DIEGO MARTINEZ

UX / UI & Front End Developer

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CURRENT PROJECTS

2017 | INFERNAL MACHINES | Freelance

-Family Foods Products, Inc - In Progress: Demo

The Arnold’s project emphasises a mobile first approach, using media queries and a fluid

layout ( extensive use of FlexBox) to target a spectrum of devices.

The front-end also boasts a custom Wordpress theme using Advanced Custom Fields for

full customization.

-Infernal Machines Portfolio Design - Demo

UX / UI design and development of fully responsive and ultra fast loading design portfolio.

Key features include the use of Media queries to target multiple device widths and encompases a

mobile first approach.

CURRENTLY COMPLETED

2016-17 | COMCAST | UX / UI Design & Developer

UX / UI Enhancement of Xfinity email communications platform; optimizing workflow patterns, feature essentials and user accessibility.

-Dissection and analysis of feature relevance in regards to usability and productivity in order to determine potential for optimization.

-Analyze, define and optimize procedural flows, maximizing feature discovery and promoting interaction.

-Illustrate process and feature enhancements using progress diagrams, lo-fi prototypes and wireframes.

-Examination and testing of product interface for possible exclusions or degradation of accessibility for visually impaired users following WCAG 2.0 standards, level AA or higher.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

2016 | New York Code & Design Academy

Completed ROR full stack development course, enveloping all aspects of the web development life cycle.

-Culminated in the completion of an independently-designed RoR application which featured real-time currency exchange data using JSON.

2010-2015 | INFERNAL MACHINES | Freelance Web Designer & Developer

Leveraged experience as a web developer and graphic designer to further advance my knowledge within the field. Projects include development for desktop and mobile environments.

-Past Projects: Cary Compounds, Keswick Cycle, Cowles & Connell, Traditional Wing Chun Academy, The Art of Life Foundation

2007-2010 | PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL | Designer & Developer

-Designed and developed web portal using Joomla CMS platform, allowing users to purchase tickets, review films, locate venues, and make lodging accommodations.

-Created a back-end to the festival portal allowing volunteers and coordinators to log-in and manage schedules and resources.

-Designed artwork for print, web, and video advertising campaigns.

2000-2009 | MEDIA BUREAU NETWORKS | Designer & Developer

Worked as a designer and front-end programmer. Projects for the City of Philadelphia were particularly fulfilling, as I helped create and enhance critical interfaces which impacted the lives of fellow Philadelphians.

Notable Projects

-Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes

-Analyzed and designed procedural flows for web interface.

-Analyzed and designed UX/UI for internet and extranet conveying ease of application use.

-Programmed front-end interface using HTML / CSS in .Net environment

-Built and configured development, testing, and production servers..

-Philadelphia Department of Human Services

-Determined UX requirements by testing and surveying departmental heads and staff.

-Redesigned UX/UI to illuminate a positive perception for the new administration.

-Worked in conjunction with IBM, developing intranet and extranet portal in HTML and CSS for use in WebSphere.

Additional Duties included:

-Installation, maintenance and support of network infrastructure.

-Maintenance, Installation and configuration of windows based servers.

-Research and acquisition of hardware parts for desktop and server platforms.

-Maintenance and configuration of web servers, mail host, and database systems.

CORE SKILL SET

Design: Photoshop, Illustrator // UI: Sketch, InVision, POP // Programming: JS, JQuery, HTML, CSS, LESS, Sass // Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, SQLite // CMS: Wordpress, Joomla //

Task Runners: Grunt, Gulp // Desktop: OSX, Windows, Linux // Server: Windows, Linux // Additional: Bootstrap

EDUCATION

2016 | New York Code Design Academy

Ruby on Rails full stack development course.

Course Outline: Ruby / Rails / Sinatra / JS / JQuery / Html5 / CSS3 / Sass / PostgreSql / Sqlite

1997-1999 | The Art Institute of Philadelphia

My studies focused in all areas of Web Design & Interactive Media. Developed a strong foundation in drawing, design, digital image manipulation, multimedia system design, scriptwriting, sound, video, and animation. Intensive coursework included interactive authoring, traditional and 3d computer animation.

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