Melissa Penta - Front-end Developer

Summary of Skill sets

  • HTML, CSS, SASS/LESS, javascript/jQuery programming; Email coding; Intermediate PHP, Basic .NET
  • Fully customized WordPress theme development
  • Email creation and campaigns in pure HTML, MailChimp and Exact Target
  • Website Accessibility
  • Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat
  • Experience working with Sketch files
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visual Studio
  • Content editing in WordPress, SharePoint, Documentum and IBM WebSphere

Recent Examples of Work

Education

The Chubb Institute, North Brunswick, NJ

  • Certificate, Graphic Design and Animation, 2006
  • GPA 4.0. Dean’s List. President’s List. High Honors.

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.

Current Employment

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY

Web Developer/Designer – March 2019 – Present

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

Freelance Web Developer

Misc Freelancing – 1999 – Present

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

Other Web Experience

Local Wisdom Inc, Princeton, NJ

Senior Web Developer – Sept 2007 – March 2019

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

BlueWater Marketing Group, Metuchen, NJ

Contracted Web Designer – June 2007 – May 2008

  • Design and code website layouts
  • Code existing layouts in HTML and CSS

Pro Beauty Supply, Somerset, NJ

E-commerce Website Maintenance – June 2007 – May 2008

  • Entered all products into database and maintained updates
  • Graphic organization and resizing for all products

Additional Work Experience

Service Apex, Bridgewater, NJ

Graphic Designer – February 2006 – August 2007

  • Design materials for print including but not limited to brochures, banners, business cards, postcards, clothing designs
  • Work hand-in-hand with customers to suit their design needs
  • Assist with post design production and printing

Isolatek International, Stanhope, NJ

Clerk – July 1999 – December 2005

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