Web Developer at Special Olympics Northern California
Manage and expand the technical framework behind a sophisticated website.
- Website hosting migration that enhanced site stability, eliminated white-screen downtime, and included development sites and backups.
- Strategically rebuilt the website, reducing reliance on page builders, enhancing performance, and enabling new web features.
- Developed conference microsites within WordPress, aligning with Special Olympics branding and domains to support scalability.
- Oversaw website translations across multiple languages to effectively engage coaches and players worldwide.
- Applied SEO best practices, leading to notable improvements in search engine rankings.
- Enhanced responsive design and improved page speed scores on both mobile and desktop platforms.
Be An Athlete and Application pages
Designed a user-friendly, step-by-step visual guide on how to become an athlete with Special Olympics Northern California, including an FAQ section for additional details.
Embedded a conversion-focused form directly on the page to streamline the sign-up process.
Program & Resources Pages
Redesigned the Health & Wellness landing pages, simplifying messaging, highlighting programs, and launching the Walking Club microsite, which increased sessions by 35% and active users by 39%.
Event Pages
Added an overview with imagery for tentpole events, along with a detailed, mobile- and tablet-responsive design to improve accessibility across devices.
Designed multi-page event experiences for special events, providing comprehensive details and driving deeper user engagement.
Blog
Redesigned the blog with a clean three-column layout to improve readability and content discovery.
Added dynamic filtering, breadcrumbs, tags, and categories to create a more user-friendly experience and make navigation intuitive and efficient.
Calendar Events pages
Implemented a filtering system to improve UX/UI and integrated it with Salesforce, allowing sports managers to post events directly to the website for a single source of truth.
Boosted volunteer conversions by adding a prominent, strategically placed Volunteer button.