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Web Developer · Perth, WA

Emmett Hoolahan

Ten years of agency experience in Perth, delivering websites and mobile applications for clients ranging from small businesses to national brands. Equally at home in modern JavaScript (React, Next.js, TypeScript) and the WordPress ecosystem, including headless builds with Sanity.

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Selected Work

Lead & headless

Wolfpack Basketball

Developed wolfpackbasketball.com.au end to end — from architecture through launch and ongoing iteration.

  • End-to-end build
  • Team lead era
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This Bay Is Someone's Day

ACROD Parking Program campaign microsite — a finalist in the 2020 Australian Web Awards.

  • Awards finalist
  • Accessibility campaign
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A Decade in Agencies

  • Web & native apps
  • WordPress agencies
  • Lead & headless

Experience

  1. Apr 2025 – Aug 2025

    Web Developer Word of Mouth Agency

    • Built custom WordPress themes from design handover through to deployment
    • Delivered headless CMS sites with Next.js and Sanity, improving page load performance and simplifying content editing
    • Ran SEO and performance improvements across the agency's WordPress portfolio
  2. Sep 2022 – Feb 2025

    Web Developer / Team Lead Ordinary Agency

    • Led the web development team across concurrent client projects in an Agile environment
    • Scoped and estimated client work, reviewed code and owned delivery from kickoff through launch
    • Developed wolfpackbasketball.com.au end to end, from architecture through launch and ongoing iteration
  3. Jan 2022 – Sep 2022

    WordPress Web Developer Roobix

    • Designed and built responsive WordPress sites for clients across a range of industries, from design handover through testing and launch
  4. Apr 2021 – Jan 2022

    WordPress Web Developer PerthWeb

    • Built new WordPress sites from scratch and maintained existing client sites in a high-throughput agency environment
  5. Aug 2020 – Jan 2021

    Web Developer Juicebox

    • Developed the "This Bay Is Someone's Day" ACROD campaign site, selected as a finalist in the 2020 Australian Web Awards
    • Built React web applications and custom WordPress sites for agency clients
  6. Oct 2016 – Aug 2020

    Web & Native App Developer PWD

    • Owned client WordPress builds end to end for four years as sole developer, from quoting through launch and support
    • Developed and shipped native iOS and Android apps through to App Store and Google Play release
  7. Feb 2015 – Oct 2016

    App Developer & IT Support Airefrig Australia

    • Designed and built an Android gas-cylinder tracking app in Java, replacing a manual paper-based process
    • Administered Office 365 and Exchange, providing day-to-day IT support

Skills

Frontend

React · Next.js · Gatsby · TypeScript · JavaScript · HTML · CSS

CMS

WordPress (themes & plugins) · Sanity (headless)

Backend & Mobile

Node.js · Java · Native iOS · Native Android

Practices

Agile / Scrum · UI/UX & wireframing · SEO & performance · Client communication

Bachelor of Computer Science, Edith Cowan University · 2012 – 2014