Laura Cecil

Front End Web Developer

UI/UX Designer

home: 212-749-3127 cell:     646-831-2904 lcecil@nyc.rr.com twitter.com@cecillac

Skills

Interaction Design
HTML5CSS3SASSLessBEM
SMACSS SVGJavaScript
JavaScript Frameworks
jQueryNodeJsExpressReact
Prototyping
PhotoshopIllustratorHand CodingBootstrap
FoundationBalsamiq

Career

Highlights:

  • Increased checkout completion rates by re-engineering the shopping cart and checkout pages for six e-commerce sites.
  • Increased organic SEO through codebase evaluation, training and implementation of best practices.
  • Increased code scalability and maintainability by promoting responsive web design as the primary option company's mobile strategy.

Resume:

Planned Parenthood
  • Participated in project ensuring PPFA's candidate recommendations were available pre-election on newly re-designed website under new content management system.
  • Converted content from the many individual PPFA websites to conform to new re-design.
  • New York, NY September 2016 — November 2016
JPMorganChase
  • Wrestled Ext.JS theme styles to correspond with visual designs and wireframes for proprietary credit-risk management single page web app.
  • Performed audit to ensure that new app met visual design and business user story requirements.
  • New York, NY December 2013 — May 2014
MediaBrix
  • Enhanced in-game advertising front-end codebase to provide smooth interaction of behaviorally- based advertising for major players in the phone game industry.
  • Prototyped a new ad server platform in MVC platform.
  • New York, NY May 2013 — December 2013
TD Ameritrade
  • Acted as primary prototyper translating wireframes and visual comps to provide proof-of-concept for the UX team.
  • Participating in documenting customer journey and user flows.
  • New York, NY December 2012 — February 2013
Redcats USA
  • Increased checkout completion rates by re-engineering the shopping cart and checkout page flows for six e-commerce sites.
  • Increased organic SEO through codebase evaluation training and implementation of best practices.
  • Reduced page-load rate by re-actoring the front-end codebase.
  • Promoted responsive web design as the company's mobile strategy.
  • New York, NY October 2010 — December 2012
Budget Travel
  • Developed CSS for magazine re-design as it split from the Washington Post.
  • Created Python templates to incorporate my HTML and CSS code.
  • New York, NY March 2010 — September 2010
Ziff Davis Media
  • Managed the front-end development of two re-designs of PCMag.com and ExtremeTech.com.
  • Reduced page-load by refactoring CSS codebase.
  • New York, NY July 2007 — December 2009
Miva
  • Managed project to convert websites and landing pages to Google's specifications from Yahoo's
  • Created landing pages from designer specs.
  • New York, NY February 2006 — June 2007

Education

New York University School of Continuing Professional Studies
  • Web Development Certificate (Grade: A) Fall 2004
  • Web Design Certificate (Grade: A) Spring 2005
Fordham University
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
GPA:
3.4 / 4.0
Major:
Political Science
Minor:
Economics