About Me John Darwin Forrest
I am John Forrest, a Seattle-based, front-end web developer of eight years. In that time, I have worked on a variety of complex and challenging projects. I flourish in a team-based environment that encourages collaboration and professional development.
- 206-399-2669
- Bothell, WA
- johnathanforrest@gmail.com
Skills
I build dynamic, interactive sites that provide practical solutions for users' needs.
Experience
Senior Front-End Web Developer
Moneytree
March 2019 - December 2020- After initial six-month contract, hired on full-time with a promotion to Senior Front-End Web Developer for exceeding goals and integrating well with the team and department.
- Developed and launched a new external blog in November 2020 in order to drive traffic to Moneytree’s online products. Modified an existing theme in accordance with designer’s wireframes.
- Modernized the US and Canada sites for ADA compliance according to WCAG standards.
- Collaborated with a designer to completely redesign the outdated internal blog with a focus on simplifying the user interface while heightening the user experience. Developed a custom theme for the blog using wireframes from the designer. Maintained blog and theme post-launch.
- Integrated the Greenhouse.io recruiting software into the external job board with a fully-customized integration complete with many dynamic features using JavaScript.
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Kentico, Git, WordPress, PHP, Wrike
Front-End Web Developer - Contract
Moneytree
September 2018 - March 2019- Collaborated with designers and developers to implement new site design and architecture for company website redesign.
- Provided user interface solutions for responsive behavior and accessibility issues.
- Optimized site stylesheet with a focus on global, reusable styles that worked elegantly with native Bootstrap styles.
- Maintained site content and assets using the Kentico content management system.
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, PHP, WordPress, Kentico, GitHub
Senior Web Developer - Contract
Microsoft
May 2016 - July 2018- Coordinated with site managers to develop and deploy site pages for the Windows Dev Center, Hardware Dev Center, and Microsoft Partner Center.
- Built web pages to site manager specifications using Bootstrap-like design frameworks (WebCore & MWF) in a variety of content management systems.
- Collaborated with both site managers and the production team during content migrations from WebCore to MWF. Served as subject matter expert in weekly meetings and code reviews.
- Executed trainings with members in both the local and international production teams, while maintaining documentation that supported these trainings.
- Resolved site issues by providing technical support to local and international production teams.
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, MWF, WebCore, Harmony, Compass, SiteMuse, PublishThis!, GitHub
NetSuite Developer
iClick
September 2015 - May 2016- Developed custom scripts using JavaScript and the SuiteScript APIs as part of the NetSuite platform for the internal order management system.
- Built and extended custom templates using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on both the consumer-facing site and the internal order management system.
- Integrated the UPS Rating SDK with sales orders in order to more accurately estimate shipping costs. This integration also included international shipping and multiple package shipping. Work done primarily in JavaScript with XML for the UPS request and response.
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NetSuite, SuiteScript
CX Front-End Web Developer - Contract
Nintendo of America
July 2014 - May 2015- Maintained Nintendo of America’s customer support website with a focus on transitioning pages to a responsive framework using HTML, CSS, JSP, PHP, JavaScript, and jQuery.
- Built and extended custom widgets for the Oracle Service Cloud customer support portals.
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Collaborated on the redesign of a new responsive user interface to the consumer support homepage with a focus on a clean layout and ease of use on both desktop and mobile experiences.
- English page launched August 2014.
- French page launched April 2015.
- Ensured that the amiibo product line reached retailers by launch date by developing a website to display compliance documents.
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, Oracle Service Cloud, JSP
Integration Specialist - Contract
Amazon
March 2014 - July 2014- Managed 3rd party eCommerce sites in the integration of Amazon's Login and Pay with Amazon widget, requiring deep proficiency in both the PHP and JavaScript SDKs.
- Developed prototypes for sellers using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery to demonstrate features of Amazon's product.
- Developed an internal application that incorporated Login and Pay with Amazon for the purpose of catering conferences and other meetings at Amazon from a local pizza vendor.
- Troubleshot 3rd party developer issues on a daily basis, primarily using PHP and JavaScript.
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, WordPress, Magento, WooCommerce, Login and Pay with Amazon SDK
Freelance Web Developer
jdforrest.net
June 2013 - September 2015- UCSC Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training Program – Developed a custom WordPress theme with a goal of relaunching the site in April of 2015.
- Conservation, Research and Education Opportunities International – Collaborated with a small team to redesign and relaunch creoi.org’s site. I took the wireframes from the web designers and made a custom theme on WordPress. After the launch, I helped with regular maintenance of the site.
- Life Science Strategy Group – Developed a rating system for their WordPress site using PHP. Collaborated with other team members using GitHub.
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress, PHP
Education
Certificate of Web Development
Seattle Central College
August 2013MAEd, Secondary Eduction
University of Phoenix
March 2006BA, Physical Anthropology and Earth Science
University of California, Santa Cruz
June 2002Portfolio
Nintendo of America
Nintendo of America English Consumer Homepage. I collaborated with a team of designers and developers that completely redesigned this page. My primary tasks were to make the page clean and responsive while adhering to the Nintendo of America style guide. The English page launched in August of 2014.
Nintendo of America
Nintendo of America Region Select Page. I was tasked to make this page responsive. In addition to the responsive work, I redesigned the map illustration in Photoshop.
Nintendo of America
Nintendo of America Corporate Site. I was tasked with adding the new header and footer to this site, but adding this code had a negative impact on the legacy code. I essentially had to overhaul the whole corporate site, which included a couple hundred pages.
Nintendo of America
Nintendo of America Network Status Page. I was tasked with making this page responsive, which was a challenge since it uses an iframe. In addition, I added the header and footer assets.
UCSC MHIRT
UCSC Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training Program. The primary goals of this project were to make the custom theme match the look and feel of other UCSC pages and be mobile-friendly.
creoi.org
I worked on this site with a team of web designers and developers. My role in this project was to take the static mockups and make a custom template in WordPress using PHP, HTML, CSS, and some JavaScript.
Contact
- 206-399-2669
- Bothell, WA
- johnathanforrest@gmail.com