Whilst studying computer science, I always felt different. I cared deeply about the visual components of programming. After school, I would spend my nights learning about design, flash, 3D animations, etc. I started cultivating a passion for the web as I realised its inherent power and universality compared to any sort of native compiled application. By the time I got my master's degree, it was clear to me that I was going to work with web technologies. I went on to take a position at Orange in Paris, as part of the r&d department working with front-end technologies to create cross platform widgets. It was not enough to fuel my passion for design too, so I decided to run my own company as well, working for clients like Areva, Monoprix and Carrefour. After 3 years at Orange, I needed another challenge. I moved to London and accepted a front-end developer role at R/GA. Since then I have had the opportunity to work on award wining projects for international brands such as Pearson, Beats by Dre, Nike, O2 and Getty Images producing all sorts of high-end web-based solutions tailored to the client's needs. In late 2013, I took on yet another challenge and decided to create my own company and am now helping clients to be successful. I am absolutely passionate about the web and I focus my expertise in front-end development. With over 7 years experience in web development and great collaboration skills, notably with design and ux people, I am a solid addition to any team.

Senior front-end developer (contract) @ Currently working on large-scale data-driven web applications for the financial sector (under NDA). Developing a broad base of reusable components used in different projects. Day to day activities: • Developing and maintaining a reusable component library • Architecting the front-end of a large-scale data-driven web application • Day to day involvement and contribution to the UX/Design process • Prototyping of ideas / proof of concepts • Working hand in hand with the clients (under NDA) • Setting and maintaining coding standards, testing strategies, and development workflow Technologies: • Grunt • Sass • Require.js • AngularJS • Jasmine/Protractor testing (unit / end to end) • JsDoc / ngDoc From November 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) London, United KingdomSenior Open Standards Developer @ I started at R/GA as an Open standards developer and quickly got promoted to Senior. I have had the chance to work on award wining projects for an incredibly broad range of clients such as Pearson, Beats by Dre, Nike, Sunsilk, O2 and Getty Images, and other international clients still under NDA. Here is a non-exhaustive list of work I produced whilst at R/GA: • A large-scale responsive e-commerce website — using HTML, Sass, a full clientside MVC architecture built with Backbone.js, Chaplin and Google Closure Templates, Jasmine tests and Grunt • thefeed: a mobile-first responsive web application for Getty Images, aggregating a feed of images related to topic trending on twitter — using HTML, CSS, bespoke object-oriented jQuery components • Immortalise the Moment: a retail installation for Nike Boxpark during the Olympics including generative art based on tweets and printed on custom t-shirts — using RaphaëlJS • beatsbydre.com: overall front-end architecture and development of Beats by Dre's global website — using HTML, CSS, Jekyll and bespoke object-oriented jQuery components • Open Sesame: overall front-end architecture and development of a large-scale forward-thinking educational platform for Pearson — using HTML, CSS and bespoke object-oriented MooTools components • Multiple web-based solutions for several events: Getty Images (SxSW), Beats by Dre (Delta airline lounge) and Nike (Nike Fuelfest) • Several social campaigns for Sunsilk (Hairmail) and O2 (Beyonce @ the O2) including Facebook apps and YouTube pages I also spent a lot of my time focusing on instigating a culture of innovation and quality which quickly made me the de-facto front-end leader amongst the agency. I particularly like spending time helping other developers ramping-up their skills as well as actively educating designers and clients regarding technical matters. I notably ran workshops in the agency to familiarise interaction and visual designers with code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). From July 2010 to November 2013 (3 years 5 months) London, United KingdomFounder, freelance web developer @ Running my own company enabled me to expand my skills not only as a developer, but also in areas such as interface design, user experience and usability. Clients I have worked with include: Areva, Monoprix and Carrefour. Collaborating with these companies has been extremely beneficial to me in developing my autonomy, method, discipline and organisational skills. From January 2008 to July 2010 (2 years 7 months) Paris Area, FranceFrontend Developer @ Assigned to the MEDIA lab — Orange Labs/France Telecom R&D, I contributed to the creation of a framework which enables developers to build cross-environment and cross-platform widgets — widget factory. I also developed numerous widgets connected to various APIs and services. My main objectives were to integrate the Mac OS Dashboard platform at a desktop environment level, analyse the mobile environments and integrate the Nokia WRT platform at a mobile environment level. The project was awarded an Orange Award in 2008. From October 2007 to May 2010 (2 years 8 months) Paris Area, France

Master's degree, Software Engineering, graduated with honours @ Université de Bretagne Occidentale From 2005 to 2007 Bachelor's degree, Software engineering @ Université de Bretagne Occidentale From 2002 to 2005 A levels, Science @ La Croix Rouge From 1999 to 2002 Benoît Grélard is skilled in: Mobile Devices, User Experience, User Interface Design, Mobile Applications, HTML 5, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, User Interface, jQuery, User-centered Design, Web Development, JavaScript, Front-end, CSS, ActionScript