Ben de Jesus

Web design professional specializing in modern front-end UI and web application design and development – building beautifully progressive and accessible websites and web apps.

Skills

Experienced as both graphic designer and full-stack engineer to develop and deploy scalable web applications in React, Ruby on Rails, and other modern web technologies.

Design

With a background in graphic design and a focus on visual communication, I've worked on print and digital media projects to produce compelling web sites and applications that prioritize the user experience.

  • Responsive & Progressive Web Design
  • Web Accessibility and Usability
  • Design Systems
  • UX/UI Design
  • Brand Design
  • Print Design

Engineering

Over a decade of experience with various teams, crafting accessible and maintainable web applications using a range of frameworks.

  • HTML, CSS
  • Javascript, Typescript
  • React, NodeJS, NextJS
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Some Python and SQL

Portfolio

Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma's Journey

Freelance Web Design & Graphics

  • Web Design & Development
  • Graphic Design for Print
  • SEO
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • Jekyll

Iggy

Senior Front-end Engineer

Designed and maintained the Iggy brand and web properties, including the company website, documentation site, customer dashboard, and various other web projects. Deployed product prototypes and data visualizations using HTML, CSS, React, and Node.js.

  • UI/UX Design & Development
  • Data Visualization
  • Design Systems
  • React, Redux, NextJS
  • Google Cloud Services
  • Mapbox
  • HTML, CSS
  • Python

Strava

Senior Front-end Engineer

Prototyped and developed the web experience from visual elements to page layouts and interactions. Lead in implementing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript best practices to develop and maintain the Strava design system style guide as part of the engineering team.

  • UI/UX Design & Development
  • Data Visualization
  • Design Systems
  • SEO
  • Ruby on Rails
  • React
  • Javascript
  • HTML, CSS
  • Mapbox / Google Maps

Engine Yard

Lead Graphic Designer

Maintained the Engine Yard website. Design of web graphics and front-end coding for various Engine Yard projects and applications. Graphic design for various marketing needs, including ads, brochures, signage, posters, and other marketing collateral.

  • UI Design & Development
  • Design Systems
  • Graphic Design (Web & Print)
  • SEO
  • Web Marketing
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Javascript
  • HTML, CSS

Netsprout

Senior Web Designer

Designed and created accessible websites, applications, and web UIs using standards based XHTML and CSS. Built and implemented HTML and CSS templates for Ruby on Rails web applications.

  • UI Design & Development
  • Design Systems
  • Graphic Design (Web & Print)
  • Web Marketing & SEO
  • PHP
  • Javascript
  • HTML, CSS

Other Projects

Current and past side projects that I've worked on.