Sage Stephens (Sageartstudio)

Lead Web Developer at cloudIT (2025-03 – Present)

Lead Web Developer responsible for website maintenance, WordPress hosting management, SEO strategy implementation, and technical client support

• Website maintenance, backup, and optimization
• WordPress hosting and security management
• SEO strategy implementation and AI-driven optimization
• Website content and UI/UX updates
• Domain and DNS troubleshooting, migrations, and configuration
• Technical client support and communication
• Cross-team coordination and internal documentation
• Process improvement and platform automation

UX Developer | Ecommerce Developer at Bolton Footwear (PTY) Ltd (2023-11 – 2024-10)

UX and Ecommerce Developer creating responsive landing pages, optimizing sites, and developing custom components

• Elementor Landing pages and full page animation
• PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript (Plugin Development)
• WordPress Security and site hardening
• Front-end styling and configuration on CMS
• Planning, strategizing, problem solving and designing
• Site and Database optimization / Maintenance
• Responsive design by applying best practises eg media queries
• Developed custom components for Campaign and Activations

Web Developer | Tech Support | Hosting Support Agent at Littlebrandbox.com / Spaceacre (2021-03 – 2023-11)

Full-stack web developer providing technical support with expertise in WordPress development, API creation, and cloud-based image optimization

• Custom API for WordPress and Development sites
• PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript (Plugin Development)
• Front-end styling and configuration on CMS
• Planning, strategizing, problem solving and designing
• Site and Database optimization
• SEO ranking / Google Merchants
• Responsive design
• Advanced Image optimization method AWS s3 Buckets
• Google Vision API

Web Developer | Freelancer at Webdash.co.za (2019-06 – 2021-06)

Freelance web developer specializing in WordPress development, custom coding, and front-end optimization

• Custom code inside WordPress and Develop web pages and sites on WordPress
• Raw coding in PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Front-End Dev
• Plugins for SEO (WordPress/Drupal)
• Front-end styling and configuration on CMS
• Setup and management of LMS systems
• Assisting with projects
• Planning, strategizing, problem solving and designing
• Developing User Interfaces perfecting UI and UX
• Site optimization
• SEO rankings
• Responsive design for mobile, tablet and desktop
• Build and manage MySQL database
• Image optimization methods

IT Web Specialist Facilitator | ICT Facilitator at I-CAN Centre (2017-09 – 2020-09)

IT and Web Specialist Facilitator providing coding instruction and managing educational technology projects

• Develop web pages and sites on WordPress
• Facilitator Coding in PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• IC3 Facilitator
• Free Courses Projects Manager

International Certification in Microsoft, Adobe – Genesis G-CITI Campus (2017-02 – 2017-04)

Certification in Java Basics and Game Dev – On the Ball college (2018-08 – 2018-08)

Multiple Certifications in Microsoft Technology Associate, Adobe, IC3 – International Certificates