Experience
The Basics
- (X)HTML / HTML5
- CSS / CSS3
- XSLT
- JavaScript / jQuery
- Bootstrap
- HTML5 Boilerplate
Tools
- Sublime Text 2
- PhotoShop
- SVN / Git
- Chrome Dev Tools
- Firebug
- Adobe Edge Inspect
Specializations
- Responsive Web Design
- Search Engine Optimization
- Google Analytics
- Accessibility
- Cross-Browser Compatibility
- Progressive Enhancement
My Past Employment
Streamified 2012
Senior Front-End Web Developer
- HTML5
- CSS3
- JavaScript
- APIs
- PHP
- PhotoShop
- Responsive Design
- Internal Tools
- Coded main site utilizing standards based HTML and CSS with custom jQuery and detailed event tracking in Google Analytics
- Created feature-rich browser extension for both Chrome and Firefox which pulled all social feeds seamlessly Google into+ and allowed sharing from any site
- Created fully responsive webapp using HTML5 and CSS3 to allow all internet-capable devices to use the app, from desktops to mobile phones
- Created internal tool to manage all static feeds from thousands of sources using PHP, MySQL and jQuery
iWin, Inc. 2008 - 2012
Front-End Web Developer
- XHTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- XSLT
- Documentation
- Internal Tools
- Created cross-browser compatible semantic XHTML through XSLT from source PSDs
- Enhanced user experience by creating custom JavaScript/jQuery code
- Completely recoded existing shopping cart to utilize Ajax from JSON for improved usability and performance
- Spearheaded peer-review process to improve developer ability and ensure best practice usage
- Wrote and maintained comprehensive documentation on CSS and HTML style guides and best practices
- Created internal tool for QA and developers to quickly see which Google Analytics actions and events were being sent
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads2006-2008
Web Designer
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- PhotoShop
- ASP
- Training
- Internal Tools
- Recoded most visited page in valid HTML utilizing CSS for presentation resulting in an 86% decrease in rendered markup and 55% faster download speed
- Held training sessions for development team of 6 on web standards and best practices
- Designed and coded hundreds of HTML emails, which I scheduled and sent to hundreds of thousands of customers
- Created several internal webapps to reduce user error and increase productivity including project sign-off management and a copy manager
Past Projects
Airfare Pro 2008 - 2009
iPhone App Development
- PhotoShop
- Idea Generation
- APIs
- Reverse Engineering
- Identified niche that wasn't filled by existing iOS apps, airline flight searches
- Utilized public sources to gather data for app, and scraped them when an API was unavailable
- Released app became #1 top selling app for 'Paid Travel' for several weeks, and was consistently on the 'top 10' list for months
- Delivered organized PhotoShop files for developer
- Completely crushed when Kayak released their own app. C'est la vie!
Phazm Webdesign 1998 - 2006
Blog and Side Projects
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- PhotoShop
- Wordpress
- Writing
- Authored developer education blog with over 5,000 unique visitors per day at peak
- Designed and coded phazm.com to house freelance and side projects
- Started design and development of a web professionals job site but stopped after I found successful competitors already existed in the space
- After becoming very interested in the possibilities of Ajax, I tested the waters to see if I could make 'Ajaxifying' content on a one-off basis commercially viable with getAjaxed.com
About Jon Hughes
I'm a front-end developer with over 7 years of professional web development experience.
I live and work from my home office in Grants Pass, Oregon. I've been successfully working remotely for over 4 years. I have a passion for providing an excellent experience. I focus on performance, accessibility and code quality. I've worked with large companies and budding startups, and I excel at learning new technologies quickly.