Jordan Isip

DailyCaption

DailyCaption

Are you as funny as you think you are? Get validation with caption contests! Compete against your friends and other Facebook members to create clever captions on Flickr Photos!

• Startup type: Company
• Status: Active
• Stage: Beta


Motivated 
user 
interface
 designer/developer
 seeking
 to 
continue
 leveraging 
technical 
experience 
and 
a
 black 
belt 
work 
ethic
 to
 build 
elegant
 interfaces
 for
 exceptionally
 useful
 web
 applications.


Employer:	Tanga.com - Contract
Position:	UI Designer/Developer
Time period:	September 2007 - Present
Description:	• Completely re‐designed and developed an accessible cross‐browser user interface which resulted in a 45% increase of avg. page views and a 40% increase of average user’s time on site. • Write JavaScript/AJAX (via prototype.js) and Ruby on Rails code for highly interactive puzzles, games, and social networking features. • Build automated integration tests via RSpec stories to ensure quality assurance during development.

Employer:	DailyCaption.com
Position:	UI Designer/Developer, Founder
Time period:	July 2008 - August 2008
Description:	• Teamed up with a Ruby developer to build a full‐featured and engaging Ruby on Rails Facebook application in less then 80 man hours. • Leveraged Facebook’s Developer Platform (FBML/FBJS) to speed up the development process and optimize performance for users. • Design and code cross‐browser (x)HTML/CSS interfaces that incorporate Facebook design patterns for consistency while establishing branding elements for Daily Caption.

Employer:	Dipiti.com
Position:	UI Developer - Contract
Time period:	April 2008 - July 2008
Description:	• Identified user experience problems on high traffic pages and worked collaboratively with marketing and business development teams to design and develop improvements (not currently on live server). • Refactored view‐layer code to ensure code‐reuse through Rails partials and helpers. • Worked collaboratively with designers to create attractive and intuitive cross‐browser interfaces.

Employer:	Fixie
Position:	Principal UI Designer/Developer
Time period:	August 2007 - September 2008
Description:	Consultancy business. Teamed up with another developer to work on various web projects and contract work.

Employer:	LetsImproveTransportation.com
Position:	UI Developer
Time period:	December 2006 - September 2007
Description:	• Led a 4‐person UI design/development team ensuring on‐time deliverables for a $2.6M project. • Created a modern user interface through extensive use of JavaScript (via AJAX with DWR) and JSP.

Employer:	Integral GIS (Seattle, WA)
Position:	UI Developer ‐ Consultant for LetsImproveTransportation.org
Time period:	December 2006 - September 2007
Description:	• Led a 4‐person UI design/development team ensuring on‐time deliverables for a $2.6M project. • Created a modern user interface through extensive use of JavaScript (via AJAX with DWR) and JSP.

Employer:	Participatory GIS for Transportation Research Project
Position:	Information Architect
Time period:	September 2005 - December 2006
Description:	• Designed the foundation for page flow diagrams and mockups used to define the scope of the project. • Implemented prototypes via client‐side web scripting for in‐depth rapid feedback and code reuse.

University:	University of Washington - Seattle
Time period:	2002 - 2005
Degree:	Geographic Information Systems, BA

Sports:	Cycling, Karate, Judo, Inline Hockey
Hobbies:	Photography
Clubs:	Seattle.rb