Director of Engineering @ From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Creator @ PopJig turns your photos into puzzles for friends to play! http://www.popjig.com
I was the sole designer and developer for PopJig. It was built in Node.js backend that is hosted on AWS. The frontend is built with a custom class based javascript library that uses similar ideas to Backbone.js. Both the iOS and Android apps are built on Cordova with custom plugins.
I worked with one other partner (CEO) to create compelling marketing creative to drive over 10,000 downloads. From June 2013 to Present (2 years 7 months) Designer/Developer @ Freelance work in many forms. Flash design/development, logo design, graphic/web design, PHP, and front end development.
Multiple clients: Ale Mary's Bar, Americorps, Children of Fallen Riders, Dept. of Energy, Discovery Education, DiscoverVeggie, Dotz, Expert-Tree, Fuel Our Future Now, Heaven's Rain Movie, IMO, Progressive Insurance, ServiceCrowd, T-Monkey, UW-Stout, VPSHive From August 2005 to Present (10 years 5 months) Director, Design / UI Engineering @ - Full stack engineer and product lead for blekko.com, rockzi.com, and izik.com
- Implemented UI design and ranking algorithms to optimize search metrics, while learning via A/B testing.
- Concentrated on highly performant interfaces for both mobile and web. From January 2011 to January 2014 (3 years 1 month) Lead Creative Designer @ -Lead user experience design and front end development for the ServiceLive consumer site
-Performed usability studies and iterated based on results
-Provided creative for marketing and social efforts From June 2009 to January 2011 (1 year 8 months) Executive Producer @ -Led a staff of ten students in providing campus entertainment
-Managed a budget for the organization using student fees to bring over 60 events a year with over 12,000 attendees a cost per head of under $9.
-Built comprehensive wiki for staff members to use as a reference in their daily job tasks
-Designed posters and other promotional items
-Other Positions Held: Public Relations Director, Comedy Director From December 2005 to January 2009 (3 years 2 months) Supplemental Instructor - Computer Programming for Multimedia Design @ Assisted students in course work during regular class hours and labs. Also led two night sessions a week for the students to attend and ask questions on their assignments and upcoming tests.
Scripting Languages - Lingo (Director), Actionscript 2.0 (Flash), HTML, CSS, Javascript From September 2007 to December 2008 (1 year 4 months) Web Design Intern @ Worked with IDS to redesign their flash portfolio website. Created an xml based portfolio to allow others on the team to update the site without any development From May 2008 to August 2008 (4 months)
BFA, Multimedia Design, Minor: Computer Science @ University of Wisconsin-Stout Nick Sorrentino is skilled in: Web Design, JavaScript, PHP, User Experience, MySQL, Adobe Creative Suite, AJAX, NoSQL, ActionScript, CSS3, jQuery, Perl, Animation, Backbone.js, Mobile Web Design