Jim Thoburn

Jim Thoburn

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ABOUT ME
User experience engineer for the Web, Previously at GOOD Inc
User experience engineer for the Web, Previously at GOOD Inc

I help teams bridge the gap between design & engineering, to make products that people love to use.

While working on the web, I’ve been partnering with teams & organizations to build prototypes, design systems and user interfaces, write documentation, pair program, test for accessibility and fine-tune for performance.

User experience is my passion, and I have a deep, practical understanding of tools like responsive design, typography, grids, pattern libraries, progressive enhancement, findability and usability.

For workflow and production, I use tools like templates, databases, content management systems, static site generators, web services, package managers, task runners, compilers, automated tests and version control.

Pacific Time (US & Canada) (-07:00)
Joined April 2020
EXPERTISE
17 years experience
SnowpackNode.jsIsomorphism
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15 years experience
Css flexboxCustom propertiesGrid
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SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
SVG-Gradient-Generator
A quick way to make a scalable background gradient (for page backgrounds, links, and buttons, styled with CSS).
PHP
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picture-gallery
🖼 ✨ Universal JavaScript app, made with native ECMAScript modules
JavaScript
4
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Stack Overflow
308 Reputation
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EMPLOYMENTS
Senior Front End Engineer
GOOD Inc
2013-08-01-2017-01-01
User interface developer for GOOD’s web sites and applications * Worked with a visual designer to create a responsive infographic for ge...
User interface developer for GOOD’s web sites and applications * Worked with a visual designer to create a responsive infographic for gene.com * Created responsive advertisements for GOOD’s digital magazine, integrated with third-party APIs. * Developed a responsive campaign page for Kiva & PayPal, with a JavaScript countdown that supported multiple time zones * Supported Kiva’s staff with getting the code into their content management system with limited support for JavaScript and CSS * Delivered a responsive web page for an online music festival with rich media features, on a tight schedule with requirements still being scoped, while maintaining a focus on visual quality, accessibility and performance CTZN App (mobile-first web application) * Created a user interface and promotional web site for CTZN App * Documented the user interface with a pattern library * Assisted the web team in creating media-rich, story web sites automatically generated from CTZN app with a focus on accessibility, compatibility, speed, performance and bandwidth savings * Created HTML email templates for app notifications GOOD Community (responsive redesign) * Assisted the web team in migrating the GOOD Community web site away from two separate desktop-only/mobile-only web sites to a single responsive web site * Implemented a visual refresh and additional web site features * Improved compatibility, accessibility and performance while reducing bandwidth and the size of the codebase * Documented the user interface with a pattern library
Ruby on Rails
Git
HTML
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Ruby on Rails
Git
HTML
SVG
Docker
CSS
Knockout.js
JavaScript
Responsive images
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PROJECTS
My LA2050 Grants ChallengeView Project
Goldhirsh Foundation
2020
The grants challenge is a voting contest held each year to support organizations working to improve Los Angeles. I’ve been the primary de...
The grants challenge is a voting contest held each year to support organizations working to improve Los Angeles. I’ve been the primary developer for the project for the last three challenges.
Git
HTML
Markdown
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Git
HTML
Markdown
Jekyll
Liquid
CSS
JavaScript
Auth0
Netlify
JAMstack
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