Sarah Blikre

Arlington, WA

Web Developer

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Chambers Architectural Design

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Chambers Architectural Design

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https://www.chambersusa.com/  

Key Features

  • Search-by-state client list with interactive US map
  • Filter by category/state project list
  • Club Road Magazine Issuu Viewer
  • Interactive company history timeline
  • Event calendar

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Gamut360 Home Builders

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Gamut360 Home Builders

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https://www.gamut360.com/  

Key Features

  • Property listings with interactive map
  • Careers page and application form
  • Instagram feed

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PowerA Video Game Accessories

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PowerA Video Game Accessories

Development

https://www.powera.com/  

Key Features

  • Product search by type, platform, and brand
  • News page

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MMB Networks

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MMB Networks

Development

https://mmbnetworks.com/  

Key Features

  • Products list
  • Services list
  • Knowledge base

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Exterior Crew Siding

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Exterior Crew Siding

Development

https://www.exteriorcrew.com/  

Key Features

  • Project portfolio
  • Page section navigation menu
  • Services page
  • Testimonials page

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Imagine Children's Museum

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Imagine Children's Museum

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http://www.imaginecm.org/  

Key Features

  • Program directory
  • Event calendar
  • Donation forms integrated with Paypal

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National Fund for Workforce Solutions

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National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Development

https://nationalfund.org/  

Key Features

  • Regional collaboratives directory
  • Publications directory
  • News page, including a blog and social media aggregate feed
  • Client returned to us for several large site updates over several years

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Jet City Roller Derby

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Jet City Roller Derby

Design Development

https://jetcityrollerderby.com/  

Key Features

  • Skater directory
  • Blog
  • Existing site design modernized by me

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My Résumé

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Overview

Hi, my name is Sarah, and I'm a WordPress developer who'd like to get into something a little different. After COVID caused me to lose my last job, I decided to start teaching myself React and Node, and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I've done mostly medium-sized brochure/marketing sites, and I want to start working on more application-style projects, or something similar. My previous work allowed me to build skills in both backend and frontend equally.

Experience

WordPress Developer

Jordan Crown Design, Jan. 2013 - Mar. 2020

At Jordan Crown, we created whole-site redesigns for our clients by creating custom WordPress themes and plugins. As a developer, I took PSDs and Sketch files from the designers and built out the site (backend and frontend) using PHP, Javascript, HTML, and SASS/CSS.

I usually reported to my project manager and the designer, but I frequently communicated with clients directly to collect project requirements and discuss potential changes, updates, additions, and bug fixes.

My position involved not only translating design documents into web pages, but also working with clients to come up with creative solutions to their problems, whether they were updating public-facing web site elements, or improving site administration usability. I took pride in doing everything I could to make things easy to use and visually pleasing.

In addition to building web sites, about 4 years of my time at Jordan Crown also involved occasionally building HTML emails for a marketing client of ours. I took design assets from the client and created HTML newsletters that I later sent out through their Hubspot account at the requested times.

Many projects I worked on also required me to manage web servers, usually CentOS or Ubuntu systems, but a few Windows servers as well. I set up Apache virtual hosts, MySQL databases, and DNS, and did some light Bash scripting to automate some more menial processes.

Project source control was done with Git.

Skills

HTML and CSS/SASS: I've been building well-structured, mobile-friendly layouts for almost a decade, and using SASS for about half of that.

WordPress: I have 7 years of experience building custom WordPress themes and plugins.

PHP: My 7 years of WordPress development involved both frontend and backend, which taught me a lot about using PHP.

JavaScript: Most of my JavaScript experience is in making snazzy visual effects and custom Google maps, but I have recently taken up learning React and Node.

Linux Web Server Administration: I have a moderate amount of experience updating and maintaining Linux web servers, mostly Ubuntu LAMP stacks. I use DigitalOcean for my personal web server.

Git: I have a working knowledge of Git for version control on all my projects. I've mainly used Bitbucket in the past but recently switched to Github.

MySQL: My experience with MySQL is mainly in the context of WordPress, but I can create and update databases if I need to.

Gulp: I use Gulp for build processes such as SASS compilation, JavaScript minification, and occasionally image processing.

Comedy: I'm often the office comic relief, which I believe is very important to have.

Education

Associate of Technical Arts - Computer Information Systems

Everett Community College, June 2012

My main focus at EvCC was computer repair and networking, with a few classes in programming and web development.

Contact Info

Email: sarahblikre@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-blikre-74551664/

Github: https://github.com/drowninginteger

Things I like to do in my spare time

  • I enjoy cars. Driving them, fixing them, looking at them. Someday I'd like to have a first gen Acura NSX, or maybe a Porsche 993 Turbo. Or both?
  • I like computers. I like building them and fixing them, and I enjoy networking.
  • I play guitar. Badly, but I do play it.
  • I also enjoy woodworking and light carpentry.
  • I'm not much of a sports person, but I am a decent bowler.