
Juan Martín García
UI/UX Designer and Front-end Developer
Juan is a UI/UX designer and front-end developer with excellent communication skills and more than a decade of experience. He's worked as a contractor for teams of various sizes and notable companies and institutions such as Microsoft, Viacom, Fox, Nickelodeon, the University of North Carolina, Faena Hotels, Renault, and Banco Santander Río, among many others.
Portfolio
Availability
Preferred Environment
Zsh, Git, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Linux, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've coded was a back end and mobile app for a construction company to handle internal communication among their 500 employees and staff members.
Work Experience
UI/UX Designer and Front-end Developer
Freelance
- Designed and developed the UI/UX for an iPad app designed for the management of clinical records in the United States; also created the entire design system.
- Built and designed the front end of the site for a drone retail company in Argentina.
- Designed the UI/UX for a digital newspaper's proof of concept along with several customization features and personalization options for the user.
- Designed and developed the front end and back end of a health website that would provide general information for the users about otorhinolaryngology.
- Analyzed data from usability tests and enhanced the UX and UI to streamline the checkout experience for an airline in Argentina.
Product Design Mentor and Technical Expert
Thinkful & Bloc
- Mentored students who were taking various product design courses.
- Worked as a technical expert, helping students debug issues with their front-end code.
- Reviewed and graded students' submissions and exercises.
- Reviewed portfolios and provided advice to students building their design and development portfolios.
Partner
Cacao Büro
- Designed and developed the front end for a platform for HR at a construction company, including the native Android app and web application.
- Built and created the design of several websites for various companies, mainly related to the oil and construction industries.
- Managed a UI/UX team for several products related to healthcare.
- Designed the UI for an online tool related to education for the University of North Carolina.
- Oversaw the UI/UX design of both a native iOS mobile app and a desktop web app for a company related to appraisals.
Graphic and Editorial Designer
Catrasca Editions
- Created the cover designs for several book collections from the publishing house.
- Designed the internal layout for an illustrated book and newspaper supplements.
- Built, designed, and maintained the company websites.
Experience
León XIII Institute | Website and Design System
http://www.institutoleonxiii.edu.arThe back end was built using Craft CMS and MySQL for the database. The front end was created using Twig as the templating engine, Sass as the preprocessor for CSS, and only using Vanilla JavaScript, without any framework. The layout was achieved using modern layout techniques such as CSS Grid and Flexbox.
Cinedora | Website
http://www.cinedora.comInland Studio | Website and Back-end
http://inlandstudio.tvThe back end was built using Craft CMS and MySQL for the database. The front end was created using Twig as the templating engine, Stylus as the preprocessor for CSS, and only using Vanilla JavaScript, without any framework. The layout was achieved using modern layout techniques such as CSS Grid and Flexbox, and the website was deployed on a DigitalOcean droplet with Linux and Apache.
OtorrinoHoy | Website and Back End
http://otorrinohoy.com.arThe back end is built using Craft CMS and MySQL for the database. The front end was created using Twig as the templating engine, Sass as the preprocessor for CSS, and only using Vanilla JavaScript, without any framework. The layout was achieved using modern layout techniques such as CSS Grid and Flexbox, and the website was deployed on a DigitalOcean droplet with Linux and Apache.
Capex | Website
http://www.capex.com.arThe website uses HTML, Sass as a preprocessor for CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript. The website also uses Laravel for a simple back-end to upload company public documents and papers, granting access to users via Azure authentication.
Hychico | Website
http://www.hychico.com.ar/The website is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript-based. It doesn't use any framework and features several CSS animations and transitions.
Goytía PKG | Website
http://goytiapkg.com/Since the website was mostly static, I decided to code the front end without any framework and used plain HTML, Stylus as a preprocessor for CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript. The website has an infographic map created by another developer in D3.js, which I had to integrate on the front end.
Faena Catering | Website
http://faenacatering.comSince the website mainly consisted of static content, I decided to code the front end without any framework. I used plain HTML, Stylus as a preprocessor for CSS, and Vanilla JS with any external dependencies.
Skills
Languages
HTML5, CSS3, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Pug, Sass, ECMAScript (ES6), Markdown, Semantic HTML, PHP
Frameworks
Vanilla JS, Tailwind CSS, Next.js, Express.js, Twig, Redux, Laravel
Libraries/APIs
Flexbox, Node.js, React, Passport.js, Google Maps API, jQuery, D3.js
Tools
Stylus, JSX, Sketch, Figma, Zsh, Oh My Zsh, Zeplin, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Create React App, MAMP, Git, Apache, InVision, Adobe, Balsamiq, Balsamiq Mockups, Adobe InDesign, Sublime Text, Webpack, Sequel Pro, Adobe Experience Design (XD)
Paradigms
Agile, Functional Programming
Platforms
Craft CMS, Firebase, Netlify, DigitalOcean, iOS, Webflow, Heroku, MacOS, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Azure
Storage
MongoDB, MySQL
Other
CSS Grid, Accessibility, Web Accessibility, A11Y, Gatsby, Styled-components, Eleventy, Fish, InVision Studio, Illustration
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism - Buenos Aires, Argentina