Mike Morisco Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn NY

• Executing high-touch, performant and ever-evolving online experiences with editorial brands like The New Yorker, NYTimes Mag, WNYC, and The Ringer and platform companies like quip, ThinkHR. Developing and maintaining a.
• Supports two separate environments that allow for iterative post-launch development
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Firebase integration to support asset management and datastore.

Remote

• Working with a small, incredible, team on special feature articles with stellar design and a focus on responsive perfection, both functionally and in terms of design.
• Developed and deployed over 20 unique special projects
• Engineering in on a variety of front-end technologies that evolve in tandem with the industry at large.
• Integrating projects into custom headless CMS with evolving features to allow for extended functionality

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Building immersive web3 experiences, working closely with a team of extremely talented designers & engineersLeading front-end engineering efforts to provide highly polished UI / UX, React / Next.js powered experiences.
• Otherside.xyz - Content rich, immersive and interactive; The future of YugaLabs metaverse initiative
• Battle.town - UI driven experience allowing users to send their NFT on community driven missions.
• news.yuga.com - Security focused blog with unique phrase / image validation for usersIntegrating projects onto the blockchain
• Interfacing with smart contracts and browser-based authentication tools such as MetaMask, WalletConnect and Coinbase;
• Shopify integration for on-chain transactions for physical NFT merchandise.

Remote

• Utilizing the times’ proprietary article building/publishing platform to build custom magazine issue web experiences.
• Late breaking content, short timelines and strict deadlines are the name of the game.
• The 2019 Music Issue and 2018 Voyages Issue feature multi-track audio playback with full device and browser support.

• Contributed as a contracted engineering alongside an existing engineering team
• Planned, designed and implemented a new Angular 1.5 initiative to create, manage and share HR Handbooks.
• The build focused on component based development with full responsive functionality.
• Worked with engineering team in an Agile development process.

San Francisco

• Building web applications for major brands that allow for content ingestion and intereaction
• Responsible for researching and implementing new frameworks and libaries where needed and appropriate.
• Writing modular clean code for custom user experiences with cross-browser and cross device accomodations. - Integrating desired features into a larger platform running on the LAMP stack including incorporating classes.
• Working directly with management to determine the best course of action for a client request, including budget, timing and scope of work.

Telecommute

• Worked hand in glove alongside company principals to execute engaging online experiences.
• Developing strategies for effective use of new media for over 15 clients, satisfying and setting them apart.
• Designing sites for a variety of clientele implementing multiple aesthetic styles, on time and on budget.
• Developing in a Wordpress environment including integrated mobile companion sites for added usability.
• Complete re-branding, and design of Greentopia Festival, garnering national attention

Rochester NY

• Development and implementation of complete social media strategy involving, Facebook, Twitter and Vimeo still being used by the school to attract potential students.
• Handling day-to-day recruitment responsibilities. [Maintain web sites, generating social media content]
• Design of all promotional materials for marketing/recruitment aiding in overall increase in enrollment.
• Brainstorming, planning, designing and executing of the Young Professionals in Publishing program to help graphic arts studies among high school students and promote enrollment in the program.