pattern-level documentation used across multiple sites. Comfortable in Agile environments, he has led teams, run code reviews and even edited a book on high-performance agile teams while mentoring engineers. A former film-studies graduate and Final Cut Pro editor, he brings an unusual blend of visual storytelling and technical craft to front-end design systems. Now volunteering with AbilityNet, he applies his skills to practical accessibility support in the community.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC National Diploma Media Production, BTEC National Diploma Media Production at Leicester CollegeBachelor of Arts (BA) Film Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Film Studies at Falmouth University
English
Github Skills (10)
accessibility10
html10
css10
jscript10
uid10
css-frameworks10
javascript10
web-development10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
canonical/ubuntu.com
May 2019 - Jan 2023
The official website for the Ubuntu operating system
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:451 reviews, 2024 commits, 916 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Scott was involved in updating various aspects of the canonical/ubuntu.com repository, focusing on the creation and maintenance of different sections of the website's user interface. Their work involved updating header and image template modules. They were also responsible for general code cleanup and applying improvements to existing components. Their work directly supported the presentation of content within the site's "engage" section.
operating-systemoperatingweb-and-designubuntu
canonical/vanilla-framework
Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
From community websites to web applications, this CSS framework will help you achieve a consistent look and feel.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:262 reviews, 768 commits, 256 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to the user interface aspects of the project, as evidenced by modifications to various HTML examples. They fixed accessibility issues, such as incorrect `aria-hidden` values and added a link class. The user implemented new features such as a the is-small and processing state classes and also updated the styles of the existing components. The user made updates to documentation with a focus on elements such as buttons and icon classes.
lookweb-applicationssasslook-and-feelcss
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