About FernandaDesigner & developer
Experience &
education
Fernanda Thiesen has designed websites for small businesses and professionals since 1999. In 2009 she co-founded OiToronto, a blog and newsletter for Brazilians in Toronto, and from 2021 to 2024 she worked as a full-stack developer at Milborne Group.
Experience
2021 – 2024
Full-stack developer
Milborne Group
Developed and maintained a real estate sales web app.
- 7s → 16msto load the contact list
- 10,000+contacts in the list
- Redesigned the whole application for a new brand identity, with light and dark modes.
- Made a list of more than 10,000 contacts load in 16 milliseconds instead of 7 seconds.
- Built daily reports on realtor performance and tracking of opened purchase documents.
- Automated the setup of new projects and the customization of purchase agreements.
2009 – today
Co-founder, editor-in-chief and web designer
A blog and newsletter that informs, inspires and supports Brazilians who live in Toronto or plan to move there.
- 2,300+articles published
- 100Kpage views per month in 2016
- 2,000+newsletter subscribers
- Published more than 2,300 articles in Portuguese about tourism, education, immigration, work and culture.
- Leads the volunteers and contributors who write for the community, from assigning topics to proofreading.
- Reached an average of 100,000 page views per month in 2016; today the newsletter has more than 2,000 subscribers.
- Creates campaigns for advertisers and partners, and keeps the site design fresh for readers.
1999 – today
Web designer
Freelance
Websites, design and marketing for small businesses and professionals.
- 25+years serving small businesses
- Hundredsof clients served
- Worked with hundreds of small business owners, suggesting design, marketing and website solutions within their budgets.
- Designs websites that follow each client’s brand, optimized for search engines, with content updates and support.
- Front-end developer, with Fábrica Digital, for the websites of the National Archives of Brazil.
Education
2020 – 2021
Web Development Immersive Bootcamp
Juno College of Technology, Toronto
Also Intro to Web Development and Intro JavaScript Fundamentals.
1995 – 2001
Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication, Marketing
FACHA – Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso, Brazil
1996 – 1997
Technical certificate in Advertising
ETEC – Escola Técnica de Comunicação, Brazil