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United States

Worldwide

Independent UI engineer specializing in building functional and visual prototypes and developing design systems and tools. My stack includes: React, Typescript, Webpack, Vite, Gatsby, Sass, Material UI, Figma, Style Dictionary, Gitlab, and more.Some things I've worked on recently:- Migrated a Material UI theme to CSS Variables removing primitive style values from JS- Engineered a token generator with Style Dictionary that allows designers to safely experiment with tokens while also providing easy token formatting and download for devs - Implemented a WCAG AA-compliant custom selectbox and multi-product side navigation- Engineered a pipeline that deploys and release component packages based on Git tags- Migrated a Figma design system from Styles to Variables with Color and Component-Specific Modes

Portland, Oregon Area

Principal UI Developer and lead Designer on an analytics product suite which provides music trending insights for record labels. Oversaw the build, maintenance, and deployments of React/Typescript/Webpack UIs and Node APIs. Collaborated with product owners and a cross-functional team to plan features, architect frontend tech, and implement and test all frontend initiatives. Collaborated with the product, development, and data science teams to ensure usability for data-rich analytics visualizations. Implemented visual design of responsive components, constructed functional prototypes, established interaction patterns, and defined style themes and libraries. Maintained a coded components library and established the foundations for a multi-product design system.

Portland, Oregon Area

Lead designer and developer of a suite of products that provide music trending insights and analytics tools for record labels.

Portland, Oregon Area

Primary frontend developer and designer of two web apps that put video playlist generation and analytics reporting in the hands of customers. Implemented UI with a tech and design stack including React, Webpack, Typescript, Redux, Sketch, Framer, Principle, and Adobe Creative Suite. Built responsive UI, interactive data visualizations, motion, and prototypes, participated in UX/QA testing, and addressed bug and site performance issues.

Portland, Oregon Area

Built functional prototypes with frontend technology for product innovations of in-vehicle infotainment. This included such on-board features as navigation, media player, and climate control. Worked alongside UX researchers to develop, test, and iterate proof-of-concept prototypes to deliver solutions that maximized usability. Contributed to defining product requirements and building production-ready code and design assets to hand off to production stage.

Vancouver, Wa

Collaborated with designers to deliver various print collateral pieces for agency clients, primarily focused on data-centric and long-form print pieces. Provided frontend support on web design implementation.

Richfield, Oh

Designed and produced customized print and digital campaigns for employee investment partners. Work included print collateral, emails, web ads, and interactive content.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Consulted with a variety of clients on web design and development, concept-to-production print development, and content management, concentrating on collateral and websites for small- to medium-size businesses. Developed and produced strategic creative concepts including websites, web ads, identity, print advertising, direct mail and business collateral.

Greater Chicago Area

Developing and producing strategic creative concepts that stand out, engage and create response. Work included websites, web ads, identity, print advertising, direct mail and business collateral.

Greater Chicago Area

Served as art director and graphic designer. Worked on identity, print advertising, direct mail, packaging and promotional.

Oakbrook Terrace, Il

Served as senior art director over retail and packaged goods accounts developing and producing strategic promotional concepts for consumer. Promos included on-pack offers, in-store display and web-base contests. • Freelance Art Director, 09/01 – 12/01, 07/05 – 10/05• Senior Art Director, 08/02 – 06/04

Greater Chicago Area

Served as art director and production artist working on print advertising, television, promotional and collateral.

Greater Chicago Area

Served as art director over agricultural and healthcare accounts developing and producing strategic creative concepts for consumer and B2B print and direct mail.

Greater Chicago Area

Created and developed print and broadcast tactics for Sears Event Marketing group

Greater Chicago Area

Served as Digital Production Artist skillfully crafting digital pre-press files for print. Worked directly with creative and production teams providing top-flight technical and design support.

Greater Chicago Area

Provided studio support to creative and production departments. Services included keylining, reprographics, and mock-ups.

Computer Software Engineering

Dev Bootcamp was a 9-week intensive training program teaching full-stack professional software development using Ruby, Rails.

Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Graphic Design, Advertising