John Contarino

About John Contarino

AVAILABILITYI am currently booked at least 2-3 WEEKS in advance. Please contact me only if your subcontract, freelance, or part-time PHP or WordPress development opportunity starts after this date.I am NOT seeking fulltime or contract-to-hire employment as I am happily self-employed.DEVELOPMENT• PHP and MySQL developer, including OOPS and library development• Extensive custom eCommerce and Web Application development• Integration with PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net, Plaid, and more• WordPress installation, customization, integration and maintenance, including child themes and custom programming• HTML 5, CSS 3, and Bootstrap 4• JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, JSON, CURL• Extensive UI / UX and information architecture experience, including best practices• Project and team management, dedicated to quality work for clients• Friendly, personable, hard-working and a clear communicatorSKILLSCustom PHP web application development and programming, WordPress installation and customization, eCommerce development and programming, eCommerce integration with WordPress, interface design (UI), user experience (UX), information architecture (IA), multiple project management, creative problem solving, focused leadership and friendly team management, professional writing and editing, object-oriented programming (OOP), broad media experienceSOFTWAREDreamweaver, Photoshop, BBEdit, Transmit, Illustrator, Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), iMovie, Numbers, Pages, Keynote, Director. macOS and Windows proficient.

Experience

1. Interactive Producer

   Hypno Design, Inc

   Jan 2001 — Present · Moorestown, NJ, US

   Work in close partnership with this top-notch creative agency on complex interactive projects. Duties include:• Design, program and produce Flash, HTML, ecommerce, and database-driven websites as well as full-scale and business card CD-ROMs.• Manage multiple projects and subcontractors, work with clients, create unique and successful marketing campaigns, and constantly contribute creative ideas to improve the company\'s work and growth.• Production duties include all aspects of design and production, including: information architecture, interface design, PHP and MySQL programming, HTML coding, graphic production, video editing, music scoring, Flash programming, Director programming, testing and debugging, installer setups, and more.• Clients include mid-size businesses and advertising agencies such as Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Schering Plough, Herrs, Pfizer, Timberlane, Smith Kline Beecham, Fleet Bank, Oki, Novo, Siemens, Sam Adams, Y100, Philadelphia Newspapers, Art Guild, Lacas Coffee, Business Information Group, SFGT, Domus, Mangos, NetCarrier, Charlotte Shop, Hachik, Triumph Bar, Vox, CHERP, Lippincott Wilkins Williams, West Coast Video, and others.OTHER PARTNERSCRT Design Studios (Red Bank, NJ), Agents of Imagery (Palmyra, NJ), Princeton Online (Princeton, NJ), Music Box Productions (New York City, NY).

Education

• Center for Creative Imaging

  Certificate, Multimedia

  1995 — 1995

• Rowan University

  BA, Communications

  1984 — 1988