Kay Watanabe

KAY WATANABE Web Designer & Front-End Developer kaywdev.com - SKILLS HTML CSS3 JavaScript jQuery PHP React Bootstrap WordPress SASS MySQL Dreamweaver Google Analytics GitHub VS Code - /kaywatanabe Vancouver, BC SUMMARY - Strong technical background in site-styling and passionate about bringing mockups to life from consultation to final code - Skilled in customer-focused creative thinking - Highly capable in innovative business solutions developed through 10+ years’ experience in sales and marketing - Recent graduate from BCIT’s Technical Web Design program with practical skills in modern web technologies and graphic TECHNICAL PROJECTS TOOLS Photoshop illustrator Adobe XD InVision Balsamiq PremierPRO BCIT Class Projects Feb 2020 - Mar2020 Created a WooCommerce website for a local social enterprise, “Farm to Table Herb”, working in collaboration with 3 team members. • Site Planning - Developed and designed information architecture more efficient and user-friendly based on the client’s target • Site Design and Development - Designed a wireframe with Adobe XD based on the competitors’ research and built a basic website structure that matched with the mockups E D U C AT I O N Technical Web Design Program - Certificate BCIT (Vancouver, BC) Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 Web Creative Design Program - Certificate Tokyo Design Plex Institute (Japan) Jan 2017 - Jul 2017 English Communication Major - Bachelor of Arts Kanda University of International Studies (Japan) Apri 2000 - Mar 2004 • Accessibility and Responsive - Built a responsive and screen readeraccessible web site with Underscore theme for different devices by using SASS • Site Coding- Created HTML and PHP templates including search engine optimization WORK EXPERIENCE Freelance WordPress Developer - Contract Jun 2020 - Current Local Clients | Vancouver, BC • Created custom Wordpress theme and coded template files using HTML, SASS, jQuery and PHP • Customized plugin function with use of custom post type, custom post field to match with the client’s request • Deployed from local environment to staging then to production using Git and set up fully SEO optimization KAY WATANABE Web Designer & Front-End Developer kaywdev.com - - /kaywatanabe Vancouver, BC WORK EXPERIENCE CONTINUED INTEREST Movies Music Baking Traveling Hiking Yoga Scuba Diving Japan Business Administrator - Part time Clearly | Vancouver, BC • Increased the monthly traffic by 3-5% by creating social media assets for online campaigns • Contributed to gathering 400 new members in 3 months through popular mobile app in Japan by designing media assets • Launched optimized display campaigns with analysis of previous campaign performance reports; increased monthly sales by 4-8% Supervisor COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Ladies Learning Code Devhub Vancouver Meetup React Vancouver Meetup WordCamp Vancouver Oct 2017- Dec 2018 Sep 2013 - Dec 2016 Wing International (Trading) Inc. | Vancouver, BC Export trading company providing Canadian and European wood products to Japanese market with annual revenues $190M and 7 suppliers in Canada, Germany and Sweden • Consolidated a new time-saving operation process; reduced time spend on negotiation by 50% • Developed a weekly report of stockout to clients, resulting in a 100% increase in client satisfaction and a 30% increase in client’s productivity • Improved a recovery time after natural disaster or strikes by 20% • Negotiated competitive price with suppliers Sales Coordinator Aug 2010 - Aug 2013 Wing International (Trading) Inc. | Vancouver, BC • Reduced miss-shipment rate by 70% through proactively identifying potential issues for resolution • Implemented 90% on-time shipments by maintaining close communication with shipping clerks and logistics of suppliers • Ensured and maintained all export shipping paperwork was processed with 100% accuracy