Helder Cervantes

About me

10
second
pitch

I'm a versatile creative who gets things done.
A rational, solution oriented thinker who's comfortable researching, writing, pitching, designing and coding.

BRANDING

WEBSITES

USER-EXPERIENCE

CREATIVE-TECHNOLOGY

Early years

Soon after I started my career I founded my own studio. This was in 2000 and I was 20 years old.

Being part of a two man band required me to play a lot of instruments. I sold projects, planned, designed and coded them. We promised a lot, including stuff that required skills we didn't yet have. I loved the challenge. I learned Flash while delivering a collection of games, web standards and accessibility on projects for government entities, and just about everything else in do-or-die scenarios.

Global experience

My 5 year collaboration with Hanzo Studio was, above all, a great opportunity to work among a very talented international team, on awesome projects for high-profile brands that I admire.

As a frontend developer, I took part in projects such as Pull & Bear and Bimba Y Lola's online stores, an e-learning/social network platform for Bulgari, and product/campaign websites for Virgin Money, Santander and Mapfre.

Skills

With a primary focus on UI design and development, it's my cross-disciplinary experience that sets me apart.

My stack of choice right now is a mix of Tailwind, AlpineJS and Processwire CMS with Latte templating for highly tailored and performant websites. I also love working with web-components, Stencil or React. I tend to approach my projects from a design-system perspective.

I also bring to the table experience with 3D – Blender and Three.js – which combined with knowledge of game mechanics can result in high impact experiences.

Projects