BYD

The Client

BYD is one of the largest electric vehicle manufacturers in the world, operating across dozens of markets globally. Getting to work on their web presence, even as an intern, was not something I took lightly.

The Project

During my internship in Moldova, I was brought onto a team delivering a website for BYD. The project was a full marketing site, and my primary responsibility was the car display pages: the product-facing part of the site where individual models are showcased to potential buyers. These pages needed to be visually consistent, on-brand, and polished. They were, after all, representing a premium product lineup.

My Role

At the time, the project was built in WordPress using Elementor, which made sense given the timeline and the team's workflow. My job was to take the designs and translate them faithfully into pages that held up across the entire vehicle lineup. Consistent spacing, correct typography, responsive layouts, and making sure each car's page felt like part of a cohesive system rather than a patchwork of one-off builds.

What I Learned

It was early in my development career, and working in a real team environment on a real deliverable for a multinational client taught me things no course could. I learned how to work within constraints, tools, timelines, other people's decisions, and still deliver something worth being proud of. I also got my first real sense of what production actually means: something goes live, real people see it, and there is no taking it back.

The Outcome

The project was delivered successfully. The client signed off and the site went live. Looking back, it also clarified something important about where I wanted to go. The kind of work I do now, custom 3D experiences, interactive effects, shaders and animations built from scratch, simply does not fit inside a CMS. That gap between what a page builder can do and what I wanted to make eventually pushed me to leave it behind entirely and go code-first.

BYD was one of the early experiences that set that direction.