Helen Chong

(they/them or she/her)

Web Developer

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Malaysia

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https://helenchong.dev
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About Me

I am a web developer with 8 years of working experience as a graphic designer. I aim to transfer my creativity and problem-solving skills developed from my graphic design experience into web design and web development expertise.

I am passionate about creating and building things to solve problems. I have a particular interest in accessiblity, inclusive design and progressive enhancement to create a user experience that puts people first.

Work Experience

  1. Marketing Assistant (Web/UX/Graphic)

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    Nature Concept Traditional Chinese Medicine Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    • Handled WordPress development, UX design and graphic design
    • Managed a WooCommerce website
    • Developed a custom WordPress plugin for company's WooCommerce website

  3. Freelace Graphic Designer

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  4. Content Creator/Project Manager

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    Hascott Group Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Handled social media project management, graphic design and copywriting.

  5. Content Creator/Project Manager

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    iPrima Media Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Handled social media project management, graphic design, copywriting, as well as WordPress website management and SEO.

  6. Illustrator

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    Pelangi Publishing Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    • Handled book cover design, flyer design, book layout design and digital illustration of books.
    • Selected to participate in an internal audit of the company.

  7. Graphic Designer

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    Chooexpress Label Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Designed stickers and product labels.

Featured Projects

  1. CS50 Flask Blog

    A private blogging application built with Flask. My final project for CS50x 2024 course.

    Technologies:

    • Flask
    • SQL
    • HTML
    • Bootstrap

  2. Quizzical

    Quiz game built with React and data from the Open Trivia Database API.

    Technologies:

    • React.js
    • API

  3. Recipe Hub

    Allows users to search for recipes by entering an ingredient. Developed by Chingu Voyage 46 Tier 1 Team 1, in which I was part of.

    Technologies:

    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • API

  4. WooRewards Add-on: One-Time Redeemable Vouchers

    WordPress plugin to add one-time redeemable vouchers as a reward option to WooRewards, the WooCommerce plugin.

    Technologies:

    • PHP
    • CSS
    • WordPress
    • API

Speaking

  1. Eleventy Journey From 2.0 to 3.0

    THE Eleventy Meetup

    I spoke at Episode 19 of THE Eleventy Meetup, by sharing my experience with using Eleventy, including the decision and process of upgrading from Eleventy 2.0 to 3.0.

Certifications

  1. Certificate of Completion: Discovery Piscine February 2025

    42 Iskandar Puteri

  2. CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science 2024

    CS50

  3. JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures (Beta) Certification

    freeCodeCamp

  4. Certificate of Completion: Chingu Voyage #46

    Chingu

  5. Legacy JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification

    freeCodeCamp

  6. Responsive Web Design Certification

    freeCodeCamp

Education

  1. Diploma, Graphic Design

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    Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Cyberjaya, Selangor, malaysia

Skills

Languages