Michael Scott LaRochelle
Centreville, VA
Phone: 703-***-****
Email: **************@*****.***
Website: www.larochelleweb.com
Education/Qualifications
The Art Institute of Washington, Arlington, VA
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Art, Web Design and Interactive Media Graduation: Fall 2010
• Dean’s List
• Masonic Scholarship
• Alpha Chi Lambda
Technical Skills
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript/JQuery
• PHP/MySQL
• Classic ASP/ASP.NET
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Zeplin/InVision
• Visual Studio
• Axure/Balsamiq
• TeamForge/JIRA/TFS
• Git/SVN
• Bootstrap
• Angular UI/Angular
Material Design
• WordPress
• Drupal
• Concrete5
• SEO
• Section 508/Accessibility
• User Interface Design
• Information Architecture
• Wireframing/Prototyping
Work Experience
UI/UX Designer
Fulcrum It Services, Inc.; Centreville, VA; June 2016 – January 2019
• Became connection that bridged the gap between design and development to improve the quality of user centered design applications with quick level of turnaround.
• Created applications UI using maintainable, scalable, responsive and cross-browser code.
• Implemented Section 508 compliance and accessibility on web pages and documents
• Collaborated with a team of designers, product owners and developers to build new applications and improve the current NAEP platform.
• Learned and introduced new technologies, methods and concepts to project teams Web Designer/UI Developer
LCG, Inc.; Arlington, VA; May 2014 – June 2016
• Designed and developed graphics, user interface elements, site layout and navigation, themes, and other web site visual elements for multiple web applications in different coding languages
• Collaborated with development teams to build and integrate graphics, layouts, themes, and other elements into the user interface of new and maintained web applications
• Implemented and maintained Section 508 compliance or accessibility on web pages and documents
• Worked with and learned new technologies and standards to continuously improve web development processes, procedures, unit testing, and documentation Web Developer
National Rifle Association; Fairfax VA; January 2014 - April 2014
• Updated and made improvements to existing WordPress websites
• Implemented SEO methodologies on WordPress and custom PHP web sites
• Implemented JavaScript framework for a digital magazine Web Designer
Focused Image; Falls Church VA; January 2011 - November 2013
• Created web sites from start to finish in various languages and media
• Designed online and interactive presentations for advertising, social media, and a variety of other media
• Worked on variety of websites ranging from large several hundred-page web sites with high traffic and dynamic features to small companies and event web sites
• Studied and learned new technologies, techniques and web services to be incorporated in projects to interest and engage the users