Brady Christopher
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Brady has over a decade of experience working in web development professionally. He primarily specializes in WordPress plugin and theme development. Brady has worked for multiple digital marketing agencies and has also spent several years working as a freelancer. Brady has a demonstrated history of successfully working with clients and managing projects from start to finish to meet their needs.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
CSS, MySQL, jQuery, HTML, WordPress, JavaScript, Git, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), PHP, WooCommerce
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a complex membership plugin with recurring payments, event registrations, tests, and PDF certificate generation.
Work Experience
Senior Front-end Developer
Back40 Design
- Tracked and fixed bugs for an internal CMS built with PHP and MySQL.
- Developed custom WordPress themes and plugins from scratch as well as supporting and maintaining over 100 WordPress sites.
- Developed WordPress theme and plugin boilerplates and oversaw the WordPress development process.
Lead Web Developer
Freestyle Creative
- Developed internal and client websites and worked on both front-end and back-end development.
- Managed web server for over ten WordPress websites.
- Oversaw projects from beginning to end, working with clients and other team members to complete projects.
Full-stack Developer
Self Employed
- Converted a store from Lemonstand eCommerce to WooCommerce. Migrated tens of thousands of products and developed custom WooCommerce plugins to meet the client's needs and replicate Lemonstand functionality.
- Managed several projects at once—everything from design and development to client communication, including provided quotes, logged the time, and managed project schedules.
- Collaborated with other individuals and teams, including many different developers, designers, and project managers.
IT Director
GOES LLC
- Maintained and supported the distributor portal with over 200 distributors.
- Developed a custom WordPress website based on mockups provided by a designer.
- Built and maintained four different WordPress websites.
Experience
Canvas Animation for a Hero Section
https://bchristopher23.github.io/portfolio/canvas/It was originally designed in Sketch as an SVG. I had to convert it to a canvas animation and use JavaScript Web Workers to improve the performance.
The GitHub repository can be found at the link attached.
3D Cube
https://bchristopher23.github.io/portfolio/cube/I took that model and added it to the client's website using JavaScript and Three.js. A lot of work went into getting the textures right and making it look as photo-realistic as possible. The GitHub repository can be found at the link attached.
Portfolio Site
https://bchristopher23.github.io/portfolio/Skills
Languages
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, HTML5, PHP, Sass
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Laravel, Tailwind CSS
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, React, Vue, Google Maps, Three.js
Tools
Photoshop 7, Adobe Illustrator, Canvas, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Slack, Webpack, Gulp, Figma, Git, Blender, Photoshop CC
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Platforms
WordPress, WooCommerce, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Mapbox
Storage
MySQL, Databases
Other
WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Animation, CRM APIs, PSD to HTML, Full-stack, APIs, Front-end, HTML to WordPress, CSS3 Animation, Integration, Elementor, Models
Education
Associate's Degree in Information Technology
Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City, OK, United States
Associate's Degree in Engineering Technology
Southwestern Oklahoma State University - Weatherford, OK, United States
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