Alexander Swanepoel
WordPress Development

Alexander Swanepoel

WordPress developer & web designer.

About

Alexander Swanepoel is a WordPress developer and web designer with over eight years of experience in developing website solutions for a wide range of small business, corporate, and private sector clients. He has extensive experience in the layout, design, and coding of websites using the CMS WordPress customizing themes and plugins. His clients include Mackenzie and Cannon Team, Brink Realty, Buskra Law Firm, KirE Builders Inc, AVF Dental Group, and more.

Employment

5 roles
May 2019 - Present 7 years
Frontend Web Developer
Robert Half
  • Developed appealing and user-friendly web and mobile-based applications.
  • Wrote web pages and provided website maintenance and enhancements.
  • Produced functional requirement documents and specifications and created quality mockups and prototypes on tight timelines.
  • Built CSS that are consistent across all browsers and platforms and maintained graphic standards and branding throughout a product’s interface.
Aug 2018 - Apr 2019 8 months
Web Developer & Account Manager
Optimized360, LLC

Optimized360 is an internet marketing firm for dentists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals in the U.S. and Canada. 

  • Selected and contributed to the design, building and modifying websites, from layout to function and according to a clients' needs and specifications. Created visually appealing websites that feature user-friendly design and clear navigation.
  • Built sustainable relationships and trust with customer accounts through open and interactive communication.
  • Led a conversation with a client, made recommendations, backed up recommendations with persuasive responses.
  • Helped the client conceptualize and approved original website design ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex roadblocks.
  • Coordinated the execution of all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering.
  • Oversaw the creation of wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and sitemaps to communicate interaction and design ideas.
  • Integrated data from various back-end services, databases and libraries.
  • Developed a strong understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility, general web functions and standards.
  • Experienced in planning and delivering software platforms used across multiple products and organizational units.
Feb 2009 - Dec 2018 9 years 10 months
Web Developer
Independent
  • Created websites for various clients and personal use using HTML5, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript, with use of Photoshop and WordPress; focusing on visual simplicity and elegance.
  • Dedicated to using and improving frontend techniques for responsive and mobile-first design, personal portfolio website available.
  • Worked with National Association of REALTORS® and publishers of the Top 200 Most Powerful People in Residential Real Estate (sp200.com).
  • Served as webmaster and e-commerce shipping coordinator for Realsure, Inc.
  • Provided e-commerce and blog website design, development, and web server administration for small business; websites built on WordPress.
  • Installed, configured, maintained SQL databases, modified PHP, XML, HTML code to customize the website pages.
  • Built custom Facebook Pages and link to promotional landing pages on the website with the ability to track using Google Analytics.
  • Built a support website with screen casts to demonstrate to clients how to maintain their own websites by adding pictures and text, updating their products catalog, and maintaining the inventory.
  • Advised clients how to write content for best practices in SEO.
Mar 2018 - Sep 2018 6 months
WordPress Developer & Designer
2ThriveMedia, LLC

2ThriveMedia offers branding solutions from design to printing.

  • Communicated and collaborated with senior developers and marketing operations.
  • Created HTML prototypes from PDF wireframes.
  • Designed, developed, enhanced, tested, and supported the corporate website.
  • Used agile development in a scrum environment.
  • Optimized the company's websites with SEO efforts.
  • Designed and developed websites following existing brand guidelines.
  • Experienced working in deadline situations as part of a web development team.
Dec 2014 - Feb 2018 3 years 2 months
Web Developer & E-commerce Automation Coordinator
T3 Sixty, Inc.

T3 Sixty is a strategic information company in the residential real estate industry and operates three divisions, including management consulting, information services, and professional development.

maintaining over a dozen websites at the corporate office.

  • Facilitated e-commerce with FBA integration for order tracking.
  • Hand-coded HTML and CSS as well as worked with JavaScript and jQuery with custom PHP WordPress themes and plugins.
  • Crated mockups for web pages as well as email promotions.
  • Experienced with link building and social media marketing.
  • Sent email campaigns and database growth tracking.

Education

Sep 2008 - Jun 2012 3 years 9 months
Android Programming & SQL Database Reporting, -
Saddleback College
Sep 2007 - Jun 2009 1 year 9 months
Business Administration, -
San Diego State University

Portfolio

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