nathansmith
Nathan Smith
♥ Design + JavaScript
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Experience
Principal UI Architect @ projekt202
Feb. 2012 - Present
(Just started this job. More here soon.)
Freelancer @ SonSpring
Sep. 2003 - Present
SonSpring is a small, Christian web design and graphics studio that specializes in creating sites for churches and non-profit organizations. The mission statement and fervent prayer is that the utmost would be done to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ through use of website development.
Front-End Developer @ Pure Charity
Oct. 2011 - Feb. 2012
As the lead front-end developer on a Ruby on Rails team, I worked in conjunction with other developers, implementing two complete redesigns of our entire site in under four months. Our page layouts were built using the HTML and CSS prepropcessors Haml and Sass, as well as Compass.

Though I still prefer JavaScript, I became proficient in CoffeeScript. Additionally, I worked with the Google Maps JavaScript API (v3), jQuery, Underscore.js, and the client-side “MVC” framework Backbone.js.

I also discovered an affinity for Serve, a way for designers and fro
UX Designer / Front-End Developer @ Hewlett-Packard
Jan. 2011 - Sep. 2011
Worked as a designer and front-end developer ("UX developer" for short), on a team that built web applications used to manage cloud computing and storage — powered by OpenStack.

We made use of Ruby on Rails, PHP, and Drupal. I created mockups and production user interfaces using the trusty "big three"… HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — specifically jQuery and the YUI Library.

To aid in the maintainability and efficiency of writing CSS, our team used Sass and Compass — a CSS preprocessing framework.
UX Designer / Front-End Developer @ Fellowship Technologies
Dec. 2008 - Dec. 2010
Integral part of a self-managed development team, using the scrum software project methodology. Helped to redesign various web applications and ensured front-end code quality (HTML, CSS, JS – Prototype & jQuery). Did some programming in C# using .NET MVC. Also wrote modules in PHP to integrate our RESTful API with various 3rd party products, such as the ExpressionEngine CMS. Spoke at our annual Dynamic Church Conference, and other venues representing FT to the web-dev community.

Indirectly related, I created the 960 Grid System (www.960.gs) in 2
Book Author @ O'Reilly & Associates
Nov. 2008 - Jul. 2009
Was one of several authors who co-wrote jQuery Cookbook (ISBN: 0596159773), part of the acclaimed O'Reilly cookbook series. Book proceeds donated to the jQuery Foundation, a non-profit that drives development and evangelism of jQuery. Currently, the jQuery JavaScript library is used by companies such as: CBS, Dell, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, NBC, and Netflix - to name a few. It was an honor to be included amongst such a talented group of developers.
Information Architect @ EMC
Dec. 2006 - Apr. 2008
I worked with EMC client Amerisource Bergen Specialty Group. I was part of an integrated team, focused on rebuilding their e-commerce site. We worked in an iterative process using the scrum project management methodology. I handled IA tasks and coded HTML, CSS + JavaScript.

I worked as an IA for EMC client Hotels.com as part of their User Experience team, improving interaction in their iterative redesign. I built rapid prototypes for user testing using JavaScript. To lighten the load on their developers, I occasionally coded XHTML and CSS for production
Senior Front-End Developer @ Viewzi
Apr. 2008 - Dec. 2008
I was responsible for much of the front-end work, including writing XHTML, CSS and JavaScript (using YUI). I also occasionally wrote PHP for templating and did visual mockups as needed. I helped to plan and build new DHTML search result views, as well as maintain and enhance existing views and the core platform. I built rapid prototypes of ideas around possible extensions of Viewzi for client implementations. I wrote our internal code standards documentation for front-end development, which included guidelines for contractors and in-house team members.
Book Author @ Friends of ED
Jun. 2006 - May. 2007
I had the privilege of co-authoring Textpattern Solutions (ISBN: 1590598326), a book on the elegant content management system Textpattern. This versatile CMS is what I once used to power several of my sites. It was published by Friends of ED, a subsidiary of Apress.
User Interface Developer @ Albertsons Inc.
Sep. 2005 - Dec. 2006
I did web user interface design for our internal website, used by roughly 20,000 employees nationwide. I was supportive in the company's adoption of web-standards. I was originally hired on primarily as a designer, but after proving myself proficient at writing code, was given a slight lateral promotion to the position of developer. In this position, I was afforded the opportunity to not only design interfaces but also have control over how the code was handled. I did CSS, XHTML and occasionally JavaScript.
Web Developer @ Asbury Theological Seminary
Sep. 2002 - Aug. 2005
I helped code and maintain several redesigns of our school website, as well as developed micro-sites for online curriculum. Also handled some of the graphic design, within our established branding. Was also a teaching assistant for the IT605 Technology in Ministry graduate class.
Education
Asbury Theological Seminary
2002 - 2009
Fields of study:
Master of Divinity
Washington State University
1997 - 2002
Fields of study:
Social Sciences