SARAH CRISWELL
Round Rock,TX
Summary
17 years of experience in the field of web design and development. iOS Mobile App Development Swift 5, Xcode 11. Extensive experience designing and maintaining responsive ecommerce sites including creating mockups, prototypes, wireframes, coding HTML5, CSS, Javascript. Experienced in mobile first responsive design. Strong Web Content Management experience with Adobe AEM/CQ6, implementing full cycle AEM projects. Resolving technical issues, bug fixes, creating training documents for new staff. Highly motivated, reliable analytical problem solver and troubleshooter with strong attention to detail. Excellent liaison skills between engineering and other business teams. Excellent analytical and communication skills with capability to handle new technologies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Front End Developer
James Environmental
Austin, TX
03.2020 - 06.2020
- Responsible for design, coding to help build and maintain a sustainable, scalable CMS that supports delivery of intuitive functionality to over 100 corporate accounts across the Environmental, Safety and Transportation sphere as relating to compliance.
- Led in creating user journey maps as needed to guide prototype design and development.
- Utilized CMS, Photoshop, Lavarel, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML, Javascript.
- Visual Studio, Bitbucket.
- 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.
- 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.
- Collected, defined and translated user requirements into project designs and implementation plans.
Web/iOS developer
Travis County
Austin, TX
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Focus on developing a mobile App to be used by operational personnel to improve their efficiency.
- Create a prototype of the tGrid Mobile App in Photoshop and Sketch.
- Maintain District internet & intranet websites using AEM 6.5 to meet organizational needs.
- Edit Monthly Board of Commissioners meeting videos and posted to the website for transparency.
- Utilized AEM 6.5, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Sketch, Xcode 11, Swift 5.
- Researched and selected APIs for integration into development projects.
- Followed Apple's Human Interface guidelines to create products aligned with iOS UI norms.
- Applied Apple's Swift development language to code native apps for iOS platform.
Front end developer/Queue Manager
Polycom Inc
Austin, TX
03.2018 - 05.2019
- Created, updated, and published web content on Adobe AEM(CMS) using HTML/CSS.
- Edited and coded new landing pages and forms while conforming to corporate branding guidelines.
- Queue Management of offshore team of AEM developers and producers and led daily stand-up calls, triaging and daily prioritization.
- Main web producer in the US, while offshore team was not available.
- Responsible for all updates and urgent changes during pacific hours.
- Collaborated with offshore team and inhouse Web marketing managers on project requirements recommending visually pleasing and well-functioning page layouts.
- Worked on major launches from start to deployment, created a detailed manifest of all assets and pages, for multiple locales.
- Scheduled meetings with web marketing managers, to review unclear tickets, monitored daily group emails to ensure nothing was missed and updated ticket notes accordingly.
- Worked independently, while handling multiple responsibilities, in a fast-paced environment.
- Provided feedback to business partners regarding placement of banners, content on the website to ensure a great User Experience.
- Updated SEO all over the site.
- Interviewed, new staff members, built and maintained working relationships including training and mentoring.
- Utilized: CMS AEM 6.1, HTML, CSS.
- Collaborated with stakeholders during development processes to confirm creative proposals and design best practices.
- Managed full-cycle design tasks, handling all phases from conception to completion while maintaining guidelines throughout.
- Drafted design timeline specifications to create accurate project deadlines and set budgetary metrics.
- Developed designs to meet specific requirements such as quick-loading sites with particular layouts.
- Conceptualized digital creative campaigns and initiatives in close collaboration with marketing team.
- Verified all web-based products fulfilled prescribed project needs through direct interaction with stakeholders.
- Consulted with customers to gather requirements and discuss design choices.
- Produced websites compatible with multiple browsers.
- Worked in Agile-driven environment to effectively maintain project timelines and utilize available resources.
Web Producer/Front-end developer
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc
07.2016 - 07.2017
- Updated content for Schwab.com and multiple other customer facing websites, within the web publishing team.
- Managed multiple projects, ensuring all projects were completed and launched on time.
- Identified process gaps and converted banners from a quirky CMS template to HTML code.
- Manually coded and launched over 100 dynamic spotlight banners.
- Trained the team and built documentation related to creating spotlight banners to be used as a reference.
- Collaborated closely with development, and marketing to ensure consistency throughout the site by following brand image and quality standards.
- Utilized: Inhouse CMS, HTML, CSS.
Web Producer
Palo Alto Networks
Santa Clara, CA
05.2015 - 12.2015
- Global web team main producer for all product launches, from creation to launch, took part in the entire process including scrum meetings with stakeholders/web marketing.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams on successful redesign/launch of multiple product pages on a monthly basis.
- Created and launched responsive stand-alone micro sites, utilized Bootstrap.
- Participated in a huge site migration of content and tested over 600 pages.
- Performed regression testing on new site migrating to the Adobe CQ6 CMS.
- Worked with business stakeholders and engineers to create, test, and deploy site features.
- Designed email templates, coded forms and success pages with Eloqua.
- Trained new hires in web production processes.
- Worked closely with cross functional teams such as marketing operations and field marketing to greatly improve the customer user experience on our website.
- Utilized Dreamweaver CC, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Adobe CQ5 CMS, Cloudwords, Brightcove, Zendesk.
Senior UX Designer
Apple Inc
Cupertino, CA
05.2013 - 07.2014
- Designed wireframes and user flow diagrams, for iPhone and iPad for Global Business Intelligence this involved getting information from existing business analytics web Application and redesigning for mobile devices, utilized OmniGraffle.
- Designed elegant mockups that clearly communicated the interactive experience.
- Led design exercises with the business team to identify opportunities to improve the designs of an existing web application.
- Utilized feedback from business to create multiple design explorations and iterations using Photoshop.
- Involved in solving nuance user experience problems from prior web app, to creating dashboards that were not only intuitive, but also modern and elegant.
- Utilized wireframing tools, OmniGraffle, Photoshop.
Web Producer
VMware
Palo Alto, CA
11.2011 - 11.2012
- Provided hands-on development of websites and other web-based projects.
- Exhibited strong project management skills, with the ability to develop comprehensive project plans, and managed multiple projects concurrently.
- Provided status reports, and proactively and clearly communicated project issues and resolution to internal stakeholders and with the design team.
- Built basic mobile Websites using HTML, CSS and AEM Content Management Systems.
- Provided quality assurance of all web content deliverables to ensure that they adhered to the company’s high standards.
- Proactively created training documents for new software where there were gaps.
- Utilized Adobe Photoshop CS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CQ5/CMS.
Web designer/developer
Life Technologies
, CA
07.2010 - 07.2011
- Created and launched new promotion pages for Appliedbiosystems.com and Invitrogen.com.
- Created web banners to increase awareness of upcoming business promotions.
- Created forms for Invitrogen using Web Content Management System (CMS) CQ5.
- Accountable for ensuring that the “look and feel” of both sites is consistent and accurately represented.
- Developed, modified and published day-to-day content and assets using CQ5/AEM CMS.
- Utilized Adobe Photoshop CS, HTML, Dreamweaver 8, CSS, JavaScript, Illustrator CS, CQ5/CMS.
- Conceptualized, planned and executed original designs for wide range of website properties.
Web Producer
Apple Inc
04.2008 - 07.2008
- Insured that all detailed content on iPhone, iPod, iTunes, hardware and software web pages were accurate and of high quality.
- Helped with the globalization effort – specifically maintaining consistency throughout the different languages.
- Tested, debugged and validated content in staging environment.
- Oversaw quality assurance of finished websites including the validation of web forms and links.
- Performed web analytics with Omniture.
- Created new pages within the support website for iPhone, iPod, iTunes, hardware and software web pages while adhering to strict company guidelines.
- Reading through emails from customers coming to support and routed to responsible teams.
- Utilized BBEDIT.
- HTML, CSS.
UI Designer
CDC Software
Campbell, CA
01.2007 - 02.2008
- Designed Login backgrounds, installation screens, User Manual Covers, Logo’s, Icons with Photoshop.
- Updated HTML and CSS, for Pivotal CRM on Demand an enterprise database.
- Led visual design throughout the product lifecycle, from conceptualization to web application launch.
- Prepared and presented UI/UX prototypes to department leads and stake holders involved the project.
- Designed with photoshop and developed with HTML/CSS web templates from scratch.
- Provided custom web Design and development for the marketing team.
- Developed style guides, wireframes and design prototypes.
- Created visual mockups for a wide range of offline and online projects including case studies, email blasts and whitepapers, or marketing and translated designs into code.
- Communicated with product managers and UX designers to translate project requirements and business objectives into polished user interfaces.
Web Designer
Symantec Corp
Cupertino, CA
01.2006 - 12.2006
- Created and maintained landing pages for the SMB and ENT acquisition stores using HTML and CSS.
- Designed promotional material such as banners with Photoshop, following the style guide and ecommerce requirements.
- Development of static web pages, landing pages, category landing pages using content management system.
- Launched 2007 products on all OEM and partner sites in multiple languages.
- Worked closely with OEM and Partner managers to ensure that projects were delivered to partners (Adobe, Yahoo, Google, IBM, HP, Dell, Vanguard global stores in multiple languages) in a timely and efficient manner.
- Mapped user journey end-to-end using information architecture diagrams, user flows, wireframes and paper and interactive prototypes.
- Used site analytics and metrics to define and monitor success.
Web Technologist
Myplay Inc
08.2000 - 04.2001
- Coded HTML, CSS and JavaScript for email templates for myplay’s personalized E-mail campaign.
- This involved working closely with stakeholders to get the content, images and links.
- Designed and developed mockups for other In-house projects.
- Largely utilized HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Photoshop.
- Oversaw production, maintenance, updates, Quality Assurance and of the myplay website.
Education
BFA - Digital Media
San Jose State University
Timeline
Front End Developer
James Environmental
03.2020 - 06.2020
Web/iOS developer
Travis County
09.2019 - 03.2020
Front end developer/Queue Manager
Polycom Inc
03.2018 - 05.2019
Web Producer/Front-end developer
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc
07.2016 - 07.2017
Web Producer
Palo Alto Networks
05.2015 - 12.2015
Senior UX Designer
Apple Inc
05.2013 - 07.2014
Web Producer
VMware
11.2011 - 11.2012
Web designer/developer
Life Technologies
07.2010 - 07.2011
Web Producer
Apple Inc
04.2008 - 07.2008
UI Designer
CDC Software
01.2007 - 02.2008
Web Designer
Symantec Corp
01.2006 - 12.2006
Web Technologist
Myplay Inc
08.2000 - 04.2001
BFA - Digital Media
San Jose State University
Similar Profiles
Gillian FreezeGillian Freeze
Stream Assessment Volunteer at Lake James Environmental AssociationStream Assessment Volunteer at Lake James Environmental Association
Brahim MounaBrahim Mouna
Forklift Operator at James and James FulfillmentForklift Operator at James and James Fulfillment
VaChanta A. SimmsVaChanta A. Simms
Contract Teaching Artist at Carter G. Woodson Elementary, Ariel Elementary Community Academy, James E. McDade Elementary Classical School, James R. Doolittle Elementary SchoolContract Teaching Artist at Carter G. Woodson Elementary, Ariel Elementary Community Academy, James E. McDade Elementary Classical School, James R. Doolittle Elementary School
Savannah GowerSavannah Gower
Residential Team Lead at Travis Central Appraisal DistrictResidential Team Lead at Travis Central Appraisal District
Teja Priyanka AdivikolanuTeja Priyanka Adivikolanu
Senior Software Engineer at Dell TechnologiesSenior Software Engineer at Dell Technologies