Victor Castrejon

UI developer & Accessibility

About me

Hi, my name is Victor Castrejon and I have over 20 years of experience in web application design and deployment with a passion for detail, Web standards, a solid understanding of design principles, proficient with human-computer interaction, usability testing, and prototyping.

One of my specialties is taking an idea from scratch and creating a full-fledged platform. I go beyond to produce sites with a unique, outstanding, contemporary look-and-feel. With extensive knowledge of web mechanics, I’m able to optimize complex integrations to require little-to-no maintenance while running on their own for years.

Nationality Mexican
Birthday 01/20/1977
Study Tecnologico de Hermosillo
Degree Bachelor of Information Technology
Hobbies WW2 books movies, Pop culture and DIY projects

Experience

Work

2020 - Present

Senior UI developer and Accessibility

True Tickets, Inc. remote

Responsible of creating functional and accessible interfaces for secure contactless digital ticketing delivery for live events. Technologies sstack: svelte, tailwindcss, figma.

2019 - 2020

Front end developer

CSSA Phoenix, Az

Develop a full responsive mobile-web application to quote insurance coverages based on drivers information. Build the presentation layer using the latest version of React library with the help of the following components: Webpack tool, PCSS/SCSS Preprocessor, JS/ES6, React-router, and Redux.

2018 - 2019

Front end developer

True Colors LLC remote

Developed the e-commerce store using woocommerce, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Designed and implemented the User Interface compatible with all the most used desktop and mobile browsers. Create and execute a deployment plan for the new site launch.

2016 - 2018

Software engineer & Accessibility specialist

Open table

Head of the accessibility team. Create periodic audits to detect UI and accessibility problems using Wave and Axe tools as well as comprehensive manual testing. Code new react components fully accessible following Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

2015 - 2015

Front end developer

ACME Technologies Inc.

Code new templates using angular 1.4/html5/Sass stack. Code full responsive micro websites using CSS, Less and Bootstrap. Improve the load speed for heavy traffic site like NFL hall of the Patriots and San Francisco Zoo. Build html templates for ticket purchase confirmation emails. Build UI using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript compatible with all devices like mobile, tablet, laptop and desktop.

2014 - 2015

UI developer

Anyplace by Panasonic

Responsible for leading the UI development team to execute and deliver this web application prototype for a Forbes top 500 company, my duties included: Making UI proposals to solve the very complex interface. Used task runner to minify CSS files, Concatenate JS files by using Grunt and Gulp to improve developing efficiency. Create the HTML/CSS views to develop angular directives that Improve the user experience.

2010 - 2014

Front end developer

Freelance.

Co-founded this small studio to provide software and digital marketing services to businesses in northern Mexico. Played a central role in the rapid development and launch of a web application for a phoenix area business. Technologies: HTML, Wordpress, php, Mysql, bootstrap, js.

Education

Bachelor degree in Information Technologies
Instituto Tecnológico de México campus Hermosillo
México 2000

Cambridge English BULATS Certification
2016

Skills

HTML Expert

CSS Expert

Responsive design Expert

Javascript Very good

Wordpress Very good

A11y Expert

Photoshop design Expert

Figma Wireframing and prototyping Very good

UX research good

Past freelance projects

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