Download Experienced and talented Front End Engineer with over eight years

NICHOLAS JENNES
FRONT END ENGINEER
(949) 394 1888 | [email protected] | Njennes.com
MISSION OBJECTIVE
Experienced and talented Front End Engineer with over eight years of experience looking to
leverage extensive background in front/back end development and web design into a mid to expert
level Front End Engineer position.
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
FEB 2008 – PRESENT
F R O N T E N D E N G I N E E R – Entrepreneur Media
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Design, build, test, maintain and enhance front end development for
Entrepreneur.com using the best practices and web standards in HTML, CSS,
JavaScript and PHP
Ability to turn Photoshop mockups into robust web pages and other assets
Devise, develop and maintain custom microsites for popular brands such as:
Staples, FedEx, UPS, Samsung, Capital One and more
Design creative assets such as banner, skin and interstitial mockups for
sponsored ad campaigns
Create and code mobile responsive and cross-client compatible newsletters;
Redesigned and optimized newsletters which resulted in a 200% increase in
open and click rates
Collaborate with the Marketing department on events, conferences and
webinars, develop event landing pages, implement marketing promotions
across the site and analyze data on performance
Upload monthly issues of Entrepreneur magazine for digital consumption,
process artwork for online, package articles and special features in custombuilt CMS, and publish app across platforms using MAZ Digital
Maintain self-discipline and focus to effectively manage, meet, and exceed
aggressive deadlines
Great verbal, visual and written communication skills
Creative problem-solver & team player with the ability to lead and teach
Self-motivated, positive outlook & adaptable to change
Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall & Kanban project management methods
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February 2008: Internet Production Associate
March 2010: Digital Media Producer
June 2014: Frontend Engineer
SKILLS
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Premiere, Acrobat
Front End
HTML / HTML5, CSS / CSS3, LESS & Sass, Gulp, JavaScript, Jquery, AngularJS,
Responsive & mobile design, cross-client & responsive newsletters, CSS3 media
queries, CSS3 animations, cross-browser development, UI/UX Design, Bootstrap,
CMS, Wordpress, MaterializeCSS, Quality Assurance testing, JIRA ticketing system
Back End
PHP, PHP template engines (Twig, Smarty, Blade), Laravel, MVC frameworks, ,
SQL/mySQL, RESTful social service APIs, Oracle VM
Version control
Atlassian Sourcetree, Bitbucket, Bamboo, GitHub, GIT, Mercurial, Subversion
Marketing
Email Marketing, SEO, Google Analytics, Adobe Omniture SiteCatalyst, SalesForce
Marketing Cloud including AMPscript, MailChimp, E-commerce platforms
EDUCATION
SEPT 2001 – JUNE 2007
B A C H E L O R O F A R T S - Western Washington University
General Studies Major / Studio Art Minor
Concentrations in Digital Media, Web Design, Graphic Design and Industrial Design
SEPT 2015 – JUNE 2016
A S S O C I A T E O F A R T S - Golden West College
Digital Arts Major
Certificate of Achievement – Graphic Design Production
Certificate of Specialization – Graphic Design Advanced Production
Certificate of Specialization – Graphic Design Web Site Design
Adobe Certified Associate – Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Certified Associate – Web Authoring Using Adobe Dreamweaver
Awarded Honors Certificate – 4.0 GPA