About

Motivated by a need to craft great experiences that honor content across all devices and viewports I am a true product of the time we live in—the digital age. I have a background in visual design with the coding skills to boot. I hold the belief that design can be best defined as:

the rendering of intent.Design is the Rendering of Intent

I feel my duty goes far beyond elegant typography and fine tuned grid systems. My job foremost is to align project goals with the experiences I create.

Contact

Paul Kinchla
31 Chester St. APT 3
Somerville, MA
pkinchla@gmail.com

Résumé

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Work

Front-end Developer 2016 – present

WGBH

Front-end development and design on content driven sites and web applications. JavaScript development. PHP and Django templating.wgbh.org

Interactive Developer 2015 – 2016

Neoscape

Front-end development on client sites and projects. JavaScript development and interaction design.neoscape.com

Front-end Designer 2011 – 2014

Internet Marketing Ninjas

Design and coding on a diverse variety of client sites and internal applications. Development of CSS within WordPress and custom PHP. JavaScript development. Version control using Git. imninjas.com

Graphic Designer 2010 – 2011

amplifyme

Website maintenance and design. Design and coding of email blastswww.amplifyme.us

Shipping Manager 2006 – 2010

Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe

Overseer of all aspects of shipping and E-Commerce. Development of signage and media for retail space. Website maintenance until November 2009. Creation and implementation of a new tracking system. cardullos.com

Internship

Artist Assistant and Designer 2005

Do While Studio

Live Animal Center Intern 1999

Museum of Science Boston

Skill

With thorough knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite I am a Front-end designer well versed in responsive design. I am proficient in CSS, HTML, SASS, and Grunt with working knowledge of JavaScript, PHP and a strong focus on adhering to web standards.

Education