resume

Experience

WordPress Full-Stack Developer

Beyond The Brand Media

August 2024 – Present

  • Developing functional and accessible websites for clients.
  • Developing child themes which will be used by clients for easy maintenance of web pages, using accessible best practices.
  • Clearly commenting code to help the team understand the code, and increase it’s long term ability to be maintained.
  • Troubleshooting and resolving issues with plugins, performing maintenance, and creating custom solutions to work with current plugin functionality and resolve long term inconsistencies.
  • Utilizing a ticketing system to track and complete projects and issues that arise from customers on a regular basis.

Research Assistant (Temporary)

Cornell University/Freedom on the Move

May 2024 – Present

  • Reading through news papers and recording instances of runaway slave ads.
  • Entering all relevant data accurately into shared sheet files and taking cropped photos of said ads.

Full Stack Developer

Promosis

March 2022 – February 2024

  • Developed responsive sweepstakes pages for high profile companies based off of client designs.
  • Developed code for bespoke internal software including a task management system, file sharing pages for clients, and sweepstakes platform.
  • Created wireframes/flows for clients for large and complicated projects.
  • Worked on both back end of websites with PHP and MySQL, and front end with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and jQuery. Our sites used Laravel and Docker as well.
  • Strong emphasis on writing maintainable code and testing code for all possible cases.
  • Developed a product registration multi-site for high profile companies.
  • Worked directly on maintaining Vue.js websites.
  • Worked with AWS API, Google API, and managed AWS s3 buckets through web interface.
  • Designed and developed code for dynamic emails using SendGrid and PHP

Frontend WordPress Developer

NL Softworks

December 2021 – March 2022

  • Developing style changes for websites of businesses like Bontoni or Structures North.
  • Workflow using local for wp sites with a Giithub repository.
  • Worked with HTML, CSS, and Javascript to update and maintain websites.
  • Small startup environment.

Web Developer/Contractor

Guild Hall Learning

August 2021 – March 2022

  • Developed Python program to control door access with Raspberry Pi
  • Designing and developing company website with Webflow, HTML, CSS, and Javascript
  • Taught students coding principles using Arduinos, Raspberry Pi, Python, Unity, as well as 3D design with Blender Studio.
  • Designed creative using Figma, illustrator, etc…
  • Designed and developed email marketing emails
  • Web Development/Marketing Intern and Contractor

WordPress Designer/Developer Intern

Global Children School

December 2020 – July 2021

  • Project lead, delegating to other interns
  • Ended up being hired as a contractor to finish up implementing some changes to website globalchildrenschool.com
  • Designed and developed pages using HTML, CSS, and Javascript
  • Designed logos, print, and other creative using Figma, illustrator, etc…

John Mackey

xjmackey@gmail.com | Salem, Ma

Skills

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • jQuery
  • Javascript
  • Bootstrap
  • Docker
  • Photoshop
  • Figma
  • illustrator
  • WordPress
  • Vue.js
  • AWS
  • Linux
  • AJAX

Education

Northshore Community College

Associates – Computer Information Technology

2019-2021

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Bachelor of Arts – Political Science

Feb 2009 – May 2014

Salem State University

Computer Science Major

Fall 2008