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WordPress Developer
Ribeirao Preto - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal member since January 10, 2022
Bio
Arthur has a degree in graphic design, and he has been creating and developing digital products for over 18 years. He is experienced in working with clients from different industries and business scales, targeting both local and global operations. Arthur's most-used skills today include digital interface design, front- and back-end development with WordPress, websites, and digital product creation and customization.
Portfolio
Freelance Clients
Adobe Photoshop, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Elementor, Beaver Builder...
iDtrust
Vue, WordPress, Adobe Experience Design (XD), HTML, Scrum, CSS, Intercom API...
BLB Business School
Web UI Design, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress, Tailwind CSS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript...
Experience
- HTML - 20 years
- CSS - 15 years
- WordPress - 12 years
- WordPress Themes - 12 years
- PHP - 10 years
- jQuery - 10 years
- JavaScript - 10 years
- Scrum - 2 years
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Slack, Figma, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git
The most amazing...
...WordPress project I've developed is for a collaborative Zodiac survey that collected user responses and displayed them in an interactive format.
Work Experience
Senior WordPress Developer and Senior User Interface Designer
2013 - PRESENT
Freelance Clients
- Created the UI design of several websites in various industries.
- Developed several WordPress sites creating custom themes from scratch.
- Maintained several WordPress sites—correcting bugs, optimizing the user experience and loading speed, and performing content updates.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Elementor, Beaver Builder, HubSpot, SendGrid, Figma, WordPress, User Interface (UI), SEO Audits, PageSpeed, Core Web Vitals, GoDaddy, Google SEO, SEO Content, Cloudflare, Figma to WordPress, Rank Math, Google Search Console
Senior Front-end Developer
2019 - 2021
iDtrust
- Developed the front end of a single-page application to perform financial transactions using Vue.js connected to a REST API.
- Rebuilt the WordPress theme's front end for one of the company's websites to optimize its performance based on Core Web Vitals metrics.
- Performed several integrations with the Intercom tool REST API to optimize data reception and processing from the company's website forms.
Technologies: Vue, WordPress, Adobe Experience Design (XD), HTML, Scrum, CSS, Intercom API, PageSpeed, Core Web Vitals, Site Speed Optimization, Responsive Web Design (RWD), WordPress Themes, HTML5, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), CSS3, CSS3 Animation, Hosting, Front-end, WordPress Optimization, Google SEO, User Experience (UX), Figma to WordPress, Google Search Console
Web Designer and WordPress Developer
2018 - 2021
BLB Business School
- Created and developed the interface design of a unique WordPress theme, making the integration of information in the back end easier than in the previous outdated site.
- Used the Tailwind CSS framework to build the WordPress theme, optimizing CSS use, performance, and the interface style guide.
- Integrated the company's website with a CRM tool via REST API.
- Improved the company's website performance based on Core Web Vitals metrics.
- Used the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress to create a building pages solution using content blocks. It gives clients more freedom in terms of content and UX strategy.
Technologies: Web UI Design, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress, Tailwind CSS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web Design, Information Architecture (IA), User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress, HTML5, Yoast SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Elementor, CSS3, CSS3 Animation, WordPress Design, Design, UI Design, Hosting, Front-end, Figma to WordPress, Google Search Console
Web Designer and WordPress Developer
2016 - 2021
BLB Group
- Developed a unique and customized WordPress theme for the company's website.
- Performed periodic front-end and back-end maintenances involving new pages, widgets, and custom fields.
- Integrated the company's website forms with a CRM tool via REST API, centralizing customer information in one place.
- Used WordPress to create customized forms that enabled potential customers to estimate the costs of a given service, optimizing the pre-customer service.
Technologies: WordPress, HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress, HTML5, Yoast SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress Plugins, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Elementor, User Interface (UI), CSS3, CSS3 Animation, WordPress Design, Design, UI Design, Hosting, Bootstrap, Front-end, Figma to WordPress, Google Search Console
Web Designer and WordPress Developer
2018 - 2020
ALS Global
- Created, developed, and implemented a blog interface design in WordPress.
- Integrated blog newsletter forms with the HubSpot REST API.
- Implemented performance and speed improvement techniques based on Core Web Vitals.
- Used HubSpot to customize the landing page design and the front end.
- Performed several maintenance procedures in the blog site's design, front end, and back end.
Technologies: WordPress, Web UI Design, REST APIs, HubSpot, HTML Email, HTML, CSS, Core Web Vitals, Site Speed Optimization, Responsive Web Design (RWD), WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress, HTML5, Yoast SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress Plugins, WPML, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Multilingual Websites, User Interface (UI), CSS3, CSS3 Animation, HubSpot API, Design, WordPress Design, Hosting, SendGrid, SendGrid API, WordPress Optimization, GoDaddy, Google SEO, Cloudflare, Google Search Console
Web Designer and Front-end Developer
2011 - 2012
Shoppub
- Designed several interfaces for websites and email marketing campaigns.
- Developed the responsive front end of several websites and HTML emails.
- Created the front end of the proprietary eCommerce platform.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Subversion (SVN), WordPress, JavaScript, Adobe Flash, HTML, CSS, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), HTML5, CSS3, CSS3 Animation, Design, UI Design, Hosting, Front-end
Project Coordinator, Web Designer, Front-end Developer
2006 - 2010
Triata
- Coordinated the execution of several website projects for clients nationwide.
- Designed the website interfaces for clients from different industries.
- Planned and executed digital marketing campaigns for different clients, including landing pages, HTML emails, and eCommerce.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, HTML, CSS, HTML Email, Web UI Design, WordPress, Web Design, Information Architecture (IA), User Interface (UI), PSD to WordPress, HTML5, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), CSS3, Design, UI Design, Hosting, Front-end, GoDaddy, Google SEO, SEO Content
Experience
Website for a Consulting Company
https://blbauditoreseconsultores.com.br/I created the user interface and a unique WordPress theme to replace the company's previous website and better reflect the current services offered. The new website improved usability, allowed quicker text and image updates, and had custom integrations using REST APIs with CRM tools that unified the site's customer information in one place.
Peoplestrology
Developed the front end of a unique WordPress theme for a collaborative Zodiac survey. It involved handling all the animations and interactivity on the front end to display the results to site visitors. It also required planning to collect visitors' responses and save them in the back end.
Website for a Marketing Agency
https://islarepublica.com/I worked as a front-end developer and created a WordPress theme from scratch using layouts provided by the design team for a marketing and creative design agency website. The site was optimized for better performance and loading speed to achieve Google's Core Web Vitals.
Mega Model Brasil
Developed the front end and back end of a WordPress website for a fashion agency. It involved building the custom integration of an external REST API for a platform that managed talents and models' profiles and photos. It also required me to work on a periodic update routine by collecting new information displayed on the website.
Education
2004 - 2009
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
Paulista State University - São Paulo, Brazil
Certifications
OCTOBER 2019 - PRESENT
Scrum Foundations
Scrum Alliance, Inc.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Vue, REST APIs, Intercom API, HubSpot API, SendGrid API, JavaScript Charting
Tools
PageSpeed, WPML, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Slack, Figma, Git, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Subversion (SVN), Adobe Flash, Gutenberg Editor, SendGrid, Google Analytics
Languages
HTML, CSS, Sass, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), UI Design, Hosting, Scrum, Web UI Design
Platforms
WordPress, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), HubSpot, GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP), WooCommerce
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Other
HTML Email, Core Web Vitals, WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress, CSS3 Animation, Site Speed Optimization, User Interface (UI), WordPress Design, Design, Front-end, WordPress Optimization, Yoast SEO, Elementor, Multilingual Websites, GoDaddy, Google SEO, SEO Content, Figma to WordPress, Rank Math, Google Search Console, WordPress Plugins, Information Architecture (IA), Interactive Charts, Charts, Data Visualization, Beaver Builder, SEO Audits, User Experience (UX), Cloudflare
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