Damien Komala

Senior Design / Front-end Developer

Huntington Beach, CA, USA
As my career profile illustrates, I am well-prepared to meet and exceed your expectations. Having served as deeply skilled web designer and developer within several industries and sectors, I am accustomed to the rigors of fast-paced, highly regulated environments requiring sharp attention to detail, consummate accuracy, and outstanding communication skills. If given the opportunity, I will work tirelessly to deliver similar results for the company while partnering with your staff to accelerate the achievement of your immediate and long-range goals.

Work Experience

Ecom Automotive

Senior Design / Front-end Developer

Conceive and direct all ecommerce initiatives that include robust social media campaigns, email marketing, branding, catalog creation, PPC, remarketing, new site development, and photography.
Key Achievements:
* Acknowledged for creatively designing a myriad of ecommerce websites setup to aesthetically draw an endless amount of traffic and work seamlessly for the end user.
* Provided inventory software, CRM’s, feedback and shipping software, website hosting, logo design, apparel, product packaging, business cards, and more.
* Created and managed websites marketing overland products and off-road parts at TuffStuffOverland.com and TuffStuff4x4.com.
December 2015 - Santa Ana, California, United States

PMP Marketing Group

Senior Designer

Provided a complete company rebrand as well as technical and creative leadership for all marketing materials including three trade show booths, newsletters, and multiple other marketing materials. Designed endless trade publications and managed the art direction on client photo shoots.
Key Achievements:
* Developed a bootstrap-based templating system, designed 37 law firm websites, implemented RedBooth project management software, and customized an in-house CMS system based in ColdFusion.
* Led each site design meeting and design comp presentation.
* Received two ‘Summit Creative Awards’ in 2013.
September 2012 - December 2015 West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Sesame Communications

Senior Front-end Developer

Transitioned into a remote, freelance role supporting the Seattle, WA main office responding to debugging and all other technical questions via Skype. Go to guy for CSS display issues.
Key Achievements:
* Championed the design and development of over 300 PHP websites within 18 months.
* Led the front-end development team providing training and support.
September 2010 - September 2012 West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

That Agency

Senior Designer

Provided site planning and wire-framing for multiple clients needing high-end CSS/PHP/Ruby On Rails sites. Websites included Sol Melia and ME by Melia Hotels globally. Developed sites with the clients needs at the forefront and implemented a full UX/UI planning and research system.
November 2006 - August 2010 West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Awards

Summit International Awards

Silver: best redesign

2013

Summit International Awards

Best brand redesign

2013

Skills

Adobe Animate, Art Direction, Bootstrap, Coda, Creative Direction, CSS, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, HTML5, Illustrator, Indesign, Jquery, Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop, Premier, Product Photography, Responsive Design, Scss, UI, Ux,