Greg McDonald
Experienced and self-motivated with client-facing communication skills and a designer’s eye for detail. Passionate for learning new technologies and building great user experiences. Ability to work on projects independently or within a team, and quickly adapt to new challenges.
I am always looking for opportunities to enhance projects with a creative approach, utilising my skills across design, web and animation.
Previous clients include Hyundai Australia (Front-end lead), Penguin Random House Australia (Front-end lead), Gilbert & Tobin Law, Parliament of NSW, ACT Policing, Kellogg’s, Ferrero, Lego, Foxtel, IKEA, and the BBC.
Experience
- Squiz
Senior Developer
2025–Oct 2026 - Switch
Senior Front-end Developer
2024 - Orchard
Senior Front-end Developer
2022 - Wattwatchers
Web Application Developer
2021 - Domain
Senior Engineer
2020 - Chook Digital Agency
Senior Interactive Developer
2010 (10 years) - WebDaemon
Web Designer / Flash Developer
2008
Technical Proficiencies
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Core Stack
JavaScript (ES6+) / TypeScript, Vue, Nuxt, React, Next, SCSS, BEM, CSS, Tailwind, CSS Modules, jQuery, Handlebars
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Animation & Interactive Graphics
GSAP, Canvas, Three.js, WebGL, SVG
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Performance, Quality & Accessibility
Browser profiling, WCAG 2.2 / WAI-ARIA compliance, Accessibility auditing, E2E (Cypress)
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Build Tooling & Workflow
Git, AI-assisted development (Cursor, Claude, Gemini), npm, Vite, Gulp, Webpack, Figma
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Mobile App Development
Cross-platform mobile app development, store provisioning and publishing (Ionic/Capacitor, Cordova, Titanium)
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Email Development
Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, MJML templating, Cross-client testing (Litmus/Email on Acid)
Education
Bachelor of Design, Western Sydney University
Portfolio
Please visit https://greg-mcdonald-resume.pages.dev
Interests
I keep abreast of web technology by lurking hackernews and subscribe to multiple weekly front-end newsletters.
In my spare time you’ll find me playing soccer and basketball, being a goose with my two young kids, or confronting my neglected load-bearing bookshelf.
References
Available upon request.
Some Previous Work
Gilbert & Tobin
Reengineered the core styling architecture using a modular, bespoke SCSS design system focused on scalable defaults and flexible component extensibility.
Hyundai STARIA-Load accessories 3D interactive
Front-end lead on Hyundai Australia.
penguin.com.au
Front-end lead delivering high-fidelity, pixel-perfect digital experiences and search integration for Australia’s premier book publisher.
BBC Tourism
Built many static websites for the BBC, architecting custom Gulp and Handlebars build pipelines driven by JSON data feeds.
Standards Australia glossary
Engineered a fast, searchable web application indexing Australian building standards with instantaneous Algolia search filtering.
ARIA Music Awards nomination form
Architected a complex multi-step voting application with real-time state synchronization, progress validation, and seamless parent-site integration.
Kelloggs AR colouring-in promotion
Developed an interactive WebAR marketing campaign rendering real-time animated 3D models from physical cereal box markers.
Please view on your phone:
Follow the instructions and point your phone camera at this AR marker (greg-mcdonald-resume.pages.dev/kellogs/marker) on another screen.
HTML5 Animated Banners
High fidelity animations. Great Australian Bake-Off, Beats and Eats, Marvel Legion.
Ferrero Xmas 3D interactive
Created a mobile-optimized 3D interactive competition featuring custom device motion tracking built with ThreeJS and the CannonJS physics library. Dynamically loaded 12 different models and their respective configurations.
Chook Digital site
Built the agency’s portfolio site. Cute animation on logo hover.
Ikea panorama interactive
Built a responsive 360-degree virtual tour application using cross-frame postMessage communication and optimized image generation.
Gulp MJML edm workflow
Designed and published a custom Gulp + MJML build pipeline to modernise and streamline Orchard’s email workflow across the FED team.