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SharePoint Developer
CompQSoft
Virginia Beach, VA
Sep 2021 - Present (2 years 10 months)
-Upgrading US Coast Guard's Aviation Logistics Center Portal from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 365.
-Administering user accounts and groups/projects on Jira.
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Web UI Design and Consultant
WebQi
Virginia Beach, VA
Jan 2017 - Sep 2021 (4 years 8 months)
* Designed Website for a small massage/aromatherapy business using WordPress and involved customized themes and a blogging function.
* Designed and developed site for realtor (HomeOffersDirect) to collect sales leads.
* Created site with responsive HTML5 and CSS3 and client was trained to maintain text and image updates.
* Customized graphics for a JavaScript carousel.
* Created HTML5 responsive demo pages for Web Services company (Dominion Enterprises) as a template for client distribution.
* Responsively used CSS for demos using a "mobile-first" practice.
* Scaled graphics using Photoshop and implemented best practices for SEO.
* Advised clients on hardware purchases for networks and peripherals for business (DISH Restaurant).
* Created mockups/wireframes for new website design and suggestions to increase traffic through social media marketing.
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UX/UI Designer
Windsor Mill, MD
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020 (7 months)
• Designed user interfaces for the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), with an emphasis on clarity and usability, using human-centered design principles and participatory and iterative design techniques/tools (e.g., conceptual diagrams/scenarios, wireframes, prototypes, design specifications, usability testing).
• Worked in a fast-paced agile/scrum environment with customers, analysts, developers, and architects to make UI design decisions and translate given user requirements into a smooth and intuitive interaction.
• Created, improved and used wireframes, prototypes, style guides, and user flows to effectively communicate interaction ideas.
• Converted prototypes into functional front-end HTML / CSS / JavaScript / Bootstrap and maintained version control with Jira and Confluence.
• Used a variety of programs to accomplish tasks, including Adobe Cloud, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator and evaluated newer UI tools such as Figma, etc.
• Maintained government standards for Web Development and 508 compliance.
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Lead Developer/Client Liaison
Norfolk, VA
Sep 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 3 months)
* Developed scope document listing project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines using Agile methodologies.
* Effectively negotiated contracts between technical subcontractors, coders and company investors.
* Began first phase of front end development for site using Wireframes, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery internal web applications and outward social network.
* Created applications using C# for management of horse breeding data.
* Managed assignments for other team members, conducted code reviews and QA sessions.
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Webmaster
Washington, DC
Feb 2012 - Sep 2014 (2 years 7 months)
* Developed applications for USPS clients in multiple environments, including TeamSite CMS, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, .NET and hand coding as a member of Online Solutions.
* Created and maintained branding and UI/UX functional navigation for internal and external USPS sites.
* Assisted e-mail marketing team to develop HTML emails for legacy system, and later Mailchimp.
* Styled and re-skinned internal and external USPS sites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
* Collaborated with clients to eliminate redundant data across sites solution dropped page count by 20%.
* Provided site wide debugging, quality assurance and lead team to achieve Section 508 compliance.
* Balanced workload among multiple projects and clients to deliver projects on-time or ahead of schedule, and with excellence in quality.
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Web Production Specialist
Reston, VA
Jun 2005 - Jul 2011 (6 years 1 month)
* Designed, built and modified HTML emails using Dreamweaver and handwritten code for distribution with the Silverpop email marketing system to various targeted clients.
* Utilized Adobe Photoshop/Fireworks for graphic design and image enhancement across all brands.
* Provided editorial services for content supported strategic development of web sites, and specialized in content planning.
* Led Quality Assurance team to ensure web projects and requests were delivered free of error collaborated with team members during the testing/repair processes.
* Demonstrated excellent written/verbal communication skills, and exceptional time management/organizational capabilities to coordinate with stakeholders and internal department managers and representatives for logistical details, content modifications, and updates to insure timely deployments.
* Trained and mentored new team members to rapidly get them proficient in necessary procedures.