Senior UI / UX Engineer

SUMMARY:

Design-trained UI/UX Engineer with *+ years of experience crafting accessible, high-quality web experiences for agencies, brands, and content-driven platforms. Specializes in translating design systems and visual intent into scalable UI architectures, reusable component patterns, and polished, maintainable interfaces. Known for obsessive attention to detail, strong usability instincts, and improving how products feel, not just how they function. Thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments where design, engineering, and client needs intersect.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior UI / UX Engineer — Alloy Digital Jan 2024 – Present

Design-led UI engineering across large-scale, CMS-driven websites with complex content, localization, and accessibility requirements.

● Led UI architecture for a headless CMS migration, translating design systems, design tokens, and brand guidelines into scalable React component patterns using Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, WordPress, and GraphQL

● Conduct hands-on UI/UX audits across 70+ pages and multiple locales (EN/ES), identifying usability, interaction, and visual consistency issues and translating findings into 200+ actionable improvements with annotated visuals

● Implemented accessible, high-performance interfaces using semantic HTML, keyboard navigation, focus management, ARIA relationships, and color contrast validation, resulting in a 28% performance improvement and 19% accessibility gain for CooksPest.com

● Own UI development across multiple concurrent client projects, shaping both the front-end experience and editor-friendly CMS workflows to improve long-term usability for content teams

● Establish reusable UI patterns and component standards, including global styling conventions and a typography system that enforced consistent heading scales and reduced ad-hoc styling

● Improve frontend performance and experience quality through Core Web Vitals optimization, asset cleanup, and cross-browser/device testing

● Reduce legacy UI debt by resolving long-standing TypeScript and console errors, refactoring duplicated animation logic, and improving maintainability without disrupting delivery

UI Engineer — Avanade Jul 2021 – Jan 2024 Design-forward frontend delivery across enterprise and agency-style client engagements.

● Partnered closely with designers to translate Figma-based design systems into pixel-accurate, accessible UI using React, TypeScript, and modern CSS (SASS, Tailwind)

● Became the go-to engineer for interaction and motion design, delivering micro-interactions, transitions, and scroll-based animation using GSAP, ScrollTrigger, Lottie, Framer Motion, and CSS animations

● Improved responsiveness, layout consistency, and interaction quality across products for clients including Comcast, USPS, Mortgage Cadence, and Credit Suisse

● Integrated REST and GraphQL APIs, implementing client-side data fetching, pagination, and robust loading/error states

● Promoted to Consultant for leadership, reliability, and ability to stabilize projects by stepping in where UI or delivery gaps existed

Mentored developers in HTML/CSS fundamentals, raising UI quality, accessibility awareness, and cross-browser consistency across teams

Frontend Developer — DynamiX Web Design Aug 2020 – Jul 2021 Agency environment emphasizing craftsmanship, clean code, and strong design execution.

● Built and shipped client websites end-to-end, translating Photoshop designs into responsive, performant interfaces using modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

● Owned layout, responsiveness, and UI implementation for production sites including Powell Law Firm and Expo Home Improvements

● Strengthened UI craftsmanship through rigorous code reviews focused on clarity, maintainability, and visual fidelity

I Developer — Vehicle Media Sept 2018 – Aug 2020 End-to-end web builds for high-profile brands with a focus on UI quality and CMS usability.

● Built eight fully custom WordPress themes, Squarespace sites, and Shopify implementations, collaborating closely with designers and project managers

● Promoted after rapidly learning PHP/MySQL and independently delivering complex CMS-driven features

Delivered and maintained high-visibility sites for brands including Waffle House and The Scott Brothers

● Contributed to an award-winning project (Webby Award — Sheffield Lentine) Built and launched vehiclemedia.com and collaborated on wafflehouse.com

Brand Designer & UI / UX Engineer — Freelance Sept 2016 – Dec 2023

Blended design, UX, and frontend development for small businesses and creative clients.

● Long-term contract with Cahaba Brewing, designing and building new templates, optimizing assets, improving responsiveness, and resolving UI issues

● Designed UX and visual updates for a legal platform dashboard, improving information architecture, navigation clarity, and workflow usability

● Created brand identity systems and translated visual language into production-ready UI, ensuring consistency across digital products

● Known for translating vague ideas into clear, usable designs clients felt confident launching

EDUCATION

The Creative Circus — Interactive Web Development Certificate University of Alabama — B.A. Graphic Design, Advertising

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