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Barrett Cox
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Oakland, CA, United States
Toptal member since February 26, 2019
Bio
Barrett loves building intuitive, accessible websites and online tools. He is a full-stack web developer with expertise in WordPress. He also has a background in graphic design and UX design and believes in the importance of both development and design in achieving the ideal user experience.
Portfolio
Duende
Git, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
Verified Studios
Git, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
Northland Controls
Pardot, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
Experience
- JavaScript - 18 years
- PHP 7 - 18 years
- CSS3 - 18 years
- WordPress - 10 years
- jQuery - 10 years
- Git - 7 years
- SCSS - 6 years
- HTML5 - 5 years
Work Experience
Lead Web Developer
2015 - PRESENT
Duende
- Developed several custom WordPress themes.
- Developed online productivity tools using WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5.
Technologies: Git, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
WordPress Developer, Lead Developer
2015 - 2018
Verified Studios
- Developed WordPress themes for several educational institutions.
- Developed WordPress themes for study abroad programs and plugins that sync TerraDotta and Salesforce data with WordPress.
Technologies: Git, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
WordPress Developer
2015 - 2017
Northland Controls
- Redesigned and developed a WordPress child theme.
- Integrated Pardot forms into WordPress to collect leads.
Technologies: Pardot, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
WordPress Developer
2015 - 2017
Agari
- Developed WordPress and Google Analytics event tracking for a marketing site.
- Developed three online tools using Agari’s API that allow users to search a domain’s security records.
Technologies: CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
WordPress Developer
2015 - 2016
Spigit
- Developed a WordPress child theme for the company marketing site.
- Developed the JavaScript for Marketo and Google Analytics tracking.
Technologies: CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
Senior Front End Developer
2014 - 2015
SupportPay
- Developed a child support management web app.
- Implemented landing pages and analytics tracking. After three months, this resulted in a 273% increase in new accounts created per month and decreased the original bounce rate of 80% to 33%.
Technologies: Visualforce, Apex, Salesforce, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
Front End Developer and Designer
2013 - 2014
Basho
- Developed and designed for various company WordPress sites.
- Created the graphic design for conference print materials and signage.
Technologies: Git, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, WordPress
User Experience Designer and Front End Developer
2009 - 2013
Mr. Number (aka Skydeck)
- Helped acquire 2 million users for a caller ID and call blocking app.
- Managed wireframing and graphic design for iOS/Android/Blackberry devices and conducted user experience testing.
- Developed WordPress for a company marketing website.
- Designed and animated web pages, printed materials, and product videos.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, CSS3, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress
User Experience Designer and Graphic Designer
2008 - 2008
Yoomba
- Created wireframing and graphic design for desktop software, website, emails and presentation materials for an email-integrated instant messaging app.
- Designed the animation and illustration for product videos.
- Contributed to the web development for company marketing site and landing pages.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Flash ActionScript, Flash, CSS3, HTML
Web Developer
2006 - 2008
Harpo Studios
- Provided web development for a live streaming webcast.
- Developed daily online landing pages for episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Oprah.com.
Technologies: Flash ActionScript, Flash, CSS3, HTML, JavaScript
Web Developer and Graphic Designer
2005 - 2006
Tripp Lite
- Developed company marketing site and online store.
- Created graphic design, animation, and ActionScript development for Flash banner advertisements and promotional emails.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Flash ActionScript, Flash, CSS3, HTML, JavaScript
Web Developer and Graphic Designer
2000 - 2001
Honey Interactive
- Designed and developed Flash websites.
- Created graphic design for signage and other print materials.
Technologies: Graphic Design, Web Development
Project History
Temporal
https://github.com/barrettcox/temporalTemporal is a WordPress plugin I developed that allows you to manage time-sensitive access to WordPress pages.
Trellisto for Trello
Trellisto for Trello is a Google Chrome extension that extends the filtering functionality of the "Cards" view in Trello.
Education
1998 - 2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design, Illustration
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite, Sublime Text, MAMP, Flash, Git, Grunt, Gulp, Balsamiq, Google Analytics, Pardot
Languages
PHP 7, JavaScript, SCSS, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, HTML, Flash ActionScript, PHP, Apex, Less
Platforms
WordPress, Salesforce, Marketo
Frameworks
Visualforce
Storage
MySQL
Other
Ajax, Web Development, Graphic Design, Google Tag Manager
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