Angela Koskela Bacon

Angela Koskela Bacon Hello! I am Angela, a front-end web developer and web designer in St Cloud, MN. I have been making websites since 2000. It started out as a hobby that turned into a fulfilling career.

When not working, I play Dungeons & Dragons, watch movies, read books and articles, take walks, spoil my pets, play too much video games, enjoy stand-up comedy, and (try to) visit family.

Résumé

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Education

University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN
Major: Graphic Design
Dean’s List of Academic Excellence

Lake Superior College
Duluth, MN
Associate of Arts, 2007
Major: Liberal Arts

Work Experience

Web Designer & Developer, Self-Employed
2000 to present

  • Discussed and collaborated with clients about their website needs. Organized their ideas and presented solutions for their concerns.
  • Designed websites as well as branding and advertising materials.
  • Coded websites using clean HTML and CSS.
  • Customized WordPress templates.
  • Animated banner ads and slideshows.
  • Maintained devoted clientele for 10 years.

Front-End Web Developer, Folio Investing, McLean, VA
2012 to 2015

  • Updated older pages of website with HTML5 and CSS3.
  • Implemented Bootstrap.
  • Worked with the marketing team on print and web advertisements.
  • Collaborated with development team on the function of certain pages.
  • Made regular updates to website, such as Careers and Newsroom pages.
  • Worked with QA and Java developers on testing and troubleshooting existing and new features.

Senior Designer, Faster Solutions, Inc., Duluth, MN
2004-2010

  • Created websites from concept to launch.
  • Guided a team of three designers to build according to web standards and using clean, valid HTML and CSS, resulting in a high-quality product that is faster to maintain.
  • Streamlined the design and development processes, resulting in better work completed in half the time.
  • Trained two Print Designers to utilize their skills for Web Design.
  • Restructured a website consisting of several dozen sections, subsections, and their subsequent pages.

Skills

  • Skills: HTML5, CSS3, User Experience, User Interface Design
  • Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash
  • Tools: Wordpress, JIRA, Eclipse, Tortoise SVN, Outlook, Thunderbird

Portfolio

A few examples of my work.

Testimonials

“For the past five years, I’ve depended on Angela Koskela to do time-sensitive web updates, flash banner design, and all other types of web maintenance and design improvements. She’s a great person to know, and someone our business completely trusts with our web presence.”

Joseph Birbiglia

“Angela is a great resource and is very knowledgeable of web design, code, implementation and troubleshooting. She is extremely dedicated to her line of work; it’s her obvious passion. If I ever run into a web design problem, she’s the first person I call.”

Eric Owen

“I have been working with Angela for over five years. She is consistent, reliable, always improving and such a joy to work with. Highly recommended!”

Mike Lavoie

Email: angelakbacon@gmail.com
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