Jared White

Partnered with media-focused verticals, multi-sided platforms, and B Corps to craft high-fidelity prototypes, design systems & UI components, and data-rich applications & publishing systems. Engaged in numerous open source ecosystems to provide governance and technical resources, enabling forward-thinking architectures which are maintainable by small-scale functional teams. Able to leverage deep knowledge of standards progression in client/server web deployments to avoid costly technical debt and cohere with platform-level advances.

Within a hyper-competitive growth market, led a full-stack team to develop a proprietary data aggregation platform for a tech recruiting firm. By utilizing built-to-spec candidate sourcing algorithms, recruiters were able to spend more time personally interacting with their clients and candidates and less time laboriously searching and matching.

Identified an emerging form of tablet-first publishing and developed a platform for designing and deploying touch-first, magazine-style websites. Built a unique frontend architecture with sideways-scrolling & swipe gestures, rich layouts & typography, and easy access to cloud file storage such as Dropbox.

Leveraged personal network to connect local entrepreneurs with coworking space, design services, and content systems. Worked with several non-profit organizations to build out websites and mailing lists to reach dedicated audiences, and promoted a blog & podcast to highlight startup news in the region.

Connected with non-technical small business owners who needed assistance with online marketing & publishing. Built attractive websites and easy-to-use content systems for clients on a strict budget, and partnered with branding consultants for more significant engagements.

Supported a large editorial staff by customizing an off-the-shelf CMS to adhere to precise internal specifications. Modernized the design of the flagship educational service by collaborating with the design team and translating mockups to functional webpages and user interface elements while also working closely with QA testers.

Crafted editing extensions and data transformation pipelines for enterprise customers in legal and educational markets, bringing formerly unstructured documents into structured digital content systems. Engaged in requirements gathering and project management to ensure systems were built to high standards and in compliance with industry expectations.

Leveraged personal connections in the folk music scene to provide graphics design, database-driven application, and e-commerce services for performers, artists, vendors, and educators. Established first-ever online presences for clients resulting in exponential growth in sales and marketing traffic.

Toured the United States, Scotland, and Ireland performing on a variety of historical folk and Baroque wind instruments. Recorded a series of well-regarded, academically-rigorous recordings in the early Celtic music genre and appeared on a variety of TV programs and radio shows.