Danelle Wessels

Timeline
Experience
Education

Work experience

My professional work experience

Frontend Engineer

Awesome Source

May 2021 - July 2024

  • Worked remotely as part of a small dev team on a platform used to manage and monitor custom greenhouse sensors
  • Created client-facing API docs and internal documentation hub
  • Developed new platform features (often included gathering requirements and writing a specification document)
  • Refactored code, fixed bugs and assisted in code reviews
  • Developed back office with analytics and tools for internal use
React
Redux
JavaScript
HTML5
CSS
Responsive web design
Git

Technical Writer & Frontend Developer

Virtual Academies

Dec 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Worked remotely with a small team on an experiential learning platform that supports time-sensitive, team-based simulations
  • Set up and populated a knowledge base with internal documentation and user-facing software guides
  • Developed frontend features, fixed bugs and wrote unit tests
Technical writing
React
Redux
JavaScript
HTML5
CSS
Responsive web design
Git

Lead Learning Technologist

Construct Education

Dec 2017 - Nov 2019

  • Collaborated with international team of PMs, learning designers and clients to develop courses across various LMSs
  • Tested and documented custom Open edX features
  • Created custom content layouts using HTML and CSS
  • Hired, trained and managed a team of 10 learning technologists
Management
Responsive web design
HTML5
CSS
Technical writing

Technical Instructional Writer

Laragh Courseware

Mar 2015 - Nov 2017

  • Created training material for service and support agents (presentations, self-paced courses, software simulations, how-to guides, and white papers)
  • Wrote about hardware, software and firmware for the latest notebooks, tablets and accessories
  • Conducted research using online resources, SMEs, technical documents and prototype devices
Technical writing
Proofreading
HTML5

Graphic Designer & Content Writer

MUDL

Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Designed page layouts for MUDL, a quarterly magazine about the liquor industry
  • Wrote and proofread magazine articles
  • Created HTML email templates, and designed graphics for a booth used at a live promotional event
Journalism
Graphic design
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
HTML5
CSS

Data Journalist Intern

Code for South Africa / OpenUp

Apr 2014 - July 2014

  • Researched and wrote articles as an intern at a startup focused on using open source data to uplift society
  • Spent time embedded at eNCA's 24-hour news team in Johannesburg
Journalism
HTML5
CSS
JavaScript

Typesetter (Freelance)

Stronghold Publishinng

Dec 2013 - Feb 2014

  • Freelanced for a few months laying out content for textbooks using Adobe InDesign, and proofreading the text
Adobe InDesign
Proofreading

Post Production Artist

Strika Entertainment

Feb 2013 - Sept 2013

  • Worked mostly on a football-themed comic, Supa Strikas
  • Used Adobe Photoshop to add branding elements to the pages and clean up artwork
  • Implemented quality control checks and fixes to ensure everything was pixel-perfect and consistent
Adobe Photoshop
Proofreading