Justin Kagan

I'm a front end web developer with seven years of experience creating customer facing websites.

I started my career in proper at a mid level marketing agency where I honed my skills in semantic HTML (with strong adherence to best practices for optimal SEO), CSS and JavaScript to create immersive, responsive and sometimes delightful user experiences. Projects would range from a simple 10-hour homepage/interior design to 100+ hours with extensive portfolio sections, staff bios, landing pages, etc.

More recently I moved to a much larger firm, rebuilding and expanding upon one of their flagship products- privacyguard.com. I created highly interactive landing and vanity pages and contributed to the front end of the mobile app. I also built countless marketing emails for a variety of clients, with an extensive testing process and commitment to UI/UX standards across all platforms (mobile, desktop, Outlook, etc).

In the last year I've begun to build apps in React, along with contributing to a React platform to be used for a variety of products and services.

I live in Greenwich Connecticut with my wonderful wife and our amazing dog, Bernie.

Tenerity November 2018 – December 2022 Front End Web Developer Stamford, CT

Provides customer engagement and loyalty programs. Tenerity designs, markets, and services programs that handle customer relationships for other businesses.

• Developer on front-end team for new multi-product platform built in React. 
• Rebuilt flagship product—privacyguard.com, including landing, vanity pages and front end on mobile app.
• Adherence to best practices and W3C standards of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6), jQuery, JSON, React.
• Coded emails for complete design consistency across all platforms (mobile, desktop, outlook, etc.)
• Fully PCI Compliant and experienced handling secure systems with client data.

Web Solutions March 2016 – November 2018 Front End Developer Meriden, CT

Marketing Agency with 800+ clients and a regional leader in design and digital marketing.

• Built front end on over 60 responsive websites, many award-winning (CADC, AGDA, etc) using industry standard, semantic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. 
• Used JavaScript and jQuery to create dynamic presentations, animations and reactivity, as well as enhance responsiveness on mobile platforms and reduce bandwidth. 
• Worked closely with designers and account managers for strict adherence to client’s requirements and requests; back-end programmers for optimized performance and clean, dry code; and digital marketers to ensure strong SEO optimization. 
• Sites built on custom ASP.NET platform, and on Wordpress PHP. 
• Size and budget of sites ranged from tight 7-hour homepages with generic interiors to extensive 100+ hours with numerous landing pages and complex applications. 
• Videographer & Editor for client social media.

Launch Academy June 2014 – February 2015 Full stack developer Boston, MA

School of Visual Arts September 2006 – May 2009 Bachelors in Fine Arts New York, NY

Gateway Community College September 2012 – May 2013 Computer Science Certificate New Haven, CT