SUMMARY

A Front - end Developer with more than 19 years' experience on both sides of the Marketing + Web Dev partnership, I have experience in PHP/HTML/CSS with SASS, WordPress Advanced Custom Fields with custom templates, SEO, A/B testing, web content architecture, front end design and development, security levels for Drupal and WordPress, with bonus experience in print design, branding, marketing strategy, and training in IBM WebSphere Portal.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WORDPRESS WEB DEVELOPER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed creative solutions to support design direction and ongoing A/B testing in the B2B environment using Advanced Custom Fields Pro within WordPress and PHP templates. This included taking advantage of Repeater and Flexible Fields to provide easy-to-maintain solutions for our product teams.
• Setup and supported A/B testing in Adobe Target, this included editing pages, audiences, traffic, and so on within the Target tool. Additional evaluation tools include Crazy Egg for scrolling heatmap review, and Google Analytics.
• Prepared site content for merge of acquired Drupal site into the Employer's site, this included analysis of all custom post types and fields, analysis of Drupal database and format, and preparation for matching Drupal nodes to WordPress posts.
• Developed and maintained custom Wordpress template, work was done locally with source control handled by Github with multiple repositories in the stack to Production.

FRONT END DEVELOPER/GRAPHIC DESIGN

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Converted the Virginia Capitol Square website to WordPress. The project included creating a child- theme, customizing user levels, front-end UX design, working with custom post types, and creating documentation of the install to provide a successful hand-off to the maintainers.
• Performed marketing updates to the Virginia General Assembly website using their custom CMS and working with back-end PHP/HTML/CSS. Developed content to support increased transparency to the public for House committees and subcommittees via emailing lists and Twitter feeds.
• Updated front-end design, created CSS print styles for a variety of screen views in the proprietary iHOD system, developed new pages with Ruby on Rails.
• Create webinars for new Delegate training, this included recording and editing audio, designing PowerPoint presentations, and editing and publishing webinars using the Camtasia application and the GotoWebinar site to ensure new Delegates understood the rules and procedures in the HOD and enhance their ability to support the constituency.

SR. LEAD CONTENT EDITOR/FRONT END DEVELOPER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervised team of seven Content Editors including managing and monitoring staff attendance, identifying and monitoring individual career development goals, reporting to Sr. Manager.
• Managed project timeliness and completion via Agile Kanban.
• Updated and maintained marketing content across the corporate Confidential websites in response to client requests ensuring that the requests were completed in a timely manner to ensure accuracy and freshness of site content.

FRONT END DEVELOPER/DESIGNER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with the Benefits team to create the Benefits and Wellness website including: designing templates, managing content, coding pages in HTML/CSS/JS, and creating images in Photoshop. The focus of this project was to educate and provide benefits information to Confidential employees.
• Partnered with the Talent Management team to design and develop a world-class new employee orientation experience; the resulting OnBoarding Site welcomes and introduces new associates to the company culture and corporate structure. The site takes advantage of JavaScript sliders to provide visual excitement while keeping bandwidth low and easy to maintain.
• Maintained and grew the corporate Intranet. This project began with research on how employees would use the site including analyzing existing site traffic and search data; A/B testing was utilized to develop the site layout. Additional responsibilities included analyzing and defining site content, partnering with clients to serve the needs of the employees.
• Worked in collaboration with the Direct Marketing Team to develop a direct marketing campaign focused on connecting with recent customers and creating long term relationships. Designed and built email templates in ExactTarget with maximum device/browser compatibility.
• Supported site development and maintenance in IBM Websphere Content Management System. This included portlet development and editing, creating forms, managing libraries, editing templates and page layouts.

CONTENT EDITOR/FRONT END DEVELOPER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Updated and maintained marketing content across the corporate Confidential websites in response to client requests.
• Developed content layout using HTML and CSS to fit into, or work around, predefined page templates.

FRONT END DEVELOPER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development and delivery of a suite of four HTML/CSS based eLearning courses. Worked closely with the client to create an "on brand" template with a clean look and feel.
• Additional tasks included manually coding all course pages, editing photos, creating graphics, developing interactive Flash elements, and interacting with JavaScript components.
• Wrote delivery documentation for the client covering directory and file structure, anatomy of the web pages, detailed information on how to maintain and create course pages, and helpful hints on how to move content from MS Word into the HTML environment.

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER/DEVELOPER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with practitioners to craft PowerPoint presentations for: training, conference proceedings, proposals, government agency briefings, legal negotiations & testimony, and risk communication to the general public.
• Project manager for internet and intranet sites. The external site development involved doing analysis, choosing developers, designing the user facing content management system, and directing visual design resulting is a beautiful and effective web site, which was delivered well within budget and could be easily maintained by all marketing staff.
• Our intranet project included a way to communicate corporate style and identity standards, provide easy access to templates, training, help documentation, marketing support, and a digital asset management system.
• Performed all aspects of print and web design projects, including concept development, prototypes, illustration, photo selection, photo editing, layout, preflight, and coordinating production with print vendors.
• As part of the marketing team, developed corporate style and identity standards and coordinated the development of a full suite of MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite templates to support this initiative.