Meaghan Rea

Cincinnati, OH · meaghan.rea@gmail.com

I am passionate about designing and developing beautiful, functional and seamless web and mobile applications. I thrive in agile environments and enjoy pair programming as well as working on my own. Researching and usability testing are dear to my heart, as I believe they are the first steps in creating an intuitive experience.

Experience

Graphic Designer

Freelance
  • Friendly • Flexible • Innovative
  • Self-directed • Curious & Driven
  • Self Motivated • Work Independently & Collaboratively
  • Manage Multiple Projects • Solid Time Management • Meets Deadlines
  • Research • Prototyping • Attention to Detail • Industry Best Practices
  • Wireframe Mockups • Creating Visual Design Components
  • Open Communication • Excellent Interpersonal Skills
2009 - Current

Managing Owner & Cofounder

Glourious Kombucha - Cincinnati, OH

Managed a small business start-up in a niche market by creating original infusions using traditional methods and ingredients.

  • Created website layout & executed design
  • Built Branding Strategy, Wrote 14-page business plan
  • Designed labels for bottles, business cards & marketing materials following our Branding guidelines
  • PR, Marketing, Managed 2 Social Media Accounts
2015 - 2016

Photo Editor

1stDibs.com - New York, NY

Essential team member and Managing Fashion Photo Editor at the leading online marketplace for the world’s most beautiful things.

  • Designed & Wrote 15-page Photography Manual for distribution to dealers incorporating company standards, wrote a 1-page Fashion editing manual for employees
  • Oversaw editing for all Fashion items (400+ per week)
  • Managed a team of 10 people editing Fashion items
  • Met weekly & monthly deadlines, edited 500+ images per week, updated images on website weekly
  • Presented at bi-monthly department meetings
April 2011 - April 2014

Merchandising Assistant & Webmaster

Jay Company Trimmings & Venus Ribbon - New York, NY

Graphic Designer, Performed Ecommerce Website Maintenance, Managed Email Campaigns, Managed Extensive Database, Assisted Head Merchandiser

  • Designed 4+ seasonal product lines that were sold in multiple major national chain crafts stores
  • Designed packaging for all products, Created mock-up samples & presentation boards, on-site Photographer, Post Production, Updated website as-needed
  • SEO, Established Google Analytics & Adwords to grow ecommerce brand presence online
  • Marketing: weekly email blasts, customer service
November 2009 - April 2011

Education

We Can Code IT

Software Development Certificate
Full-Stack Java Bootcamp: Focused on Java | Spring | MVC | Thymeleaf | OOP | HTML5 | CSS3 | JavaScript | jQuery | SQL | Bootstrap | Responsive Design | Git | Agile | Scrum | Sprints | Peer Programming | Code Reviews
May - August 2017

Aviatra Accelerators (formerly Bad Girl Ventures)

Women's Small-Business Development
Focused on mentorship | networking | funding resources | writing a business plan | drafting the perfect elevator pitch
September - November 2016

SUNY Buffalo State College

BS Apparel Design
Focused on fashion design & merchandising | graphic design | pattern | making | drafting & grading patterns | design trends | importing/exporting | sourcing materials and findings | machine knitting
August 2009

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Mobile-First, Responsive Design
  • Cross Browser Testing & Debugging
  • Cross Functional Teams
  • Agile Development & Scrum
  • User Experience / User Interface Design (UX/UI)
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Portfolios

Rainbow Moonbeams

Focuses on my full skillset: graphic design to layouts | back end (Java) development to full stack projects | capstone project from WCCI Bootcamp

Sunshine in my Soul

An evolving website where I create 1-page interactive apps using JavaScript & jQuery (React and Angular forthcoming)

Interests

Apart from being a web developer, I love to tinker with anything I can get my hands on. I love learning new crafts - from circuit boards to knitting to robotics to a new computer program. When I'm outdoors, I spend my time going for walks, playing with my son, cycing, and kayaking.

When I'm forced indoors, I love to bake and consider myself a foodie and health-food geek. I follow a number of sci-fi and fantasy genre movies and television shows, and I spend a large amount of my free time exploring the latest technolgy advancements in the front-end web development world. I'm also a novice indoor rock climber.