Melissa Penta, Senior Front-end Developer

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Advanced HTML, CSS, SASS/LESS

Intermediate JavaScript, jQuery, React, PHP

Fully customized WordPress theme development

Web Design

Bootstrap, Foundation frameworks

Website Accessibility

SEO Optimization

User Experience

HTML emails, MailChimp, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Git, Subversion

Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign

Experience working with Sketch files

Web Development Experience

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY

Web Developer/Designer – February 2019 – Present

  • Front-end web development
  • Web Design & Usability
  • WordPress development

MyDigitalMind.com (Freelance)

Front-end Developer, June 1999 – Present

  • Clean front-end web-development – HTML/CSS/jQuery
  • Custom WordPress theme development

Local Wisdom Inc, Lambertville, NJ

Senior Front-end Developer, September 2007 – February 2019

  • Front-end web development
  • Advanced WordPress theme development and maintenance
  • Email campaign development
  • Design and development curation and support
  • Working remotely since June 2010

BlueWater Marketing Group, Metuchen, NJ

Contracted Web Designer and Developer, June 2007 – May 2008

  • Designed and develop original website layouts
  • Develop existing layouts

Additional Experience

Carl Zeiss Sports Optics

Independent Brand Ambassador, August 2017 – Present

  • Promote ZEISS nature optics through social media
  • Work trade shows and birding festivals as a spokesperson and engage with potential customers

Service Apex, Bridgewater, NJ

Graphic Designer, February 2006 – July 2007

  • Designed materials for print including, but not limited to: brochures, banners, business cards, postcards, logos and shirt designs.
  • Worked hand-in-hand with customers to suit their design needs.
  • Assisted with post design production and printing.

Isolatek International, Stanhope, NJ

Marketing Clerk, July 1999 – December 2005

  • Developed product brochures, promotional items and sales/marketing materials and presentations. Created labels, literature covers, product drawings, and vector logos.
  • Consolidated existing managerial presentations into discrete slide show for trustees.

Education

The Chubb Institute, North Brunswick, NJ

Certificate, Graphic Design & Animation, December 2006
GPA 4.0. Dean’s List. President’s List.

County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ

A.A.S., New Media Technology, May 2004
Certificate, Web Development, Fall 2003
GPA 3.81. Dean’s List. Honors.

WordPress as an Advanced CMS

Front-end Development

Past Work (inactive sites)

ConnectingMDD.com

Collaborative Front-end HTML

ELS Language Centers

Front-end HTML, CSS, jQuery

Intermezzo

Front-end HTML, .NET, CSS, jQuery, Mobile

Johnson & Johnson Anniversary Slideshow

Front-end HTML, CSS, jQuery

Johnson & Johnson Annual Reports

Front-end HTML, CSS, jQuery

JNJ Blog

WordPress Theme Development, Mobile

Kilmer House

WordPress Theme Development

Naturalists Club of Broome County

WordPress Theme Development

NY BIG

Advanced WordPress Theme Development

Partners Against Pain

Front-end HTML, CSS, jQuery, Mobile

Purdue Pharma

WordPress Theme Development, Adaptive

Relay for Life

Front-end HTML, Responsive

Senokot

Front-end HTML, .NET, CSS, jQuery, Mobile

Snap One

Advanced WordPress Theme Development, Mobile

Thibaut Design Furniture

Front-end HTML, CSS, jQuery, Mobile

Technology Concepts Group International

WordPress Theme Development, jQuery

Versie Total Office Solutions

Advanced WordPress Theme Development

WeatherWise Mobile App Website

WordPress Theme Development

West Coast Subs

Front-end HTML, CSS, jQuery

Wooble Attack Mobile Game Website

Front-end HTML, PHP, CSS, jQuery