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
134 Heath St. Unit 2
Somerville, MA 02145
pkinchla@gmail.com

Résumé

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Work

Front-end Developer 2020–present 2016–2019

WGBH

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

Front-end Engineer 2019–2020

O'Reilly Media

Front-end development on microservices that make up O’Reilly Media’s online learning platform. JavaScript and ReactJS Development.oreilly.com

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

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 developer / designer well versed in responsive design. I am proficient in CSS, HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript. I am fluent in ReactJS with a strong focus on adhering to web standards.

Education