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Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Led optimization of multi-tenant e-commerce React/Next.js website that resulted in 3x revenue growth YOY, more than 300% conversion rate increase, 267% increase to product page add to cart rate, and a 92% lift to product page views from the homepage• Worked closely with UX design to identify design patterns to enhance the efficiency of the frontend development team• Integrated the headless CMS, Strapi, to empower other areas of the business to make content updates, onboard new tenants to multi-tenant e-commerce website, and increase the efficiency of site enhancements• Utilized the headless CMS integration to build a dynamic landing page generator that allows the marketing team to build unique and customizable landing pages without engineering involvement • Researched and implemented a UX improvement to product filtering on-site• Work with the product team to plan and lead technical initiatives, taking business requirements and distilling them into digestible tickets in JIRA while also providing technical documentation detailing the scope of initiatives

New York, Us

New York, Us

- Lead the planning and execution of the team’s quarterly technical initiatives, architecting solutions while identifying risks and cross-team dependencies early on- With the PM, own the team’s JIRA backlog, epics, & sprints- Mentor, advocate for & empower engineers on the team- Lead the hiring process for new engineers, assessing candidate technical submissions, conducting technical interviews, and providing feedback to hiring managers- Implement REST and GraphQL (Apollo) APIs to be consumed by other internal applications- Architected a migration from a legacy WordPress blog to a headless CMS with Prismic & Next.js frontend

New York, Us

- Built a UX for user accounts on-site with a focus on customer retention- Implemented internationalization and localization with separate site experiences for Canadian and Spanish-speaking users- Member of multiple product launches, including the then largest-grossing first-month product launch by top-line revenue in company history- Created a Universal Product Panel to increase the efficiency of future product launches- Implemented coupon codes UX that generated ~17k in top-line revenue in the first week- Crafted new architecture to collect customer reviews that maintained backward compatibility with legacy systems

New York, Us

- Mobile-first, responsive web development in a high-growth environment- Develop new e-commerce web applications with ReactJS, Node.js, and Express- Integrate with and consume third-party REST APIs to drive conversion with new payment options (e.g. Klarna, Amazon Pay, PayPal)- Contribute to and expand upon the development of a UI Pattern Library- Work with UX team to identify patterns- Craft reusable React components in Storybook that adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines- A/B Test new features and control feature exposure through feature flags- Write tests utilizing the Jest and Enzyme frameworks- Regular stints on Red Team to provide company-wide incident response and bug squashing- Participate in all aspects of the agile SDLC including design and code reviews, Scrum estimations, daily standups, sprint retrospectives, and sprint demos

Austin, Tx, Us

- Support creative team processes through development of automation scripts utilizing PHP, Python and shell scripts to optimize workflow- Responsive web design utilizing Bootstrap framework and SASS- Design & develop banner advertisements and HTML emails for clients- Convert Photoshop layouts to HTML pages, emails and display ad units- Cross-browser test ad units, test emails, debug using browser console- Maintain internal wiki page to document processes and procedures- Interact with APIs for use in banner ad development- MySQL database management through PHP/SQL queries

Austin, Tx, Us

- Design and develop banner advertisements- Utilize Photoshop and Illustrator to design ads- Utilize Flash, AS3, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSON and jQuery for various different ad components- Utilize Greensock's animation library- Convert Excel data to JSON table for use in components- Develop various rich media components including image galleries, before/after sliders and maps- Communicate with various departments to traffic banner ads

Austin, Texas, Us

- Media manager in charge of maintaining media for alldepartments within LIN Austin- Project manager in charge of company-wide implementationof AVID ISIS system (transitioning from stand-alone mediastorage to a server-based shared storage system)- Train any new hires as well as current staff- Resolve technical problems that arise in newsroom- Act as a change-agent, using problem-solving skills toimprove processes, standards and approaches- Awarded with highest honor bestowed by the LINcorporation on its employees, the Circle of Excellence Award- Edit daily newscasts

Managed the student TV station at the University of Texas at Austin. Oversaw a staff of 20+ as well as 200+ volunteers while building the new www.texasstudenttv.com on the Drupal CMS. Built and maintained a budget for the station while finding new sources of income.

Managed the sports department of the student TV station at the University of Texas. Produced two shows with a department of 30+ volunteers. Coordinated daily coverage of UT sports.