Brad Simpson
Hi, I am a front end developer and UI designer with 19+ years of professional
experience. I have a passion for continuing education, whether it’s learning about the
latest CSS developments or exploring a new CMS framework. I would love to work
with your team on engaging and boundary-pushing projects.
Experience
2007 - Present
Swashbuckler Interactive - (Owner) Front End Developer / UI Designer
Executed development and bug fixes for 40+ Totara and Adapt themes for Kineo (e-learning).
Developed responsive Drupal sites for 6 Southern Illinois Healthcare sites, including an
online auction and a product catalog.
Optimized existing CSS and jQuery and developed new UI features for GirlsAskGuys.com,
ensuring cross-browser and mobile device compatibility.
Designed company-branded presentation and web graphics / animations for Asurion.
Developed 90+ Drupal themes and custom sites for agencies like Arthur Agency and 1187 Creative.
1999 - 2007
Evolution Multimedia - Senior UI Designer / Front End Developer
Completed large-scale, high profile projects on tight deadlines for Fortune 500 companies like
Maxim Magazine, Pepsi, and Anheuser-Busch
Responsible for planning, producing mockups, and front end development of web sites
Produced interactive web sites and CDs with Flash ActionScript
Developed effective search engine optimization strategies for clients
Produced and edited video, music, and sound effects for promotional videos and interactive games
Skills
HTML, CSS
JavaScript, jQuery
Sass, Less
Git, SVN
Grunt, Gulp
Adobe Photoshop,
InDesign, Illustrator
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Education
Responsive UI design
Adapt themes
Totara, Moodle themes
WordPress, Drupal themes
Knowledge of PHP,
MySQL, PostgreSQL
Brad is an excellent web designer who's
been a huge asset to my company. He
consistently exceeds expectations on a
variety of design projects and delivers
on-time, high quality work.
Stuart Wall, Signpost
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Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, IL
Bachelor’s in Mass Communications / Media Arts
Specialized in Video Production
Interned with the writing team at Politically Incorrect
at CBS in Hollywood, CA.
Brad is a huge asset to our firm - he is
always responsive and is a great
resource for all of the phases of my
web design and development. I would
highly recommend him to everyone.
Jessica Hoerman, Tor Hoerman Law
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Working with Brad Simpson has been a
pleasure. We knew very little about
website development, but he supported
us and walked us through the steps we
needed to take.
Starr Pettway – Downriver Community Health Services
