Justin Brazeau, Developer in Toronto, ON, Canada
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Justin Brazeau

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Location
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal Member Since
March 25, 2016

Justin is a front-end website and app developer with a background in graphic design. He has experience with brand development, digital marketing, print, and web design. Justin focuses on building extensible custom UIs and websites, using JavaScript, React, CSS, and other front-end tools.

User Experience (UX)User Interface (UI)UI DesignCSSJavaScriptSassUX DesignBootstrapjQueryReactNext.jsWordPressNode.jsTailwind CSSCSS3 Animation

Portfolio

Scubago
Next.js, Redux, Sass, Node.js, React
GoHiring GmbH
Sass, CSS, Node.js, React, JavaScript
Vital Health (via Toptal)
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, jQuery, SCSS, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP

Experience

CSS - 9 yearsJavaScript - 9 yearsSass - 9 yearsUI Design - 9 yearsNode.js - 6 yearsReact - 5 yearsFigma - 4 yearsNext.js - 3 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Sketch, Figma, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Node.js, Sass, CSS, React, JavaScript

The most amazing...

...website I've built had 4,000 users who registered an account within six months.

Work Experience

Front-end Node.js Developer

2019 - 2020
Scubago
  • Built a dashboard interface system for dive center owners to manage their entire business, and book clients.
  • Integrated extensive amounts of data into the front end, connecting UI components with a complex database system.
  • Built components with complex user interactions and user flow.
  • Designed and built interactive prototypes of the dashboard interface app system.
  • Built unit and integration tests alongside component library for dashboard app system to solidify a data integration.
Technologies: Next.js, Redux, Sass, Node.js, React

Front-end Developer

2017 - 2019
GoHiring GmbH
  • Built a highly utilized job board filtering tool in React with hundreds of live updated job boards.
  • Established a set of dynamic landing pages for heavy integration with partner apps.
  • Created branding assets for both print materials, and reuseable web components.
Technologies: Sass, CSS, Node.js, React, JavaScript

Front-end PHP Developer

2016 - 2016
Vital Health (via Toptal)
  • ​Designed and developed a responsive corporate website.
  • ​Worked with PHP app views to create UI pages and elements.
  • ​Built and tested responsive, cross-platform email template designs.
  • ​Developed a custom JavaScript/jQuery scheduling interface, working with date, time, and languages.
  • ​Created a detailed version control management with Git and Amazon Web Services.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, jQuery, SCSS, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP

WordPress Developer

2016 - 2016
Hotel Engine (via Toptal)
  • Customized a WordPress website for www.shorttermhousing.com.
  • Performed CMS integrations for thousands of housing property listings.
  • Made a page responsive with an optimized mobile listing search page.
Technologies: Adobe CS3, Adobe, PHP, JavaScript, Sass, CSS, HTML, WordPress

WordPress Theme Developer

2016 - 2016
Mount Visual (via Toptal)
  • Built a custom WordPress theme for the company that will be launched in late 2016.
  • Created a fully responsive website theme with integrated WordPress dashboard and plugins; for easy dynamic addition of many types of content.
  • Worked with an existing UI design and flow elements to establish a clean new branding image.
  • Integrated an intuitive video file and streaming support to the WordPress theme and website components.
Technologies: jQuery, CSS, Sass, HTML5, JavaScript, WordPress

Bootstrap Front-end Developer

2016 - 2016
Singenuity, LLC (via Toptal)
  • Worked with existing mockups to create functional interfaces for a newly developed app.
  • Created responsive functionality for all dashboard elements of the app.
  • Built a custom JavaScript plugin functionality for specific dashboard elements.
  • Implemented existing branding styles into the front-end design.
  • Added custom UI features for integration with an existing UI.
Technologies: Angular, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Web Designer | Developer

2014 - 2016
Navigator, Ltd.
  • Developed brands and branding collateral across multiple platforms such as web, digital, print, and environmental.
  • Created high conversion landing pages for large scale digital marketing campaigns.
  • Built an active WordPress blog that had over 30 active users writing posts.
  • Developed cross-platform branding materials for social media, email, website, and mobile.
  • Provided company wide consultation on web technologies, marketing strategies, and project management tools.
Technologies: CSS, Adobe CS3, Adobe, JavaScript, HTML, WordPress

Graphic/Web Designer

2013 - 2014
RankXpress
  • Designed customized PSD mockups for local businesses.
  • Built PSD mockups into functional, responsive website designs.
  • Integrated web design collateral with digital marketing campaigns.
  • Managed all the active web projects; working with clients and other designers and developers.
  • Created a customized JavaScript and WordPress functionality for specific small business website needs.
Technologies: CSS, JavaScript, HTML, WordPress, Adobe CS3, Adobe

Freelance Graphic/Web Designer

2012 - 2013
Resoware Media
  • Designed branding assets for local businesses that were for use on web, print, and apparel.
  • Focused on responsive website designs working with strong brands and good SEO.
  • Worked with high resolution photography, vector artwork, and copy and integrated those elements into the web design work.
  • Created custom web-features based on specific client needs per project.
  • Integrated print materials, social media graphics, marketing banners, and websites for companies.
Technologies: CSS, Adobe CS3, Adobe, JavaScript, HTML

Job Board List App

https://www.gohiring.com/jobboersenliste/
A Node.js/React-based app that pulls live data of active job boards and allows for filtering and sending requests to job board locations. Various data can be filtered and manipulated. The entire UI and app are also fully responsive.

Personal Website

http://justinbrazeau.com
My personal portfolio website with detailed articles about some of the most recent projects I have worked on.

Also available on:
Behance (UI/UX) — Be.net/oddscenes
GitHub (Codebase) — Github.com/oddscenes

Scuba Website

https://scubago.com/
The website contains a front-facing app with various filters and dynamic data populated into reuseable components for customers to book dive trips. It also has a dashboard app system that dive centers can use to manage the customers, fully by themselves, without the use of a third party. It is fully responsive and a lot of communication is done between the various components.

Gold Tooth iOS UI Kit

https://www.behance.net/gallery/49117053/Gold-Tooth
A UI library built with React Native for iOS/Android. Contains a selection of page templates from designed wireframes. It's available to download on GitHub. Meant to be used as a toolkit to build on for the base of an extended React Native mobile app.

Chart Suite

I developed a real-time chart application with React and D3.js/ReCharts charting tools. It has the ability to edit chart information and export it to PNG via the web app while in the browser.

Terminal UI

A React component library built with detailed design specs, and a large assortment of UI components.

Odd Scenes

An updated store, blog, and portfolio website including in-depth branding and artwork integration including a dynamic markdown blog setup to use React components directly inside of the markdown. It was written and built using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind.

WallTagged

I built a drawing web app for use in-browser using JavaScript, React, and Canvas tools. It has drawing tools integrated, using the Fabric.js library. Canvas allows for the use of themes, various drawing tools, and touch support for mobile devices.

Homes from The Future

A WordPress website built for a blog about home automation and IoT (internet of things). It has large media displays, various responsive layout options, and email campaign development.
Image of Sass Mixins: Keep Your Stylesheets DRY publication
Publication

Sass Mixins: Keep Your Stylesheets DRY

https://www.toptal.com/css/sass-mixins-keep-your-stylesheets-dry

Languages

SCSS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Sass, TypeScript, HTML5, PHP

Frameworks

Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Redux, Jest, React Native, Angular

Libraries/APIs

React, jQuery, Node.js, jQuery Plugins, jQuery UI

Tools

Figma, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe, Adobe CS3, Git, Webpack

Paradigms

UI Design, Mobile UI Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Mobile UX Design, Mobile Design, UX Design, REST

Platforms

WordPress Theme Design, WordPress, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Other

User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Design, Styled-components, CSS3 Animation, Digital Product Design

Storage

MongoDB, MySQL

2010 - 2013

Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design

George Brown College - Toronto, Canada

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