Kay Adams
Front End Development Specialist
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Kay started a career being head hunted out of grad school to train for a specific position, which was "graphic designer that is a full stack designer who specializes in front end development. At the end of training, Kay reached the goal of being able to code anything that can be designed and designed anything that can be coded. Over the years, Kay has picked up multiple tools through going through an average of 10 projects a year with multiple releases every month, and is comfortable learning new tools on-the-fly. Kay believes that a good front end designer is both a full stack developer and a graphic designer who is well versed in UX, so that the focus can be on presentation layer code creation with the full support and communication with the people in every role involved.
Using new technologies to create smooth and blemish free experiences, so the users can concentrate on their feelings instead of their actions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Developer / Designer
Kay H. Adams
Brooklyn, NY
06.2016 - Current
- Communicated with product managers and UX designers to translate project requirements and business objectives into polished user interfaces in 2 languages.
- Improved and expanded project platforms using JavaScript to develop rich User Interfaces for 100% of projects involved.
- Developed an average of 10 Application UIs via emerging Front End Technologies yearly.
- Engineered prototypes to support research and usability testing.
- Tested websites at different design and production stages to assess conformance with designs.
- Created prototypes to test presentation layer content for web presence and social media compatibility.
- Devised site maps, user flows, wireframes and mockups for designs based on proven methodologies, stakeholder requests and end-user feedback.
- Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery.
- Consulted with engineering team members to determine system loads and develop improvement plans.
- Designed and developed efficient and maintainable software according to business objectives and needs of various clients.
- Maintained complex technology infrastructure and collaborated with product team to implement new features and strategically plan for future products.
- Assembled and addressed technical and design requirements, integrating user-facing and front-end elements to maintain web presence effectiveness.
Creative Director
Irodori, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
01.2015 - 04.2016
- Established procedures and quality standards for over 15 clients, some with over 3 contracted products.
- Collaborated with over 20 outside agencies to manage project progress and milestones.
- Supervised design and production staff and large client teams of 20+ people, developing innovative designs for web and app development projects while managing deadlines.
- Monitored emerging UX design trends and practices for useful techniques and cutting-edge developments suitable for integration into future projects.
- Managed full-cycle design tasks, handling all phases from conception to completion while maintaining guidelines throughout.
- Collaborated with stakeholders during development processes to confirm creative proposals and design best practices.
- Drafted design timeline specifications to create accurate project deadlines and set budgetary metrics.
- Worked in Agile-driven environment to effectively maintain project timelines and utilize available resources.
- Produced websites compatible with multiple browsers.
- Generated design frameworks designed to encourage maximal user response rates to ad placements.
- Owned more than 10 projects per year from initial research and conceptual design through testing and implementation phases.
- Took concepts and produced design mockups and prototypes to strengthen designs, enhance user experiences and improve site interactions.
- Reviewed code to validate structures, assess security and verify browser, device and operating system compatibility.
- Planned and engineered RESTful web services to manipulate dynamic datasets.
- Created powerful Content Management Systems to serve as interface for client.
- Completed full redesigns of existing websites to improve navigation, enhance visuals and strengthen search engine rankings.
Design Strategist / Front End Developer
BEENOS, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
10.2013 - 12.2014
- Provided front-end website development using WordPress, Hubspot and other editing software.
- Planned website development, converting mockups into usable web presence with HTML, JavaScript, AJAX and JSON coding.
- Coded websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby (on Rails), Python, PHP and jQuery languages.
- Lead and managed corporate team for creation of two multilingual corporate websites as first year employee
- Hands on as project lead creating information architecture, user flow, user interface and overall branding of company websites
- Lead internal branding and team building activities for strategists
- Translated, edit and wrote copies in Japanese and English for designs
- Created digital design assets to supplement front end design
Education
Master of Fine Arts - Experimental Sound Productio And Integrated Media
California Institute of The Arts
Valencia, CA 09.2011 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Music - Music Theory And Composition (Electronic Music)
Ithaca College School of Music
Ithaca, NY 09.2007 - 05.2011
Skills
UX Design
undefinedTimeline
Developer / Designer
Kay H. Adams
06.2016 - Current
Creative Director
Irodori, Inc.
01.2015 - 04.2016
Design Strategist / Front End Developer
BEENOS, Inc.
10.2013 - 12.2014
Master of Fine Arts - Experimental Sound Productio And Integrated Media
California Institute of The Arts
09.2011 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Music - Music Theory And Composition (Electronic Music)
Ithaca College School of Music
09.2007 - 05.2011
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