Tomas JefanovasDevelopment and design

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Profile

Developer and designer, recently graduated from Le Wagon's AI Software Development Bootcamp. Background in graphic design and art direction for national museums and galleries, with a typography-led, systematic approach. Experienced in leading projects end to end, working closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

Recent projects

Margate Electronics ↗Solo build, 2026

Archival catalogue website for an electronic music label, with API-synced inventory, automated audio previews and a custom Avo CMS, deployed via CI/CD.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Hotwire
  • TypeScript
  • SQLite
  • Solid Queue
  • ffmpeg
  • Avo
  • Bandcamp API
  • Cloudflare Pages and R2
  • GitHub Actions
  • Minitest

Halo ↗Solo build, 2026

AI support chatbot for a fictional digital bank, using RAG to ground answers in uploaded PDFs, with clickable source links.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • PostgreSQL (pgvector)
  • OpenAI API
  • Hotwire

Code on GitHub ↗

Plant Match ↗Le Wagon, 2026

Houseplant matching app using a questionnaire and a plant data API, with an AI care chatbot. Built as a team of four in a one-week bootcamp sprint.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • PostgreSQL
  • Devise
  • Perenual API
  • RubyLLM

Code on GitHub ↗

Professional Experience

2023–present

Margate ElectronicsCo-founder and creative directorIndependent record label and event series

Created its visual identity and merchandise, and designed and built its website. Curate and coordinate the programme of live events and releases, working with artists and venues. Secured an Arts Council England grant.

2015–present

Public IdentityDesigner and art directorIndependent practice, freelance and commissioned projects

Specialise in visual identity, campaign and editorial design across print, digital and environmental graphics for arts and cultural organisations, often managing projects, clients and stakeholders directly, from brief to delivery. Clients include V&A, London Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Museum, Sadler's Wells and JW3.

2013–2015

TateGraphic and digital designerFull-time, in-house design studio

Designed campaign identities for major exhibitions across all four Tate galleries and applied them to digital assets, printed collateral and exhibition graphics. Worked closely with marketing, curatorial and interpretation teams, maintaining brand standards throughout a high-volume programme.

Full work history at linkedin.com/in/tomasjef