Experience
WordPress & Webflow Developer
Performance Marketing · Des Moines, IA (Remote) · June 2021 – present
Development in WordPress and Webflow for various projects
Managed website maintenance and hosting for 40+ environments in WPEngine
Handled website migrations to WPEngine from a private server
Developed CI/CD process with WPEngine and Github Actions
Project
Launched March 2023 · Built in WordPress
Large corporate website redesign with custom WordPress theme and plugin development for Stellar Industries. The theme utilizied Atomic Design and component-based principles and included a custom pattern library built in PHP. The project also included custom plugin development for an interactive jobs filter that connects directly to a career portal API.
Since the new site launch, the metrics prove that Stellar has given visitors more to view and made it even easier to engage.
In the first three months since the new website launch (Mar-May) compared to STLY:
Pageviews are up over 100%
Average pages/session has increased from 2.5 to 5.7 pages
Online request-a-quote form completions have increased over 370%, providing 500 more marketing qualified leads than the same period last year.
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Project
Launched July 2022 · Built in Webflow
One-page landing page built in Webflow for Peak Social Media for a rebranding project.
Worked with design in Figma
Responsive web development in Webflow
DNS transfer and setup
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Freelance Web Designer & Developer
Robert Half , Creative Circle , Independent · Minneapolis, MN · January 2019 – June 2021
Built pattern library in Zeplin for the EVEREVE corporate brand
UX/UI design and frontend development at THO Software
Full-stack Drupal theme development at The Nerdery
Contracted with several agencies offering full-stack support, website development, and email development
Consulted with various smaller local agencies on Agile project management methodologies for sofware development
Project
Launched October 2019 · Built in WordPress
What started as a freelance project to fix some urgent issues on their corporate website, turned into a full redesign and development, including strategy & UX/UI work. Bay West was designed from scratch in Figma using component-based methodology, and developed in WordPress.
UX/UI and web design for redesign of corporate website
Full-stack development in WordPress
Ongoing website maintenance and digital marketing support
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Drupal Developer
Workiva · Ames, IA · October 2015 – December 2018
Maintained corporate website, intranet, and several smaller websites managed for stakeholders
Drupal 7 & 8 theme development
Drupal module development
Project
Launched April 2016 · Built in Drupal
Created pattern library for corporate brand
Pattern Library direct integration with Drupal 7 theme
Drupal 7 & Druapl 8 theming and module development
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Frontend Developer
Shift Interactive · West Des Moines, IA · October 2014 – October 2015
Custom HTML, CSS, & JavaScript frontend development for Ruby on Rails applications
WordPress theme development
UX/UI, design, and frontend development for Navigate, a large-scale employee-benenfit health web application
Project
Launched May 2016 · Built in WordPress
Corporate website for a Des Moines, IA based law firm, including personel filters, blog, and WordPress multisite setup.
Multisite
Subdomain DNS
Migration to WPEngine
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Web Developer
The Integer Group · Des Moines, IA · April 2012 – October 2014
Custom full-stack PHP development for websites, microsites, web applications, and games
Email development
Project
Launched January 2013 · Custom PHP Development
Promotional website for driving safety for the Greater Iowa Traffic Bureau.
Custom HTML/CSS with cross-browser support
Interactive tools built in JavaScript (jQuery)
Backend development in PHP
PDF, image, video, and other media management
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Personal Projects
Web Designer, Developer & Digital Marketing Coordinator
DVDizzy · Minneapolis, MN (Remote) · August 2021 – present
Branding and web design produced in Figma
WordPress theme development and maintenance
phpBB theme development and maintenance
Digital marketing & SEO strategy
Implemented and analyzed GA4 data to build brand
Project
Launched October 2022 · Built in WordPress
Full digital marketing restructure and redesign for DVDizzy, a popular film review blog.
UX/UI web design
Custom WordPress theme development
GA4 analytics management
Full SEO service
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Shopify Developer & Digital Marketing Coordinator
Mindful Knight · Minneapolis, MN (Remote) · 2019 – present
Shopify theme development
Digital marketing & SEO strategy
Art and graphic design for POD products
Project
Launched July 2022 · Built in Shopify
A candle shop built in Shopify.
Product graphic design
Shopify theme development
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Top Skills
WordPress
Webflow
HTML
CSS (Sass)
JavaScript (Vanilla, React, jQuery)
Bootstrap / Tailwind
PHP/MySQL
Git & CI/CD
Web design & UX/UI
Figma & Adobe Suite
Technical SEO
Agile project management
Education
Iowa State University Computer Science · 2007–2011
Publications
The Smashing Book
The Art & Science of CSS Layouts · 2011
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