Jonathan Harrell

Employment History

• Vowel

  UI Engineer

  Accomplishments & Responsibilities

  • Built AI interfaces that delivered auto-summarization of video conferences to users
  • Created and managed Vowel's React component library, made up of unit-tested components that were built in isolation using Storybook
  • Led the frontend development of several new product features in React and Typescript, including a clip video editor, commenting experience and metrics dashboard
  • Diagnosed frontend performance issues, including memory leaks and unnecessary React component renders
  • Refactored the Vowel marketing website to use Next.js and the Tailwind CSS framework

  December 2021 – June 2023

• InVision

  Senior Front-End Engineer

  Accomplishments & Responsibilities

  • Architected, built and managed a fully unit-tested Vue app for internal teams across the company to get insight into product usage
  • Worked in Node to unite disparate data across multiple microservices
  • Built and maintained the customer-facing help center using Zendesk on the backend and Vue on the frontend, including an Algolia-powered search engine
  • Built multiple React apps to improve internal tooling and increase productivity

  September 2018 – December 2021

• World Headquarters, Inc.

  UI/UX Designer & Front-End Developer

  Accomplishments & Responsibilities

  • Worked with an international financial institution to design and build internal monitoring applications using React and Redux
  • Built and managed the front-end web strategy for a major commercial bathroom supplier over a 3 year period
  • Worked with over 30 clients to design user experience flows and interfaces, from the user interview stage through to high fidelity mockups
  • Built modern single-page applications with React and Vue for a variety of industries

  May 2014 – September 2018

• TaLK (Teach and Learn in Korea)

  TaLK Scholar

  Accomplishments & Responsibilities

  • Designed curriculum, created lesson plans, and taught after school English classes to Korean elementary school students
  • Conceived and recorded monthly school-wide video broadcasts teaching English expressions

  August 2012 – January 2014

• Cambridge Educational Services

  Graphic Designer & Marketing Associate

  Accomplishments & Responsibilities

  • Expanded Cambridge’s online presence by enlarging the company web site, designing online courses, and starting a social media campaign
  • Conceived promotional strategies with the company president and designed marketing campaigns and promotional materials

  May 2010 – May 2012

• Wheaton College

  Graphic Designer & Teacher’s Assistant

  Accomplishments & Responsibilities

  • Developed, designed, and implemented the communication department’s comprehensive web strategy
  • Analyzed and increased the department’s total web traffic by 40% between 2006 and 2008

  September 2006 – May 2010