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Melissa Penta - Front-end Developer (Contact)

Vestal, New York

Summary of Skillsets -

  • HTML, CSS and javascript/jQuery programming; Wordpress theme development;
  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Captivate, Acrobat;
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Visual Studio, Publisher;
  • Content editing in Sharepoint, Documentum and IBM WebSphere;

Examples of Work (2010 to present) -

Front-end Development HTML, CSS, jQuery

Wordpress Theme Development

Ongoing Development Support

Nature Photography

Education +

The Chubb Institute, North Brunswick, NJ

  • Certificate, Graphic Design and Animation, 2006
  • GPA 4.0. Dean’s List. President’s List. High Honors.

County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ

  • A.A.S., New Media Technology, May 2004
  • Certificate, Web Development, Fall 2003
  • GPA 3.81. Dean's List. Honors.

Current Employment -

Local Wisdom Inc, Princeton, NJ

Front-end Developer - Sept 2007 - Present

  • Front-end web development
  • Wordpress theme development and curation
  • Design curation and support
  • Project management

Freelance Web Developer

Misc Freelancing - 1999 – Present

  • Clean front-end web-development - HTML/CSS/some jQuery
  • Wordpress theme development

Other Freelance⁄Consultant Experience +

BlueWater Marketing Group, Metuchen, NJ

Contracted Web Designer - June 2007 - May 2008

  • Design and code website layouts
  • Code existing layouts in HTML and CSS

Pro Beauty Supply, Somerset, NJ

E-commerce Website Maintenance - June 2007 - May 2008

  • Entered all products into database and maintained updates
  • Graphic organization and resizing for all products

Additional Work Experience +

Service Apex, Bridgewater, NJ

Graphic Designer - February 2006 - August 2007

  • Design materials for print including but not limited to brochures, banners, business cards, postcards, clothing designs
  • Work hand-in-hand with customers to suit their design needs
  • Assist with post design production and printing

Isolatek International, Stanhope, NJ

Clerk - July 1999 - December 2005

  • Developed product brochures, promotionals and sales/marketing materials and presentations
  • Created labels, literature covers, drawings, and vector logos
  • Consolidated and recreated existing managerial presentations into discrete slide show for trustees