Resume

Web Developer and User Experience Designer in Virginia

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Key Skills

  • Drupal Development (7,8 & 9)
  • Pantheon & Acquia Hosting
  • Front End & Back End Development
  • UX/UI Design
  • Responsive/Mobile Design
  • Paper & Interactive Prototyping
  • HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Work Experience

Assistant Director Web Design and Development

Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia

March 2019 — Present

At the Batten School, I report to the Director of Information Technology and School Systems on

I report to the Director of Information Technology and play a critical role as technical developer & design lead with the Director of Communications and entire communications team. I manage multiple web projects create dynamic rich experience for visitors of our websites. I partner with stakeholders throughout the School to identify goals, set measurable objectives, gather requirements and implement the vision into digital reality. I report to the Director of Information Technology and play a critical role as lead technical developer & designer for the Director of Communications. I manage multiple web projects and create dynamic, rich experiences for users of our websites. Migrated content from Drupal 7 using automated scripts to Drupal 8 and successfully upgraded Drupal 8 to 9 in Acquia Cloud.

Technologies used:
  • Drupal 7, 8 & 9
  • Wordpress
  • Acquia Cloud Platform
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Visual Studio Code
  • GIT
  • Sass/CSS
  • Drush
  • Twig Templates
  • Drupal 8 Theming
  • HTML
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator)

Web Developer 3

Advancement Communications, University of Virginia

December 2017 — February 2018

Led transition of technology stack from Wordpress to Drupal 8. I developed accessible websites built with Drupal 8, Pantheon, Terminus CLI, CircleCI, Git, Ruby On Rails and Unix. I built database applications and managed the day-to-day relationship with vendors to meet our technical requirements.

  • Drupal 8
  • Pantheon
  • GIT
  • Sass/CSS
  • Drush
  • Twig Templates
  • Drupal 8 Theming
  • HTML
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator)
  • Wordpress

Lead Organizer and Women TechMakers Ambassador for the Mid-Atlantic Region, USA

Google Developer Group - Central Virginia

Janurary 2015 — Present

Work with ongoing support from Google to provide technical training to UVA Faculty/Staff/Students as well as the local greater community on emerging Google technologies.

Web Developer 3 & UX/UI Designer

University of Virginia Library

March 2011 — December 2017

I worked as a UX Designer and Web Developer for the UX Team and Library Communications. I served as a liaison for the UX research arm of our team to translate user research into personas, wireframes, mock-ups and interactive prototypes to be tested on users and refined through a user led design process. I collaborated with the technical arm of our team to further develop and design in an agile environment while continuing to work with the UX researchers to test and iterate web applications before they were pushed to production. I built websites using Wordpress and Jekyll, Git, Ruby On Rails, HTML, CSS & JavaScript. I also managed, designed, developed and maintain various UVA Library websites built with Wordpress, Jekyll, Drupal 8, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript using Headless CMS architecture.

  • Drupal 8
  • Pantheon
  • GIT
  • Sass/CSS
  • Drush
  • Twig Templates
  • Drupal 8 Theming
  • HTML
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator)
  • Wordpress
  • Jekyll

Web Developer 2

Web Communications, University of Virginia

August 2010 — March 2011

Managed, designed, developed and maintained the main College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences website, Campaign for the College fundraising website, and various A&S department websites. I wrote HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP as well as built themes in Wordpress.

Web Developer 2

College & Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia

March 2008 — July 2010

Managed, designed, developed and maintained the main College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences website, Campaign for the College fundraising website, and various A&S department websites with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. I practiced user experience design processes, user testing, and user interface design. I also maintained a Wordpress blog for the Dean.

Entrepreneur & Web Developer, Equinox Multimedia

September 2003 — March 2008

Consulted with clients, planned and managed web and graphics projects, designed and developed graphics materials, websites, Flash web applications, and other forms of interactive media. I built websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and Wordpress.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Software Developer & Graphic Artist, School of Education & Human Development, University of Virginia

2002–2003

Flash Developer & Graphic Artist, Boxer Learning

1999–2001

Web Designer & Graphic Artist, Rosetta Stone

1998–1999

Certifications

  • Acquia Certification
  • January 2014 - User Experience Design - Career Foundry
  • December 2009 - PHP - Piedmont Virginia Community College

Awards & Recognition

Three Reward and Recognition Rewards at U.Va. Library for the creation of APTrust website, U.Va. Library content management system, and project management for Research Data Services website. Winner of Google Glass Hackathon - New York City, “Active” category, Arts & Sciences Excellence Achievement Award, uWeb Steering Committee 2015 – 2016.

Software & Languages

Drupal, Wordpress, Jekyll, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML 5, CSS 3, SASS, JavaScript, PHP, Unix, AppsScript, QuestionPro, Git, Unix

Speaker

edUi, C-Ville Mini Maker Faire, U.Va. Library, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Teaching with Technology Fair, U.Va. Library 2014-1015.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Multimedia and Web Design

The Art Institute of Washington


Associate of Specialized Technology - Multimedia

The Art Institute of Philadelphia