Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Personal Projects
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Autif Kamal

Houston,TX
Autif Kamal

Summary

With a proven track record at Greater Houston Retailers Association (GHRA), an exemplary ability in developing innovative web solutions using HTML, JavaScript, and PHP, enhancing user engagement and functionality. Modernized GHRA's home page, their member portal, and the application process GHRA's 200 annual new members.

Overview

8
years of professional experience

Work History

Greater Houston Retailers Association

Front End Developer
11.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Modernized and custom stylized GHRA's career website in terms of mobile responsiveness, using flexbox for an adaptive layout, on hover overlay interactivity, and developing their webpage according to a mockup provided
  • Upgrading their client portal's quick links to a grid layout card display, simplifying navigation, setting up membership renewal reminders and forced redirects for stragglers
  • Programmed a slider from scratch and updated site navigation to match mock ups for imminent site refresh

TexasExes

Web Developer
09.2021 - 03.2022

Job overview

  • Programmed Longhorn Business Network listings to order businesses by proximity to searching user
  • Revised search results to display data uniformly and consistently
  • Configuring redirects for charities and scholarships and auditing and updating lists of TexasExes government advocates

iCare Pharmacy

Website Manager
04.2019 - 09.2021

Job overview

  • Integrating and customizing WordPress and website plugins
  • Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to provide a unique and engaging user interface
  • Optimizing website for mobile responsiveness

SimplyNUC

Web Developer
09.2019 - 06.2021

Job overview

  • Developed custom reusable page templates and features to constantly extend website's functionality via PHP and JavaScript (e.g. page to programmatically display product details, images, and links, tool to compare product specifications, tool to make a product viewable in 360 degrees, updating the regular and sales prices for comparison as users change configuration options)
  • Created and revised new products for upcoming product launches based on supervisor's and coworkers' feedback
  • Planned and documented tasks via Clickup and Gitlab

Self-employed

Freelance Developer
01.2017 - 09.2019

Job overview

  • Developed websites from scratch for insurance, food truck, marketing firm, construction, auto shop, and non-profits.
  • All websites made mobile responsive

Coder Kids LLC

Instructor
01.2019 - 06.2019

Job overview

  • Scaffolded students step by step through inquiry on how to get through app challenges.
  • After teaching small groups concepts in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, devised and assigned projects culminating what they learned.

Thinkful

Instructor
08.2018 - 05.2019

Job overview

  • Contributed to average monthly increase of 15% for student enrollment via teaching clear, simple, and informative workshops in front end and back end development.
  • Constructed examples on the fly to reinforce understanding of elements, methods, and concepts in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Color Coded

Instructor
01.2019 - 04.2019

Job overview

  • Taught students basic concepts of JavaScript and assessed understanding.
  • Troubleshooted personal and student errors in JavaScript and explained source.

Education

Thinkful
Online

Fullstack from JavaScript
2019

University Overview

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Bachelor of Arts from Philosophy
2010

University Overview

Skills

  • React
  • Node
  • HTML
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • CSS
  • JQuery

Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • Five stars on Google Business page: http://bit.ly/cptn-web-reviews
  • Served 7 freelance clients and counting

Personal Projects

Personal Projects
  • Developing a full stack MERN application for users to login via Twitch, add games to their list, share thoughts, and allow users to sort, search and filter their games
  • Growing my following and viewership on Twitch
  • Developing a reasoning and logic course to teach in a public library

Timeline

Front End Developer
Greater Houston Retailers Association
11.2023 - Current
Web Developer
TexasExes
09.2021 - 03.2022
Web Developer
SimplyNUC
09.2019 - 06.2021
Website Manager
iCare Pharmacy
04.2019 - 09.2021
Instructor
Coder Kids LLC
01.2019 - 06.2019
Instructor
Color Coded
01.2019 - 04.2019
Instructor
Thinkful
08.2018 - 05.2019
Freelance Developer
Self-employed
01.2017 - 09.2019
Thinkful
Fullstack from JavaScript
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts from Philosophy
Autif Kamal