Melisa Sandoval

Front-end developer with solid technical skills, strong eye for UI/UX and a proactive, creative and highly organized personality. 

With more than one year of experience developing and designing applications and webpages, I am eager to keep creating digital products and learn new technologies and best practices. 

Whether working solo or as part of a team, I bring my full dedication and enthusiasm to every project and always strive to develop the most quality and user-friendly solution. 

MOST RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE

Frontend developer at Eventbrite (internship)

Jul 2022 - Oct 2022 | Madrid, Spain [Remote] | Event management and ticketing website, B2C.

Stack: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Jest and React Testing Library, internal Design Systems and CSS/Sass.

Tools: Visual Studio Code, Git/GitHub, Jira, Split, Jenkins, CircleCI, Retrium, PlanItPoker.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop new features for the Create Tickets app of the platform with React, JavaScript and CSS3.
• Develop features for the new Promotions app with React, TypeScript and unit tests with Jest and Testing Library.
• Conduct a form library research and documented it. 
• Learn how to work in an Agile enviroment and participate in Scrum ceremonies.
• Learn how to use GitHub withing a team by creating new branches and “pull requests” applying the company conventions and under CI/CD checks.
• Create featured flags with Split and releases with Jenkins or CircleCI.
• Learn TypeScript, how to do styles with a Design System and how to write unit tests.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Improved the user experience by developing changes to the UI of the Create Tickets app.
• Increased the awareness of a feature by 17% in one month by improving the landing page and CTA buttons. 
• Found critical bugs that were handled immediately and suggested UX improvements that were implemented.
• Refactored part of a component code to improve legibility and maintainability.
• Contributed with the onboarding of new staff by improving the onboarding documentation.

Frontend developer at Projects 

Jan 2022 - Present | Barcelona, Spain.

My Lists App – Vue.js SPA (Single Page Application)

Platform that allows logged users to create, edit and delete several lists and its items. Also organize the items by done, not done and favourites and filter them.

• Designed de UI and developed the entire application with Vue.js, Vue Router, Pinia and CSS.
• Implemented the database with Supabase RESTful API (authentication and all CRUD operations).

The Simpsons Memory Game - React SPA (Single Page Application) 

Online game where any user can choose to play with 12, 18 or 24 cards. The cards' characters change in every game. When a user finish a game is informed about how many moves did and how long it took to complete it. 

• Designed the UI and developed the entire application with React and CSS.
• Created or edited all the app images with Photoshop.

Circle Agency Website (HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript) 

Institutional responsive website of a made up agency with three landing pages (Homepage, Product page and Contact page). Product page has dynamic URL. The website reads and post data to a Firebase database.

• Developed the entire website with HTML4, CSS3 and Vanilla JavaScript and Firebase. 
• Followed a Figma UI design for the desktop version and designed the mobile version.

Responsive webpages created with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript:

• Portfolio website (own UI design).
• Slack homepage (clone) 
• Spotify homepage (clone) 
• Revera homepage (clonewith Bootstrap). 
• Cool Dogs e-commerce product page (own UI design). 
• Janis Joplin Tribute Page (own UI design).
• Harry Potter Survey Form (own UI design).

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Travel Blogger / Volunteer / Customer Service 1016-2020  |  + 6 countries

• Managed my own travel blog eldiariodepale.com, created with WordPress.org, where I wrote and uploaded extensive articles with photographs and illustrations of my authorship. 
• Volunteered in Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, Spain and Denmark with TrusterHouseSitters and WorkAway.
• Enriched my soft skills and ability to adapt to different cultural environments by having shared several workspaces with people from all over the world in New Zealand, Denmark and Spain.

Web Copywriter / Content Manager 2010-2015 | Buenos Aires, Argentina

Content copywriting for e-commerce, newsletters, institutional websites and intranets. Worked for global firms such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, BBVA, Tetra Pak, Clorox, among others. Roles and companies:

• E-commerce copywriter at Avenida (multi-brand e-commerce) [2014-2015]
• Content manager at Webmedia Interactive (digital marketing agency) [2013-2014]
• Radio producer and Social Media Manager at R1(UNLaM university Radio). [2012-2015]
• Copywriter/ journalist at Cuerpo 14 (communications agency). [2010-2013]

• Frontend Web Development Bootcamp + Vue.js (300 hours), Ironhack |Oct 2022 – Feb 2023. [Certificate in process].
• Responsive Web Design (300 hours), freeCodeCamp | Jul 2021 - Dec 2021.
• JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures (300 hours), freeCodeCamp | Jul 2021 - Dec 2021. 
• Degree in Social Communication and Journalism, UNLaM University | Buenos Aires, Argentina.