Personal details
Jim T.
Timezone: Pacific Time (US & Canada) (UTC-7)
Summary
I help teams bridge the gap between design & engineering, to make products that people love to use.
While working on the web, I’ve been partnering with teams & organizations to build prototypes, design systems and user interfaces, write documentation, pair program, test for accessibility and fine-tune for performance.
User experience is my passion, and I have a deep, practical understanding of tools like responsive design, typography, grids, pattern libraries, progressive enhancement, findability and usability.
For workflow and production, I use tools like templates, databases, content management systems, static site generators, web services, package managers, task runners, compilers, automated tests and version control.
Work Experience
Senior Front End Engineer
GOOD Inc | Aug 2013 - Jan 2017
Ruby on Rails
Git
HTML
SVG
Docker
CSS
Knockout.js
JavaScript
Responsive images
User interface developer for GOOD’s web sites and applications
* Worked with a visual designer to create a responsive infographic for gene.com
* Created responsive advertisements for GOOD’s digital magazine, integrated with third-party APIs.
* Developed a responsive campaign page for Kiva & PayPal, with a JavaScript countdown that supported multiple time zones
* Supported Kiva’s staff with getting the code into their content management system with limited support for JavaScript and CSS
* Delivered a responsive web page for an online music festival with rich media features, on a tight schedule with requirements still being scoped, while maintaining a focus on visual quality, accessibility and performance
CTZN App (mobile-first web application)
* Created a user interface and promotional web site for CTZN App
* Documented the user interface with a pattern library
* Assisted the web team in creating media-rich, story web sites automatically generated from CTZN app with a focus on accessibility, compatibility, speed, performance and bandwidth savings
* Created HTML email templates for app notifications
GOOD Community (responsive redesign)
* Assisted the web team in migrating the GOOD Community web site away from two separate desktop-only/mobile-only web sites to a single responsive web site
* Implemented a visual refresh and additional web site features
* Improved compatibility, accessibility and performance while reducing bandwidth and the size of the codebase
* Documented the user interface with a pattern library