Work History
Freelance Web Developer
Upwork
Oct. 2022 – Current
- Held discovery meetings with clients to go over project details and create a timeline
- Created both written and visual guides for updating the client’s website
- Provided detailed scope documents to ensure all tasks and needs are represented, and also provided a budget for the project
- Do extensive research on plugins or custom solutions for any functionality requests
- Create mockups for a new layout or functionality for a page
- Provided clients with detailed daily updates to make sure they knew the progress of the project
Frontend Web Developer
Explore Digital
Feb. 2016 – Jan 2021
- Assisted in coming up with procedures used for new projects and websites
- Played a key role in the hiring process, including creating the web developer skill test, reviewing candidates’ skills tests, sitting in during interviews, and helping choose a candidate
- Conducted research and made plans to build custom solutions for various projects, including a shoe customizer as well as a choose-your-meal product builder
- Assisted the CTO with site launches, DNS updates, task management, and creating staging websites for the development team
- Trained and assisted in onboarding new developers to ensure they understood how to complete their daily tasks as well as how to proceed with website builds.
- With my understanding of PHP, I was able to identify that Shopify’s Liquid language is very similar to PHP, which allowed us to onboard Shopify clients
- Consulted with the design team to ensure the designs were possible to build and assisted in coming up with functionality for different aspects of a website or project
- Became the point person for the development team in client meetings to help give updates on projects and relay any technical updates in a way the client understands
- Took on the role of project manager for clients, which included taking calls or responding to emails, then creating a plan to execute the project
- Creating both visual and written guides to assist clients with updating their websites
- Worked with the marketing team to implement AB testing and SEO updates
Skills
- WordPress
- Shopify
- PHP
- jQuery
- Javascript
- Liquid
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Sass
- Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro)
- MySQL
- Video Editing
- Web design
- Graphic Design
Education
- Bachelor of Applied Science : Web Design – Platt College SD | March 2015
- Associate of Applied Science : Graphic Design – Platt College SD | December 2013