About Me

• Completed over 200 pull requests to Simpleview's base client repositories, which are used as foundational code for every Simpleview client website project, reducing overall development time by up to 50%
• Reviewed and revised code across all repositories for maximum performance and scalability, raising loading performance and speed across all client projects by 30%
• Led initiatives to modernize legacy code, optimize loading performance, and ensure compliance with web accessibility standards

• Completed 72 merged pull requests to Destination Design Kit (DDK), Simpleview's proprietary React component library
• DDK was heavily researched for user experience and accessibility, and built for scalability with atomic design principles using Storybook, TypeScript, and Jest for unit testing

• Designed, illustrated, and built the marketing site for Theater Toolkit, a custom website product for independent theaters, complete with a POS-integrated checkout process
• Created a full suite of illustration, design, and marketing assets
• Attended tradeshows to promote the product, securing key sales opportunities and demonstrating excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Designed, illustrated, and built the Captive Content marketing site
• Created a variety of illustration, design, and marketing assets, ensuring consistent branding and messaging

• Languages: HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Libraries and Frameworks: ReactJS, Vue, NextJS
• Source control: GitHub, Fork, Git-based programs
• Other: Visual Studio Code, Jest for unit testing, Storybook, web accessibility, code scalability, performance optimization, cross-functional collaboration

• Media: print, web design, brand design, virtual marketing
• Visual communication: digital illustration, user interface (UI) design, user experience (UX) design

• Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Other: Figma, Procreate, Visual Studio Code, GitHub, Fork

• Mentored junior employees in frontend development, web accessibility, source control, and coding best practices via regular peer reviews and one-on-one coaching sessions
• Developed over 100 highly custom websites for destination marketing organizations, ensuring alignment with user experience, brand consistency, and code resiliency requirements
• Completed 72 merged pull requests to the company's proprietary React component library, built using Storybook and TypeScript, enhancing scalability and code reusability and utilizing agile software development methodologies
• Wrote automated unit tests for React components using Jest
• Completed over 200 merged pull requests to the company's foundational code repositories, improving quality of life and performance of every client's codebase and becoming the Operations department's top contributor on GitHub, reducing overall development time across client projects by 50%
• Championed accessibility across all web projects, ensuring compliance with WCAG standards and enhancing overall usability
• Established best practices for web languages, libraries, and frameworks like HTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, and React
• Optimized web pages and code repositories for maximum efficiency, performance, accessibility, and speed, raising performance and accessibility metrics across all client projects by 30%

• Designed and built dozens of websites for a wide variety of clientele using the Umbraco CMS, with an emphasis on customer satisfaction and quality user experiences
• Created reusable base client templates for Umbraco, reducing project build time by 30%
• Learned how to code on the job and was promoted twice for demonstrating quick learning ability and high proficiency
• Created a full suite of branding and marketing materials, including illustrations and a website, for software product Theater Toolkit
• Led the development of modern SaaS products and collaborated among cross-functional teams in all aspects of the software development life cycle, from concept and design to deployment
• Mentored junior employees in frontend development, source control, coding best practices, web and graphic design, and user experience design via regular peer reviews and one-on-one coaching sessions

• Revitalized Zarpara's brand with illustrated wine labels, ensuring consistent brand messaging and visual appeal
• Created illustrated print marketing materials, optimizing design for maximum visual impact and brand recognition

• Maintained multiple large-format printers in a demanding, fast-paced environment, troubleshooting technical issues as they arose
• Edited digital files to ensure optimum print quality, demonstrating a keen eye for detail
• Collaborated with a team to handle a steady flow of customers and coordinate over 20 custom print jobs per shift

• Graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's of fine art, emphasis in visual communication
• Completed a 5-week study abroad program in 2012 to Orvieto, Italy

Earned an associate's of fine art, with an emphasis in figure drawing