Résumé

Michael Herring
michael@michaelherring.net

Experience

West Des Moines, IA
Crew Member, October 2019 – present

Providing friendly and knowledgeable customer service on the sales floor and at the cash register
Collaborating with a team of employees and managers to constantly improve customer experience and store operations
Working on the Sign Team creating signs with detailed product information in many colors and sizes
Training new employees on processes and best practices

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

North Newton, KS
Front-End Web Developer, November 2018 – October 2019

Maintained the Bethel College website with Drupal
Created and customized several WordPress websites for various centers and organizations within the college

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

BFA in Illustration/Design – 2000, Kansas City Art Institute