Résumé
Michael Herring
michael@michaelherring.net
Experience
Trader Joe’s
West Des Moines, IA
Crew Member, October 2019 – present
Michael Herring Web
West Des Moines, IA
Contract Front-End Web Developer, November 2016 – September 2020
- WordPress, Shopify, and platform-agnostic front-end responsive web design and development
- Web Accessibility consultation
- Performance optimization, hack repair, and custom WordPress theme and plugin development
Bethel College
North Newton, KS
Front-End Web Developer, November 2018 – October 2019
Maintained the Bethel College website using Drupal.
Created and customized several WordPress websites.
Vermilion Design + Digital
Boulder, CO
Front-End Developer, November 2010 – November 2016
Planned and executed semantically-optimized front-end code and markup for the following non-profit groups and educational institutions:
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Cure Violence
- Health Leads
- University of Colorado
- Science Discovery Center
- Connecticut Health Foundation
- Gill Foundation
- Beforeplay.org
Contributed to project planning with information architecture work, white-boarding, and wire-framing.
Handled project management tasks by interfacing directly with clients and third-party development partners.
Built custom WordPress themes using an internally-developed WordPress framework.
Local Matters
Denver, CO
User Interface Engineer, December 2009 – November 2010
Worked in a JSP environment focused on advanced front-end web development techniques, load-time optimization, and thorough browser compatibility.
Foraker Labs
Boulder, CO
Senior Front-End Web Developer, September 2008 – November 2009
Worked in a Ruby on Rails environment slicing Photoshop comps and building templates with Strict XHTML and CSS.
Provided internal training on Semantic HTML and CSS.
Geonetric
Cedar Rapids, IA
Interface Designer, June 2004 – September 2008
Worked in a .NET environment developing web interfaces, templates, and CSS for large healthcare websites.
Provided internal training on Web Accessibility, Semantic HTML, JavaScript/DOM, and W3C Standards.
Education
BFA in Illustration/Design – 2000, Kansas City Art Institute
Skills
- HTML, CSS/Sass
- Responsive Web Design
- Web Accessibility, Usability
- Information Architecture, Wireframing
- PHP
- WordPress, Shopify
- CSS Grid, Flexbox
- Foundation, Bootstrap
- HTML Email – MailChimp, Constant Contact, Campaign Monitor
- JavaScript, jQuery, React
- SVN, Git
- npm, Grunt, CodeKit, Composer
- Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Figma, Zeplin