
Jamie Arkin
Verified Expert in Engineering
UI/UX Developer
Jamie is a front‑end developer focused on crafting clean and beautiful experiences. Her fever for color coordination and meticulous notebooks are indicative of her programming style and attention to detail. Much of her focus is on collaboration, efficiency, and learning. Jamie is a perfectionist to the smallest pixel and has a passion for building custom WordPress themes and React applications.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Agile, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed and designed is a company intranet that was a Node.js application.
Work Experience
Web Developer
Amebae
- Worked on their main client Cosmos clinic.
- Worked to maintain cosmos clinic WordPress custom theme.
- Implemented multiple WordPress templates.
- Maintained Shopify sites and implemented custom features for a couple of clients.
- Designed multiple templates for clients using Sketch.
- Worked with multiple WordPress themes to debug issues, implement new features and develop new templates.
- Implemented node in many projects to ensure minification and site speed.
- Integrated ACF(advanced custom fields), WooCommerce and multiple other plugins for WordPress themes.
Front-end Developer
Freelance
- Created multiple custom WordPress themes and Plugins for clients.
- Supported and maintained websites, including Google.
- Integrated SEO such as site maps, google analytics, and more.
- Managed API development, SEO, custom email templates, and social integrations.
Web Developer
Bluestate Digital
- Worked with multiple clients such as JDRF, Red Nose Day, Special Olympics, AARP, Obama Foundation, and many more.
- Created custom donation pages for multiple clients in their customize donation CMS.
- Maintained multiple sites as once.
- Developed a lot of design components and implemented custom designs.
- Implemented numerous customized pages for multiple clients.
- Worked on very tight deadlines.
- Collaborated with the designers and other developers on different projects.
Front-end Engineer
ConSensys
- Built the company's time tracking system in which 100+ employees would use on a bi-weekly basis using Google API.
- Designed and developed the company's intranet system, which incorporated the original time tracker I built. This was built with Node.js, React, Google, MongoDB, and more.
- Led and put together a team of developers to work on the company's intranet system.
- Collaborated with several teams to design and develop tools to help them.
- Designed custom email templates.
- Created a shopify custom template for their e-commerce business for selling their custom apparel.
Front-end Developer
Conde Nast
- Supported and worked on several ad campaigns, including Apple to integrate into style.com.
- Contributed to the redesign and redevelopment team for style.com. Specifically developed the CMS for the editors, including the wireframes and design.
- On the redesign of style.com, I worked with a team of Java developers to ensure the CMS was connected to the custom API.
- Designed the CMS with Bootstrap and developed custom functionality in JavaScript and jQuery.
- Before working on the redesign team, I worked to maintain and add small features such as custom sliders to the original style.com custom WordPress theme.
- Researched and integrated new technologies such as React to the new site.
- Optimized speed of the site.
- Designed custom email templates.
Front-end Engineer
Yext
- Collaborated with UI/UX designers, designers, and a team of Java back-end developers.
- Followed an iterative and incremental Agile software development framework for managing software projects and applications.
- Organized and helped maintain SASS files.
- Maintained and added new features to Yext's custom client platform that allowed company information to stay consistent on all social media platforms.
- Created a custom Yext application for Sears that used Google API.
- Rotated every two weeks to a new team to work as the sole front-end developer, since I was one of two of the front-end developers on the engineering team.
Front-end Developer
Madison Mott
- Collaborated with designers in my development process using Adobe Suite.
- Developed custom WordPress themes using custom WP Plugins, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and HTML.
- Oversaw project management, maintenance, and custom web development for multiple clients.
Experience
Red Nose Day
https://rednoseday.org/quiz/celebrity-bffFeatures include:
- Vanilla javascript
- Gulp
- Babel
- Webpack
- ES6
Cosmos Clinic
https://www.cosmosclinic.com.au/Features include:
- Webpack
- Gulp
- ES6
- Custom WP fields
- WordPress CMS
- Minification
JDRF
https://www.jdrf.org/I have worked on their site in WordPress, as well as their donation management system in Luminate.
Some Projects worked on:
- Donation forms in Blackbaud's Luminate
- https://www2.jdrf.org/site/Donation2?20066.donation=form1&df_id=20066
- https://www2.jdrf.org/site/Donation2?19984.donation=form1&df_id=19984
- https://www2.jdrf.org/site/Donation2?19869.donation=form1&df_id=19869
- Quizes - some examples include:
- https://www.jdrf.org/hidden-carbs-quiz/
- https://www.jdrf.org/whiz-kid-quiz/
- Sign up forms that link to salesforce - some examples:
- https://www.jdrf.org/speakoutnow/
- https://www.jdrf.org/makeyourvoiceheard/
- https://www.jdrf.org/t1d-recipe/
- Timeline - https://www.jdrf.org/t1d-through-the-years/
I continue to work on their site.
Jetty Blog
https://www.jetty.com/blog/Features include:
- Pantheon hosting
- WordPress CMS
- Gulp
- Webpack
- ES6
- SASS
- Custom WP fields for client
I continue to do regular maintenance for this site.
AARP
https://www.aarp.org/Covenant House
https://www.covenanthouse.org/thanksgiving-noteI work on building out donation forms and maintenance work. Mostly basic coding that includes HTML and CSS.
Habitat for Humanity
https://www.habitat.org/My primary work is building out donation pages, along with maintenance items that include:
- Fixing bugs
- Speeding up site for google speed test
- Updating backend
- Cleaning up files
Skills
Languages
CSS, HTML5, CSS3, HTML, SCSS, ECMAScript (ES6), Sass, JavaScript, PHP 7, Bash
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
Software Development, CSS3 Animation
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery, React Redux, Node.js
Tools
Adobe CS6, Adobe Photoshop, Webpack, Gulp, Git, Sketch, Bitbucket
Paradigms
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Responsive Coding
Education
Certificate in Entrepreneurship Engagement Fellowship
Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology
Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY