Joshua Winn Email & Phone Number

Asheville, Nc, Us

Asheville, Nc, Us

Bellbrook, Ohio, Us

As a developer working remote for Sparkbox, I’ve been a part of a couple of projects for large clients. Including working directly with two teams on the components that make up their core design systems.Project 1 - Design System Components – React + TypeScript + StorybookUpdated and created components for the main design system that is used on the website for a large company that creates web-based business software. Components were built in React with TypeScript, with their content and settings provided through Contentful. I also made updates to Storybook, to add theming options, controls, and additional stories.Project 2 - Design System Components – CSS + HTML + StorybookUpdated and migrated CSS components for a design system that also helps power their web component library. Made heavy use of CSS custom properties with values based on tokens. Migrated components to a new tokens system. Cleaned up and refactored CSS and documentation. Validated changes with various teams and tracked down bugs. Added new and missing features to components. Updated Storybook templates and stories to account for more variations. Compared changes in Chromatic VRTs. Updated styles for Windows High Contrast Mode (forced-colors).Project 3 - Large Multi-site Drupal MigrationHelping in the final stages of a large migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. Converted PHP templates to Twig, tracked down, and improved legacy code.The general workflow and tools involved with these projects includes:- Managing and creating Jira issues to track work during sprints.- Writing and reviewing PRs through GitHub. I’ve become used to the conventional commits standard and commit curation.- Daily communication through Zoom, Teams, and Slack,

Asheville, North Carolina, Us

09/2020–03/2021 and 10/2021–06/2022Self-employed, working as an independent contractor to build and modify websites and apps. I do quality work for clients and through various design agencies. Focusing on both front-end UI work and backend PHP programming, including advanced WordPress development (themes and plugins).Some notable work during this time period:- Upgraded theme templates and scripts for a WooCommerce site stuck in an old version (3.x) to the latest version (5.9). - Created an interactive aerial map with markers + overlay content, editable from the WordPress admin.- Made various WordPress theme updates and fixes. Handled support requests for two WooCommerce sites and a Django-based website.- Migrated a large number of subscriptions from a legacy system into WooCommerce Subscriptions.- Themed the templates created by a Shopify plugin to match the design of a client’s main website.

In 2017 I left the freelance life to join The Idea People (TIP) as a Senior Developer, initially to assist with developing a large React app for both web and native. I also helped to develop and maintain several websites based in PHP and WordPress. In addition to general WordPress theme development, I was able to dig in deeper with WordPress and WooCommerce, creating a couple extensive plugins that make use of 3rd Party APIs, generate printable PDFs, provide digital download codes, and more. This position also broadened my experience to include writing in Python, using Docker, and working with various JavaScript frameworks. I took on a Tech Lead role in 2019, programming alongside a team of developers, setting up processes and coding guidelines, reviewing PRs through Bitbucket, and quoting/planning new projects.

Asheville, North Carolina, Us

I have been working on the side as an independent contractor from 2008 to the present. From 2013 to 2017 I took my freelancing business full-time. I built and modified websites for clients directly and through various design agencies. I've created custom WordPress themes, modified and fixed themes, created plugins and integrated 3rd party libraries, launched sites, worked with a custom CMS, moved an old Yahoo site to Shopify, etc.For much of this time I continued maintaining and developing a custom Shopify theme for the luxury brand Troubadour. I built out several redesigns and made many changes as the brand grew. I was on retainer for that project for ~7 years.On the side I also developed a user-driven review site Hot Sauce Fever (built in a PHP framework), and a hybrid mobile app for tabletop Dungeons & Dragons players.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

At PaperStreet I primarily built websites in WordPress and an in-house PHP-based CMS. Most sites that I developed used CSS3, HTML5, and PHP. I integrated JavaScript functionality using plugins, jQuery, and custom scripts. When I first started, we were still supporting IE8. Near the end of my time there, I helped in the transition to responsive design.Over the years there, I built dozens of sites, made upgrades to a custom CMS, created database driven websites (custom PHP and CodeIgniter), launched websites, dealt with all kinds of DNS and server issues, wrote htaccess rules, made updates for SEO, worked with IIS and started learning Linux server basics, transferred sites to new servers, spoke to clients regarding updates and issues, installed different scripts and web apps, and more.While also building some of the more complex sites, I moved into a quality control role on the development team, reviewing new builds for errors and accuracy compared to PSDs and specs.

Motoguru was a startup web company that created video reviews of new cars and was working with a custom video player platform. I turned site design layouts into XHTML and CSS using standards-compliant code, and integrated database information into various parts of the site's frontend and custom admin area with PHP and MySQL.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Reviewed artwork, portfolios, and resumes, worked in a team-oriented environment, utilized database software (Goldmine), managed updates to website