Barrett Cox, Developer in Oakland, CA, United States
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Barrett Cox

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WordPress Developer

Location
Oakland, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
February 26, 2019

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.

Adobe Creative SuitePHP 7CSS3jQueryWordPressHTML5SassMySQLGitLessGulpGoogle AnalyticsPardotMarketoWeb Development

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

PHP 7 - 18 yearsCSS3 - 18 yearsJavaScript - 18 yearsjQuery - 10 yearsWordPress - 10 yearsGit - 7 yearsSCSS - 6 yearsHTML5 - 5 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, MAMP, Sublime Text

The most amazing...

...piece of software I have ever built is a WordPress plugin that allows time sensitive access to pages and posts.

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

Temporal

https://github.com/barrettcox/temporal
Temporal 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.

Languages

PHP 7, JavaScript, SCSS, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, HTML, Flash ActionScript, PHP, Apex, Less

Libraries/APIs

jQuery

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite, Sublime Text, MAMP, Flash, Git, Grunt, Gulp, Balsamiq, Google Analytics, Pardot

Platforms

WordPress, Salesforce, Marketo

Other

Ajax, Web Development, Graphic Design, Google Tag Manager

Frameworks

Visualforce

Storage

MySQL

1998 - 2002

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design, Illustration

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL